RBA
* New York * Syracuse * August 23, 2022 * NYSY 08. 23. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 15, 2022 to August 15, 2022 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: August 23 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #806: Monday August 23, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 15, 2022 Highlights: ----------- GLOSSY IBIS BLACK VULTURE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE MARBLED GOSWIT HUDSONIAN GODWIT RUDDY TURNSTONE WHIMBREL WILLET BAIRD’S SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER RED KNOT SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER BLACK-BRLLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER LITTLE GULL COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER SWAINSON’S THRUSH Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 8/25: AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and RUDDY TURNSTONE were all seen along the Wildlife Drive. 8/27: 10 Shorebird species including WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and SHORT-BILLED SANDPIPER were seen at Knox-Marsellus marsh. 8/28: A GLOSSY IBIS and an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER were spotted along the Wildlife Drive. A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. Oswego County ------------ Shorebirds seen at Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario this week. RUDY TURNSTONE, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, SANDERLING, WHIMBLER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, RED KNOT, STILT SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WILLET, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER AND WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. 8/23: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Mexico Point on Lake Ontario. A LITTLE GULL was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. 8/25: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen on Hinman Road north of Pulaski. 8/28: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen on Rt.14 at Ox Creek south of Fulton. An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen at the Co. Rt. 6 Sod Farm north of Phoenix. Onondaga County ------------ 8/24: A BLACK VULTURE was seen from Comstock Ave. in Syracuse. 8/27: COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at Split Rock in Airrmont and Morgan Hill State Forest. 8/28: A BLACK VULTURE was seen from Clark Reservation Park in Jamesville. Madison County ------------ 8/23: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from Borden Road in Earlville. Oneida County ------------ 8/25: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Lakeshore Road at the north east end of Oneida Lake. It was seen again on the 27th. 8/28: 2 BLACK VULTURES were again seen at an abondened barn on Rt. 46 south of Rome. An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen on Lakeshore Road on the north east end of Oneida Lake. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --
