RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 08, 2011 * NYSY 08:08.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 31, 2010 - August 08, 2011 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 08 AT 1:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #265 -Monday August 08, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 31 , 2011 Highlights: -----------
GREAT EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON BARNACLE GOOSE SNOW GOOSE MERLIN SANDHILL CRANE VIRGINIA RAIL BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER UPLAND SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER GRAY-HEADED GULL (Extralimital) Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/31: 300 LEAST and 350 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. 8 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and 8 STILT SANDPIPERS were among 11 species of shorebird seen at Puddler’s Marsh. 35 GREAT EGRETS and 2 SANDHILL CRANES were at May’s Point Pool. 8/04: 1 STILT SANDPIPER and 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were at the Visitor’s Center. 8/07: Both Knox-Marsellus and Puddler’s Marsh had improved habitat after the rain butby that time fog and darkness had made viewing difficult. Many shorebirds were seen in the area. Smaller numbers of shorebirds, mostly Yellowlegs and Peep were at the Visitor’s Center and along the Wildlife Drive. Oswego County ------------ 8/02: 1 UPLAND SANDPIPER was found at the Oswego County Airport. Nearby at the Co. Rt. 6 wetland VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON MOORHEN (GALINULE from now on) and 5 species of shorebirds were seen. 8/03: A SNOW GOOSE was seen in a farm field with Canadas on Rt.49 near Constantia. Onondaga County ------------ 7/31: 4 species of shorebird and a MERLIN were seen at the mouth of Nine Mile Creek on Onondaga Lake. 8/03: A juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was spotted on the rocks at the Marina on Onondaga Lake in Liverpool. 8/06: a SNOW GOOSE was seen in the Seneca River below the dam in Baldwinsville. It was also seen on the 7th. Jefferson County ------------ 7/31: A BARNACLE GOOSE was seen and photographed on an island just off Fuller Street in Alexandria Bay. There have been no follow-up reports since. Extralimital ------------ The last positive report of the GRAY-HEADED GULL in Coney Island was August 03. --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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
