RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* October 11, 2010
* NYSY 1110.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
October 04, 2009 - October 11, 2010
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:October 11 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#225 -Monday October 11, 2010
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 04
, 2010
Highlights:
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PACIFIC LOON (Extralimital)
RED-NECKED GREBE
GREAT EGRET
CACKLING GOOSE
BRANT
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
ROSS’S GOOSE
SURF SCOTER
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
SANDHILL CRANE
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
LONG-BILLED DOWITICHER
PARASITIC JAEGER
NELSON’S SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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10/4: 20 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 21 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at
the Visitor’sCenter. BLACK-BELLIED and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were seen at the
new shorebird area. At Knox-Marsellus Marsh 3 GREAT EGRETS and 4 HUDSONIAN
GODWITS were seen.
10/8: At Knox-Marsellus Marsh 8 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 1 ROSS’S
GOOSE, and 16 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were spotted.
10/10: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT and 7 GREATER WHITE FRONTED GEESE were seen at
the Visitor’s Center. A (the) HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found at the new shorebird
area. 3 CACKLING GEESE were seen at Benning Marsh. 4 ROSS’S GEESE and 7 GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were found at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 1NELSON’S SPARROW was
found at Marten’s Tract.
Onondaga County
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10/6: 22 species were seen at the Butternut Recreation Trail in the Town
of
Dewitt including a COOPER’S HAWK, a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, and a BLUE-HEADED
VIREO.
Oswego County
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10/7: 5 PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen at Derby Hill. Also seen were SURF and
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS.
10/10: At Sandy Pond a BRANT, 11 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, and 16 DUNLIN were
spotted.
Oneida County
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10/9: A RED-NECKED GREBE was found on Woodman Pond.
Extralimital
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10/10: A PACIFIC LOON was reported from Dean’s Cove on Cayuga Lake. Dean’s
Cove is on the west side of the lake opposite Aurora.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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