- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 09/09/2004 * NYBU0409.09 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ EARED GREBE Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Broad-winged Hawk Black-bellied Plover Whimbrel Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Western Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Little Gull Common Tern Yellow-b. Sapsucker Eastern Phoebe Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Brown Creeper House Wren Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Red-eyed Vireo Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Blackburnian Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler American Redstart Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler Rose-br. Grosbeak Eastern Towhee
- Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 09/09/2004 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, September 9, 2004 [Update - This Sunday, September 12, there will be a BOS field trip to Tifft Nature Preserve and Times Beach in Buffalo. Meet at 7 AM in the Tifft parking lot for a half- day hike thorough the two preserves. Visitors are always welcome on BOS field trips.] 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 September 2 through September 9 from the Niagara Frontier Region include shorebirds, EARED GREBES and warblers. Rock Point Provincial Park in Dunnville, Ontario, continues to provide the highlights of shorebird reports. 17 species this week included BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, RED KNOT, SANDERLING, a juvenile WESTERN SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, DUNLIN and STILT SANDPIPER. Also, one or two LITTLE GULLS are still in the park, and over 700 COMMON TERNS were noted feeding offshore. Nearby at the Poth Road turf farms, up to 59 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and a BALD EAGLE. In Niagara County, September 5, a WHIMBREL was reported along Route 18 near the Wilson-Porter townline. As reported last week, three EARED GREBES, September 2, on the ponds at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, along with over 300 RUDDY DUCKS. 16 warbler species were reported Amherst State Park this week, including an early, reported, ORANGE-CR. WARBLER, plus TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, BL.-THR. BL. WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, BL. AND W. WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and WILSON'S WARBLER. Also at Amherst State Park, EASTERN PHOEBE, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, RED-EYED VIREO, BROWN CREEPER, HOUSE WREN, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, EASTERN TOWHEE and ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK. At Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park, families of BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., and HOODED WARBLERS, plus local BROAD-WINGED HAWK and YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER. After midnight, September 8, hundreds of migrating THRUSHES were heard calling over the University District in Buffalo. And, September 3, an unexpected NORTHERN HARRIER passed through the Hamlin Park playground in East Aurora. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 16. 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
