- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/01/2003
* NYBU0305.01
- Birds mentioned
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Please phone in any rare sightings so they
may be shared via the DAB telephone update
system, and submit email contributions directly
to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you, David
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BLACK VULTURE
GLOSSY IBIS
PINE GROSBEAK
YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
American Bittern
Green Heron
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
L. Black-b. Gull
Nor. Saw-whet Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Pileated Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Gr. Cr. Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-thr. Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
Yellow-r. Warbler
Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bl. and w. Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
La. Waterthrush
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
White-cr. Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 05/01/2003
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Transcriber: David F. Suggs
Thursday, May 1, 2003
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 BLACK VULTURE, GLOSSY
IBIS, PINE GROSBEAK, YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD and May migration.
At the Iroquois Refuge and Oak Orchard Area, April 27, a
very rare BLACK VULTURE was reported taking flight over the
tower at Windmill Marsh. The vulture was seen again soaring
over Sour Springs Road. A rare GLOSSY IBIS was reported at
Cayuga Pool on Route 77 and a very surprising PINE GROSBEAK
was at the entrance to Kanyoo Trail, also on Route 77.
An UPLAND SANDPIPER at the Iroquois Refuge on the 27th. It
was one of 126 species found on an April Big Day in the
region. Other highlights were NOR. SAW-WHET OWL and an early
COMMON NIGHTHAWK at Four Mile Creek Park in Porter, SOLITARY
SANDPIPER at Wilson-Tuscaurora Park and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
at Krull Park in Olcott. The total of 126 species is
probably a New York State single day record for an April Big
Day.
April 28, in the Town of West Lincoln, Ontario, a very rare
YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD spent the day at a feeder near
Silverdale Road. SURF SCOTERS on two ponds April 28 - 6 at
Gypsum Pond in Oakfield and 2 at Sinking Ponds in East
Aurora, where they became the impressive 213 species
recorded at the ponds. PILEATED WOODPECKERS are unexpected
along the Lake Ontario shore. April 26, one was at Four Mile
Creek and the next day, another PILEATED WOODPECKER at
nearby Fort Niagara State Park. April 26, a LA. WATERTHRUSH
at a rare location - Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo.
Now is the time - May migrants are rushing into the region.
ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK - first reported April 28 in Glenwood and
at several locations on the following days. May 1,
widespread SCARLET TANAGERS and BALTIMORE ORIOLES. 13
warbler species reported this week included 11 warbler
species on May 1 at Amherst State Park along with LEAST
FLYCATCHER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, YELLOW-
THR. VIREO, WARBLING VIREO and WOOD THRUSH.
Other species at multiple locations this week - AMERICAN
BITTERN, GREEN HERON, VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, COMMON MOORHEN,
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, WILSON'S SNIPE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK,
CHIMNEY SWIFT, PURPLE MARTIN, CAROLINA WREN, HOUSE WREN,
BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, FOX
SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, WHITE-CR. SPARROW and PURPLE
FINCH, with many more migrants expected with each coming
day.
Also this week, at Dunkirk Harbor, lingering RED-THROATED
LOON and a late L. BLACK-B. GULL. COMMON LOON has been
residing in the Erie Basin Marina in Buffalo. 13 BUFFLEHEAD
on Green Lake in Orchard Park. And hawk migration contines
at Hamburg's Lakeside Park, with the week's high count of
694 raptors on April 27, plus a RED-HEADED WDPKR. in the
woods at Lakeside.
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
D Suggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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