RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 02 2021 * NYSY 08.02. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 26 to August 02, 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: August 02 AT 2:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #763 Tuesday August 02, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 26, 2021 Highlights: -----------
LEAST BITTERN CATTLE EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON ROSEATE SPOONBILL WOOD STORK BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK PIPING PLOVER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER SANDERLING RUDDY TURNSTONE SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER ORCHARD ORIOLE GRASSHOPPER SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ The ROSEATE SPOONBILL and the WOOD STORK have continued all week at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK showed up at Knox-Marsellus on 7/26 and a second on 8/1. At least one is still being seen up to today. 7/27: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen on Towpath Road. 6 shorebird species including 8 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at Railroad Road Marsh in the northern complex. 7/29: A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen at Knox-Marsellus thru 7/30. A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen at Knox-Marsellus through 8/1. 7/30: A CATTLE EGRET was found at Knox-Marsellus and continues up to today. 8/1: 7 shorebird species including LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen from Towpath Road. 8/2: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continues at the forested area of Armitage Road. Cayuga County ------------ 8/1: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Fair Haven State Park. Oswego County ------------ 7/31: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen at Hinman Road north of Pulaski. 8/1: 11 shorebird species PIPING PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE adn WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. 8/2: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and 12 SANDERLING were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. Onondaga County ------------ 7/27: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Cedar Bay Park in Fayetteville. 7/28: 2 SANDHILL CRANES continue at East Mud Lake Road west of Baldwinsville. 7/29: A LEAST BITTERN was seen on the West Shore trail of Onondaga Lake. 7/30: 6 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HAWKS were seen on the Onondaga Creek Creek Walk near Destiny. 8/1: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at Leavenworth Park in Syracuse. Madison County ------------ 7/27: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the Great Swamp Conservancy north of Canastota. 7/29: A LEAST BITTERN was found at the Great Swamp Conservancy. 7/31: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from the Thruway east of Kirkville. Oneida County ------------ 8/1: A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen and photographed in the Black River Wild forest north of Woodgate. -----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/ --
