RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 23, 2012 * NYSY 07.23.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
July 16, 2012 - July 23, 2012 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:July 23 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #313 -Monday July 23, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 16 , 2012 Highlights: ----------- RED-THROATED LOON LITTLE BLUE HERON BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GLOSSY IBIS BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK SANDHILL CRANE SANDERLING CURLEW SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE SANDWICH TERN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/24: A CURLEW SANDPIPER was spotted in Knox-Marsellus Marsh from East Road. It was relocated on the 25th. and 26th. but has not been reported since. Also seen were SANDHILL CRANE and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE. 7/25: A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen along the first part of Towpath Road in the marsh. It wwas seen again on the 27th. and the 29th. but has not been reported since. 7/26: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE and a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE were seen in Knox-marsellus marsh. Other highlights were LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and SANDERLING. 7/28: An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh but shortly took flight to the north. In all 13 species of Shorebirds were seen, mostly at Knox-Marsellus Marsh, this week. Oswego County ------------ 7/25: A SANDWICH TERN was found at Sandy Pond on a sand bar near Carl Island. It was relocated on the 29th. No report today yet. Onondaga County ------------ 7/26: 7 species of Shorebird were found in a wet area along New Seneca Turnpike near Skaneateles. A COMMON and a RED-THROATED LOON were seen on Onondaga Lake. The Red-throated Loon may be injured. Herkimer County ------------ 7/27A GLOSSY IBIS and 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at a wet area on McKoon Road off of Rt.28 south of Mohawk. The Ibis was seen again on the 29th. Jefferson County ------------ 7/24: A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK was seen again at Northern Marina near Clayton. -- End Transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
