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*New York October 07, 2019 NYSY 10. 07. 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: October 07 at 10:00 p.m. Compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org | | | | | | | | | | | (no title) Visit the post for more. | | | Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 30, 2019 Highlights: -------------- CACKLING GOOSE LESSER SCAUP COMMON GALLINULE SANDERLING HUDSONIAN GODWIT LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD BANK SWALLOW CLIFF SWALLOW SWAINSON’S THRUSH NELSON’S SPARROW RUSTY BLACKBIRD Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ Only 8 species of Shorebirds were listed at the complex this week. SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER LEAST SANDPIPER GREATER YELLOWLEGS LESSER YELLOWLEGS KILLDEER PECTORAL SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 10/2: At least 80 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen at Martens Tract. 10/3: A NELSON’S SPARROW was found and photographed near the photo blind on the Wildlife Trail. It was not refound by other birders that day. 10/5: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen near Brooder Marsh on Howland Island. 10/6: Late in the season BANK SWALLOW and CLIFF SWALLOW were seen on the Wildlife Trail. Cayuga County ------------ 10/1: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Fair Haven State Park. Onondaga County ------------ 10/5: 2 late RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS continue at a feeder on Lawrence Road in Marcellus. 12 Warbler species were reported in Onondaga County this week. Oswego County ------------ 10/4: An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was spotted at Great Bear Recreation Area north of Phoenix. 10/5: A SANDERLING was seen at Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. 10/6: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was found at Sandy Pond Outlet. 10 species of Warblers were reported in Oswego County this week. Madison County ------------ 10/5: 17 LESSER SCAUP and a CACKLING GOOSE were seen on Woodman Pond north of Hamilton. 11 Warbler species were reported in Madison County this week. Oneida County ------------ 10/2: A COMMON GALLINULE was seen at Utica Marsh. 10/5: an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Sylvan Beach. 10/6: 3 SWAINSON’S THRUSHES were seen at Spring Farm Nature Sanctuary south of clinton. 8 Warbler species were reported from Oneida County this week. ---- End Transcript ---- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, New York, 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/ --
