- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/14/2005 * NYBU0504.14 - 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] Access email reports is limited. Thank you, David ----------------------------------------------------------
EASTERN PALM WARBLER [D.P.HYPOCHRYSEA] LAUGHING GULL PINE WARBLER LA. WATERTHRUSH BLUE-HEADED VIREO COMMON MOORHEN BROAD-WINGED HAWK Black Scoter Northern Goshawk Golden Eagle Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail Greater Yellowlegs Pectoral Sandpiper American Woodcock Common Tern Eastern Phoebe Gr. Cr. Flycatcher N. Rough-w. Swallow Ruby-cr. Kinglet Gray Catbird Amer. Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Fox Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/14/2005 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, April 14, 2005 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 April 7 through April 14 from the Niagara Frontier Region include EASTERN PALM WARBLER, LAUGHING GULL, PINE WARBLER, LA. WATERTHRUSH, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, COMMON MOORHEN and BROAD-WINGED HAWK. At Amherst State Park, an exceptionally rare EASTERN or YELLOW PALM WARBLER was reported on April 13 and 14. On Goat Island, above Niagara Falls, a very rare LAUGHING GULL was found during the BOS April Count on April 10. At least five early arrivals were noted this week. PINE WARBLERS at three locations - first April 7 at a suet feeder in Orchard Park, April 9 at Times Beach in Buffalo, and April 10 at two locations in Allegany State Park. Also on the 10th, early BLUE-HEADED VIREO and LA. WATERTHRUSH at Allegany State Park. Another BLUE-HEADED VIREO in the Town of Arkwright in Chautauqua County and an early COMMON MOORHEN at the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. Early BROAD-WINGED HAWKS were found at previous breeding areas - April 9 at Wolf Run in Allegany State Park, along with a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, and April 10 at the Akron Reservoir. GR. CR. FLYCATCHER was reported at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo on the April 9 - this would be an exceptionally early record. And, right on time, a VIRGINIA RAIL, April 10 at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora. Also of note this week - GOLDEN EAGLE at the Hamburg Hawkwatch. Ten PECTORAL SANDPIPERS in the Town of Somerset and over 35 GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the Iroquois Refuge. At least 20 COMMON TERNS and a single BLACK SCOTER on the Buffalo waterfront. N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOW and RUBY-CR. KINGLETS at several locations. GRAY CATBIRD at Lakeside Beach State Park in Carlton. VESPER SPARROW on Oak Orchard Ridge Road in the Iroquois Refuge. And, counts of 5 to 10 PURPLE FINCHES in Silver Creek, Arkwright and Allegany State Park. Other reports - active AMERICAN WOODCOCKS at dusk on the mounds at Tifft Nature Preserve. A pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS taking prey and chasing crows for two days around the Richardson Towers at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center. EASTERN PHOEBES nest building in the barn in Alden. And at feeders on Ruie Road in North Tonawanda, AMER. TREE SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROW, FOX SPARROW and WHITE-THR. SPARROW. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, April 21. 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
