- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/14/2008
* NYBU0808.14
- Birds mentioned
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WHITE-WINGED DOVE
SPOTTED DOVE
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
LA. WATERTHRUSH
EVENING GROSBEAK
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Semipalm. Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Caspian Tern
Common Nighthawk
Purple Martin
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-s. Warbler
Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
American Redstart
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Red Crossbill
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 08/14/2008
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 14, 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 August 7 through August 14 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include WHITE-WINGED DOVE, RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE, LA. WATERTHRUSH, and a reported EVENING GROSBEAK.
From Saint Catharines, Ontario, August 13, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE in a
yard on Missisauga Road. WHITE-WINGED DOVE is a tropical species with
a history of vagrancy across North America. August 9, a SPOTTED DOVE
was photographed in a yard in the Town of Amherst - most likely an
escaped individual.
August 12 in Fort Erie, Ontario, an early RED-NECKED PHALAROPE,
juvenile, on the east side of Buffalo Road. Other shorebirds in the
region - at Dunkirk Harbor, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
SANDERLING, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER and LEAST SANDPIPER, plus 14 CASPIAN
TERNS. On Wentworth Road in the Chautauqua County Town of Villanova, 7
WILSON'S SNIPE and 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS.
August 9 at Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park, a late singing LA.
WATERTHRUSH. Also, a flyover PURPLE MARTIN.
In North Tonawanda, August 13, a reported EVENING GROSBEAK, female,
on Doebler Road. More details of this very rare summer species would
be appreciated.
A small number of RED CROSSBILLS again this week in Allegany County,
near Palmer's Pond in the Town of West Almond.
August 10, a PEREGRINE FALCON in North Buffalo, perched in a tree on
Grove Street, north of Hertel Avenue. A single COMMON NIGHTHAWK also
in the Grove Street neighborhood for the past month.
Chautauqua County was loaded up with BALD EAGLES this past week. A
total of 22 EAGLES including 16 juveniles and 6 adults. Eleven at
Saint Columbans on Route 5 in Sheridan. Four at the mouth of Silver
Creek. Two at Cattaraugus Creek in Hanover, and 5 EAGLES in Dunkirk at
the Harbor and Point Gratiot. In Erie County, an adult BALD EAGLE over
Route 5 in the Town of Evans.
And, at the Meadows Road State Land in the Town of Arkwright, YELLOW
WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., AMERICAN REDSTART,
MOURNING WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and HOODED WARBLER, plus
BLUE-HEADED VIREO and 2 SCARLET TANAGERS.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 21. 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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