RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 12, 2021 * NYSY 07.12. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 05 to July 12, 2021 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 12 AT 4:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #760 Monday July 12, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 05, 2021 Highlights: -----------
LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON ROSEATE SPOONBILL SANDHILL CRANE RUDDY TURNSTONE SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER PIPING PLOVER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER SEDGE WREN PROTHONOTARY WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and CERULEAN WARBLER are still being seen regularly but in some instances, not daily on Armitage Road. Get them while you can. 7/8: A RUDDY TURNSTONE was foune on the Wildlife Drive. 7/9: SOLITARY SANDPIPER and SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER were seen on the Wildlife Drive. 7/11: The regions first ROSEATE SPOONBILL was found on the Wildlife Drive where it settled for the most part in the Thruway Pool nearest the Eagle statue. Many people enjoyed the bird before it flew apparently to Tschache Pool late in the afternoon. It was seen briefly at Tschache this morning before disappearing at the back of the pool. A LEAST BITTERN was also seen at Tschache Pool. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Knox-Marsellus Pool. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. 7/12: 6 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and 5 LEAST BITTERNS were found at Tschache Pool. Cayuga County ------------ 7/8: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found onkent Road east of Hannibal. 7/9: A LEAST BITTERN was found at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 7/6: an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues on Gully Road between Marcellus and Skaneateles. 7/9: A SEDGE WREN was heard at Three rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found at Cedar Bay Park in Fayetteville. 7/11: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were again seen on Babcock Road west of Baldwinsville. 7/12: 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS along with LEAST SANDPIPERS and KILLDEER were seen in a retention pond at Drivers Village in North Syracuse. Oswego County ------------ Up to 8 PIPING PLOVERS continue at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues on Gray Road south of Oswego. 7/7: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the Lakeside Rural Cemetery at Bernhards Bay on Oneida Lake. 7/10: 6 Shorebird species including 3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at the outlet on Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. Also seen was a NORTHERN SHOVELER. 7/11: 5 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS and 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS were noted on Pellet Road south of Hannibal. Madison County ------------ 7/10: A GREAT EGRET was seen on Fyler Road norht of Chittenango. Oneida County ------------ 7/6: A SEDGE WREN was found in a field near Durhamville. -----end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, New York 13027 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/ --
