RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 02, 2010 * NYSY 0208.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 26, 2009 - August 02, 2010 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 02 AT 3:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #215 -Monday August 02, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 26 , 2010 Highlights: -----------
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GREAT EGRET WHITE-TAILED KITE (Extralimital) SANDHILL CRANE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER SANDERLING STILT SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S PHALAROPE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 8/2: The following shorebirds were found at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. KILLDEER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WILSON’S SNIPE, and WILSON’S PHALAROPE. Also spotted were BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, GREAT EGRET, SANDHILL CRANE, and 8 species of waterfowl. Most species continued throughout the week beu by wednesday the WILSON’S PHALAROPE was not being reported. 8/4: 5 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the intersection of Rt. 89 and Armitage Road. 8/6: BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER joined the mix of Shorebirds at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 8/7: More newcomers to Knox-Marsellus. WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, and SANDERLING. Madison County ------------ 8/5: A GREAT EGRET was seen in West Eaton near Rt. 26. 8/6: 10 LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen at the turf farm north of Chittenango. On the 8th. they were joined by SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Onondaga County ------------ 8/7: KILLDEER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER were all found at the south end of Jamesville Reservoir. Herkimer County ------------ 8/8 At Weaver Lake near Richfield Springs the following species were recorded. VIRGINIA RAIL, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, KILLDEER, and SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Extralimital ------------ 8/9: As of today the WHITE-TAILED KITE found last week at Stratford Point in Connecticut was still being observed. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --