RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* September 21, 2020
* NYSY 09. 21. 20
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
September 15, 2020 to September 21, 2020
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: September 21 AT 2:30 p.m. (EDT)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#721
Monday September 21, 2020
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
September 15, 2020
Highlights:
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LEAST BITTERN
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
SNOW GOOSE
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK(Extralimital)
EURASIAN WIGEON
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
RED KNOT
WHIMBREL
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
WESTERN SANDPIPER
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
STILT SANDPIPER
SANDERLING
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
LINCOLN’S SPARROW
PINE SISKIN
RED CROSSBILL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
9/15: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
9/17: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the Main Pool and was present up to
the 19th. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road.
9/18: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen at the Visitor’s center and was present
to the 19th.
9/19: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW were found at Howland
Island.A SNOW GOOSE, a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK were all seen
at the Visitor’s Center. A LEAST BITTERN was seen along the Wildlife Drive.
9/20: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were found at the
Visitor’s Center. AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were seen at the Main Pool and at
East Road.
Cayuga County
9/17: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen on West Bay Road in Fair Haven.
Onondaga County
RED CROSSBILLS continue to be found at the intersection of Shakham Road
and Herlihy Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest.
9/15: 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen on the Creek Walk north of
Hiawatha Boulevard in Syracuse.
9/16: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen from the West Shore Trail of
Onondaga Lake.A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of
Baldwinsville.
9/17: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was sound at Jamesville Ave. in Syracuse. An
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen from the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. It
was seen through the 20th.
9/18: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen along Rt. 31 west of Bridgeport.
9/19: A SNOW GOOSE was seen in flight on Lawrence Road in Marsellus. A
LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen on the Creek Walk north of Hiawatha Boulevard in
Syracuse.
Oswego County
Between 9/16 and 9/19 the following birds were recorded at the Sandy Pond
Outlet on Lake Ontario although all were not present each day. AMERICAN GOLDEN
PLOVER, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, STILT SANDPIPER,
WESTERN SANDPIPER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SANDERLING, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, RED KNOT
and WHIMBREL.
9/19: 2 late NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on
Lake Ontario.
9/20: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Merrill Park near Parish.
Madison County
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9/19; A PINE SISKIN was seen on Green Road in Erieville.
9/20: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen on Rippleton Road south of
Cazenovia. 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were seen at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton.
Oneida County
9/15: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Sylvan Beach on Oneida Lake.
9/18: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER and a SANDERLING were seen at Delta Lake
state Park in Rome.
9/20: 2 SANDERLINGS were seen at Syvan Beach.
Herkimer County
9/19: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at Salisbury Corners north of
Dolgeville.
Extralimital
A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK was seen as recently as yesterday in a
wetland on Hile School Road north of Freeville in Tompkins County.
End Report
Joseph Brin
Baldwinsville NY
Region 5
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