RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 16, 2010 * NYSY 1608.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 09, 2009 - August 16, 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:August 16 AT 4:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #217 -Monday August 16, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 09 , 2010 Highlights: -----------
GREAT EGRET SNOW GOOSE RUDDY DUCK BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK (Extralimital) MERLIN SANDHILL CRANE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER WHIMBREL STILT SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (Extralimital FISH CROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 8/11: At Knox-Marsellus Marsh there was good shorebird activity. Reported for the day were 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 3 WILSON’S PHALAROPES, 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, and STILT SANDPIPER. On 8/13 one of the RED-NECKED PHALAROPES was relocated. Madison County ------------ 8/10: At the turf farm on Lakeport Road north of Chittenango: PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and MERLIN. 8/13: At the turf farm: 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS and on the 15th. 4 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS. Oswego County ------------ 8/14: 2 GREAT EGRETS were seen at the golf course on Rt.49 in West Monroe. They were seen again on the 13th.8/14: A total of 146 raptors in 9 species were seen moving at Derby Hill. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen on Mcloud Road in West Monroe. Onondaga County ------------ 8/11: A SNOW GOOSE was seen at Mercer Park in Baldwinsville. One FISH CROW was heard in a group of birds on Hiawatha Boulevard in Syracuse. 8/15: One RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted in the swamp on Fenner Road. A RUDDY DUCK was seen on Beaver Lake. Cayuga County ------------ 8/16: A WHIMBREL was seen flying from West Bay Beach at Fairhaven Extralimital ------------ A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK was found at the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area (Buffalo area) on 8/11. See Geneseebirds for details. The bird has been throughout the week but has not been found today as of yet. A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was found in the Binghamton area on 8/13. However, the bird is on private property and is not accessible to the public. --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/ --