- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 09/25/2003 * NYBU0309.25 - 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, David /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
GREATER SHEARWATER BLACK-CAPPED PETREL WILSON'S STORM PETREL BAND-RUMPED STORM PETREL [possible] SOOTY TERN LEAST TERN Eared Grebe Merlin Wild Turkey Willet Red-necked Phalarope Phalarope species Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Sabine's Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern Yellow-b. Sapsucker Orange-cr. Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Prairie Warbler "Yellow" Palm Warbler - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 09/25/2003 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, September 25, 2003 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 18 through September 25 from the Niagara Frontier Region include GREATER SHEARWATER, BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, WILSON'S STORM PETREL, SOOTY TERN and LEAST TERN. As anticipated, the remnants of Hurricane Isabel brought rare and new seabirds into the region this week. Lake Erie at Fort Erie, Ontario, provided many highlights. September 19, there was a second-hand report of a GREATER SHEARWATER at Crystal Beach. If verified, this would be a new species for the BOS region. Also at Crystal Beach on the 19th, BLACK-CAPPED PETREL and SOOTY TERN. One or more BLACK- CAPPED PETRELS were also seen several days off Waverly Beach along with POMARINE JAEGER, PARASITIC JAEGER, CASPIAN TERN, COMMON TERN, FORSTER'S TERN and PHALAROPE SPECIES. And on September 20, a LEAST TERN was seen briefly at Prospect Point. On the New York side of Lake Erie, a single WILSON'S STORM PETREL was found on September 19, off Hamburg Town Park. What is thought to be the same petrel was seen again the next two days at nearby Woodlawn Beach State Park. In Chautauqua County, at Prendergast Point on Chautauqua Lake, great finds on the the 19th and 20th. Up to 5 WILSON'S STORM PETRELS, 2 SABINE'S GULLS and another potential new species for the region - a possible BAND-RUMPED STORM- PETREL. Shorebirds most likely carried into Buffalo by the storm were 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES at LaSalle Park on September 19, and a WILLET on the 20th at the Bird Island Pier. Aside from storm related birds this week - September 18, 2 reported EARED GREBES at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, along with 8 warbler species. At Amherst State Park this week, at least 10 warbler species included a NORTHERN PARULA and a very rare EASTERN or YELLOW PALM WARBLER. Landbirds at Fort Erie on the 20th were highlighted by a RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD and an unexpected PRAIRIE WARBLER. At Windmill Point on the 21st, 11 warbler species included an almost-late YELLOW WARBLER and 2 ORANGE-CR. WARBLERS, plus 4 FORSTER'S TERNS. Elsewhere in Fort Erie, MERLINS at two locations, and a total of 8 shorebird species. In the Eggertsville area of Amherst, a family of 6 WILD TURKEYS was reported again on Koster Row off Main Street. And YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKERS were noted at several locations this week. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, October 2. 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 D Suggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
