RBA * New York * Syracuse * October 12, 2021 * NYSY 10. 12. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): October 04 toOctober 12, 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: October 12 AT 4:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #773: Monday October 12 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 4, 2021 Highlights: -----------
GLOSSY IBIS GREAT EGRET BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER STILT SANDPIPER HUDSONIAN GODWIT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER LONG-TAILED JAEGER PARASITIC JAEGER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL LAUGHING GULL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER NORTHERN WHEATEAR GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER DICKCISSEL LAPLAND LONGSPUR PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 10/6: A GLOSSY IBIS was found on the wildlife Trail and continues up to today. A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen along the Wildlife trail. 10/7: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 10/9: 5 SANDERLINGS were seen olong the Wildlife trail. 10/10: A DICKCISSEL was heard in flight at East Road. 10/11: 5 Shorebird species including 4 STILT SANDPIPERS were seen at the Visitor’s Center. 5 Shorebird species including an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were seen along the Wildlife Trail. Onondaga County ------------ 10/5: 21 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were heard singing night-flight calls from Adath Jeshurun Cemetery in Syracuse. Another 4 were heard on Jamesville Road in Syracuse. 10/7: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was spotted on the Marshy Spits on the west shore of Onondaga Lake. 10/8: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen along the West Shore Trail on Onondaga Lake. 10/10: This was the last report of the LAUGHING GULL on the docks near the Ampitheater on Onondaga Lake. Oswego County ------------ 10/5: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at Great bear Recreational Area north of Phoenix. 10/6: A rare for our area NORTHERN WHEATEAR was found at the Outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. A RED KNOT was also found in that area. Both of these birds were relocated on the 7th. but not since. also seen on the 6th. were BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, STILT SANDPIPER, SANDERLING and DUNLIN. 10/7: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found at the outlet of Sandy Pond and continued to the 8th. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found here also and continued till the 11th. 10/8: A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen from the bluff at Derby Hill. A PARASITIC JAEGER and a LONG-TAILED JAEGER were spotted from the outlet at Sandy Pond out over Lake Ontario. Also seen here that day were a LAPLAND LONGSPUR and a CACKLING GOOSE. Madison County ------------- 10/9: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen in flight near EdenHollow Road south of Erieville. Oneida County ------------ 10/10: 3 GREAT EGRETS were seen at the Utica Marsh. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen on Black Hollow Road near Remsen. Herkimer County ------------ 8/8: 4 PINE SISKINS were seen north of Little Falls on Rt. 170A. 8/9: A GREAT EGRET was seen at McKoons Marsh north of Richfield Springs. It was relocated the next day. ---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/ --
