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* New York * Syracuse * September 12, 2022 * NYSY 09. 12. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 05, 2022 to September 12, 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: September 12 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #808: Monday September 12, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 05, 2022 Highlights: ----------- GLOSSY IBIS EURASIAN WIGEON RUDDY TURNSTONE WESTERN SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER RED KNOT WHIMBREL SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER FORSTER’S TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER EVENING GROSBEAK Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 9/5: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen along the Wildlife Drive and remained through the 8th. 9/10: A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, COMMON NIGHTHAWK and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER were all found on Howland Island. A GLOSSY IBIS and a FORSTER’S TERN were seen along the Wildlife Drive. Cayuga County ------------ 9/7: 9 SANDERLINGS and 1 RUDY TURNSTONE were seen at Fair Haven State Park. Oswego County ------------ 9/5: 13 Shorebird species including BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, RED KNOT and WHIMBREL were all noted at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. 9/6: BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER and 4 STILT SANDPIPERS were present at the Sandy Pond Outlet. 9/9: New arrivals to Sandy Pond were AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER and 5 FORSTER’S TERNS. 9/11: 7 FORSTER’S TERNS, RUDDY TURNSTONE, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER SANDERLING and BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were present at the Sandy Pond Outlet. Onondaga County ------------ 9/7: OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS were found at the SU ESF campus and Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen in Oakwood Cemetery. 9/8: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were seen at Oakwood Cemetery. 2 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS were seen in Thornden Park in Syracuse.A PHILADELPHIA VIREO, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW were all found at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Madison County ------------ 9/10: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen in the Earlville State Forest. 9/11: 8 Shorebird species including SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER were seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 9/7: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at the corner of Rt.365 and Jones Road on Hinkley Reservoir. 9/8: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues on Lakeshore Road north of Sylvan Beach. 9/9: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. Herkimer County ------------ 9/11: 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Van Buren Street in Dolgeville. ---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/ --