RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* September 28, 2020
* NYSY 09. 28. 20
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
September 21, 2020 to September 28, 2020
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Mon
Central Park NYC
Monday, September 28, 2020
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights on a slow day: Nine Species of Wood Warblers, Peregrine Falcon,
Belted Kingfisher.
Canada Goose - 16
Mallard - 10
Chimney Swift - around 30
Herring Gull - 5 flyovers
Black-crowned Night Heron - adult Lake
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Posting from the field. American Avocet right now on the East Pond North End
near Dead Man’s Cove.
I have posted a digiscoped photo here for anyone interested in the plumage.
https://twitter.com/birdingdude/status/1310634351986724866?s=21
Cheers,
"I prefer to be true to myself, even a
Things have ticked up a bit at the Nighthawk Watch after a slow period:
September 25th - 53 nighthawks
September 26th - 42 nighthawks
September 27th - 61 nighthawks
We have passed the 2,000 mark with a total of 2,019 nighthawks having been seen
in 2020. We have nine more days to go.
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