[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 06/28/2006

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 06/28/2006
* NYBU0606.28
- 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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  LINCOLN'S SPARROW
  DICKCISSEL (June 22)
  D.-crest. Cormorant
  Great Blue Heron
  Great Egret
  Wood Duck
  Green-winged Teal
  Blue-winged Teal
  Ring-necked Duck
  Hooded Merganser
  Ruddy Duck
  Osprey
  Bald Eagle
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Ruffed Grouse
  Common Moorhen
  American Woodcock
  Black Tern
  Black-billed Cuckoo
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  Yellow-b. Sapsucker
  Acadian Flycatcher
  Acadian Flycatcher
  Red-br. Nuthatch
  Winter Wren
  Veery
  Hermit Thrush
  Cedar Waxwing
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Yellow-thr. Vireo
  Nashville Warbler
  Yellow Warbler
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  Prairie Warbler
  American Redstart
  Ovenbird
  Northern Waterthrush
  La. Waterthrush
  Mourning Warbler
  Common Yellowthroat
  Hooded Warbler
  Canada Warbler
  Scarlet Tanager
  Rose-br. Grosbeak
  Eastern Towhee
  Field Sparrow
  Savannah Sparrow
  Grasshopper Sparrow
  White-thr. Sparrow
  Dark-eyed Junco
  Eastern Meadowlark
  Purple Finch

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             06/28/2006
  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

  Wednesday, June 28, 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.

  LINCOLN'S SPARROW was the highlight of reports received June  22 
through June 28 from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  June 25, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW was reported at the Swallow  Hollow 
Trail on Knowlesville Road in the Iroquois Refuge.  This appears to be 
the region's first June record of  LINCOLN'S SPARROW away from the 
Wainfleet Bog in Ontario.  Also, two AMERICAN WOODCOCKS at Swallow 
Hollow Trail.

  There have been no reports of the three DICKCISSELS on  
Youngstown-Wilson Road in the the Town of Wilson since June  22. 
However, they are likely still present, 3/4 mile east of  
Dickersonville Road.

  Two reports from the southern Erie County Town of Holland  this week. 
On private property in Holland, 10 warbler  species included YELLOW 
WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER,  MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., 
BLACKBURNIAN  WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD, MOURNING WARBLER,  
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and CANADA WARBLER, plus 2 RUFFED  GROUSE, 
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, ACADIAN  FLYCATCHER, WINTER 
WREN and HERMIT THRUSH. In the Erie  County Forest in Holland, scarce 
breeding NASHVILLE WARBLER,  NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and WHITE-THR. 
SPARROW, plus numerous  BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WINTER WREN, BL.-THR. GREEN 
WARB. and  HOODED WARBLER. Along Wagner Road in Holland, RED-SHOULDERED 
  HAWK and RED-BR. NUTHATCH. In the adjacent Town of Sardinia,  PRAIRIE 
WARBLER at Allen and Warner Gulf Roads.

  At the Batavia Waste Water Plant on June 24, highlights  included 4 
RING-NECKED DUCKS and 12 RUDDY DUCKS, plus 54 D.-
  CREST. CORMORANTS, 17 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 14 WOOD DUCKS,  BLUE-WINGED 
TEAL, 6 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 8 HOODED MERGANSERS  and COMMON MOORHEN with 
5 chicks.

  In the Iroquois Refuge, Tonawanda and Oak Orchard Areas, 10  adult 
WOOD DUCKS with 83 chicks, plus 7 GREAT EGRETS,  several OSPREYS and 
BALD EAGLES, COMMON MOORHEN, 7 BLACK  TERNS, 2 YELLOW-THR. VIREOS, 
VEERY and PURPLE FINCH. On  Feeder Road off Route 77, both BLACK-BILLED 
CUCKOO and  YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO.

  YELLOW-THR. VIREOS were also reported at several locations  in 
Chautauqua County this week. Other Chautauqua reports -  on Bartlett 
Hill Road in the Town of Villanova, LA.  WATERTHRUSH, MOURNING WARBLER, 
and CANADA WARBLER, plus  ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, HERMIT THRUSH, SCARLET 
TANAGER, ROSE-BR.  GROSBEAK and DARK-EYED JUNCO. At the Dunkirk 
Airport,  EASTERN TOWHEE, FIELD SPARROW, 3 SAVANNAH SPARROWS and 12  
EASTERN MEADOWLARKS. And, at Saint Columbans on Route 5 in  Sheridan, 
CEDAR WAXWING, PINE WARBLER and 2 sub-adult BALD  EAGLES.

  And in Clarence this week, at the Tillman Wildlife  Management Area, 
4 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, July 6. 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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