RBA * New York* Syracuse* July 13 2015* NYSY 07. 13. 15 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):July 06, 2015 - July 13, 2015to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: July 13 AT 5:00 p.m. (DST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #450 Monday July 13, 2015 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 06, 2014 Highlights:-----------GREAT EGRETBLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONGREATER YELLOWLEGSLESSER YELLOWLEGSSOLITARY SANDPIPERPECTORAL SANDPIPERSEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERLEAST SANDPIPERSTILT SANDPIPERSHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERFISH CROWACADIAN FLYCATCHERCLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ Note the nice upswing in migrating shorebirds this week. 7/10: 2 LEAST BITTERNS were seen and photographed in the marshes on Morgon Road. 7/12: 235 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 30 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 7 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 2 KILLDEER and PEEP were all seen in Knox-Marsellus from Towpath Road. 7/13: 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, 6 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 4 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS and 16 GREAT EGRETS were seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Oswego County------------ 7/8: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was heard briefly in Constantia. 7/10: 2 FISH CROWS remain in Phoenix near the Oswego River. Onondaga County------------ 7/10: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was again found in Whiskey Hollow. 7/12: 2 FISH CROWS were seen along the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. Cayuga county------------ 7/11: 3 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were found at the Sterling Nature Center. Oneida County------------ 7/12: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found on Preston Hill Road north of Oneida Lake. -- end report Joseph BrinRegion 5 -- 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/ --
