RBA * New York* Syracuse* July 20 2015* NYSY 07. 20. 15 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):July 20, 2015 - July 20, 2015to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortlandcompiled: July 20 AT 2:00 p.m. (DST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #451 Monday July 20, 2015 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 13, 2014 Highlights:----------- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONGREATER YELLOWLEGSLESSER YELLOWLEGSSANDERLINGSOLITARY SANDPIPERPECTORAL SANDPIPERSEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERLEAST SANDPIPERWHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERSTILT SANDPIPERSHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERBLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER
Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)------------ 7/14: 9 species of Shorebirds including WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen at Knox-Marsellus Maarsh. 7/18: 12 species of Shorebirds including 6 STILT SANDPIPERS, and 11 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen along the Wildlife Drive. A LEAST BITTERN was seen there also. SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and SANDERLING were noted at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS are still being seen at Mays Point Road in the dead trees. 7/19: 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen on the Wildlife Drive. A LEAST BITTERN was seen at VanDyne Spoot Road in the Marsh. Onondaga County------------ 7/14: An adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen along the creek walk on Onondaga Creek at Spenser Street in Syracuse. 7/18: GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen in the ball field on Van Rensselear Street in Syracuse. Madison County------------ 7/14: GREATER YELLOWLEGS were seen at the sod farm on Lakeport Road. SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER and LEAST SANDPIPER were seen on Ditchbank Road. Herkimer County------------ 7/19: A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen and photographed in the northern part of the county east of Croghan near Woods Road. -- end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, 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/ --