RBA
*New York October 28, 2019 NYSY 10. 28. 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 28 at 10:00 a.m. Compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 21, 2019 Highlights: -------------- RED-NECKED GREBE GREAT CORMORANT LEAST BITTERN BRANT CACKLING GOOSE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE LONG-TAILED DUCK SURF SCOTER RED-SHOULDERED HAWK ROUGH-WINGED HAWK COMMON GALLINULE WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER RED PHALAROPE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL FORSTER’S TERN RED-HEADED WOODPECKER VESPER SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 10/21: A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found at the Visitor’s Center and has continued to be seen through the week. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and 45 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Sandhill Crane numbers increased to over 70 later in the week. 10/22: 2 CACKLING GEESE and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen along the Wildlife Drive. 10/24: A LEAST BITTERN was seen at Benning Marsh on the Wildlife Drive. 10/26: 2 late COMMON GALLINULES were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. Another was seen on the Wildlife Drive. 10?27: By the end of the week 27 species of waterfowl were reported including a LONG-TAILED DUCK seen again at the Visitor’s Center. Onondaga County ------------ 10/21: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen in flight at the Erie Canal in Fayetteville. 10/26: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Onondaga lake from the West Shore Trail. It was relocated on 10/27. Oswego County ------------ 10/21: A SURF-SCOTER was seen at Selkirk Shores State Park on Lake Ontario. 10/26: A FORSTER’S TERN was seen and photographed at the outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. 6 species of raptors including RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at Bishop Road north of Pulaski. Madison County ------------ 10/27: A late VESPER SPARROW was seen on Warner’s road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 10/24: A rare for here GREAT CORMORANT was found at Sylvan Beach on Oneida Lake. It had been seen through yesterday. Up to 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at Sylvan Beach and were reported through the 26th. 10/25: A RED PHALAROPE was seen at Sylvan Beach. 10/26: A BRANT and a SURG SCOTER were seen at Sylvan Beach. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was again seen at Verona Berach State Park. Herkimer County ------------ 10/21: A CACKLING GOOSE was seen at the Eatonville Reservoir east of Herkimer. 10/26: A late VESPER SPARROW was seen at a private Residence on Military Road west of Dolgeville. ----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/ --
