RBA
*New York
July 08 2019
NYSY 07. 08. 19
Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert
To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com
Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer,
Cayuga,
Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex
Compiled: July 08 at 12:00 p.m.
Compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 01,
2019
Highlights:
COMMON LOON
LEAST BITTERN
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
CANVASBACK
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
SANDHILL CRANE
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
LEAST SANDPIPER
CASPIAN TERN
BLACK TERN
FISH CROW
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
ORCHARD ORIOLE
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER(s) continue to be seen and heard at the forested area
on Armitage Road.
7/6: LEAST BITTERN and BLACK TERN were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh.The
first sighting of migrating shorebirds, 59 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 4 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS and 1 LEAST SANDPIPER were all seen along the Wildlife Drive.
Spotted Sandpiper, a local breeder, was seen also. A COMMON LOON and a
CANVASBACK were spotted at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
was seen at Railroad Road Marshes.
7/8: 48 BLACK TERNS were seen from the tower at Tschache Pool.
Onondaga County
7/3: 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Green Lakes State Park.
7/6: 2 CASPIAN TERNS were seen at the Raddison River Park (private) on the
Seneca River north of Rt. 31.
Oswego County
7/5: 9 CASPIAN TERNS were seen at Selkirk Shores State Park on Lake
Ontario.
7/6: 2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were seen at a private resicence on Baum Road
in Hastings.
Madison County
7/1: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota.
7/4: A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen at MorrowMountain State Forest south
of Erieville.
7/5: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Madison street Impoundment
north of Hamilton.
Oneida County
7/2: A FISH CROW was found on Leland Ave in Utica.
End Transcript
Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, USA
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