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:
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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8/16: A WHIMBREL was seen flying from West Bay Beach at Fairhaven
Extralimital
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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.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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