- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 07/10/2008 * NYBU0807.10 - Birds mentioned ---------------------------------------------------------- Please phone in rare sightings for update Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com Thank you, David ---------------------------------------------------------- AMERICAN AVOCET YEL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON ORCHARD ORIOLE PROTHONOTARY WARBLER American Bittern Least Bittern Great Egret Green Heron Wood Duck Green-winged Teal Blue-winged Teal Gadwall Ring-necked Duck Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Ruddy Duck Osprey Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Common Moorhen Upland Sandpiper American Woodcock Bonaparte's Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Black Tern Barred Owl Acadian Flycatcher Horned Lark Common Raven Tufted Titmouse Red-br. Nuthatch Swainson's Thrush Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Yellow-thr. Vireo Northern Parula Yellow-r. Warbler Yellow-thr. Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler La. Waterthrush Grasshopper Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 07/10/2008 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, July 10, 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 July 3 through July 10 from the Niagara Frontier Region include AMERICAN AVOCET, YEL.- CR. NIGHT-HERON, ORCHARD ORIOLE, and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. July 9, at Dunkirk Harbor on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County, an exceptional record of 5 AMERICAN AVOCETS on the Main Street Beach. The avocets were seen at least through to the evening. The evening of July 3, a kayaker discovered a very rare adult YEL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON on Strawberry Island in the upper Niagara River off Buffalo's Riverside. The island is too distant to observe from the shore, but the heron may linger on the upper river with the many BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS that are found on Motor Island and at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. July 6, an unexpected female ORCHARD ORIOLE at the Tillman Wildlife Management Area in Clarence, found on Shisler Road beyond the tire dump. Also at Tillman, 3 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, 2 HORNED LARKS and at least 6 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS. In the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, July 4, a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at the Education Center parking lot on Knowlesville Road, across from the Swallow Hollow Trail. From Allegany State Park and surrounding areas, June 29 through July 5, 88 species were tallied including COMMON MERGANSER, 3 OSPREY nests, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, BARRED OWL, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, COMMON RAVEN, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, and 17 warbler species highlighted by NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, YELLOW- THR. WARBLER, PINE WARBLER and LA. WATERTHRUSH. July 4, a combined list of 70 species at the Batavia Waste Water Plant and Iroquois Refuge area. At the waste water plant, WOOD DUCK and HOODED MERGANSER with young, GADWALL, two each of BLUE-WINGED TEAL and RING-NECKED DUCK, and 35 RUDDY DUCKS. At Swallow Hollow Trail in the Iroquois Refuge, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, 3 TUFTED TITMICE and 6 RED-BR. NUTHATCHES. At Cayuga Pool, 6 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 4 GREAT EGRETS, BALD EAGLE and 26 BLACK TERNS. And at Wood Marsh in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, an AMERICAN BITTERN. In Cattaraugus County this week, at least 8 PRAIRIE WARBLERS on private property at Hilliker and Keller Roads in the Town of Yorkshire. In Ashford, at Thomas Corners and Bond Road, 5 VESPER SPARROWS and a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD. At the Wilson Piers on Lake Ontario, a surprising appearance of 24 BONAPARTE'S GULLS with 10 CASPIAN TERNS and 5 COMMON TERNS. And from Buffalo this week - GREEN HERON heard over Woodbridge Ave. PEREGRINE FALCON atop the tall chimney along Winspear Ave on the UB Main Street Campus. And at Tifft Nature Preserve, 36 species included COMMON MOORHEN with young, LEAST BITTERN and AMERICAN WOODCOCK. 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