- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/10/2007
* NYBU0705.10
- Birds mentioned
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SANDHILL CRANE
MARBLED GODWIT
BLACK VULTURE
CATTLE EGRET
WESTERN MEADOWLARK
WHIP-POOR-WILL
Northern Goshawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Solitary Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Little Gull
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Barred Owl
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Gr. Cr. Flycatcher
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-winged 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
Cerulean Warbler
Bl. and w. Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
La. Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Lincoln's Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 05/10/2007
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
May 10, 2007
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 3 through May 10 from the Niagara
Frontier Region include SANDHILL CRANES, MARBLED GODWIT, BLACK
VULTURE, CATTLE EGRET, WESTERN MEADOWLARK, WHIP-POOR-WILL and warblers.
May 10, a flock of 14 SANDHILL CRANES passed over the Hamburg
Hawkwatch. At Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, May 6, a SANDHILL
CRANE flew off from the marshes; likely the first record of SANDHILL
CRANE at preserve.
May 5 and 6 at the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, a MARBLED
GODWIT at Ruddy Marsh - on the south side of Route 77 east of Griswold
Road. The godwit was with over 100 YELLOWLEGS, about 1/4 mile south
along the marsh dike.
Three rarities in Chautauqua County this week. May 8, a low flying
BLACK VULTURE at the Ripley Hawkwatch. A WESTERN MEADOWLARK continues
to sing at a parking area near the Hawkwatch on Route 5, north of
Forsythe Road. And a CATTLE EGRET has been present for several days in
a farm field in the Town of North Harmony, on Morely Road north of
Route 394.
The morning of May 3, a WHIP-POOR-WILL was calling near Lake
Ontario, on Lake Road in the Town of Wilson.
Warblers and songbirds are approaching peak migration, though counts
of individuals may be lagging. Twenty-five warbler species this week
were reported from many of the favored locations - Delaware Park,
Tifft Nature Preserve and Times Beach in Buffalo; Chestnut Ridge Park
in Orchard Park; Amherst State Park; Point Gratiot and Lake Erie State
Park in Chautauqua County, plus backyards, creeks and small woodlots.
Highlights were ORANGE-CR. WARBLERS in Wilson, PRAIRIE WARBLER at
Amherst State Park and the Town of Pomfret. Another PRAIRIE WARBLER,
with LA. WATERTHRUSH at Tifft Nature Preserve, and CERULEAN WARBLERS
at Swallow Hollow Trail in the Iroquois Refuge. LA. WATERTHRUSH also
at Chestnut Ridge Park.
Other than warblers, numerous WILLOW FLYCATCHER, LEAST FLYCATCHER,
GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO,
VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER
and ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK.
Other reports this week - NORTHERN GOSHAWK on property in Ripley.
BROAD-WINGED HAWK at Chestnut Ridge. A pair of active PEREGRINE
FALCONS about Gates Circle in Buffalo. SOLITARY SANDPIPER at Tifft
Nature Preserve. On the Niagara River, 2 PURPLE SANDPIPERS still off
Goat Island above Niagara Falls and 6 LITTLE GULLS on the lower river
at Lewiston. In Dunkirk Harbor, ICELAND GULL and L. BLACK-B. GULL. On
Owens Road in the Tonwanda Area, 2 BARRED OWLS. Three RED-HEADED
WDPKRS. at Point Gratiot and another 3 at Lakeside Memorial Park in
Hamburg. A single RED-HEADED WDPKR. at Beaver Island State Park.
LINCOLN'S SPARROW at Tifft Nature Preserve. And, a grape jelly feeder
in a Silver Creek yard attracted 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES and 7 BALTIMORE
ORIOLES.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 17. 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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