RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 19, 2010 * NYSY 1907.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 12, 2009 - July 19, 2010 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:July 19 AT 10:00 a.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #213 -Monday July 19, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 12 , 2010 Highlights: -----------
LEAST BITTERN TRUMPETER SWAN TUNDRA SWAN MISSISSIPPI KITE (Extralimital) MERLIN STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S PHALAROPE BLACK TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/16: A lone adult TUNDRA SWAN continues at Tachache Pool. At May’s Point Pool area a female PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen and photographed. Knox-Marsellus Marsh was very active with shorebirds this day. Seen from East Road and Towpath Road were: KILLDEER - 40 LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 415 GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 28 LEAST SANDPIPER - 595 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 39 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER - 55 STILT SANDPIPER - 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPER - 5 SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 22 SOLITARY SANDPIPER - 5 At the VanDyne Spoor Road area LEAST BITTERN, ORCHARD ORIOLE, and a female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD were spotted. The YHB was seen flying into cattails and could not be relocated. 7/18: A WILSON’S PHALAROPE and 2 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS were found in Knox-Marsellus Marsh from East Road. Oswego County ------------ 7/13: Another late flight over Derby Hill produced 5 raptor species including 10 BALD EAGLES. 7/18: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found on Silk Road near the Oswego County Airfield. Onondaga County ------------ 7/14: At the south end of Jamesville Resevoir the following shorebirds were seen. KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER,and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. 7/18: 2 adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen near a residence in Marcellus. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue on Fenner Road near Baldwinsville with the report of a fledging this week. Oneida County ------------ 7/14: At the Verona Marsh west of Verona on Rt. 31 the following shorebirds were seen. KILLDEER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, and LEAST SANDPIPER. Also a MERLIN was seen flying by carrying prey. --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 ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --