- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/13/2010
* NYBU1005.13
- Birds mentioned
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WILSON'S PHALAROPE
SNOWY EGRET
PURPLE SANDPIPER
WARBLERS (24+ species)
American Bittern
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
American Woodcock
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-t. Hummingbird
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Olive-s. Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Gr. Cr. Flycatcher
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Yellow-thr. Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
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
Blackpoll Warbler
Bl. and w. Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-br. Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Eastern Towhee
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
White-cr. Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 05/13/2010
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 13, 2010
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 May 6 through May 13 from the Niagara
Frontier Region include WILSON'S PHALAROPE, SNOWY EGRETS, PURPLE
SANDPIPER and WARBLERS.
May 8 and 9 in Niagara County, a female WILSON'S PHALAROPE among 11
shorebird species at Johnson Creek Road and Hartland-Somerset
Townline. Also in this large, flooded field - SEMIPALMATED PLOVER,
KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER,
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, DUNLIN,
AMERICAN WOODCOCK and 25 AMERICAN PIPITS.
From Niagara County again, a SNOWY EGRET May 7 through at least May
10, on 12 Mile Creek at the Route 18 bridge in the Town of Wilson.
Another SNOWY EGRET this week on the east branch of the Niagara River,
seen several days at Beaver Island State Park, across the river on the
Tonawanda shore, and possibly the same SNOWY EGRET flying over West
Oakfield Road on Grand Island.
May 7, PURPLE SANDPIPER still off Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New
York, and May 8, L. BLACK-B. GULL at Woodlawn Beach State Park in
Hamburg, and 3 ICELAND GULLS on Lake Ontario off Porter and Olcott.
The weekend windstorm sadly took down two long established BALD
EAGLE nests - at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge, and in the
Genesee County Town of Alexander at Route 20 and Tonawanda Creek. One
eaglet at Cayuga Pool was said to have been rescued and may be
rehabilitated. The adult BALD EAGLES were still roosting at the pool,
inspite of the lost nest tree.
As the region reaches peak migration, at least 24 warbler species
this week. Highlighted by a YELLOW-BR. CHAT, May 8, on the trails at
Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park. Also an ORANGE-CR. WARBLER at Four Mile
Creek State Park in Porter, and across the region, first reports of
TENNESSEE WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER and CANADA
WARBLER.
May 12 in the Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan, along the old
railroad bed off Center Road, 18 warbler species plus BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOO, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, 4 WOOD THRUSHES, 15 GRAY CATBIRDS, 2 BROWN
THRASHERS, 9 EASTERN TOWHEES and 12 ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS.
RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRDS appear to have arrived late this season; first
reports May 10 and 12 at feeders in Lockport and Shelby.
Other reports this week - two male ORCHARD ORIOLES in an apple tree
in a Wilson yard. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO at Emery Park in the Town of
Wales. At Amherst State Park, a surprising VIRGINIA RAIL in the small
marsh in the open field, plus PEREGRINE FALCON, SOLITARY SANDPIPER,
OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHER, LEAST FLYCATCHER and GR. CR. FLYCATCHER. At
Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, AMERICAN BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL,
YELLOW-THR. VIREO and LINCOLN'S SPARROW. RED-HEADED WDPKRS. at Hall
Road in the Town of Yates, and at the mouth of Silver Creek in
Chautauqua County. And, widespread reports of SCARLET TANAGER,
WHITE-THR. SPARROW, WHITE-CR. SPARROW and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 20. 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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