- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/25/2006 * NYBU0605.25 - 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 ----------------------------------------------------------
TRICOLORED HERON SWAINSON'S WARBLER [possible] 28 warbler species Long-tailed Duck White-winged Scoter Lesser Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Dunlin Black-billed Cuckoo Red-headed Wdpkr. Eastern Wood-Pewee Cliff Swallow Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Yellow-thr. Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Golden-wing. Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-cr. Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Rose-br. Grosbeak Vesper Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Bobolink Orchard Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/25/2006 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, May 25, 2006 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 18 through May 25 from the Niagara Frontier Region include TRICOLORED HERON, a possible SWAINSON'S WARBLER and reports from the BOS May Count. On Grand Island, May 21, a TRICOLORED HERON was still present at Buckhorn Island State Park, at the west end of the hiking trail. This location also provides a view of the BALD EAGLE nest on Navy Island. May 19, a possible SWAINSON'S WARBLER was reported on private property in the Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton. Reports from the BOS May count on the 21st - the section centered on the Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road in the Lake Ontario Plains reported 105 species including 23 warbler species. The list included 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and 3 LONG-TAILED DUCKS on Lake Ontario. On Hosmer Road in Hartland, 2 WHITE-R. SANDPIPERS plus LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 77 LEAST SANDPIPERS. At Krull Park in Olcott, 2 PINE WARBLERS and 3 CAPE MAY WARBLERS. ORANGE-CR. WARBLER at Golden Hill State Park in Somerset. Other warblers in the section - GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER, CERULEAN WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER, plus YELLOW-THR. VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, CLIFF SWALLOW, VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, VESPER SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and ORCHARD ORIOLE. Sixty-eight species in the Town of Lancaster section were highlighted by 2 RED-HEADED WDPKRS. along Cayuga Creek in Como Park. The Grand Island section reported the previously mentioned TRICOLORED HERON, plus CLIFF SWALLOW, 12 warbler species, SCARLET TANAGER, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK, BOBOLINK and a likely escaped NORTHERN BOBWHITE. Other count highlights - 12 warbler species in a Williamsville yard, PRAIRIE WARBLER among 14 warblers species at Four Mile Creek State Park in Porter, and ORANGE- CR. WARBLER at Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park. Spring migration was still going strong on May 24. 103 species in the Towns of Wilson and Porter included BLACKPOLL WARBLER with 20 warbler species, 5 BL.-GR. GNATCATCHERS, multiple SCARLET TANAGERS, RED-EYED VIREOS, WOOD THRUSHES, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES, and ORCHARD ORIOLE at Fort Niagara State Park. Other reports this week - 3 DUNLIN on the Lake Ontario shore at Fort Niagara. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at Amherst State Park and in Dayton. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH at Four Mile Creek State Park. And, an ORCHARD ORIOLE in Royalton. Dial-a-Bird will not be updated until Thursday evening, June 8. Rare reports will be added to the update during this time. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript
