- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 07/31/2008
* NYBU0807.31
- Birds mentioned
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RED CROSSBILL
WHIP-POOR-WILL
SANDHILL CRANE
Red-shouldered Hawk
Semipalmated Plover
Sanderling
Semipalm. Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Acadian Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Common Raven
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
Pine Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 07/31/2008
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 31, 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 24 through July 31 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include RED CROSSBILL, WHIP-
POOR-WILL and SANDHILL CRANE.
Following last week's report of 12 RED CROSSBILLS in Orchard Park,
on July 25, a flock of 50 RED CROSSBILLS near Lake Ontario, at Oakland
Rural Cemetery, on Route 18 in the Niagara County Town of Porter.
July 27 in the Town of Wainfleet, Ontario, 3 WHIP-POOR-WILLS and an
AMERICAN WOODCOCK were heard and seen along Wilson Road, bordering the
Wainfleet Bog, off Highway 3.
Also in Ontario, at the western edge of the BOS study region,
SANDHILL CRANES were reported breeding again this year on the banks of
the Grand River, on River Road near South Cayuga Road in the Town of
Dunnville. The cranes are said to have been in the area for many
years. Shorebirds at Rock Point Park in Dunnville included
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SANDERLING, LEAST SANDPIPER and SEMIPALM.
SANDPIPER, plus 13 winter plumage BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 250 COMMON
TERNS.
Back to New York State, at Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park,
breeding birds still singing in the park were highlighted by 3 ACADIAN
FLYCATCHERS, 3 HERMIT THRUSHES and a PINE WARBLER, plus WOOD THRUSH,
BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED WARBLER, SCARLET
TANAGER and EASTERN TOWHEE.
From Cattaraugus County this week - a juvenile RED-
SHOULDERED HAWK at the Valentine Flats Road parking lot at Zoar
Valley. Along the south branch of Cattaraugus Creek near the Village
of Cattaraugus, an unexpected DUNLIN.
Other reports - at the Wilson Piers on Lake Ontario, 2 FORSTER'S
TERNS among several COMMON TERNS. RED-HEADED WDPKR. continues at the
mouth of Silver Creek in Dunkirk. And in the Genesee County Town of
Bethany, after a 13 year wait, 6 PURPLE MARTINS at a nest box on
Francis Road. Also on Francis Road, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and 2 COMMON
RAVENS.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 7. 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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