- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/12/2004 * NYBU0408.12 - 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, David \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
AMERICAN AVOCET FRANKLIN'S GULL CATTLE EGRET MERLIN D.-crest. Cormorant American Golden-Plove Whimbrel Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Little Gull Northern Flicker Cliff Swallow Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 08/12/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, August 12, 2004 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 August 5 through August 12 from the Niagara Frontier Region include AMERICAN AVOCET, FRANKLIN'S GULL, CATTLE EGRET and MERLIN. From the Dunkirk Harbor in Chautauqua County, August 10, a very rare species in record numbers - 13 AMERICAN AVOCETS at the Main Street Beach. Apparently, AMERICAN AVOCETS have become regular August visitors to Dunkirk Harbor in recent years. The Niagara County FRANKLIN'S GULL, first discovered August 2, was still present August 8, in the Town of Newfane, in the flooded field to the south of Chestnut Road. Over 200 shorebirds of 10 species have been at this location recently, including a STILT SANDPIPER on the 4th. Shorebirds in Dunnville, Ontario, on August 7 included an early DUNLIN at Rock Point, along with RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING and a LITTLE GULL. And on Canal Bank Road, a AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and 5 WHIMBRELS. Also in Dunnville, the CATTLE EGRET was reported again on the 7th, on King Road, east of Highway 3. August 6, three MERLINS at the UB Main Street Campus, and a fourth MERLIN nearly on Round Avenue in Buffalo. Other reports this week - BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER at two locations - Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo and Buckhorn Island State Park on Grand Island. Also at Buckhorn, 6 D.- CREST. CORMORANTS still on nests, CLIFF SWALLOW feeding young in nests (on Grand Island bridge?), and NORTHERN FLICKER with two young. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 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. - End Transcript
