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:
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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)
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     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
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     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
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     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

 
    
     
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y.  13027  U.S.A.
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