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* New York * Syracuse * August 01, 2022 * NYSY 08. 01. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 25, 2022 to August 01, 2022 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 01 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | | | | | | | | (no title) Visit the post for more. | | | #804: Monday August 01, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 25, 2022 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON SANDHILL CRANE WILSON’S PHALAROPE SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER SEDGE WREN SWAINSON’S THRUSH GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH CERULEAN WARBLER ORCHARD ORIOLE GRASSHOPPER SPARROW RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/26: 7 Shorebird species including 3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen along the Wildlife Drive. 7/28: A SEDGE WREN was found at the Morgan Road Marshes. It was seen up to 7/31. 7/30: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE and 2 STILT SANDPIPERS were seen along the Wildlife Drive.A LEAST BITTERN was found at Tschache Pool. 3 CERULEAN WARBLERS were seen at the forested area of Armitage Road. 7/31: A LEAST BITTERN was found at the Morgan Road Marshes. Oswego County ------------ 7/31: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the corner of Rt. 104 and Fred Haynes Boulevard. Onondaga County ------------ 7/26: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen along Onondaga Creek at Maltbie Road in Syracuse. 7/27: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Cedar Bay Park in Fayetteville. Madison County ------------ 7/29: 2 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were found near Hatch Lake west of Hamilton. A RED CROSSBILL was found at the Earlville State Forest. 7/31: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on West Lake Road at the north end of Cazenovia Lake. Oneida County ------------ 7/26: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen in the Rome Cemetery. 7/27: At least one RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Verona Beach State Park. Herkimer County ------------ 7/29: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen on Johnson Road in Ilion. 7/31: A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen on the Third Lake Trail north of Old Forge. A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was seen near South Pond north of Big Moose Lake. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 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/ --
