RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* October 12, 2021
* NYSY 10. 12. 21
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s): October 04 toOctober 12, 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: October 12 AT 4:00 p.m. (DST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#773: Monday October 12
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
October 4, 2021
Highlights:
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GLOSSY IBIS
GREAT EGRET
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
STILT SANDPIPER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
LONG-TAILED JAEGER
PARASITIC JAEGER
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
LAUGHING GULL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
NORTHERN WHEATEAR
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
DICKCISSEL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
PINE SISKIN
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
10/6: A GLOSSY IBIS was found on the wildlife Trail and continues up to
today. A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen along the Wildlife trail.
10/7: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
10/9: 5 SANDERLINGS were seen olong the Wildlife trail.
10/10: A DICKCISSEL was heard in flight at East Road.
10/11: 5 Shorebird species including 4 STILT SANDPIPERS were seen at the
Visitor’s Center. 5 Shorebird species including an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were
seen along the Wildlife Trail.
Onondaga County
10/5: 21 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were heard singing night-flight calls from
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery in Syracuse. Another 4 were heard on Jamesville Road in
Syracuse.
10/7: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was spotted on the Marshy Spits on the west
shore of Onondaga Lake.
10/8: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen along the West Shore Trail on
Onondaga Lake.
10/10: This was the last report of the LAUGHING GULL on the docks near the
Ampitheater on Onondaga Lake.
Oswego County
10/5: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at Great bear Recreational Area
north of Phoenix.
10/6: A rare for our area NORTHERN WHEATEAR was found at the Outlet of
Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. A RED KNOT was also found in that area. Both of
these birds were relocated on the 7th. but not since. also seen on the 6th.
were BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, STILT SANDPIPER, SANDERLING and DUNLIN.
10/7: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found at the outlet of Sandy Pond and
continued to the 8th. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found here also and
continued till the 11th.
10/8: A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen from the bluff at Derby Hill. A
PARASITIC JAEGER and a LONG-TAILED JAEGER were spotted from the outlet at Sandy
Pond out over Lake Ontario. Also seen here that day were a LAPLAND LONGSPUR and
a CACKLING GOOSE.
Madison County
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10/9: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in flight near EdenHollow Road south of
Erieville.
Oneida County
10/10: 3 GREAT EGRETS were seen at the Utica Marsh. A RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER was seen on Black Hollow Road near Remsen.
Herkimer County
8/8: 4 PINE SISKINS were seen north of Little Falls on Rt. 170A.
8/9: A GREAT EGRET was seen at McKoons Marsh north of Richfield Springs.
It was relocated the next day.
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Joseph Brin
Baldwinsville, NY
13027
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