Sunday at Lindsay Parsons Preserve near beaver pond: Black Throated Green Nashville Cape May Yellow Rumped
On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 12:00 AM Upstate NY Birding digest < cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Tuesday, September 14, 2021. > > 1. American Kestrel lineup! > 2. Syracuse area RBA > 3. Snowy Plover and Common Ringed Plover, Sandy Pond (Oswego Co.) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: American Kestrel lineup! > From: "Marie P. Read" <m...@cornell.edu> > Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:00:15 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Hi Cayugabirders, > The annual build-up of American Kestrels on Mt Pleasant is happening! > Location is the dirt road (recently graded and improved) tht heads north > from Mt Pleasant Rd to the tall communication towers. I counted 11 > kestrels, 9 of which were lined up along one span of wire! They're mostly > feasting on the crickets and grasshoppers that emerge from the fields. > > Enjoy! > Marie > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > e-mail m...@cornell.edu > Website: http://www.marieread.com > AUTHOR of: > Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing > Birds and Their Behavior > > https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Syracuse area RBA > From: Joseph Brin <brinjos...@yahoo.com> > Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 22:48:01 +0000 (UTC) > X-Message-Number: 2 > > RBA > > * New York > * Syracuse > * September 13, 2021 > * NYSY 09. 13. 21 > > Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert > Dates(s): September 06 to September 13, 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: September 13 AT 5:00 p.m. (DST) > compiler: Joseph Brin > Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org > > > #769: Monday September 13 > > Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of > September 06, 2021 > > Highlights: > ----------- > > GLOSSY IBIS > ROSEATE SPOONBILL > EURASIAN WIGEON > AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER > BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER > SANDERLING > WESTERN SANDPIPER > BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER > STILT SANDPIPER > BAIRD’S SANDPIPER > RED KNOT > WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER > RED-NECKED PHALAROPE > SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Extralimital) > COMMON NIGHTHAWK > SAW-WHET OWL > RED-HEADED WOODPECKER > YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER > OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER > PHILADELPHIA VIREO > GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH > GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER > DICKCISSEL > LARK SPARROW > > > > Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex > (MWC) > ------------ > > The ROSEATE SPOONBILL continues to be present at Knox-Marsellus Pool > through today. > 9/9: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Knox-Marsellus Pool. > 9/10: 11 species of Shorebirds including a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER > were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. > 9/11: A SAW-WHET OWL was heard near Knox-Marsellus Marsh just after > midnight. A LARK SPARROW was seen from Rt.89 near the Pure Functional > Plant. 11 species of shorebirds including a STILT SANDPIPER were seen at > Muckrace Flats in the northern complex. > 9/12: 13 species of Shorebirds including 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, > an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, 12 STILT SANDPIPERS, 5 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, 4 > WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and both DOWITCHERS were seen at Knox-Marsellus > Marsh. Also heard was a DICKCISSEL. A GLOSSY IBIS was found at the > visitor’s Center. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen on the Wildlife Drive. > > > Onondaga County > ------------ > > 9/6: A STILT SANDPIPER was seen at Oneida shores park in Brewerton. > 9/7: 12 species of warblers including Wilson’s, CAPE MAY and > BAY-BREASTED were seen at Oneida Shores. Also seen was a YELLOW-BELLIED > FLYCATCHER. A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen on Bardeen Road in Fabius. > 9/8: YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS were seen on Conners Road south of > Baldwinsville and Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse. > 9/9: A WESTERN SANDPIPER was found at Oneida Shores Park and has been > seen through the 12th. A PECTORAL SANDPIPER was seen there also. > 9/11: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Oneida Shores Park. A late > COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from the West Shore Trail On Onondaga Lake. > > > Oswego County > ------------ > > 9/9: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. > 2 RED KNOTS continue at the Outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. > 9/11: At the outlet of Sandy Pond 12 species of Shorebirds including > BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, RED KNOT, STILT SANDPIPER and > BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were seen. Also seen in the area was a PHILADELPHIA VIREO. > 9/12: The WESTERN SANDPIPER at Oneida Shores was observed in flight > over Oneida Lake making it in Oswego County. > 9/13: A possible extremely rare SNOWY PLOVER was found at the outlet > to Sandy Pond. More information still coming. > > > Cayuga County > ------------ > > 9/9: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at Fair Haven State Park. > > > Madison County > ------------ > > 9/6: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at Sullivan Town Park in > Chittenango. > 9/9: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen at Woodman Pond north of > Hamilton. > > > Oneida County > ------------- > > 910: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at a residence north of > waterville. > 9/11: 9 Warbler species and 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were seen at Spring > Farm Nature Sanctuary south of clinton. > 9/12: 2 GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS were seen at Sherrill Brook Park south > of Utica. > > > Herkimer County > ---------------- > > 9/6: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at a private residence in > Salisbury Corners. > > > Extralimital > ------------ > > The SWALLOW-TAILED KITE found west of Penn Yan in Yates County is > still present. It was seen today on Briggs Road. > Another sighting of a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE with a photo was in > Cortland County on Rt. 221 about a mile east of Marathon. This bird has not > been relocated. > > > > -----end report > > > Joseph Brin > Baldwinsville, New York > 13027 > > > Region 5 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Snowy Plover and Common Ringed Plover, Sandy Pond (Oswego Co.) > From: Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu> > Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:28:28 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > Matt Brown found a SNOWY PLOVER on the beach at Sandy Pond in Oswego County > this morning. The bird was still present this evening, on the lake side of > the south spit. At about 6:04PM, it took off to join a passing flock of > Sanderlings and they headed south out of sight down the beach. It's > possible they stopped farther down, but they were definitely gone from the > pond outlet area before dusk. Access to this area is best by boat, but you > can reportedly also walk north from Sandy Island Beach State Park. > > Then just before dusk I found a juvenile COMMON RINGED PLOVER on the sandy > shoal on the west side of Carl's Island in the bay. I was checking out some > of the array of shorebirds there, which included Red Knot, American > Golden-Plover, and Long-billed Dowitcher. As it was getting dark, I got on > a small plover giving melancholy calls in flight, quite unlike > Semipalmated, and I immediately suspected it was a ringed. Once it landed I > was able to get closer and call Drew Weber and Larry Chen who I had been > birding with back over to the island, and we were able to get some > documentation shots in the fading light. Plumage seemed consistent with a > juvenile Common Ringed: overall noticeably larger and plumper than nearby > Semipalmated. Dark breast band distinctly broken in center and bulging down > on both sides. Lores dark and no white wedge at gape. Closeups on photos > show no sign of paler orbital ring around eye. It continued to call > occasionally when other shorebirds would vocalize. It was still present on > the south side of the shoal when we left well after sunset. This flock > would be visible by scope from the south spit of the pond outlet, but ID > would be challenging at that distance. Otherwise access is by boat, putting > in either at Greene Point marina (paddlecraft launch fee $7) or the public > launch on Doreen Dr. at the far east side of the bay. > > Checklist with photos and a recording of the ringed plover here: > https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S94634252 > > -- > Jay McGowan > jw...@cornell.edu > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > > -- 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/ --
