RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 23, 2010 * NYSY 2308.10 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 16, 2009 - August 23, 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 23 AT 4:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #218 -Monday August 23, 2010 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 16 , 2010 Highlights: -----------
LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK (Extralimital) MISSISSIPPI KITE (Extralimital) NORTHERN GOSHAWK SANDHILL CRANE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER HUDSONIAN GODWIT UPLAND SANDPIPER WHIMBREL STILT SANDPIPER BAIRD’S SANDPIPER WESTERN SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER RED-NECKED PHALAROPE BLACK TERN COMMON RAVEN COMMON NIGHTHAWK SWAINSON’S THRUSH Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 8/17: Seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh from East Road and Towpath Road. AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. 8/20: Seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A WHIMBREL, 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and 2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS. Black-bellied and Golden Plovers seemed to be gone. 8/22: Seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. The WHIMBREL was relocated as were the 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. New shorebirds are BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and a rare WESTERN SANDPIPER. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were found also. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Tschache Pool. 8/23: 2 HUDSONIAN GODDWITS just seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh Madison County ---------- 8/16: At the turf farn on Lakeport Road BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were all found 8/23: At the turf farm 6 STILT SANDPIPERS and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were found but no Plovers were found. Oswego County ---------- 8/18: At Sandy Pond SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, SANDERLING, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were all found. Also seen were 4 BLACK TERNS. 8/20: 5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen in the vacinity of Co. Rt. 49 and Island Road. At the wetland on Co. Rt. 6 a LEAST BITTERN and a TRUMPETER SWAN were seen as well as good numbers of COMMON MOORHEN and GREEN HERON. Also 20 COMMON RAVENS were seen flying to roost. Shorebirds seen were LEAST SANDPIPER and WILSON’S SNIPE. Onondaga County --------------- 8/19: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at the upper parking lot at the State Fair. 8/20: At the mouth of Nine Male Creek at Onondaga Lake a STILT SANDPIPER was seen. Also found were GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and LEAST SANDPIPER. Waterfowl seen included GREEN-WING TEAL, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, and NORTHERN SHOVELER. At Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, and a SWAINSON;S THRUSH were found. Extralimital ------------ 8/21: Successful breeding of the MISSISSIPPI KITES was confirmed at th Town of Root location in Montgomery County south of Canajoharie. The birds are best viewed near the intersection of Mapleton and Donato Roads. It is urged that you stay on the roads and do not trespass. 8/22: The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK at the Tonawanda WMA is still present. Directions to the last sighting are: DIRECTIONS: The BBWD was on NY 77, in a roadside marsh about 200 yards northwest of the Cayuga Pool Overlook (Iroquois NWR). NY 77 is a north-south highway that travels NW in the area of the refuge. Thus, the reason for the sometimes confusing directions. In any case, if you are heading north on Rt 77, Iroquois NWR and Cayuga Pool overlook are on your right and Tonawanda WMA is on your left. Note that there is an exit for Rt 77 from the NYS Thruway. The duck was on the Tonawanda WMA side of the road and likes to stay hidden in the cattails. Good birding and stay safe out there. The trucks and cars really move through the area. --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/ --