RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 30 2021 * NYSY 08. 30. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 23 to August 30, 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 30 AT 12:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #767 Tuesday August 23, 2021 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 23, 2021 Highlights: -----------
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON ROSEATE SPOONBILL LEAST BITTERN EURASIAN WIGEON PEREGRINE FALCON AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER RUDDY TURNSTONE STILT SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER RED KNOT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER SANDERLING SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Extralimital) WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ The WOOD STORK hasn’t been seen since 8/17. The ROSEATE SPOONBILL is still with us and was seen yesterday at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 8/27: A LEAST BITTERN was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 8/28: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in Knox-Marsellus. Also seen were 7 species of Shorebirds including a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. The WIGEON and the Dowitcher were relocated on the 28th. 8/29: 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at Knox-Marsellus. A LITTLE BLUS HERON (immature) was found at South Spring Pond. Cayuga County ------------ 8/28: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Sterling Nature Center. 8/29: 3 SANDERLINGS and 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were seen at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 8/23: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was again seen at the Marshy Spits south of the Honeywell Center on the west shore of Onondaga Lake.A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on Harris Road near Fabius. 8/24: A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER and 2 RED KNOTS were found at Oneida Shores Park in Brewerton. One of the Knots continued to the 28th. 8/25: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen at the Marshy Spits on Onondaga Lake. 8/27: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard on Potter Road in Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ This week 15 Shorebird species including RED KNOT, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE and BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were all seen at the Outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. NOT reported this week were PIPING PLOVER at this location. 8/25: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on North Ramona Beach Road south of Selkirk State Park on Lake Ontario. 8/29: A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Oswego Harbor. Madison County ------------ 8/23: 3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. 8/24: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and a PHILADELOHIA VIREO were seen on Peterson Hollow Road near Erieville. 8/28: 7 Shorebird species including a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ A RED HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Lakeshore Road on the north east corner of Oneida Lake. Extralimital ------------ A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, reported last week west of Penn Yan in Yates County continues to be seen. It was seen again Yesterday. The general area is the corner of Briggs and Stryker Roads. -----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/ --
