- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 07/08/2004 * NYBU0407.08 - Birds mentioned ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, David \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
YELLOW-THR. WARBLER WILLET UPLAND SANDPIPER Great Egret Ring-necked Duck Ruddy Duck Osprey Ring-necked Pheasant Least Sandpiper Black-billed Cuckoo Red-headed Wdpkr. Acadian Flycatcher Common Raven Sedge Wren Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Cedar Waxwing "Brewster's Warbler" Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Vesper Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Bobolink - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 07/08/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, July 8, 2004 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. Reports received June 24 through July 8 from the Niagara Frontier Region - In Allegany State Park, the previously reported pair of YELLOW-THR. WARBLERS were noted again June 28, feeding young in the Red House Area, where the road branches to the Administration Building. Also at Allegany, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and PINE WARBLER. June 27, a southbound WILLET was reported on Lake Ontario at Port Weller, Ontario. At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, June 26, highlights were 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 6 LESSER SCAUP and 98 RUDDY DUCKS. During the past two weeks, at least 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS have been reported at the Tillman Wildlife Management Area in Clarence. They were in the landfill area to the south of the Management area, viewed from the perimeter trail. Also at Tillman, 3 or more GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS. Another GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was reported in the Town of Lockport, on the east side of Day Road, less than a mile south of Wheeler Road. In the Cattaraugus County, July 4, through the Town of Yorkshire, an impressive count of 5 to 8 CLAY-COL. SPARROWS. In Ashford, a VESPER SPARROW, and along Route 219 in Ellicottville, 8 pairs of BOBOLINKS four miles north of the Village of Ellicottville. From Chautauqua County, recent breeding Bird Atlas studies in the Town of Ellington reported a total of 8 COMMON RAVENS, including a family group of 5 at 28 Mile Creek Road. On West Hill Road, RING-NECKED PHEASANT, "BREWSTER'S WARBLER" and PRAIRIE WARBLER, and at the Cockainge Ski Resort, a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. Also in Ellington, a BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER. June 27 in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, a SEDGE WREN was still present on Bartel Road near Woods Marsh. A RED-HEADED WDPKR. along the canal to the west of Meadville Road, and 2 OSPREYS feeding young at a nest platform on Route 77. Also in the past two weeks - GREAT EGRET over Gunnville Road in Lancaster. SCARLET TANAGER and EASTERN TOWHEE at Chestnut Ridge Park. And in a yard on Danbury Drive in Cheektowaga, CEDAR WAXWINGS were observed building a nest using fibers pulled from a shredded clothesline. 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. - End Transcript
