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* New York * Syracuse * August 03, 2020 * NYSY 08. 03. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 27 2020 to august 03, 2020 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 03 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #714 Monday August 03, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 27, 2020 Highlights: ----------- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON REDHEAD PIPING PLOVER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER STILT SANDPIPER SANDERLING WHIMBREL RED KNOT RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SEDGE WREN RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET CERULEAN WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/29: 9 Shorebird species including 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. also seen were 6 SANDHILL CRANES. 8/1: 7 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 8 STILT SANDPIPERS and 5 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at East Road Some of the Cranes were fledglings. 10 WHIMBRELS were seen at VanDyne Spoor road in flight. 42 minutes later 10 WHIMBRELS were seen in flight at the Visitor’s Center. Same birds? 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS were seen in the forested area on Armitage Road. Onondaga County ------------ Up to 5 SEDGE WRENS are still being heard in the Big Fields area west of 60 road at the Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. RED CROSSBILLS were again found at the crossroads of Shakham Road and Herlihy Roads in Morgan Hill State Forest. 7/28: A BLUE-WINGED TEAL and 3 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS were seen along the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 7/29: An early RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen on Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. 7/30: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen on Penoyer Road in Fabius. 8/2: 2 WHIMBREL were seen from the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. Oswego County ------------ One PIPING PLOVER, this year’s juvenile, is still being seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on lake Ontario. 7/29: A possible POMERINE JAEGER was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. Also seen were 12 SANDERLINGS and 2 WHIMBREL.The WHIMBREL and the SANDERLING were seen again of 8/2. 7/30: A Male REDHEAD was seen in Oswego Harbor. Cayuga County ------------ RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, now a family of 7, are still being seen at Fair Haven State Park. 8/2: 4 WHIMBREL and a RED KNOT were seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. Madison County ------------ A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the Great Swamp Conservancy north of Canastota. A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen at the Madison Street Impoundment north of Hamilton. Oneida County ------------ 7/27: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Verona Beach State Park. 7/28: 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at the Shenandoah Golf Course at Turningstone Casino. ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
