- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/29/2008
* NYBU0805.29
- Birds mentioned
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LITTLE BLUE HERON
SUMMER TANAGER
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
WHIMBREL
RED KNOT
YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER
Great Egret
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalm. Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-r. Sandpiper
Dunlin
Dowitcher species
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Willow Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Orange-cr. Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Pine Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
La. Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 05/29/2008
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 29, 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 May 22 through May 29 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include LITTLE BLUE HERON, SUMMER TANAGER,
CONNECTICUT WARBLER, WHIMBREL, RED KNOT, YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER and
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER.
At Dunkirk Harbor, May 24, an exceptional LITTLE BLUE HERON near the
Main Street beach, and later at the Conservation Club. There have been
no recent reports.
May 27 at Amherst State Park, another exceptional report - a passing
SUMMER TANAGER, briefly observed by the spruce grove north of the
tennis club. Singing but not seen, near the same spruce grove, a very
rare in spring CONNECTICUT WARBLER was heard for several hours.
Other warbler reports this week - in the Lake Ontario Plains Towns
of Wilson and Newfane, 20 species including ORANGE-CR. WARBLER and
CAPE MAY WARBLER, plus BLUE-HEADED VIREO. In the Tonawanda Wildlife
Management Area and Iroquois Refuge, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, BLACKPOLL
WARBLER, CERULEAN WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, MOURNING WARBLER and
HOODED WARBLER. At Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park, LA.
WATERTHRUSH still singing, and PINE WARBLERS continue at Saint
Columbans in the Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan. Along with the
warblers, several reports of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS and LINCOLN'S
SPARROWS.
Warbler migration has stretched through most of May, and now the
late May shorebirds are passing through the region. Along the Ontario
shore of Lake Erie, 12 shorebird species on May 25 were highlighted by
2 WHIMBRELS and 3 RED KNOTS at Long Beach Conservation Area in
Wainfleet. Other shorebirds at Long Beach, Rock Point Provincial Park
and the nearby Mosaic property - SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER,
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING,
SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, DUNLIN and DOWITCHER SPECIES.
Also at Rock Point, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and 3 ORCHARD ORIOLES, and at
Mosaic, a RUDDY DUCK.
In the Genesee County Town of Alexander, at the Gilhooley Road
swamp, seven shorebird species included SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 110
SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS, several WHITE-R. SANDPIPERS and 2 DUNLIN, plus
HOODED MERGANSER with young.
Migrant YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHERS at several locations this week.
Scarce, breeding ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS at Chestnut Ridge Park, private
property in the Town of Holland, and in Chautauqua County at Wheelers
Gulf, on Fredonia-Stockton Road in the Town of Pomfret. And,
widespread reports of WILLOW FLYCATCHERS.
Other reports - GREAT EGRETS from Batavia to the Niagara River. At
Saint Columbans, 6 sub-adult BALD EAGLES. Three reports of COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS in North Buffalo areas. RED-
HEADED WDPKR. in Olcott at Route 18 and West Creek Road. A total of
500 CEDAR WAXWINGS in the Lake Ontario Plains. At the Tillman Wildlife
Management Area in Clarence, GRAY-
CHEEKED THRUSH and 3 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS. And, a PINE SISKIN at a
nursery in the Town of Boston.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, June 5. 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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