RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* August 03, 2009
* NYSY0308.09
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
July 27, 2009 - August 03, 2009
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 03 AT 12:00 a.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#165 -Monday August 03, 2009
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 27 ,
2009
Highlights:
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WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
RED KNOT
BLACK TERN
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
ORCHARD ORIOLE
AMERICAN AVOCET (Estralimital)
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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No reports this week.
Oneida County
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7/27: At Verona Marsh on Rt. 31 47 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 8 SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS, 3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 6 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 6 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and 3 SEMI-PALMATED
PLOVERS were seen. The next day 2 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS showed up but the
White-rumps were not to be found. Later in the week rain flooded the marsh an
the birds moved on.
Onondaga County
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8/02: At Green Lakes State Park a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was heard calling
and 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen.
Cayuga County
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7/31: On the west (public) side of FairHaven State Park SEMI-PALMATED
PLOVERS, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, and SANDERLING were seen
on the beach.
Madison County
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7/29: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was found in with peep at Ditchbank Road.
Oswego County
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8/03: At Sandy Pond 50 BLACK TERNS, 30 SANDERLINGS, 4 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 6
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER , and 1 RED KNOT were found.
Extralimital
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There have been no reports this week, negative or positive, for the
MISSIPPI KITES in the Town of Root, Montgomery County.
There were 2 reports of AMERICAN AVOCETS this week close enough to
mention here. On 7/31 3 were seen at Myers Point on Cayuga Lake just north of
Ithaca. On 8/01 1 bird was seen at Sodus Point in the parking lot on the east
end of the beach.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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