- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 09/07/2006
* NYBU0609.07
- Birds mentioned
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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
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The first BOS meeting of the season will be Wednesday, September 13,
7:00 PM, at the Buffalo Museum of Science.
The program will feature member's photography, and visitors
are always welcome at BOS meetings.
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SNOWY EGRET
BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER
WILLET
EARED GREBE
"LAWRENCE'S WARBLER"
Great Egret
Green Heron
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
American Golden-Plover
Sanderling
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-b. Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-t. Hummingbird
Pileated Woodpecker
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Vesper Sparrow
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 09/07/2006
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, September 7, 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 August 31 through September 7 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include SNOWY EGRET, BUFF-
BR. SANDPIPER, WILLET, EARED GREBE, and "LAWRENCE'S WARBLER".
September 2 in Buffalo, a SNOWY EGRET was found among 22 GREAT
EGRETS at Tifft Nature Preserve. The SNOWY EGRET was still present on
the 6th, in the north end of the preserve, at Lisa Pond.
Shorebirds this week were highlighted by 3 BUFF-BR. SANDPIPERS on
September 4, in Dunnville, Ontario, on Bird Road, north of Canal Bank
Road. September 3, a WILLET at Dunkirk Harbor, on the Main Street
beach. AMERICAN GOLDEN-
PLOVERS on two days at the Clarence turf farms on County Road at
Goodrich Road, along with 4 STILT SANDPIPERS, 5 HORNED LARKS and a
VESPER SPARROW. A SHORT-B. DOWITCHER was somewhat unexpected at Tifft
Nature Preserve. And on Lake Erie at Saint Columbans in Sheridan, 17
SANDERLINGS.
September 3 at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, 3 EARED GREBES plus
GREAT EGRETS, GREEN HERONS, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 40 NORTHERN SHOVELERS,
NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 60 RUDDY DUCKS, and a CLIFF
SWALLOW among hundreds of TREE SWALLOWS.
Back on August 31, a male "LAWRENCE'S WARBLER" was found along
Tonawanda Creek Road in the Town of Newstead. Warblers continue to be
reported at many locations this week. 17 species with WARBLING VIREO,
PHILADELPHIA VIREO and RED-EYED VIREO at Tifft Nature Preserve; 13
species at Goat Island in Niagara Falls; 10 species plus RUBY-T.
HUMMINGBIRD at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, and eight
warbler species and a WOOD THRUSH at Amherst State Park.
The remnants of hurricane Ernesto did not seem to drop any rare
seabirds into the region, though neighboring regions reported Manx
Shearwater on Lake Ontario at Hamilton, Ontario, and a Sabine's Gull
on Cayuga Lake in Central New York. September 2 and 3, just 3
PARASITIC JAEGERS were reported on Lake Ontario off the Town of Wilson.
Other reports this week - 29 CASPIAN TERNS at Beaver Island. Two
FORSTER'S TERNS at the mouth of Silver Creek in Chautauqua County. The
spectacle at Saint Columbans continues - one adult, and 10 sub-adult
BALD EAGLES. Two more BALD EAGLES at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora. In
Amherst, PILEATED WOODPECKER at Casey and North French Roads. Flocks
of 10 to 15 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS at several locations. And, night
migrants heard calling over Tonawanda this week included numerous
VEERYS and SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, and one GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 14. 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.
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