[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 08/24/2006

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/24/2006
* NYBU0608.24
- 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
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  SANDHILL CRANE
  RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
  WILLET
  TRICOLORED HERON
  D.-crest. Cormorant
  Long-tailed Duck
  Bald Eagle
  Black-bellied Plover
  American Golden-Plove
  Red Knot
  White-r. Sandpiper
  Baird's Sandpiper
  Stilt Sandpiper
  Short-b. Dowitcher
  Forster's Tern
  Common Nighthawk
  Whip-poor-will
  Yellow-b. Flycatcher
  Philadelphia Vireo
  Red-eyed Vireo
  Northern Waterthrush

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             08/24/2006
  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, August 24, 2006

  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 August 17 through August 24  from the 
Niagara Frontier Region include SANDHILL CRANES,  RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, 
WILLET and TRICOLORED HERON.

  Near the western limit of the BOS study area, August 23,  along the 
Grande River on the Niagara Penisula of Ontario, a  pair of SANDHILL 
CRANES with one immature crane were  confirmed along River Road, west 
of South Cayuga Road in the  Town of Dunnville. The cranes, which were 
said to have been  breeding at this location for several years, are on 
private  property, but may be seen from River Road, in a field marked  
by a white barn with a red roof. This may be the anticipated  first 
breeding record of SANDHILL CRANES in the BOS region.

  Also in Ontario, at least 16 shorebird species were reported  this 
week from the north shore of Lake Erie. A RED-NECKED  PHALAROPE was the 
highlight of the BOS Shorebird Count on  August 20, at Point Abino in 
Fort Erie. Other shorebird  highlights - in Dunnville, over 100 
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS  and 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS on Poth Road, two 
more  AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS at Canal Bank Road, 16 SHORT-B.  
DOWITCHERS at the Rymer Road ponds, and RED KNOTS at Rock  Point Park 
and east of Port Colbourne at Pinecrest. At the  numerous beach access 
roads along the lakeshore - WHITE-R.  SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 
STILT SANDPIPER and SHORT-B.  DOWITCHER. Also, FORSTER'S TERN at 
Pinecrest, and at Rock  Point, LONG-TAILED DUCK, PHILADELPHIA VIREO and 
12 warbler  species.

  In Buffalo, August 20, a rare WILLET, at an unexpected  location - 
Lisa Pond in Tifft Nature Preserve.

  At Niagara Falls Ontario, two TRICOLORED HERONS continue  above the 
falls, opposite Dufferine Islands Park.

  BALD EAGLES this week - 7 at Saint Columbans on Route 5 in  the 
Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan, plus single BALD  EAGLES at Silver 
Creek, Cattaraugus Creek and at Woodlawn  Beach State Park in Hamburg.

  Other reports this week - D.-CREST. CORMORANT at Sinking  Ponds in 
East Aurora. MERLINS in Porter and two locations on  the Niagara 
Peninsula. At Amherst State Park, several  YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHERS, 
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO  and 11 warbler species. In a 
Williamsville yard, a NORTHERN  WATERTHRUSH. WHIP-POOR-WILLS calling 
from the Wainfleet Bog  in Ontario, at Highway 3 and Wilson Road. And a 
single  COMMON NIGHTHAWK over Sheridan and Harlem Road in Amherst.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 31.  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