[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 06/28/2007

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 06/28/2007
* NYBU0706.28
- 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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  TRICOLORED HERON
  SANDHILL CRANE
  PEREGRINE FALCON
  GREATER SCAUP
  YELLOW-R. WARBLER
  AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN [out of region - Montezuma NWR]
  Common Nighthawk
  Cliff Swallow
  Red-br. Nuthatch
  Veery
  American Redstart
  Orchard Oriole
  Purple Finch

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             06/28/2007
  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, June 28, 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 21 through June 28 from  the 
Niagara Frontier Region include TRICOLORED HERON,  SANDHILL CRANES, 
PEREGRINE FALCONS, GREATER SCAUP and  YELLOW-R. WARBLER.

  June 28, a TRICOLORED HERON at Tifft Nature Preserve in  Buffalo. The 
heron was feeding through the morning at Berm  Pond, seen from the BOS 
blind at the end of Mosquito  Junction Trail.

  SANDHILL CRANES continue to be reported from the Iroquois  Refuge and 
surrounding areas. June 23, 2 SANDHILL CRANES  were heard calling 
behind the refuge headquarters on Casey  Road. The cranes could not be 
seen, but were believed to be  in a restricted area beyond the pond.

  The PEREGRINE FALCONS nesting on the northbound North Grand  Island 
Bridge were reported by a fearless observer who  walked the pedestrian 
sidwalk from the Niagara Falls side of  the bridge. The sidewalk 
affords an exhilarating view of the  Niagara River and the falcons, but 
is not for the faint of  heart, due to the elevation of the bridges and 
vibration of  heavy traffic. CLIFF SWALLOWS have been reported again 
this  year at the south, or Buckhorn Island, end of the bridges.

  June 27 on the west branch of the Niagara River off Grand  Island, a 
rare in summer GREATER SCAUP at the Fix Road rest  area.

  June 22, an unexpected summer location for a YELLOW-R.  WARBLER - a 
yard on Lake Road in the Lake Ontario Plains  Town of Wilson. Also in 
the yard, feeding in a mulberry  tree, a male ORCHARD ORIOLE and an an 
AMERICAN REDSTART.

  Another unexpected report this week - a VEERY, heard calling  in 
flight after midnight, over Woodbridge Avenue in north  Buffalo. COMMON 
NIGHTHAWKS have also been seen and heard  over Woodbridge Avenue, and 
nearby over Delaware and Hertel  Avenues.

  In a Williamsville yard this week, 3 RED-BR. NUTHATCHES and  3 PURPLE 
FINCHES. Another RED-BR. NUTHATCH was reported at  Amherst State Park.

  And outside the region, in Central New York, an AMER. WHITE  PELICAN 
has been seen occassionally in the Montezuma  National Wildlife Refuge. 
One recent report was from the  Knox-Marcellus Marsh, on East Road, off 
Route 89, north of  the New York State Thruway.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, July 5. 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