- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/17/2004 * NYBU0406.17 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
SCISSOR-T. FLYCATCHER KENTUCKY WARBLER YELLOW-THR. WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER SEDGE WREN PINE SISKIN Pied-billed Grebe Red-br. Merganser Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail American Coot Black Tern Acadian Flycatcher Cliff Swallow Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush White-eyed Vireo Warbling Vireo Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Cerulean Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler American Redstart La. Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/17/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, June 17, 2004 [Update - There will be a BOS field trip on Saturday, June 19, to the Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area in Wyoming County. Meet at 7:30 AM at the Alexander Post Office parking lot on Route 98, just south of Route 20, or Broadway. Bring boots, water, and a snack or lunch. Expect a moderate length hike. 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 June 3 through June 17 from the Niagara Frontier Region include SCISSOR-T. FLYCATCHER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, YELLOW-THR. WARBLER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SEDGE WREN and PINE SISKIN. The Dial-a-Bird system was out of order for about a week, apologies to anyone who may have left a message that was deleted during this time. In the Town of Hamburg, the evening of June 7, a SCISSOR-T. FLYCATCHER was briefly observed at the soccer fields on Lakeview Avenue, near the abandoned Nike Base. The flycatcher flew off and was not relocated. There are just two previous records of SCISSOR-T. FLYCATCHER in the BOS archives; one in late May, the other early June. During the first weekend in June, 20 warbler species and 6 flycatcher species were reported at Allegany State Park. The Red House area of the park produced two rare warblers - June 3, a KENTUCKY WARBLER, on the McIntosh Trail near cabin 11, and June 6 and 7, a YELLOW-THR. WARBLER, near the administration building and opposite of the McIntosh Trail parking lot. Also at Allegany State Park, on the Wolf Run hiking loop, 7 NORTHERN PARULAS, PINE WARBLER, a pair of PRAIRIE WARBLERS, 5 CERULEAN WARBLERS, BL. AND W. WARBLER and LA. WATERTHRUSH, plus ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and SWAINSON'S THRUSH. In the Iroquois Refuge and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were reported recently along Sour Springs Road, a good distance from the bridge, and along the Feeder Canal west of Meadville Road. A SEDGE WREN has also been residing in the Tonawanda Area, on Bartel Road, at the edge of the Wood Marsh dike. Also in the areas, at Cayuga Pool, PIED-BILLED GREBE, 9 AMERICAN COOTS and 3 BLACK TERNS. A RED-BR. MERGANSER at a Route 77 overlook, and another BLACK TERN in the Tonawanda Area. PINE SISKINS, generally rare in the summer months, were reported twice this week. Five at a feeder in a yard in East Aurora, and 1 or 2 PINE SISKINS were among 78 species found during breeding bird atlas work along Route 83 in the Town of Cherry Creek in Chautauqua County. Another good breeding bird report from Chautauqua County - a WHITE-EYED VIREO at a nest with eggs on the property of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown. In the City of Buffalo, 2 fledged PEREGRINE FALCONS were around the nest box on the Statler Building, and 2 CLIFF SWALLOWS at the Peace Bridge. And, the monthly census at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora reported 47 species including VIRGINIA RAIL, CAROLINA WREN, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, WOOD THRUSH, WARBLING VIREO, YELLOW WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and HOODED WARBLER. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, June 24. 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
