- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 07/24/2008
* NYBU0807.24
- Birds mentioned
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FRANKLIN'S GULL
RED CROSSBILL
Least Bittern
Great Egret
Green Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Semipalm. Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Tufted Titmouse
Red-br. Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Warbling Vireo
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
Ovenbird
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 07/24/2008
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 24, 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 17 through July 24 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include FRANKLIN'S GULL and RED CROSSBILLS.
July 20 and 21 on Lake Erie at Dunkirk Harbor, a very rare
occurrence, an adult, breeding plumage FRANKLIN'S GULL on the Main
Street beach. Also in the harbor, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SPOTTED
SANDPIPER, SANDERLING, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER and LEAST SANDPIPER.
A real surprise this week - 12 RED CROSSBILLS, briefly stopping in a
yard in Orchard Park on July 22. The flock has not been re-found.
In Buffalo, at the UB Main Street Campus, an adult and an immature
PEREGRINE FALCON, frequently seen at the chimney along Winspear
Avenue. In downtown Buffalo, two more PEREGRINE FALCONS. And a white
hawk, most likely a rare plumage of RED-TAILED HAWK, for at the least
two years in the Niagara County Town of Cambria.
At Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, a LEAST BITTERN, seen two days
this week from the mound at the end of the Warbler Walk Trail. Also at
Tifft Nature Preserve this week, a NORTHERN HARRIER, plus 8 GREEN
HERONS, 10 WARBLING VIREOS, CAROLINA WREN, 19 HOUSE WRENS, 8 MARSH
WRENS, 4 BL.-GR. GNATCATCHERS, 2 WOOD THRUSHES, 20 GRAY CATBIRDS,
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, 49 YELLOW WARBLERS, 11 COMMON
YELLOWTHROATS, SAVANNAH SPARROW, 25 SONG SPARROWS, 9 SWAMP SPARROWS
and a ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK.
In Chautauqua County, at the Canadaway Creek Wildlife Management
Area in the Town of Arkwright, warblers included 5 MOURNING WARBLERS,
plus MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., OVENBIRD, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT and HOODED WARBLER. Also in the county, at Saint
Columbans in Sheridan, 7 sub-
adult BALD EAGLES.
From Amherst this week - in a Williamsville yard, TUFTED TITMOUSE,
RED-BR. NUTHATCH, CAROLINA WREN, 6 BALTIMORE ORIOLES and 6 PURPLE
FINCHES. And, over Main Street and Bailey Avenue, a GREAT EGRET.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, July 31. 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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