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*New York September 23, 2019 NYSY 09. 23. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex Compiled: September 23 at 11:00 a.m. Compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 16, 2019 Highlights: -------------- GLOSSY IBIS CACKLING GOOSE SANDHILL CRANE STILT SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER SEDGE WREN GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH PHILADELPHIA VIREO LINCOLN’S SPARROW WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ Shorebirds seen at the complex this week. SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER KILLDEER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER PECTORAL SANDPIPER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S SNIPW GREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER YELLOWLEGS LEAST SANDPIPER SOLITARY SANDPIPER SPOTTED SANDPIPER SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER The GLOSSY IBIS found last week at Knox-Marsellus has continued to be present throughout the week. 9/18: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO and a CAPE MAY WARBLER were seen on VanDyne Spoor road 9/19: 8 species of Shorebirds including BAIRD’S SANDPIPER and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen at the Visitor’s Center. 9/20: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 9/23: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen and photographed in the bushes at Tschache Pool. Cayuga County ------------ YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO and at least three RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were reported from West Barrier Beach Park and the State Park grounds at Fair Haven this week. Onondaga County ------------ 9/17: A n OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was again found at Raddison River Park (private) north of Baldwinsville and was seen through the 21st. 9/18: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was found at Raddison River Park. 9/19: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at Barry Park in Syracuse. 9/21: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at Raddison River Park. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and 2 CAPE MAY WARBLERS were seen on the Onondaga Creek Creek Walk north of Hiawathe Blvd. in Syracuse. 6 Warbler species and 6 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were seen at Labrador Hollow Unique Area. A CAPE MAY WARBLER was seen in Manlius. Oswego County ------------ 9/19: A SEDGE WREN was found at Sandy Island State Park on Lake Ontario along with a PHILADELPHIA VIREO and a CAPE MAY WARBLER. 9/20: The SEDGE WREN was refound at Sandy Island along with 3 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS. 9/22: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on Hinman Road north of Port Ontario. 9/23: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen on Hinman Road. Madison County ------------ 9/20: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO and 2 LINCOLN’S SPARROWS were seen at the Tuscarora nature Area west of Erieville. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. 9/22: A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen at the Madison Street Impoundment north of Hamilton. A SANDHILL CRANE was found at the Sky High Sod Farm north of Chittenango. Oneida County ------------ 9/16: 8 species of Warblers including CAPE MAY were seen at the Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. 9/17: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen in Waterville. 9/19: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary. 9/21: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at the Sparin Farn Nature Sanctuary. Herkimer County ------------ 9/20: An early WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen at a feeder north of Dolgeville. ---- End Transcript ---- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, USA -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
