- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 06/28/2006
* NYBU0606.28
- Birds mentioned
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LINCOLN'S SPARROW
DICKCISSEL (June 22)
D.-crest. Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Ruffed Grouse
Common Moorhen
American Woodcock
Black Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Acadian Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Red-br. Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-thr. Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-s. Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
La. Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Eastern Meadowlark
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 06/28/2006
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.BOSBirding.org
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science
and this answering system was donated by the Buffalo Ornithological
Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and
field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report
sightings and use this system. To contact the Science Museum, call
896-5200.
LINCOLN'S SPARROW was the highlight of reports received June 22
through June 28 from the Niagara Frontier Region.
June 25, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW was reported at the Swallow Hollow
Trail on Knowlesville Road in the Iroquois Refuge. This appears to be
the region's first June record of LINCOLN'S SPARROW away from the
Wainfleet Bog in Ontario. Also, two AMERICAN WOODCOCKS at Swallow
Hollow Trail.
There have been no reports of the three DICKCISSELS on
Youngstown-Wilson Road in the the Town of Porter since June 22.
However, they are likely still present, 3/4 mile east of
Dickersonville Road.
Two reports from the southern Erie County Town of Holland this week.
On private property in Holland, 10 warbler species included YELLOW
WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB.,
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD, MOURNING WARBLER,
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and CANADA WARBLER, plus 2 RUFFED GROUSE,
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, WINTER
WREN and HERMIT THRUSH. In the Erie County Forest in Holland, scarce
breeding NASHVILLE WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and WHITE-THR.
SPARROW, plus numerous BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WINTER WREN, BL.-THR. GREEN
WARB. and HOODED WARBLER. Along Wagner Road in Holland, RED-SHOULDERED
HAWK and RED-BR. NUTHATCH. In the adjacent Town of Sardinia, PRAIRIE
WARBLER at Allen and Warner Gulf Roads.
At the Batavia Waste Water Plant on June 24, highlights included 4
RING-NECKED DUCKS and 12 RUDDY DUCKS, plus 54 D.-
CREST. CORMORANTS, 17 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 14 WOOD DUCKS, BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, 6 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 8 HOODED MERGANSERS and COMMON MOORHEN with
5 chicks.
In the Iroquois Refuge, Tonawanda and Oak Orchard Areas, 10 adult
WOOD DUCKS with 83 chicks, plus 7 GREAT EGRETS, several OSPREYS and
BALD EAGLES, COMMON MOORHEN, 7 BLACK TERNS, 2 YELLOW-THR. VIREOS,
VEERY and PURPLE FINCH. On Feeder Road off Route 77, both BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOO and YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO.
YELLOW-THR. VIREOS were also reported at several locations in
Chautauqua County this week. Other Chautauqua reports - on Bartlett
Hill Road in the Town of Villanova, LA. WATERTHRUSH, MOURNING WARBLER,
and CANADA WARBLER, plus ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, HERMIT THRUSH, SCARLET
TANAGER, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and DARK-EYED JUNCO. At the Dunkirk
Airport, EASTERN TOWHEE, FIELD SPARROW, 3 SAVANNAH SPARROWS and 12
EASTERN MEADOWLARKS. And, at Saint Columbans on Route 5 in Sheridan,
CEDAR WAXWING, PINE WARBLER and 2 sub-adult BALD EAGLES.
And in Clarence this week, at the Tillman Wildlife Management Area,
4 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, July 6. Please call in
your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the
tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird.
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