On Saturday morning, Alan Baczkiewicz found a male WESTERN TANAGER in his yard on Howard Ave in Williamsville, which is just east of Buffalo. A few birders made it to his yard to see the bird but it was observed flying off to the northeast, in the direction of nearby Amherst State Park. About two hours later, it was refound by Peter Yoerg in the southern part of the park, where more birders were able to see it. The bird was last reported to the WNY text alert at 1:30 but may still be around.
DIRECTIONS: Park in the parking lot on Glen Ave on the east side of the creek. Note that there are no signs that I am aware of indicating the this is the State Park. There is a nature center, which will confirm that you are in the right location. Walk northwest across the mowed area to a path that goes into the woods. Walk north along the creek until you get to the south end of a large building, known as the tennis building. The bird was seen here, right along the creek, usually on the east side. We had eight species of warblers in the southern part of the park. Good birding! Willie ------------------ Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com Betsy's website: http://www.betsypottersart.com/ Willie's photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/107683885@N07/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --