- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/08/2008
* NYBU0805.08
- 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 - BOS Meeting, Wednesday, May 14, 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum
of Science. Nick Sly of Cornell University
will discuss, "Function of the Primary Hooklets in
N. Rough-w. Swallows" and "Phylogeography and Island Speciation in
Hispaniolan Palm-Tanagers". Visitors are
always welcome at BOS meetings. Thank you.]
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Merlin
Greater Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Chimney Swift
Ruby-t. Hummingbird
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Least Flycatcher
Gr. Cr. Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Cliff Swallow
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-wing. 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
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
Indigo Bunting
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
White-cr. Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 05/08/2008
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 8, 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.
Reports received May 1 through May 8 from the Niagara Frontier Region.
In the thick of migration, 24 warbler species this week. May 3 at
Amherst State Park, 17 warbler species included over 50 PALM WARBLERS.
May 2 at Saint Columbans in the Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan, 96
PALM WARBLERS among 10 warbler species. Also on the 2nd in East
Amherst, 34 backyard species included 6 warbler species and 2
BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, and in a Town of Wilson yard, a two day total of
15 warblers highlighted by a GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER plus 10 PURPLE
FINCHES. At Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, an early WILSON'S
WARBLER May 4 and arriving CERULEAN WARBLER May 5. Another early
WILSON'S WARBLER with a LINCOLN'S SPARROW on the 5th at Saint
Columbans. Other multiple warbler reports this week from Forest Lawn
Cemetery in Buffalo, Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park and Point
Gratiot in Dunkirk.
Aside from warblers, EASTERN KINGBIRDS first reported May 1 at
several locations as were arriving CHIMNEY SWIFT, RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD,
CLIFF SWALLOW, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, WARBLING VIREO
and RED-EYED VIREO. May 6 in the Genesee County Towns of Alexander and
Bethany, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, VEERY and SCARLET TANAGER. Also the 6th,
night migrant SWAINSON'S THRUSH heard over Tonawanda.
Abundant RUBY-CR. KINGLETS continue with multiple BL.-GR.
GNATCATCHER, HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, WHITE-CR.
SPARROW, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. A pair of ORCHARD
ORIOLES continue at a feeder in the Village of Silver Creek, and
INDIGO BUNTINGS also at several feeders.
Other reports this week - two BALD EAGLES, an adult and sub-
adult, loitering at a poultry farm in Bethany. At Forest Lawn,
OSPREY plunging at Mirror Lake. Dark-phase ROUGH-
LEGGED HAWK over Chestnut Ridge Park. Three MERLINS passing through
a Wilson yard. On Gilhooly Road in Alexander, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS and 15 LEAST SANDPIPERS, plus a BARRED OWL.
AMERICAN WOODCOCK by the lake at Delaware Park in Buffalo. DUNLIN, 71
BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 133 CASPIAN TERNS at Dunkirk Harbor. 120 COMMON
TERNS at the Small Boat Harbor in Buffalo. GREAT HORNED OWL at
Amherst State Park and EASTERN SCREECH-OWL at Saint Columbans. Two
RED-HEADED WDPKRS. at Point Gratiot. And pairs of PINE SISKINS in
Orchard Park and Bethany.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 15. 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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