RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 27, 2021 * NYSY 09. 27. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 20 to September 27, 2021 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 27 AT 5:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #771: Monday September 27 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 20, 2021 Highlights: -----------
LEAST BITTERN GLOSSY IBIS RUDDY DUCK BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER RUDDY TURNSTONE STILT SANDPIPER HUDSONIAN GODWIT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL LAUGHING GULL LITTLE GULL FORSTER’S TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER PHILADELPHIA VIREO GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER LINCOLN’S SPARROW PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 9/28: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found at Knox-Marsellus Marsh and continued to 10/1. A GLOSSY IBIS was found at Seneca Flats on the Wildlife Drive and is still present today. 9/30: Both SHORT and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen along the Wildlife Drive. 10/1: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at the Morgan Road Marshes. 10/2: Both AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Also spotted there were BAIRD’S SANDPIPER and STILT SANDPIPER. 10/3: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER were found on the Wildlife Drive. Cayuga County ------------ 9/28: An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on West Bay Road in Fair Haven. 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 1 SANDERLING and 4 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS were seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. 9/30: A juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at West Barrier Bar Park. 2 RUDDY DUCKS were seen at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ The LAUGHING GULL seen around the docks at the Ampitheater on Onondaga Lake was seen through 10/3. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were seen this week at the West shoreTrai, the Dewitt Quarry, 3 Rivers WMA and the South Meadow Nature Area in Tully. 9/28: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was heard at night on Jamesville Ave. in Syracuse. 9/29: A juvenile LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 10/2: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Arrowhead Lodge near Oneida Shores in Brewerton. 10/3: 7 LINCOLN SPARROWS were seen on the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. Oswego County ------------ 9/28: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at a private residence in Hastings. A LEAST BITTERN was seen north of County Rt. 12 east of Phoenix. 9/29: A LITTE GULL and a FORSTER’S TERN were seen over Oneida Lake from Oneida Shores Park in Brewerton. Birds seen in flight over the lake are deemed to be in Oswego County. Oneida County ------------ 9/27: 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at Verona Beach State Park. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen on Sidecut Road in Durhamville. Herkimer County ------------ 10/1: A PINE SISKIN was seen on Bald Mountain north of Old Forge. 10/3: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen in Salisbury Corners. ---end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, NY 13027 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
