RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* September 15, 2014
* NYSY 09. 15. 14
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
September 08, 2014 - September 15, 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: September 15 AT 7:00 p.m. (EDT)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#409 Monday September 15, 2014
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
September 08, 2014
Highlights:
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HUDSONIAN GODWIT
RUDDY TURNSTONE
SANDERLING
STILT SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
LINCOLN’S SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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9/9: 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 15 species of
Warbler were seen along Towpath Road.
9/10: 1 HUDSONIAN GODWIT and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were found at
Knox-Marsellus.
9/12: 1 HUDSONIAN GODWIT and a RUDDY TURNSTONE were at Knox Marsellus.
9/13: The HUDSONIAN GODWIT and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were at
Knox-Marsellus. In all 20 species of Shorebirds were seen.
Hopefully more comlete results of the Muckrace will be available by nest
week.
Onondaga County
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COMMON NIGHTHAWKS continue to be seen in early evening at 100 acre Marsh
at Three Rivers WMA. 16 were counted last night.
Fall Warbler and other passerine migration was evident this week. Between
Beaver Lake Nature Center, Three Rivers WMA, the Creekwalk and Hancock Airport
20 Warbler species were seen this week. PHILADELPHIA VIREO was found also. A
possible early Orang-crowned Warbler was reported at the Creekwalk
Oswego County
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9/10: 3 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 2 SANDERLINGS and 8 PIPITS were seen on the
breakwalls at Oswego Harbor.
9/12: 15 species of Warblers Wwere seen at the trails at Lake Neahtawanta
in Fulton.
Oneida County
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9/9: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at Spring Farm Nature Center south
of Clinton. Also found were 12 species of Warblers and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO.
Jefferson County
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9/12: A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen at El Dorado State Park.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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