- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 07/08/2010
* NYBU1007.08
- Birds mentioned
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WILLET
CLAY-COL. SPARROW
ORCHARD ORIOLE
EUROPEAN GREENFINCH [escapee]
Great Egret
Osprey
Bald Eagle
American Kestrel
Ruffed Grouse
Alder Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Common Raven
White-br. Nuthatch
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-thr. Vireo
Yellow-r. Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Ovenbird
Scarlet Tanager
Vesper Sparrow
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
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Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 07/08/2010
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.buffaloornithologicalsociety.org
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science
and 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. To contact the Science
Museum, call 896-5200.
Highlights of reports received July 1 through July 8 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include WILLET, CLAY-COL. SPARROW and ORCHARD
ORIOLE
From Chautauqua County, July 3, a WILLET at Barcelona Harbor on Lake
Erie. Found in the evening on a sandbar at the rock section of the
breakwall.
July 4 in the Cattaraugus County Town of Yorkshire, one to three
CLAY-COL. SPARROWS along Keller Road, along with a flyover OSPREY,
COMMON RAVEN, HERMIT THRUSH, 3 YELLOW-R. WARBLERS and 8 PRAIRIE
WARBLERS. Also in Cattaraugus County, VESPER SPARROW at Thomas Corners
and Bond Road in Ashford.
In the Genesee County Town of Bethany, 3 ORCHARD ORIOLES - a male,
female and juvenile, on Silver Road, far from the region's expected
location for ORCHARD ORIOLES, the Great Lakes Plains. Also in Bethany,
19 PURPLE MARTINS on Francis Road. Nearby in the Town of Attica, on
Vernal Road, Warner Road and at Gouilocks Pond - RUFFED GROUSE,
AMERICAN KESTREL, ALDER FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, VEERY,
OVENBIRD, SCARLET TANAGER, BOBOLINK and EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
Other reports - adult BALD EAGLE feeding on salmon carcasses at the
mouth of Johnson Creek at Lake Ontario in Hartland. In the Tonawanda
Wildlife Management Area at Ditch Road, a roost of up to 50 GREAT
EGRETS, BALD EAGLE nest with one young and several OSPREYS. On Grand
Island, SWALLOWS, mostly TREE SWALLOWS, are beginning to congregate by
the East River at Beaver Island State Park, and a WHITE-BREASTED
NUTHATCH has been attracted to a jelly feeder along the West River
Parkway. And, a EUROPEAN GREENFINCH, most certainly an escapee, at a
feeder in a Wilson yard by Lake Ontario.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, July 15. 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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