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* New York * Syracuse * July 21, 2020 * NYSY 07. 21. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 13 2020 to July 21, 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 22 AT 10:00 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #712 Monday July 22, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 13, 2020 Highlights: ----------- COMMON LOON LEAST BITTERN BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON BRANT PIPING PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER STILT SANDPIPER SANDHILL CRANE WHIP-POOR-WILL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SEDGE WREN CLAY-COLORED SPARROW RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 7/17: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at Mays Point Pool. A PEREGRINE FALCON and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen along the Wildlife Drive. 7/19: A LEAST BITTERN was found at Tschache Pool. 7/20: A LEAST BITTERN was found at Howland Island. 3 SANDHILL CRANES including a fledgling, 3 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were all spotted from East Road. 9 species of shorebirds including 3 STILT SANDPIPERS were all seen from VanDyne Spoor Road. Cayuga County ------------ 7/18: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen on Cayuga Street in Fair Haven. Onondaga County ------------ Up to 5 SEDGE WRENS are being heard and sometimes seen in the big fields section of 3 Rivers WMA in Baldwinsville. Since this is a sensitive species in our area birders are asked to not stress these birds. Stay on the road when birding. Do not play recordings to get responses. Lets give these special birds a chance to nest. 7/14: 2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were found at Green Lakes State Park. They were relocated again on the 15th. 7/15: 3 RED CROSSBILLS were heard and seen again at Morgan Hill State Forest and were noted through the 18th. 7/19: an early COMMON LOON was seen on Oneida Lake from Oneida Shores State Park. Oswego County ------------ 7/15: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at 3 Mile Bay on the north shore of Oneida Lake. 7/18: A fledgling PIPING PLOVER was seen at the Sandy Pond inlet to Lake Ontario. 7/20: A BRANT was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on Lake Ontario. Also seen were a PIPING PLOVER and a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. Madison County --------------- 7/19: 6 shorebird species including LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen on Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. Oneida County ------------- 7/14: A LEAST BITTERN was seen at the Utica Marsh WMA. 7/16: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was again heard from Preston Hill Road north of Oneida Lake. 7/18: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Verona Beach State Park. ---- 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/ --
