RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 25, 2011 * NYSY 07:25.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 18, 2010 - July 25, 2011 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 25 AT 10:00 a.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #264 -Monday July 25, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 18 , 2011 Highlights: -----------
GREAT EGRET TRUMPETER SWAN SANDHILL CRANE STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER WILSON’S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE BONAPARTE’S GULL GRAY-HEADED GULL (Extralimital) BLACK TERN EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER RAVEN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/25: 4 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were found in Puddler’s Marsh from Towpath Road. They have not been relocated. A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was also seen in Puddler’s. It was seen the next day (7/26) but has not been reported since. 12 species of shorebirds were counted in this area. Other highlights are STILT SANDPIPER and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. 7/26: An adult and a juvenile BONAPARTE’S GULL were seen at the Visitor’s Center. BLACK TERN and SANDHILL CRANE are still being reported throughout the complex but in small numbers. 7/29: A possible WESTERN SANDPIPER was reported from the Visitor’s Center but could not be verified. Onondaga County ------------ 7/27: An EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE was heard at a residence in Skaneatekes. It was not relocated. 7/28: A family group of 5 COMMON RAVENS was observedfrom Armstrong Road in the Town of Camillus. 7/29: A GREAT EGRET was spotted in the big pond at the Eagles nest on 60 Road in Three Rivers WMA. 7/30: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS (adult) and 2 TRUMPETERS were seen in the big swamp on the west side of Fenner Road in the Town of Lysander. Extralimital ------------ On 7/29 a GRAY-HEADED GULL was found and photographed at Coney Island just outside New York City. It is still being seen and would be the first verified sighting in New York and only the second sighting in the U.S. if ultimately accepted by NYSARC --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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
