RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 01, 2014 * NYSY 07. 01. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
June 23, 2013 - July 01, 2014 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: July 01 AT 10:30 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #399 Monday July 01, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 23, 2014 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN EURASIAN WIGEON GREATER YELLOWLEGS PECTORAL SANDPIPER UPLAND SANDPIPER WHIP-POOR-WILL COMMON NIGHTHAWK ACADIAN FLYCATCHER SEDGE WREN SWAINSON’S THRUSH ORCHARD ORIOLE CLAY-COLORED SPARROW HENSLOW’S SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 6/27: 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS herold in the fall? migration of shorebirds at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 6/28: 4 LEAST BITTERNS were seen in the marshes on Morgan Road. Onondaga County ------------ 6/28: 4 ORCHARD ORIOLES were found at Green Lakes State Park. 6/29: At least 2 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS continue at Whiskey Hollow. Oneida County ------------ 6/28: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found at Spring Farm Nature Center. 6/30: 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen on North Gage Road near Poland. Oswego County ------------ 6/29: 4 WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard in the gravel pits on County Rt.17 north of Oneida Lake. Herkimer County ------------ 6/29: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was found on Beaver/Satterlee Road. Jefferson County ------------ 6/27: At Fort Drum fortunate birders were treated to CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, SEDGE WREN, WHIP-POOR-WILL and COMMON NIGHTHAWK. WHIP-POOR-WILL was also heard on Burnt Rock Road. HENSLOW SPARROW was heard on Dog Hill Road in the Perch River WMA. 6/29: 2 HENSLOW’S SPARROWS were again heard on Dog Hill Road. -- end report 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/ --
