RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 10, 2012 * NYSY 0910 . 12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): september 03, 2012 - September 10, 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:September 10 AT 3:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #319 -Monday September 10, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 03 , 2012 Highlights: -----------
SANDHILL CRANE SWAINSON’S HAWK (poss.) MERLIN PEREGRINE FALCON BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER AMERICAN AVOCET RUDDY TURNSTONE BAIRD’S SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER WILSON’S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL COMMON NIGHTHAWK OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER SWAINSON’S THRUSH RED CROSSBILLS PINE SISKIN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 9/4: COMMON NIGHTHAWK and SANDHILL CRANE were seen at Marten’s Tract. 9/5: 21 species of shorebirds including BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WILSON’S PHALAROPE and RUDDY TURNSTONE were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 9/6: A drop to 13 species of shorebirds at Knox-Marsellus Marsh included both the aforementioned Phalaropes and STILT SANDPIPER. 9/7: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at South Spring Pond. 9/8: 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. They were both relocated the next day. Oswego County ------------ 9/3: 11 RED CROSSBILLS were seen flying over Derby Hill. Also noted were nine species of Raptor. 9/5: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was spotted in Mexico. An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen on Depot Road in West Monroe. 9/7: 7 species of Warbler were seen in Hastings along with a SWAINSON’S THRUSH. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and 3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen in Oswego. 9/8: 9 species of Warbler were seen at a residence in Mexico. Onondaga County ------------ 9/4: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen from the north end of the Creekwalk on Onondaga Lake . It was relocated the next day. 9/9: A possible SWAINSON’S HAWK was seen in the town of Clay. Madison County ------------ 9/7: A PINE SISKIN has been frequenting a feeder near Sheds. ------------ -- end report 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/ --
