RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 5, 2014 * NYSY 08. 05. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
July 28, 2013 - August 05, 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: August 05 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #404 Monday August 05, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 28, 2014 Highlights: ----------- AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN GREAT EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON LEAST BITTERN RUDDY TURNSTONE STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER BLACK SKIMMER SNOWY OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/30: LEAST BITTERNS were still being seen at LaRues Lagoon along the Wildlife Drive along with 6 species of shorebird. The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN remains in Knox-Marsellus Marsh along with 8 species of shorebirds. RUDDY TURNSTONE is a new entry in the shorebird category. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the new Deep Muck area and Tshache Pool. 8/1: LEAST BITTERN still present along Wildlife Drive. 13 species of Shorebirds were seen at the complex this week with RUDDY TURNSTONE being the only new species. 8/4: One of the juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS was seen at the nest area on Mays Point Pond Road. Onondaga County ------------ 8/4: 2 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were still singing in Whiskey Hollow in the Town of Van Buren. 8/5: A SNOWY OWL was again seen near the Rt.31 and 481 intersection, this time at the Toys are Us store. Oswego County ------------ 7/30: A very rare for anywhere away from Long Island BLACK SKIMMER was seen and photographed by one individual at Lake Neatahwanta in Fulton. It was seen again on the 31st. but has not been relocated. 8/1: A GREAT EGRET was found at Lake Neatahwanta. 8/3: A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen at Oswego Harbor. Madison County ------------ 8/2: A STILT SANDPIPER was found at the Sky High Sod Farm on Lakeport Road. 8/3: A GREAT EGRET was seen at Woodman Pond. Jefferson county ------------- 8/4: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen along Rt.81 between exits 47 and 48. -- 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/ --
