RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 20 2021 * NYSY 07.20. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 12 to July 20, 2021 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled: July 20 AT 3:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #761 Tuesday July 20, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 12, 2021 Highlights: -----------
LEAST BITTERN ROSEATE SPOONBILL SANDHILL CRANE WHIMBREL SANDERLING SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER PIPING PLOVER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SEDGE WREN PROTHONOTARY WARBLER GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ The ROSEATE SPOONBILL has stayed around for the week. It now is being seen west of Rt. 89 in trees near the Clyde River close to Mays Point. 7/12: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East Road. 7/16: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen from Guy Baldessarre Marsh in the northern complex. 7/19: A LEAST BITTERN was seen in Tschache Pool. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continues in the wooded section of Armitage Road on the west side of the bridge. Cayuga County ------------ 7/13: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found foo of Jordan Road near the entrance to Cross Lake Marina. 7/14: A WHIMBREL was seen on the breakwater at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. 7/16: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 7/13: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found on Watervale Road in Manlius. 7/15: 2 SEDGE WRENS were found in the big fields area of Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. 3 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were seen from a boat at the south end of Cross Lake.A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found at the Dewitt Marsh and Landfill area on Cedar Bay Road. 7/16: A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and a LEAST BITTERN were seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. Oswego County ------------ PIPING PLOVER family groups continue at the outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. 7/13: A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. 714: A WHIMBREL was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Selkirk Shores State Park. 7/16: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER continues at Great Bear Recreation Area north of Phoenix. 7/18: 7 shorebird species including PIPING PLOVER and SANDERLING were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. Madison county ------------ 7/18: A GREAT EGRET was seen on Black Creek Road in Kirkville. Oneida County ------------ 7/15: A SEDGE WREN was found on Walker Road in Durhamville. 717: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen south of Vienna. 7/20: A RED CROSSBILL was found on Hillside Road in Boonville. Herkimer County -------------- 7/14: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found on Sabin Road north of Little Falls. 7/15: A GREAT EGRET was seen at the Cozy haven Wildlife Marsh north of Richfield Springs. -----end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, New York 13027 Region 5 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
