RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* September 01, 2014
* NYSY 09. 01. 14
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
August 25, 2013 - September 01 25, 2014
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 01 AT 8:00 p.m. (EDT)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#408 Monday September 01, 2014
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
Aubust 25, 2014
Highlights:
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NORTHERN GOSHAWK
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
RUDDY TURNSTONE
SANDERLING
STILT SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
SNOWY OWL
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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8/27: 21 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, and a BAIRD’S
SANDPIPER were reported from the Montezuma Audubon Complex on Rt. 89.
8.29: 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were found at Knox=Marsellus Marsh. Fortunately
they have lingered throughout the week.
8/30: 13 Shorebird species were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Those and
seven more were found on 8/31. The list reads:
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER
KILLDEER
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
RUDDY TURNSTONE
STILT SANDPIPER
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
SANDERLING
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
SEMIPALMATEDSANDPIPER
LEAST SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON’S SNIPE
Oswego County
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8/26: 8 species of raptor including a NORTHERN GOSHAWK were seen at Derby
Hill.
Onondaga County
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Again this week COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were reported every evening. The most
are still at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. A few migrant WARBLERS
were reported this week there also such as BLACKPOLL and BAY-BREASTED WARBLER.
The SNOWY OWL continues to be spotted in Clay along Rt. 31 on both the nortn
and south sides of the road.
Madison County
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8/31: 24 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS, 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 1
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER continue at the Sod Farn on Lakeport Road north of
Chittenango.
Cayuga County
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9/1: 6 SANDERLING, 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and 1
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were all seen on West Barrier Beach at Fair Haven.
-- end report
Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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