RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 26, 2010 * NYSY 2607.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 19, 2009 - July 26, 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 26 AT 11:00 a.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #214 -Monday July 26, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 19 , 2010 Highlights: -----------
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON SANDHILL CRANE MERLIN VIRGINIA RAIL STILT SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S PHALAROPE BONAPARTE’S GULL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/19: Upwards of 2,000 shorebirds have convened on the mudflats at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. They are viewsd best from Towpath Road. Species seen were GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, KILDEER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, STILT SANDPIPER, and WILSON’S PHALAROPE. Also seen were 2 SANDHILL CRANES. Most if not all species have been seen through Sunday (725). 7/21: 4 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from East road 7/22: 2 SANDHILL CRANES, and an adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh along with the large group of aforementioned shorebirds. 7/23: 4 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from Rt. 89 between East Road and Rt.31. 7/24: A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was added to the mix of shorebirds at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. also seen was an adult plumaged BONAPARTE’S GULL. 7/25: Another positive sighting of the WILSON’S PHALAROPE along with the shorebirds at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Oswego County ------------ 7/22: A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted flying over Derby Hill. 7/26: A VIRGINIA RAIL was seen at the Rt. 6 wetland north of Rt.3. Oneida County ------------ 7/22: A family of 4 MERLINS was found in the Sangerfield area. One young was lost to a car collision but the other 3 were still being observed over the weekend. Onondaga County ------------ 7/22: 2 adult and 1 juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen in the swamp along Fenner Road west of Baldwinsville. --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/ --