* New York* Syracuse
- August 07, 2017
* NYSY 08.07.17 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):July 31, 2017 -
August 07, 2017to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY
counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands
Complex (MWC)
The spit at Myers Point hosted a few shorebirds this evening, including an
adult Sanderling, an adult Semipalmated Plover, 8 juvenile Least
Sandpipers, Killdeer, and a Solitary Sandpiper in the creek. The lake level
is dramatically down from where it was a week or two ago and lots of nice
Yesterday my neighbor out in his boat saw one of 2 OSPREYS that is fishing
around here, catch a fish so large that the bird could not get it up out of
water, and had to drop the fish!
Earlier I had seen one of them dive 2x without success; then that one flew to
the 2nd one perched in my tall
Concerning Donna's email about the chicken, I live near Conn Hill..lots of
woods out here, and have seen that people will just dump chickens they
don't want for some reason or other. If a chicken lover goes to get them,
the abandoned chicken can avoid feeding foxes and coyotes etc..Laurie
On Mon,
