- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 07/10/2003 * NYBU0307.10 - 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 dfsuggs@localnet.com. Thank you, David ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// D.-crest. Cormorant Least Bittern Great Egret Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Mute Swan Common Merganser Osprey Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen Killdeer Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Short-b. Dowitcher Caspian Tern Black Tern Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Screech-Owl Barred Owl Red-headed Wdpkr. Acadian Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Bank Swallow Common Raven Red-br. Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Winter Wren Swainson's Thrush Cedar Waxwing Yellow-thr. Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Pine Warbler American Redstart La. Waterthrush Rose-br. Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Baltimore Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 07/10/2003 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs@localnet.com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, July 10, 2003 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 July 3 through July 10 from the Niagara Frontier Region. July 8, from the Ontario shore of Lake Erie, at Rock Point Park in Dunnville, southbound shorebirds were highlighted by 12 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS plus 5 KILLDEER, 38 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 9 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and 43 LEAST SANDPIPERS. Also in the park, 220 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS and a CAROLINA WREN. At Fort Erie, 7 MUTE SWANS at Rosehill Road and at Kraft Road, a RED-HEADED WDPKR. At Times Beach in Buffalo, which can be an excellent location for shorebirds, only three species were reported on July 10 - KILLDEER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and SPOTTED SANDPIPER. July 4, a CASPIAN TERN was reported at an unexpected inland location - feeding at a small pond in the Village of Hamburg. A week of camping in Allegany State Park produced a list of 86 species. Highlights included COMMON MERGANSER with 7 young, 2 OSPREY nests in the park and one on the Allegany Reservoir, EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, BARRED OWL, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, COMMON RAVEN, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, several WINTER WRENS, SWAINSON'S THRUSH and 17 warbler species including NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, PINE WARBLER and LA. WATERTHRUSH. From the Town of Sardinia, in the southeastern corner of Erie County, nesting species in a yard on Route 39 near Cattaraugus Creek included EASTERN PHOEBE, HOUSE WREN, CEDAR WAXWING, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER and AMERICAN REDSTART. And at the feeders, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK, INDIGO BUNTING and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. July 4 in the marshes of the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, LEAST BITTERN, 6 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS, OSPREY, 9 VIRGINIA RAILS, SORA, COMMON MOORHEN, 9 BLACK TERNS, YELLOW- BILLED CUCKOO and YELLOW-THR. VIREO. Other reports this week - 2 GREAT EGRETS have been regulars at the big pond in Sheridan Park in Tonawanda. Another GREAT EGRET was in Amherst over North French Road and I-990. In Buffalo, PEREGRINE FALCON over Kenmore Avenue and Ontario Street. And a dozen BANK SWALLOWS on the Niagara River at the Tonawanda Boat Launch. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, July 17. 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 D Suggs <dfsuggs@localnet.com> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.