RBA
*New York
September 02, 2019
NYSY 09. 02. 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: September 02 at 11:00 a.m.
Compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 26,
2019
Highlights:
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AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
WHITE IBIS
LEAST BITTERN
SNOWY EGRET
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
LEAST BITTERN
CANVASBACK
READHEAD
EURASIAN WIGEON
GOLDEN EAGLE
BLACK VULTURE
SANDHILL CRANE
SORA
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
WHIMBREL
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
STILT SANDPIPER
SANDERLING
LAUGHING GULL
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
WHIP-POOR-WILL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
DICKCISSEL
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
It has been an exciting week at Montezuma. On 8/28 the first ever WHITE
IBIS showed up at Knox-Marsellus Marsh and has been somewhat cooperative ever
since. No report on it yet today. In addition the LAUGHING GULL, AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN and SNOWY EGRET were present most of the week, also at Knox-Marsellus.
Shorebirds reported at the complex this week.
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GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
LEAST SANDPIPER
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
BLASK-BELLIED PLOVER
KILLDEER
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER
AMERICAN WOODCOCK
WHIMBREL
DUNLIN
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
STILT SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
WILSON’S SNIPE
SANDERLING
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
8/28: 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at VanDyne Spoor Road. the WHITE IBIS
is discovered at Knox-Marsellus Marsh.
8/30: A WHIMBREL was found at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. A SNOWY EGRET was seen
at South Spring Pond.
8/31: A DICKCISSEL was heard again at East Road. Heard again on 9/1.
9/1: 10 Warbler species, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and 2 LEAST BITTERNS
were found on Howland Island. A WILSON’S PHALAROPE and an eclipse male EURASIAN
WIGEON were seen on the Wildlife Drive near the Eagle sculpture. 150 GREAT
EGRETS and the SNOWY EGRET were observed roosting near Mays Point. A possible
Anhinga was thought to be with them. The LAUGHING GULL, the WHITE IBIS and the
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN were all caught in one camera frame at Knox-Marsellus
Marsh.
9/2: The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN continues at Knox-Marsellus and the
EURASIAN WIGEON also continues on the Wildlife Drive.
Cayuga county
9/31: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Fair Haven State Park.
Onondaga County
8/29: 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at Three Rivers WMA northe of
Baldwinsville.
Oswego County
8/28: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Derby Hill
9/1: A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Derby Hill. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
was seen at Deer Creek Marsh south of Sandy Pond on Lake Ontario.
Madison County
8/27: A SORA was seen at the Madison Street Impoundment north of Hamilton.
8/28: 8 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at Woodman Pond north of Hamilton.
8/29: 40 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS and a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were found at
the Sky High turf farm north of Chittenango. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found at
Mason Hill east of Hamilton.
9/1: 6 shorebird species including SANDERLING were found at the Sky High
turf farm.
9/2: A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen on Ditchbank road north of
Canastota.
Oneida County
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Verona Beach State Park
Herkimer County
8/29: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at a private resicence north of
Dolgeville.
8/30: A BLACK VULTURE was seen near Middleville.
8/31: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was seen at a sensitive area near Salisbury.
End Transcript
Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, USA
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