[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 07/12/2007

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 07/12/2007
* NYBU0707.12
- 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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  AMERICAN AVOCET
  PEREGRINE FALCON
  Osprey
  Black-billed Cuckoo
  Barred Owl
  Acadian Flycatcher
  Common Raven
  Red-br. Nuthatch
  Winter Wren
  Veery
  Swainson's Thrush
  Wood Thrush
  Blue-winged Warbler
  Northern Parula
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Yellow-thr. Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  American Redstart
  Ovenbird
  La. Waterthrush
  Mourning Warbler
  Common Yellowthroat
  Hooded Warbler
  Canada Warbler
  Scarlet Tanager

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             07/12/2007
  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 12, 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.

  Highlights of reports received June 28 through July 12 from  the 
Niagara Frontier Region include AMERICAN AVOCET,  PEREGRINE FALCON and 
warblers.

  July 6, an AMERICAN AVOCET was found on the Lake Erie shore  at 
Dunkirk Harbor, on the Main Street beach. Two days later  on the 8th, 
likely the same AMERICAN AVOCET was found ten  miles up the shore at 
the mouth of Silver Creek in the  Village of Silver Creek. Attempts to 
relocate the bird were  unsuccessful.

  The evening of June 28, 5 PEREGRINE FALCONS, 2 adults and 3  
juveniles, were flying about the Liberty Building in  downtown Buffalo. 
These were certainly the falcons from the  Statler Building nest site. 
One of the juvenile falcons was  also reported on July 7, chasing gulls 
at Times Beach Nature  Preserve on the Buffalo waterfront.

  During the Fourth of July week, a camper in Allegany State  Park 
listed 88 species in the park and surrounding areas.  Highlights were 3 
OSPREY nests, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, BARRED  OWL, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, 
RED-BR. NUTHATCH, WINTER WREN,  SWAINSON'S THRUSH, and 19 warbler 
species, including  NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, YELLOW-THR. 
WARBLER,  PINE WARBLER, BL. AND W. WARBLER, LA. WATERTHRUSH, MOURNING  
WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER.

  July 7 at the Canadaway Creek WMA, south of Dunkirk in the  Town of 
Arkwright, a family of several COMMON RAVENS, 4  ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS, 
VEERY, WOOD THRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER and  14 warbler species - 
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S.  WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, YELLOW-R. 
WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN  WARB., BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, 
AMERICAN  REDSTART, OVENBIRD, LA. WATERTHRUSH, MOURNING WARBLER,  
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER.

  And from Amherst, July 6, in the area of Transit and Casey  Road, two 
reports of a white heron; most likely a GREAT  EGRET, but possibly an 
odd-plumage GREAT BLUE HERON.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, July 19.  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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