- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 06/28/2007
* NYBU0706.28
- Birds mentioned
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phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB
telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to
dfsuggs localnet com.
Thank you, David
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TRICOLORED HERON
SANDHILL CRANE
PEREGRINE FALCON
GREATER SCAUP
YELLOW-R. WARBLER
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN [out of region - Montezuma NWR]
Common Nighthawk
Cliff Swallow
Red-br. Nuthatch
Veery
American Redstart
Orchard Oriole
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 06/28/2007
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, June 28, 2007
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 June 21 through June 28 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include TRICOLORED HERON, SANDHILL CRANES,
PEREGRINE FALCONS, GREATER SCAUP and YELLOW-R. WARBLER.
June 28, a TRICOLORED HERON at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. The
heron was feeding through the morning at Berm Pond, seen from the BOS
blind at the end of Mosquito Junction Trail.
SANDHILL CRANES continue to be reported from the Iroquois Refuge and
surrounding areas. June 23, 2 SANDHILL CRANES were heard calling
behind the refuge headquarters on Casey Road. The cranes could not be
seen, but were believed to be in a restricted area beyond the pond.
The PEREGRINE FALCONS nesting on the northbound North Grand Island
Bridge were reported by a fearless observer who walked the pedestrian
sidwalk from the Niagara Falls side of the bridge. The sidewalk
affords an exhilarating view of the Niagara River and the falcons, but
is not for the faint of heart, due to the elevation of the bridges and
vibration of heavy traffic. CLIFF SWALLOWS have been reported again
this year at the south, or Buckhorn Island, end of the bridges.
June 27 on the west branch of the Niagara River off Grand Island, a
rare in summer GREATER SCAUP at the Fix Road rest area.
June 22, an unexpected summer location for a YELLOW-R. WARBLER - a
yard on Lake Road in the Lake Ontario Plains Town of Wilson. Also in
the yard, feeding in a mulberry tree, a male ORCHARD ORIOLE and an an
AMERICAN REDSTART.
Another unexpected report this week - a VEERY, heard calling in
flight after midnight, over Woodbridge Avenue in north Buffalo. COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS have also been seen and heard over Woodbridge Avenue, and
nearby over Delaware and Hertel Avenues.
In a Williamsville yard this week, 3 RED-BR. NUTHATCHES and 3 PURPLE
FINCHES. Another RED-BR. NUTHATCH was reported at Amherst State Park.
And outside the region, in Central New York, an AMER. WHITE PELICAN
has been seen occassionally in the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.
One recent report was from the Knox-Marcellus Marsh, on East Road, off
Route 89, north of the New York State Thruway.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, July 5. 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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