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* New York * Syracuse * July 13, 2020 * NYSY 07. 13. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 06 2020 to July 13, 2020 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: July 13 AT 4:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #711 Monday July 13, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 29, 2020 Highlights: ----------- LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON COMMON GOLDENEYE RUDDY DUCK SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER RED-SHOULDERED HAWK SANDHILL CRANE PIPING PLOVER BLACK TERN WHIP-POOR-WILL COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER GRASSHOPPER SPARROW PARULA WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER ORCHARD ORIOLE PINE SISKIN RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/8: A PRAIRIE WARBLER continues at the Visitor’s Center. A LEAST BITTERN and 11 BLACK TERNS were seen at Tschache Pool. 7/12: 1 PARULA WARBLER and 3 CERULEAN WARBLERS were found at Howland Island. A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and 50 BLACK TERNS were seen along the Wildlife Drive. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found at the Visitor’s Center. 16LEAST SANDPIPERS and 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. 3 ORCHARD ORIOLES and a LEAST BITTERN were seen at Guy Baldassarre Marsh. Cayuga County ------------ 7/7: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Fair Haven State Park. It was seen again on the 12th. Onondaga County ------------ 7/7: A rare for summer COMMON GOLDENEYE was seen on the Seneca River near Radisson River Park (private) north of Baldwinsville. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER continues at Whiskey Hollow Nature west of Baldwinsville. 7/11: A LEAST BITTERN was found at the DewittMarsh and Landfill on Fisher Road in Syracuse. 7/12: A RED CROSSBILL was found near Morgan Hill Road in the Morgan Hill State Forest. Oswego County ------------ 7/8: A PINE SISKIN was seen at a feeder on Baum Road In hastings. 7/10: 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS were seen on Churchill Road south of Rt. 104 in Parish. 7/11: 3 PIPING PLOVERS continue at the outlet of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario. 7/12: A RUDDY DUCK was again located on Lake Neahtawanta in Fulton. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was sound on Main Street in Richland. Madison County ------------ 7/7: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------ 7/9: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard on Preston Hill Road north of Oneida Lake. 7/11: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Verona Beach State Park. 7/12: 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were see in flight near Waterville High School. ---- End Report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville NY Region 5 -- 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/ --
