- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 09/20/2007
* NYBU0709.20
- Birds mentioned
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RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
SNOWY EGRET
Wood Duck
Ruddy Duck
Red-shouldered Hawk
Black-bellied Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Sanderling
Semipalm. Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Short-b. Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-t. Hummingbird
Yellow-b. Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Tennessee 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
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bl. and w. Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 09/20/2007
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
Thursday, September 20, 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 September 13 through September 20
from the Niagara Frontier Region include RED-
NECKED PHALAROPE, SNOWY EGRET and fall migrants.
Two reports of the rare RED-NECKED PHALAROPE this week. September 15
at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, at the north viewing blind with
eight other shorebird species. And, September 18 and 19, another
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at Lakeside Memorial Park in the Town of Hamburg.
This phalarope was in the pond by the bridge.
An immature SNOWY EGRET continues a two month stay at Tifft; there
were several reports on several days this week.
An excellent migrant fall out at Tifft on September 15. 21 warbler
species, including CAPE MAY WARBLER, ORANGE-CR. WARBLER and over 25
NASHVILLE WARBLERS, plus YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO,
WARBLING VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, LINCOLN'S SPARROW,
WHITE-THR. SPARROW, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. Another
Tifft report on the 16th included two rare finds for September, a
juvenile RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and a juvenile BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO.
Abundant migrants on September 13 in the Wyoming County Town of
Whethersfield. At a brief roadside stop, 11 warbler species with
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, SCARLET TANAGER and ROSE-
BR. GROSBEAK. Also in Whethersfield, six woodpecker species and 3
AMERICAN WOODCOCKS.
September 16 in the Genesee County Town of Alexander, a record
September count of 298 WOOD DUCKS, tallied as the ducks flew into a
beaver pond at dusk on Gilhooly Road. On a railroad pond at Old Creek
and Hunn Roads in Alexander, a good count of 45 RUDDY DUCKS with 48
WOOD DUCKS.
Other reports - At Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg, several BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVERS and SANDERLINGS. COMMON NIGHTHAWK over the
University Plaza in Amherst. RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD still in a
Williamsville yard. And calling GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were heard
before dawn over Shirley Avenue in Buffalo.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 27. 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
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