RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* July 27, 2020
* NYSY 07. 27. 20
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
July 21 2020 to July 27, 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 27 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
#713 Monday July 27, 2020
Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of
July 21, 2020
Highlights:
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LEAST BITTERN
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
GREAT EGRET
RUDDY DUCK
AMERICAN WIGEON
MERLIN
PEREGRINE FALCON
PIPING PLOVER
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
STILT SANDPIPER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
SANDERLING
BONAPARTE’S GULL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
SEDGE WREN
CERULEAN WARBLER
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
PINE SISKIN
RED CROSSBILL
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
7/21: A CERULEAN WARBLER was found on Howland Island.
7/24: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was found on the Wildlife Drive.
7/26: 2 female RUDDY DUCKS were seen along the Wildlife Drive. 3
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS were seen at Mays Point Pool.3 STILT SANDPIPERS and 4
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen from East road. 10 shorebird species
inclucing 3 STILT SANDPIPERS were seen at Carncross Road.
7/26: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the Visitor’s Center. 7
Shorebird species including a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were found at Carncross
Road.
Onondaga County
SEDGE WRENS, 3 or more, are still being heard and occasionally seen in the
big fields area of 3 Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville on a regular basis.
RED CROSSBILLS continue at Shakham Road and Morgan Hill Forest. Some were
seen at the four corners parking area.
7/22: A SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER was seen at the West Shore Trail of
Onondaga Lake. It was seen again on the 26th. an AMERICAN WIGEON was also seen
at this area.
7/24: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Cedar Bay Park in Fayetteville.
7/25: A MERLIN was seen on Fawn Ridge Road in Manlius.
Oswego County
1 fledgling PIPING PLOVER continues to be spotted at the Sandy Pond outlet
on Lake Ontario.
7/23: A PINE SISKIN was seen at a feeder on Hinman Road north of Pulaski.
7/25: A SANDERLING was seen at the Sandy Pond Outlet on lake Ontario.
Madison County
7/22: 2 adults and 1 fledgling MERLINS were seen on Elizabeth Street in
Oneida.
Oneida County
7/21: A BONAPARTE’S GULL was seen at Delta Lake in Rome.
7/22: 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Verona Beach State Park on
Oneida Lake. They were seen again on the 27th.
7/23: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen on North Gage Road south of Poland.
Herkimer County
7/22: A GREAT EGRET was spotted near the Frankfort Marina on the Mohawk
River.
7/24: A PEREGRINE FALCON continues in Little Falls.
End Report
Joseph Brin
Baldwinsville NY
Region 5
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