RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 12, 2011 * NYSY 12:09.11 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 05, 2010 - September 12, 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:September 12 AT 6:00 p.m. (EST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #270 -Monday September 12, 2011 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of september 05 , 2011 Highlights: -----------
RED-NECKED GREBE GLOSSY IBIS MERLIN PEREGRINE FALCON BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER RED KNOT BAIRD’S SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER FORSTER’S TERN LONG-EARED OWL WHIP-POOR-WILL COMMON NIGHTHAWK YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO SEDGE WREN CAPE MAY WARBLER LARK SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 9/10: The Montezuma Muckrace was held this day. First reports list 170 birds found with a winning total of 120 in the recreational class and 118 in the competitive class. Highlights were SEDGE WREN, LONG-EARED OWL, WHIP-POOR-WILL and GLOSSY IBIS. Onondaga County ------------ Many migrating Warblers were reported this week in many places. The bulk were seen on Tuesday and Thursday. 17 species were seen with highlights of CAPE MAY, WILSON’S, and BAY-BREASTED. At Three Rivers WMA PHILADELPHIA VIREO and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER were also seen. 9/9: At the upper parking lot of the State Fair in Syracuse 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were sen along with SEMI-Pl OVER, SEMI-PAL SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. The Plovers were still present today. 9/10: At the mouth of Nine Mile Creek near the State Fair a RED-NECKED GREBE was seen. At the upper parking lot a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen. 9/11: 2FORSTER’S TERNS were seen on Otisco Lake just south of Otisco Lake Park. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Baldwinsville across from the B’ville Diner. Oswego County ------------ 9/6: 8 species of Raptors were seen migrating past Bishop Hill Road north of Pulaski. 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen migrating along the lakeshore. No location was given. 9/11: 2 RED KNOTS were seen on the shore of Lake Neatawhanta in Fulton. Cayuga County ------------ A LARK SPARROW was found on the west side of the outlet at Fair Haven State Park. It lingered for over an hour but eventually flew west. It was not relocated today. Jefferson County ------------ 9/11: A great day of shorebirding at Eldorado Nature Preserve in Henderson Harbor netted 14 species. Highlights were BLACK-BELLIED and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, RED KNOT and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. --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/ --
