RBA * New York* Syracuse* July 27 2015* NYSY 07. 27. 15 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):July 20, 2015 - July 27, 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 27 AT 10:00 a.m. (DST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #452 Monday July 27, 2015 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 20, 2014 Highlights:----------- LITTLE BLUE HERONWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERSHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERWILSON’S PHALAROPEBONAPARTE’S GULLRED-HEADED WOODPECKERACADIAN FLYCATCHERGRASSHOPPER SPARROWORCHARD ORIOLE
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 7/21: 2 BONAPARTE’S GULLS were seen in the Main Pool. 7/22: 10 species of shorebirds including WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen along the Wildlife Drive. 7/25: 11 species of shorebirds including STILT SANDPIPER and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen along the Wildlife Drive. A distant PHALAROPE was seen but could not be ID’d. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was found also. 2 GREAT EGRETS and 3 SANDHILL CRANES were noted in Knox-Marsellus Pool. 7/26: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was found at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Onondaga County------------ 7/26: A SNOW GOOSE continues at Mercer Park in Baldwinsville. Also seen there were FISH CROWS and MERLINS. Cayuga County------------ 7/25: 2 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS continue at the Sterling Nature Center. An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Fair Haven State Park. Madison County------------ 7/24: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found on Ditchbank Road. Oneida county------------ 7/22: 2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were found at the Spring Farm Nature Preserve south of clinton. Herkimer county------------ 7/21: 2 very rare juvenile LITTLE BLUE HERONS were found and photographed in a small pond on Millstone Road just north of Richfield Springs. The next two days they were observed on nearby Weatherby Pond on Co. Rt. 167 but after that they were not relocated. -- end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, 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/ --
