RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 06, 2021 * NYSY 09. 06. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 30 to September 06, 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: September 06 AT 3:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #768: Monday September 06 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 30, 2021 Highlights: -----------
ROSEATE SPOONBILL LEAST BITTERN EURASIAN WIGEON PEREGRINE FALCON AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER SANDERLING STILT SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER RED KNOT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER UPLAND SANDPIPER WILSON’S PHALAROPE SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Extralimital) SHORT-EARED OWL COMMON NIGHTHAWK YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ The last sighting of the ROSEATE SPOONBILL at Knox-Marsellus Marsh was 9/4. 8/30: an EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh and was seen again on 9/4. 8/31: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from East Road. 9/1: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 9/3: 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 8 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at Guy Baldassarre Marsh. 9/4: 16 Shorebird species including AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, STILT SANDPIPER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and both DOWITCHERS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Also seen were 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS and 10 Warbler species. A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at the forested area of Armitage Road. Cayuga County ------------ 9/5: 5 Shorebird species including 2 SANDERLINGS were seen at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 8/30: 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were seen at Oneida Shores Pard in Brewerton and were seen through 9/2. 8/31: 9 LEAST BITTERNS were seen/heard at the Ladd Road Marsh near Oneida Shores. A STILT SANDPIPER was found at Oneida Shores Park and was seen through 9/3. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen at the Ladd Road Marsh. 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at the Split Rock Quarry in Fairmont. 9/5: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was found at the Morgan Hill State Forest. 9/6: 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were seen on Kellog Road in Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 8/30: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at the Deer Creek Marsh on Lake Ontario north of Sandy Pond.12 Shorebird species including RED KNOT, STILT SANDPIPER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. 8/31: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at the Deer Creek Marsh. 9/3: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was see at the Sandy Pond beach area. 8 Shorebird species including RED KNOT and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. Madison County ------------ 8/31: A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was found at Peterson Hollow Road near Erieville. 9/3: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. 9/5: A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen on Ditchbank Road. Oneida County ------------ 8/31: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Clinton. 9/2: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen in the Lake Julia Preserve north of Remson. 9/3: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen st Spring Farms Nature Center south of Clinton. 9/6: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen on Kellog Street in Clinton. Extralimital ------------ A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE continues in Yates County. It was seen and photographed today on Town Line Road west of Penn Yan. -----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/ --
