- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 09/17/2009
* NYBU0909.17
- Birds mentioned
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BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER
WILLET
CLAY-COL. SPARROW
SNOW GOOSE
SANDHILL CRANE
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalm. Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-r. Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-b. Flycatcher
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-s. Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Chipping Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 09/17/2009
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 17, 2009
Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science
and 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. To contact the Science
Museum, call 896-5200.
Highlights of reports received September 10 through September 17
from the Niagara Frontier Region include BUFF-
BR. SANDPIPER, WILLET, CLAY-COL. SPARROW, SNOW GEESE and SANDHILL CRANE.
Sixteen shorebird species on the Lake Erie shore in Ontario this
week were highlighted by a BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER, September 10, at Rock
Point Park in Dunnville, and a WILLET at Windmill Point in Fort Erie.
September 13, RED KNOT and WHITE-R. SANDPIPER at Windmill Point, and 3
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS at Point Abino. Other shorebirds in Ontario this
week, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE,
SANDERLING, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER and PECTORAL
SANDPIPER.
September 11, in a Williamsville yard in Amherst, a very rare
CLAY-COL. SPARROW among a flock of 15 CHIPPING SPARROWS. Also reported
in at this location - OSPREY, YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER, GRAY-CHEEKED
THRUSH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, 11 warbler species,
WHITE-THR. SPARROW and ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK.
In Buffalo, September 17, an early flock of 7 SNOW GEESE over
Lafayette Avenue. And September 10 in North Tonawanda, a SANDHILL
CRANE over Deerwood Golf Course on Sweeney Street.
September 13, the BOS field trip to Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo
reported 11 warbler species plus YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER and RUBY-CR.
KINGLET.
Other reports - Night migrants heard over the Town of Tonawanda
between midnight and 2 AM this week totaled 75 VEERYS, 73 SWAINSON'S
THRUSHES and 2 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES. At Dunkirk Harbor, 2 FORSTER'S
TERNS, seven shorebird species including BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 7 CASPIAN
TERNS and 6 BALD EAGLES. And, small numbers of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS over
Tonawanda and Williamsville. Dial-a-Bird
will be updated Thursday evening, September 24. 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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