RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* October 05, 2009
* NYSY0510.09
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
September21, 2009 - October 05, 2009
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:October 05 AT 1:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#174 -Monday October 05, 2009
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September
28 , 2009
Highlights:
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SANDHILL CRANE
BRANT
MERLIN
PEREGRINE FALCON
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
STILT SANDPIPER
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
BONAPARTE’S GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
LINCOLN’S SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
10/01: A STILT SANDPIPER was seen in the channel at the beginning of the
Wildlife Drive. 6 species of shorebird including 11 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were
seen from East Road. 2 SANDHILL CRANES and a MERLIN were seen in the mucklands
along Rt. 31.
10/04: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen in the mucklands near the
intersection with Rt. 89.
Oswego County
9/30: A PEREGRINE FALCON and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at
Derby Hill.
10/03: At Sandy Pond 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, and an
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were found.
Onondaga County
10/03: In the upper parking lot of the State Fair an number of migrants
were seen highlighted by PHILADELPHIA VIREO and LINCOLN’S SPARROW.
Cayuga County
10/04: At Fairhaven the first sighting of BRANT occured with a flock of
about 25.
Oneida County
10/04: At Sylvan Beach 5 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 50 BONAPARTE’S GULLS
were seen.
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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
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