- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 06/07/2007
* NYBU0706.07
- Birds mentioned
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phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB
telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to
dfsuggs localnet com.
Thank you, David
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RED CROSSBILL
CLAY-COL. SPARROW
TUNDRA SWAN
SANDHILL CRANE
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Great Egret
Blue-winged Teal
American Wigeon
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Common Moorhen
Semipalm. Sandpiper
White-r. Sandpiper
Dunlin
Black Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Brown Thrasher
Blue-headed Vireo
Pine Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
La. Waterthrush
Canada Warbler
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Grasshopper Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 06/07/2007
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
Thursday, June 7, 2007
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 May 31 through June 7 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include RED CROSSBILL, CLAY-COL. SPARROW,
TUNDRA SWAN, SANDHILL CRANE and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER.
June 3, from the Allegany County Town of Ward, 4 RED CROSSBILLS and
two pair of GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS at State Reforestation land near
Vandermark and Brown Roads. RED CROSSBILLS were at this same site two
years ago.
Also from Allegany County, in the Town of Andover, CLAY-COL. SPARROW
and PRAIRIE WARBLER again this year in the Christmas tree plantation
near the tower on Pingrey Road. The plantation is private property,
but in past years, the birds could be heard or seen from the the
roadside.
At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, June 3, a rare in June TUNDRA
SWAN, with 6 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 LESSER SCAUP, only 11 RUDDY DUCKS
and 2 BROWN THRASHERS. The plant is on Industrial Blvd. off Route 33
on the west side of Batavia. Visitors must check-in at the office, and
exit the property by 3 PM.
In the Iroquois and Tonwanda areas, SANDHILL CRANES continue to be
reported. June 3, two pairs in the Tonawanda Area at Ruddy Marsh, and
the same date, 3 SANDHILL CRANES, possibly the same birds relocated,
on the north side of Route 77, about a mile west of Alabama Corners.
Other reports from Iroquois and Tonawanda - PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
along the canal path to the west of Meadville Road. At Wood and Ruddy
Marsh, AMERICAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK,
14 GREAT EGRETS, COMMON MOORHEN and 10 BLACK TERNS. Around Cayuga
Pool, a great count of 6 BALD EAGLES. And, 7 warbler species on Bartel
Road included CERULEAN WARBLER, OVENBIRD and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.
From the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, a sighting of GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW, often only heard, on Minor Road in Port Colbourne. At Rock
Point Park in Dunnvile, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER and
DUNLIN.
On private property in the Erie County Town of Holland this week, 10
warbler species highlighted by PINE WARBLER, LA. WATERTHRUSH and
CANADA WARBLER, plus BROAD-WINGED HAWK, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, BARRED
OWL, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WINTER WREN, DARK-EYED JUNCO and ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK.
And an interesting note from the Niagara Falls, New York, a female
HOUSE SPARROW with white wings has been seen for two years on
Livingston Avenue.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, June 14. 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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