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* New York * Syracuse * August 18, 2020 * NYSY 08. 18. 20 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): August 11, 2020 to August 18, 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: August 18 AT 5:30 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #716 Monday August 18, 2020 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 11, 2020 Highlights: ----------- BROWN BOOBEY (Extralimital) LEAST BITTERN LITTLE BLUE HERON SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER HUDSONIAN GODWIT MARBLED GODWIT BAIRD’S SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER SANDERLING COMMON NIGHTHAWK YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER RED CROSSBILL Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 8/11: A LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen in flight at the entrance to the Montezuma Refuge on Rt. 20. A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen from East Road and remained through the 13th. 8/15: A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen with peep at VanDyne Spoor Road. 8/16: A LEAST BITTERN was seen in the Main Pool. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on the West Shore Trail near VanDyne Spoor Road. 8/17: A BLACK-BELLIEDPLOVER, 5 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS and a HUDSONIAN GODWIT were all seen from East Road. A MARBLED GODWIT was seen from East Road at 10:00 a.m. Possibly the same bird was seen was seen at VanDyne Spoor Road at 2:00 p.m. The MARBLED GODWIT was seen again on the 18th. at VanSyne Spoor Road. Onondaga County ------------ 8/12: RED CROSSBILLS continue at Shakham Road south of Rt.80 near the Cortland County line. They were reported through the 15th. and up to 15 were seen at the intersection of Shakham and Herlihy Roads. 8/14: The seasons first migrant OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen and photographed at Green Lakes State Park in Fayetteville. 8/15: The first COMMON NIGHTHAWKS of the season were seen from the big fields area of Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Another was seen in Skaneateles on the 16th. Oswego County ------------ 8/13: A SANDERLING was seen at the Water Treatment Plant near Oswego Harbor. 8/16: 108 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 67 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 9 BALD EAGLES were seen at Derby Hill. Oneida County ------------ 8/16: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from Coleman Mills south of Rome. 8/17: 8 Shorebird species including SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER were seen the Main Street Overlook at Delta Lake north of Rome. Herkimer County ------------ 8/16: 2 Common nighthawks were seen in Dolgeville. Extralimital ------------ A BROWN BOOBY was seen and photographed on Indian Lake in Hamilton County in the Adirondacks. The sightings were made from 8/14 through 8/16. ---- 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/ --