RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 20, 2021 * NYSY 09. 20. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 13 to September 20, 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 20 AT 5:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #770: Monday September 20 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 13, 2021 Highlights: -----------
GLOSSY IBIS ROSEATE SPOONBILL CACKLING GOOSE WHIMBREL AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER COMMON RINGED PLOVER SNOWY PLOVER STILT SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER RED KNOT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER RED-NECKED PHALAROPE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL SABINE’S GULL LAUGHING GULL FORSTER’S TERN COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH SWAINSON’S THRUSH DICKCISSEL CLAY-COLORED SPARROW LINCOLN’S SPARROW RUSTY BLACKBIRD PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ The last sighting of the ROSEATE SPOONBILL was 9/18 from the Thru-way Pools. 9/14: A GLOSSY IBIS was seen along the Wildlife Drive up to 9/18. 9/16: 13 species of Shorebirds including BLACK-BELLIED and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, STILT SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMBED SANDPIPER and both DOWITCHERS were seen in Knox-Marsellus Pool. A PHILIDELPHIA VIREO was seen on Towpath Road. 9/17: 2 WHIMBRELS were seen from the Wildlife Drive. 9/18: 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were seen along the Wildlife Drive. Onondaga County ------------ 9/13: This was the last day a WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen at Oneida Shores in Brewerton. 9/15: A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen at Oneida Shores and has continued up to today. 5 SABINE’S GULLS and an adult LAUGHING GULL were both found at Onondaga Lake. The Sabine’s were first noted at the Honeywell Visitor’s Center near the State fair and the Laughing Gull was spotted at the Liverpool Marina. A SABINE’S GULL was seen in the area up to 9/19 and the LAUGHING GULL was see again today at Lakeview Point near the Ampitheater,A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Marshy Spits south of the Honeywell Center. A DICKCISSEL was seen at the Marshy Spits up to 9/17. 9/17: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at Oneida shores Beach. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at Onondaga Lake Park. 9/18: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at Oneida Shores Beach. 9/19: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were spotted near Lakeview Point on Onondaga Lake.A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Onondaga Shores Park. Oswego County ------------ 9/13: A COMMON RINGED PLOVER and a SNOWY PLOVER were both found at the outlet of Sandy Pond. The SNOWY PLOVER was the first sighting in New York and the COMMON RINGED PLOVER possibly only the third sighting. the Common Ringed Plover was only seen on the 13th but the snowy Plover was seen up to 9/16. Other Shorebirds seen thet day and for some through the week were BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, RED KNOT, SANDERLING, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, both DOWITCHERS, SPOTTED SANDPIPER and both YELLOWLEGS. As of yesterday only 9 shorebird species were seen in the area without any of the rarities. also on the 13th. a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH were found in that area. 9/14: 2 FORSTER’S TERNS were seen on Carl Island which is just east of the Outlet and continues through the 16th. 9/17: A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen at Oneida Shores Beach. 9/19: A CACKLING GOOSE, a LINCOLN’S SPARROW and a PINE SISKIN were all found in the area around the Sandy Pond Outlet. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at a private residence in Constantia. 9/20: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and 14 SWAINSON’S THRUSHES were seen at the Rice Creek Biological Field Station in Oswego. Madison County ------------ 9/19: A DICKCISSEL was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 9/17: One RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Verona Beach State Park at the east end of Oneida Lake. 9/19: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Pixley Falls State park north of Rome. A RUSTY BLACKBIRD, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO and a SWAINSON’S THRUSH were all seen at Sparing Farm Nature Sanctuary south of Clinton. --- end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, New York 13027 -- 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/ --
