- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 07/17/2008
* NYBU0807.17
- Birds mentioned
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AMERICAN AVOCET
WILLET
BLACK VULTURE
RED-HEADED WDPKR.
D.-crest. Cormorant
Great Egret
Bl.-cr. Night-Heron
American Kestrel
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalm. Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-b. Dowitcher
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Horned Lark
Cliff Swallow
Common Raven
Red-br. Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Wood Thrush
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-r. Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Eastern Towhee
Vesper Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 07/17/2008
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, July 17, 2008
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 July 10 through July 17 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include AMERICAN AVOCET, WILLET, BLACK
VULTURE, and RED-HEADED WDPKRS.
From the Lake Erie shore in Chautauqua County, another occurrence of
AMERICAN AVOCETS at Dunkirk Harbor. July 13, 4 AMERICAN AVOCETS plus 2
rare WILLETS at the Main Street beach, and later, nearby at the foot
of Roberts Road. There have been no other reports since the 13th.
July 14, also in Chautauqua County, a flyby BLACK VULTURE over the
Village of Mayville on Chautauqua Lake.
Several reports this week of RED-HEADED WDPKRS., listed as a Species
of Concern by the New York State DEC. One RED-
HEADED WDPKR. at a peanut feeder in Orchard Park. Another single
RED-HEADED WDPKR on Emery Road in South Wales. Three adults and one
young at Point Gratiot Park in Dunkirk. At the mouth of Silver Creek
in the Town of Hanover, 2 adults and 2 young. And in Ontario,
RED-HEADED WDPKR. at the foot of Kraft Road in Fort Erie.
The CLIFF SWALLOW colony continues this year on Tonawanda Island in
the City of North Tonawanda. 35 CLIFF SWALLOWS about the island, and
89 nests counted on the two towers.
July 15, shorebirds on the north shore of Lake Erie at Rock Point
Park in Dunnville, Ontario, included LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SPOTTED
SANDPIPER, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER and LEAST SANDPIPER, with 1150
D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, 5 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 6 CASPIAN TERNS and 105
COMMON TERNS. Nearby at the Mosaic Ponds on Rymer Road, GREATER
YELLOWLEGS and 2 SHORT-
B. DOWITCHERS.
Genesee County reports this week - 2 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS and 2
LEAST SANDPIPERS in the swamp on Gilhooley Road in the Town of
Alexander. In private woods on Francis Road in Bethany, 8 pairs of
WOOD THRUSHES and 4 pairs of SCARLET TANAGERS.
At the Carlton Hill Area in the Wyoming County Town of Middlebury
this week, 50 species included 8 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 13 EASTERN
KINGBIRDS, 25 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, 19 EASTERN TOWHEES and 17
BOBOLINKS, plus WILLOW FLYCATCHER, ALDER FLYCATCHER, HORNED LARK,
VESPER SPARROW and EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
Other reports this week - at the Meadows Road State Land in the
Chautauqua County Town of Arkwright, 2 COMMON RAVENS, BLUE-HEADED
VIREO, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, BROWN CREEPER, WOOD THRUSH, YELLOW-R.
WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, DARK-EYED JUNCO and ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK.
And on the upper Niagara River, at the Motor Island heronry, 89 GREAT
EGRETS, including 49 EGRETS arriving after sunset.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, July 24. 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.
- End Transcript
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