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: -----------
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) ------------ No reports this week. Oneida County ------------ 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 ------------ 8/02: At Green Lakes State Park a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was heard calling and 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen. Cayuga County ------------ 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 ------------ 7/29: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was found in with peep at Ditchbank Road. Oswego County ------------ 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 ------------ 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. --end transcript -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --