RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 29, 2011 * NYSY 29:08.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 22, 2010 - August 29, 2011 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:August 29 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #268 -Monday August 29, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 22 , 2011 Highlights: -----------
GREAT EGRET MERLIN SANDHILL CRANE AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER WHIMBREL RUDDY TURNSTONE RED KNOT SANDERLING WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER WESTERN SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER RED-NECKED PHALAROPE FORSTER’S TERN COMMON NIGHTHAWK YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO TENNESSEE WARBLER CAPE MAY WARBLER WILSON’S WARBLER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 8/23: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Audubon Center. STILT SANDPIPER and BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were found at Puddler’s Marsh A MERLIN and 41 GREAT EGRETS were seen at May’s Point Pool. 8/24: 10 species of shorebirds including STILT SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE were seen at Puddler’s Marsh. 8/26: 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and 4 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. 5 STILT SANDPIPERS and 1 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE were found at May’s Point Pool. At Puddler’s Marsh there were 19 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 6 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, and 6 SANDHILL CRANES. 8/27: A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was found at the Visitor’s Center. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen at May’s Point Pool. 8/28: Up to 90 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 3 RUDDY TURNSTONES, and the RED-NECKED PHALAROPE were seen at May’s Point Pool Oswego County ------------ 8/23: 3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen in the marsh on Three Mile Bay on the north shore of Oneida lake. 8/26: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and 10 species of warblers including a WILSON’S were seen in Hastings. Madison County ------------- 8/23: 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were seen on the Sod Farm on Lakeport Road north of Chittenango. 8/28: Up to 100 shorebirds in 10 species were seen at the afore mentioned sod farm. Highlights were SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, STILT SANDPIPER, and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Oneida County ------------ 8/27: A MERLIN, GREAT EGRET and 4 species of shorebird were at Delta Lake. Onondaga County ------------ 8/27: An Onondaga Audubon field trip to Green Lakes State Park yielded 30 species of birds, all likely local breeders. 8/29: An immature FORSTER’S TERN was found at the Marina on Onondaga Lake in Liverpool Cayuga County ------------ 8/28: At Fair Haven State Park RED KNOT, WESTERN SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, 5 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and a LAUGHING GULL were found. 8/29: Although the Laughing Gull or the Red-necked Phalaropes were not relocated Fair Haven State Park did yield a good variety of shorebirds and passerines. Found were SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, WHIMBREL, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, NASHVILLE WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER and CAPE MAY WARBLER. An added treat were 3 Common Buckeye Butterflies --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
