RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 05, 2011 * NYSY 05:09.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 29, 2010 - September 05, 2011 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 05 AT 2:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #269 -Monday September 05, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 29 , 2011 Highlights: -----------
GREAT EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GLOSSY IBIS MERLIN PEREGRINE FALCON BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER RUDDY TURNSTONE RED KNOT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER COMMON NIGHTHAWK YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 8/30: A GLOSSY IBIS was observed at the Visitor’s Center. At May’s Point Pool a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 6 WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPERS and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were found. 8/31: 40 WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPERS and 4 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were counted at the Visitor’s Center. At May’s Point Pool a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER , a RUDDY TURNSTONE, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, and 2 each of BLACK-BELLIED and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were reported. 9/1: 3 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and a GLOSSY IBIS were found on Railroad Road. The IBIS was seen there again the next day. 9/3: 8 species of shorebird including SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were found at Muckrace Flats on Savannah-Spring Lake Road. 9/4: The GLOSSY IBIS was again found on Railroad Road. Cayuga County ------------ 8/31: A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER and a RED KNOT were at Fair Haven State Park along with Sanderling, Least Sandpiper, and Semi-palmated Plover. Oneida County ------------ 9/01: At Lake Delta 5 species of shorebird, a PEREGRINE FALCON, and a GREAT EGRET were seen. The next day a MERLIN and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were added to the bunch. Oswego County ------------ 9/1: 4 species of shorebird including RUDDY TURNSTONE were found at Sandy Pond. 9/2: 1 COMMON NIGHTHAWK and 39 GREEN HERONS were seen on McCloud Road on the north shore of Oneida Lake. Onondaga County ------------ 9/1: Eight COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at Dead Creek by the Town of Van Buren Transportation Department. 9/2: 1 adult and 1 juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were seen in the swamp on Fenner Road west of Baldwinsville. 9/3: 31 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were counted as they hawked near the Town of Van Buren Transportation Department. 9/4: 5 more COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at the Town of Van Buren Transportation Department. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen with migrating warblers on Kellog Road in the Three Rivers WMA. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
