RBA * New York * Syracuse * July 16, 2012 * NYSY 07.16.12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
July 09, 2012 - July 16, 2012 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 16 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #312 -Monday July 16, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 09 , 2012 Highlights: ----------- NORTHERN GOSHAWK SANDERLING STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL BLACK TERN YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO RED-HEADED WOODPECKER DICKCISSEL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/13: 3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and 5 STILT SANDPIPERS were in with the Yellowlegs and Peep at Puddler’s Marsh 7/14: BLACK TERNS were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road, Tschache Pool and Knox-Marsellus Marsh. also seen at Knox-Marcellus was a GREAT EGRET and 3 TRUMPETER SWANS. Extralimital ------------ One of the DICKCISSELS was seen at the Seneca Meadow Wetland Preserve on 7/12 and 7/14. The preserve is on Black Brook Road north of Seneca Falls. Oneida County ------------ 7/9: A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was observed on Fish Creek between Camden and McConnellsville. 7/11: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found at Sylvan Beach. Jefferson County ------------ 7/11: 5 SANDERLING were seen at el Dorado Beach. Oswego County ------------ 7/11: 6 species of shorebirds including a STILT SANDPIPER were seen at Sandy Pond. Also found was 1 BLACK TERN. Onondaga County ------------ 7/14: A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was seen on No.2 East road off of Oran Delphi Road. 7/17: 2 adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were observed feeding young on Fenner Road west of Baldwinsville. -- 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/ --
