[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 07/27/2006

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 07/27/2006
* NYBU0607.27
- Birds mentioned
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  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             07/27/2006
  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

  FORSTER'S TERN
  DICKCISSEL
  BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON
  GREAT EGRET
  COMMON GOLDENEYE
  PEREGRINE FALCON
  Common Merganser
  Osprey
  Bald Eagle
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Semipalmated Plover
  Killdeer
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Sanderling
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Caspian Tern
  Common Tern
  Black Tern
  Barred Owl
  Common Nighthawk
  Red-headed Wdpkr.
  Acadian Flycatcher
  Cliff Swallow
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  American Redstart
  La. Waterthrush
  Common Yellowthroat
  Hooded Warbler
  Grasshopper Sparrow
  Orchard Oriole

  Thursday, July 27, 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 from the Niagara Frontier  Region 
during the past two weeks, July 13 to 27, include  FORSTER'S TERN, 
DICKCISSEL, BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON, GREAT  EGRET, COMMON GOLDENEYE and 
PEREGRINE FALCON.

  At the mouth of the Niagara River, July 16, an unexpected  FORSTER'S 
TERN, in worn juvenile plumage, at the Coast Guard  station adjacent to 
Fort Niagara State Park, along with 12  BONAPARTE'S GULLS, COMMON TERN 
and CASPIAN TERN. Also 2 RED-
  HEADED WDPKRS. in the woods to the west of the fort parking  lot, and 
inside the fort, a high count of 19 CLIFF SWALLOW  nests.

  Through July 20, at least three DICKCISSELS were still along  
Youngstown-Wilson Road, 3/4 of a mile east of Dickersonville  Road in 
the Town of Porter. However, on the 20th, the one  known DICKCISSEL 
nest in the roadside ditch was destroyed by  maintenance mowing. 
Hopefully the DICKCISSELS are still  present and may re-nest. ORCHARD 
ORIOLE has been reported  all summer at this location.

  July 17, an excellent report from the lower Niagara River  gorge. On 
the 1-1/2 mile trail between Devil's Hole and  Whirlpool State Park, 
over 75 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS, mostly  adults, on the New York and 
Ontario banks of the river.

  Abundant GREAT EGRETS in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management  Area - 
134 on July 23, counted from the Route 77 overlook.  Color leg bands on 
five egrets indicated the birds were  banded at the Motor Island 
heronry in the upper Niagara  River; 25 miles to the west. Nearby at 
Cayuga Pool in the  Iroquois Refuge, adult BALD EAGLE and 7 BLACK TERNS.

  July 15, an uncommon in summer COMMON GOLDENEYE, an adult  male, on 
Lake Erie at Saint Columbans in the Town of  Sheridan, along with 44 
COMMON MERGANSERS and 2 adult BALD  EAGLES.

  PEREGRINE FALCONS were reported to have nested successfully  in the 
Niagara Falls gorge. The falcons have been seen at  the Cave of the 
Winds, by the abandoned power plant, and  roosting at Terrapin Point.

  July 18, two GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were heard at the Golf  Links at 
Ivy Ridge, on Route 5 in Akron.

  More southbound shorebirds passing through the region. July  23, 6 
species at Woodlawn Beach State Park in Hamburg  included 4 
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, KILLDEER, 6 SPOTTED  SANDPIPERS, 2 SANDERLINGS, 3 
LEAST SANDPIPERS and 12  SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS, plus an OSPREY.

  Other recent reports -  at Hunters Creek Park in the Erie  County 
Town of Wales, a family of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, two  families of 
BARRED OWLS, 3 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS and six  warbler species - YELLOW-R. 
WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB.,  AMERICAN REDSTART, LA. WATERTHRUSH, 
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and  HOODED WARBLER. And in Buffalo, 2 COMMON 
NIGHTHAWKS at  Delaware and Hertel Avenues.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 3.  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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