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* New York * Syracuse * July 25, 2022 * NYSY 07. 25. 22 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 18, 2022 to July 25, 2022 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 25 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #803: Monday July 25, 2022 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 18 2022 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN GREAT EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON BLACK VULTURE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER WILLET RUDDY TURNSTONE SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER STILT SANDPIPER SAW-WHET OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER FISH CROW ACADIAN FLYCATCHER SWAINSON’S THRUSH GRASSHOPPER SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/18: 8Shorebird species including 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLIVERS were seen on the Wildlife Drive. Also seen was a LEAST BITTERN. 7/21: 11 Shorebird species including 5 STILT SANDPIPERS and 9 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen on the Wildlife Drive. 7/23: 10 Shorebird species including a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen on the Wildlife Drive. Oswego County ------------ 7/18: 7 STILT SANDPIPERS and 3 WILLETS were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. 7/20: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. 7/22: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was again found on Cowpath Road near Fulton. 7/24: 8 Shorebird species a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet. Onondaga County ------------ 7/18: A RUDDEY TURNSTONE was seen at the Marshy Spits on the west side of Onondaga Lake south of the Honeywell Center. 7/19: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on the Onondaga Creek Creek Walk near Spencer Street in Syracuse. 7/20: A GREAT EGRET was spotted from Laird Road in Memphis. Madison County ------------ 7/19: 2 BLACK VULTURES continue near the McDonalds on Rt.13 north of Canastota. One or two were spotted on the 22nd. and the 23rd. 7/20: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on West Lake Road at the north end of Cazenovia Lake. 7/24: A FISH CROW was found on Seneca Street in Oneida. Oneida County ------------ 7/19: A FISH CROW was heard on Belle Ave in Utica. 7/20: A SAW-WHET OWL was found at a private residence in Waterville. 7/21: A GRASSHOPPER was nicely photographed at Griffiss Park in Rome. 7/22: 2 FISH CROWS were heard in Boonville. 7/24: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was heard near Woodgate in the Adirondacks. ---end report Region 5 Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- 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/ --
