- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 07/26/2007 * NYBU0707.26 - 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- GREAT EGRET D.-crest. Cormorant Great Blue Heron Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Wood Duck Osprey Bald Eagle American Kestrel Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Caspian Tern Red-headed Wdpkr. Red-bellied Wdpkr. Yellow-b. Sapsucker Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Purple Martin Cliff Swallow Red-br. Nuthatch Brown Creeper Scarlet Tanager Indigo Bunting - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 07/26/2007 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, July 26, 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. GREAT EGRETS were the highlight of reports received July 19 through July 26 from the Niagara Frontier Region. July 24 at the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, a record count of 170 GREAT EGRETS at the Route 77/Lewiston Road overlook. Two of the EGRETS were marked with red leg bands from the Motor Island heronry in the Niagara River. Also in the Tonawanda Area, 4 OSPREYS, 30 GREAT BLUE HERONS and 5 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS. From Chautauqua County this week, small numbers of LEAST SANDPIPERS were reported at most locations on the Lake Erie shore. At Dunkirk Harbor, 18 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 3 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS, 2 SANDERLING, plus CASPIAN TERN. In Fort Erie, Ontario, at Windmill Point, 6 shorebird species also included a SANDERLING. Expect shorebird migration to increase as August approaches. July 23, 704 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS were counted on the structures at Buckhorn Island State Park, at the north end of Grand Island. Along the hiking trail, which runs close to the OSPREY nest, a pair of adults were feeding a recently fledged OSPREY. At the north Grand Island bridges, 20 CLIFF SWALLOWS were seen from the hiking trail, plus 2 WOOD DUCKS, BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON, CASPIAN TERN and RED-BELLIED WDPKR. At Darien Lake State Park in Genesee County this week, 39 species included RED-BELLIED WDPKR., YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, ALDER FLYCATCHER, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, PURPLE MARTIN, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, BROWN CREEPER, SCARLET TANAGER and INDIGO BUNTING. YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER was also reported southeast of Batavia in the Town of Bethany. Also this week, in northwest Cattaraugus County, 5 AMERICAN KESTRELS on Mackinaw Road in Perrysburg. up to four BALD EAGLES at Saint Columbans on Route 5 in Sheridan. And, RED- HEADED WDPKRS. at Windmill Point and the Village of Silver Creek. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 2. 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