[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 06/07/2007

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 06/07/2007
* NYBU0706.07
- 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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  RED CROSSBILL
  CLAY-COL. SPARROW
  TUNDRA SWAN
  SANDHILL CRANE
  PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
  Great Egret
  Blue-winged Teal
  American Wigeon
  Redhead
  Ring-necked Duck
  Lesser Scaup
  Ruddy Duck
  Bald Eagle
  Broad-winged Hawk
  Common Moorhen
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  White-r. Sandpiper
  Dunlin
  Black Tern
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  Barred Owl
  Yellow-b. Sapsucker
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Acadian Flycatcher
  Winter Wren
  Brown Thrasher
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Pine Warbler
  Cerulean Warbler
  Ovenbird
  Northern Waterthrush
  La. Waterthrush
  Canada Warbler
  Rose-br. Grosbeak
  Grasshopper Sparrow
  Dark-eyed Junco

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             06/07/2007
  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 7, 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 May 31 through June 7 from  the 
Niagara Frontier Region include RED CROSSBILL, CLAY-COL.  SPARROW, 
TUNDRA SWAN, SANDHILL CRANE and PROTHONOTARY  WARBLER.

  June 3, from the Allegany County Town of Ward, 4 RED  CROSSBILLS and 
two pair of GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS at State  Reforestation land near 
Vandermark and Brown Roads. RED  CROSSBILLS were at this same site two 
years ago.

  Also from Allegany County, in the Town of Andover, CLAY-COL.  SPARROW 
and PRAIRIE WARBLER again this year in the Christmas  tree plantation 
near the tower on Pingrey Road. The  plantation is private property, 
but in past years, the birds  could be heard or seen from the the 
roadside.

  At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, June 3, a rare in June  TUNDRA 
SWAN, with 6 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 LESSER SCAUP, only  11 RUDDY DUCKS 
and 2 BROWN THRASHERS. The plant is on  Industrial Blvd. off Route 33 
on the west side of Batavia.  Visitors must check-in at the office, and 
exit the property  by 3 PM.

  In the Iroquois and Tonwanda areas, SANDHILL CRANES continue  to be 
reported. June 3, two pairs in the Tonawanda Area at  Ruddy Marsh, and 
the same date, 3 SANDHILL CRANES, possibly  the same birds relocated, 
on the north side of Route 77,  about a mile west of Alabama Corners.

  Other reports from Iroquois and Tonawanda - PROTHONOTARY  WARBLER 
along the canal path to the west of Meadville Road.  At Wood and Ruddy 
Marsh, AMERICAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL,  REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK, 
14 GREAT EGRETS, COMMON MOORHEN  and 10 BLACK TERNS. Around Cayuga 
Pool, a great count of 6  BALD EAGLES. And, 7 warbler species on Bartel 
Road included  CERULEAN WARBLER, OVENBIRD and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.

  From the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, a sighting of  GRASSHOPPER 
SPARROW, often only heard, on Minor Road in Port  Colbourne. At Rock 
Point Park in Dunnvile, SEMIPALM.  SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER and 
DUNLIN.

  On private property in the Erie County Town of Holland this  week, 10 
warbler species highlighted by PINE WARBLER, LA.  WATERTHRUSH and 
CANADA WARBLER, plus BROAD-WINGED HAWK,  YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, BARRED 
OWL, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER,  PILEATED WOODPECKER, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, 
BLUE-HEADED VIREO,  WINTER WREN, DARK-EYED JUNCO and ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK.

  And an interesting note from the Niagara Falls, New York, a  female 
HOUSE SPARROW with white wings has been seen for two  years on 
Livingston Avenue.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, June 14.  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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