- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/07/2008
* NYBU0808.07
- Birds mentioned
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RED CROSSBILL
WHITE-W. CROSSBILL
PINE SISKIN
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Egret
Green Heron
Bl.-cr. Night-Heron
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Hooded Merganser
Bald Eagle
Virginia Rail
Upland Sandpiper
Gr. Cr. Flycatcher
Common Raven
Red-br. Nuthatch
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-s. Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
American Redstart
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 08/07/2008
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, August 7, 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 31 through August 7 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include RED CROSSBILL, WHITE-W. CROSSBILL and
PINE SISKIN.
CROSSBILLS have piqued birders attention in recent weeks. Flocks of
RED CROSSBILLS have been reported in Orchard Park and in the Lake
Ontario Plains in the past two weeks. Several days this week, RED
CROSSBILLS in a breeding area in Allegany County's Town of West
Almond, on North Road and Palmer's Pond Road. Also, a flyover WHITE-W.
CROSSBILL, plus BLUE-HEADED VIREO, and warblers - NASHVILLE WARBLER,
MAGNOLIA WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, AMERICAN
REDSTART, MOURNING WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and HOODED WARBLER.
Also in Allegany County, COMMON RAVEN on Route 48 in Amity.
August 2, a PINE SISKIN, rare in summer, at a feeder in the Village
of East Aurora.
In Buffalo, August 1, 3 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were heard migrating over
Shirley Avenue before sunrise.
August 2 at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, counts of common
summer species were topped by 24 HOUSE WRENS, 10 MARSH WRENS, 33 GRAY
CATBIRDS, 39 YELLOW WARBLERS and 19 SONG SPARROWS, plus WOOD DUCK,
AMERICAN WIGEON, HOODED MERGANSER, PIED-BILLED GREBE, GREAT EGRET,
GREEN HERON, BL.-
CR. NIGHT-HERON and VIRGINIA RAIL, and in the parking lot, a
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD.
BALD EAGLES this week - 3 sub-adults at Saint Columbans in Sheridan.
Juvenile BALD EAGLE at Guinlock Pond, in the Wyoming County Town of
Attica, where there were two nearby eagle nestings this summer. And an
adult BALD EAGLE over the Town of Concord in southern Erie County.
Also this week - In a Williamsville yard, 2 unexpected FIELD
SPARROWS, with 2 RED-BR. NUTHATCHES and 6 each of BALTIMORE ORIOLE and
PURPLE FINCH. In Chautauqua County, COMMON RAVEN and BLUE-HEADED VIREO
at the Meadows Road State Land in Arkwright. And at Delaware Park in
Buffalo, 3 GR. CR. FLYCATCHERS.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 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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