- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 07/27/2006
* NYBU0607.27
- Birds mentioned
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Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 07/27/2006
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
FORSTER'S TERN
DICKCISSEL
BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON
GREAT EGRET
COMMON GOLDENEYE
PEREGRINE FALCON
Common Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Semipalm. Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black Tern
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Acadian Flycatcher
Cliff Swallow
Yellow-r. Warbler
Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
American Redstart
La. Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Thursday, July 27, 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.
Highlights of reports received from the Niagara Frontier Region
during the past two weeks, July 13 to 27, include FORSTER'S TERN,
DICKCISSEL, BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON, GREAT EGRET, COMMON GOLDENEYE and
PEREGRINE FALCON.
At the mouth of the Niagara River, July 16, an unexpected FORSTER'S
TERN, in worn juvenile plumage, at the Coast Guard station adjacent to
Fort Niagara State Park, along with 12 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, COMMON TERN
and CASPIAN TERN. Also 2 RED-
HEADED WDPKRS. in the woods to the west of the fort parking lot, and
inside the fort, a high count of 19 CLIFF SWALLOW nests.
Through July 20, at least three DICKCISSELS were still along
Youngstown-Wilson Road, 3/4 of a mile east of Dickersonville Road in
the Town of Porter. However, on the 20th, the one known DICKCISSEL
nest in the roadside ditch was destroyed by maintenance mowing.
Hopefully the DICKCISSELS are still present and may re-nest. ORCHARD
ORIOLE has been reported all summer at this location.
July 17, an excellent report from the lower Niagara River gorge. On
the 1-1/2 mile trail between Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Park,
over 75 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS, mostly adults, on the New York and
Ontario banks of the river.
Abundant GREAT EGRETS in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area -
134 on July 23, counted from the Route 77 overlook. Color leg bands on
five egrets indicated the birds were banded at the Motor Island
heronry in the upper Niagara River; 25 miles to the west. Nearby at
Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge, adult BALD EAGLE and 7 BLACK TERNS.
July 15, an uncommon in summer COMMON GOLDENEYE, an adult male, on
Lake Erie at Saint Columbans in the Town of Sheridan, along with 44
COMMON MERGANSERS and 2 adult BALD EAGLES.
PEREGRINE FALCONS were reported to have nested successfully in the
Niagara Falls gorge. The falcons have been seen at the Cave of the
Winds, by the abandoned power plant, and roosting at Terrapin Point.
July 18, two GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were heard at the Golf Links at
Ivy Ridge, on Route 5 in Akron.
More southbound shorebirds passing through the region. July 23, 6
species at Woodlawn Beach State Park in Hamburg included 4
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, KILLDEER, 6 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 2 SANDERLINGS, 3
LEAST SANDPIPERS and 12 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS, plus an OSPREY.
Other recent reports - at Hunters Creek Park in the Erie County
Town of Wales, a family of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, two families of
BARRED OWLS, 3 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS and six warbler species - YELLOW-R.
WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., AMERICAN REDSTART, LA. WATERTHRUSH,
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and HOODED WARBLER. And in Buffalo, 2 COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS at Delaware and Hertel Avenues.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 3. 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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