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*New York August 12 2019 NYSY 08. 12. 19 Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex Compiled: August 12 at 11:00 a.m. Compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 05, 2019 Highlights: -------------- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON CANVASBACK SANDHILL CRANE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER STILT SANDPIPER SANDERLING ACADIAN FLYCATCHER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SEDGE WREN ORCHARD ORIOLE Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ Shorebirds reported at the complex this week. KILLDEER SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER LEAST SANDPIPER SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER SPOTTED SANDPIPER GREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER YELLOWLEGS STILT SANDPIPER WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER PECTORAL SANDPIPER WILSON’S SNIPE A male CANVASBACK continues at Knox-Marsellus Pool. 8/5: A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. 8/7: One SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen along the Wildlife Drive. 8/9: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Howland Island. 8/10: An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen along the Wildlife Drive. 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen at Knox-Marsellus Pool. 8/11: On a shorebird walk at Knox-Marsellus and Puddler’s Pools 11 species of Shorebirds plus one unidentified Dowitcher were seen. 7 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen. Also 10 SANDHILL CRANES were found. Cayuga County ------------ 8/9: A SANDERLING was seen at West Barrier Bar Park in Fair Haven. Onondaga County ------------ 8/6: 2 SEDGE WRENS were found at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. After being reported for a number of weeks this was the last positive report. 8/9: An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues at Whiskey Hollow west of Baldwinsville. Oswego County ------------ 8/11: An adult RED-HEASED WOODPECKER was found at the inlet to Sandy Island State Park. It was relocated on the 12th. 6 SANDERLINGS were also seen. Madison County ------------ 8/6: 5 Shorebird species including 13 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS were seen at Eaton Brook Pool. Herkimer County ------------ 8/8: 6 Shorebird species including 1 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER were seen at the McKoons Road Wetland north of Richfield Springs. Also found was a GREAT EGRET. ---- End Transcript ---- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, USA -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
