RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* September 07, 2009
* NYSY0709.09
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
August 31, 2009 - September 07, 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:September 07 AT 4:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#170 -Tuesday September 07, 2009
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 31
, 2009
Highlights:
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GREAT EGRET
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
SANDHILL CRANE
EURASIAN WIGEON
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
RUDDY TURNSTONE
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
RED KNOT
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
FORSTER’S TERN
MERLIN
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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8/31: A probable WILSON’S PHALAROPE was spotted from Rt. 89 south of the
Thru-way.
9/03: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was seen in May’s Point Pool and continued to
be seen through 9/06. There is not yet a report for today.
9/05: Up to 9 SANDHILL CRANES and at least as many BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS were seen late in the afternoon from the lookout on east Road into
Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
9/06: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at the visitor’s center. An
EURASION WIGEON was found at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Both DOWITCHER species were
seen at May’s Point Pool.
Oswego County
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9/01: 2 RED KNOTS and 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES were found at Sandy Pond along
with 6 other species of shorebird.
9/05: 2 FORSTER’S TERNS were found at Sandy Pond. Also seen was a LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL. The RED KNOTS and the RUDDY TURNSTONES were still present.
Onondaga County
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9/02: 1 COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from the Temple Adath Yesherun cemetary
in Syracuse.
9/05: 7 species of shorebird were seen along the west side of Onondaga
Lake including 1 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER.
9/06: A MERLIN was found on East Sorrell Hill Road south of Baldwinsville.
Madison County
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9/04: 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS and 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were seen at the
Turf Farm on Lakeport Road. An immature LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was found on
Ditchbank Road. It was refound the following day but not on 9/06. A MERLIN was
seen on the 5th. at Ditchbank.
9/06: At the Turf Farm the AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER number had increased to
4 or possibly 5.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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