- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/01/2008
* NYBU0805.01
- Birds mentioned
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phone in rare sightings for update
Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
Thank you, David
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[UPDATE - Sunday, May 4, 8:30 AM, BOS field trip to Chestnut Ridge
Park for Louisiana Waterthrush and migrants.
Meet at the casino parking, and be prepared to walk several
miles on the park roads and trails. Visitors are always welcome on
BOS field trips.]
BROAD-WINGED HAWK [dark-morph]
GOLDEN EAGLE
SANDHILL CRANE
Common Loon
Bald Eagle
Bonaparte's Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Caspian Tern
Great Horned Owl
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Least Flycatcher
Gr. Cr. Flycatcher
Common Raven
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
White-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
Yellow-r. Warbler
Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bl. and w. Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 05/01/2008
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, May 1, 2008
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 24 through May 1 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include dark-morph BROAD-WINGED HAWK, GOLDEN
EAGLE, SANDHILL CRANES and migration.
April 27 in the Chautauqua County Town of Ripley, an exceptionally
rare dark-morph BROAD-WINGED HAWK among a hawk flight of eight species
over Brockway Road. April 26, a flight of 10 raptor species over
Wilson Road, east of Lakeside Beach State Park in the Orleans County
Town of Carlton, was highlighted by a GOLDEN EAGLE plus 4 BALD EAGLES
and over 600 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS.
At Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, April 26, a pair of SANDHILL
CRANES flew over, likely flushed from the Preserve's marshes.
Early migrants - At a jelly feeder in Silver Creek, male ORCHARD
ORIOLE on April 26, followed by a pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES on the 29th.
Two early LINCOLN'S SPARROWS April 25 at Point Gratiot in Dunkirk. On
the 26th, BOBOLINK at Lakeside Beach State Park and BLUE-WINGED
WARBLER at Tifft Nature Preserve. And, April 29, an early INDIGO
BUNTING at a feeder in Hamburg.
Timely migrants this week - WHITE-EYED VIREO at Saint Columbans in
the Town of Sheridan. At several locations, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GR. CR.
FLYCATCHER, WARBLING VIREO, WOOD THRUSH, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and
BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
At total of 15 warbler species this week, a count that is probably
increasing as this report is prepared. Warblers recorded at locations
such as Tifft Nature Preserve, Times Beach and Forest Lawn in Buffalo,
Amherst State Park, Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, and in
backyards - NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, CAPE
MAY WARBLER, BL.-THR. BL. WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, BL.-
THR. GREEN WARB., BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER,
BL. AND W. WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and
HOODED WARBLER.
Also this week - ICELAND GULL at Beaver Island State Park. GLAUCOUS
GULL, 41 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 68 CASPIAN TERNS and COMMON LOON at
Dunkirk Harbor. GREAT HORNED OWL at Saint Columbans and Amherst State
Park. At Point Gratiot, RED-
HEADED WDPKR. with 3 HERMIT THRUSHES, 6 BROWN THRASHERS, 7 EASTERN
TOWHEES and 3 WINTER WRENS. COMMON RAVENS at Moss Lake in the Allegany
County Town of Caneadea. At the Penn Dixie Site in Hamburg, AMERICAN
PIPIT. An unexpected FIELD SPARROW with WHITE-THR. SPARROW and
CHIPPING SPARROW in a North Buffalo yard. Over 150 WHITE-THR. SPARROW
at Tifft Nature Preserve. Abundant RUSTY BLACKBIRDS west of Meadville
Road in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. And, 3 PINE SISKINS
migrating along the Lake Ontario shore in Carlton.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 8. 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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