- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/29/2003 * NYBU0305.29 - Birds mentioned \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 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 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE WHIMBREL YELLOW-THR. WARBLER SANDHILL CRANE BRANT BLUE GROSBEAK [reported] D.-crest. Cormorant Great Egret Sharp-sh. Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Broad-winged Hawk Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Upland Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Dunlin Black Tern Ruby-t. Hummingbird Red-headed Wdpkr. Olive-s. Flycatcher Ruby-cr. Kinglet Gray-cheeked Thrush Northern Mockingbird Philadelphia Vireo Pine Warbler Scarlet Tanager Orchard Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/29/2003 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 29, 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 May 22 through May 29 from the Niagara Frontier Region include RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WHIMBREL, YELLOW-THR. WARBLER, SANDHILL CRANE, BRANT and a reported BLUE GROSBEAK. May 24, a very rare in spring RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was reported in the Town of Evans, in a wet field on the north side of Bauer Road, west of Bley Road. WHIMBRELS briefly migrate through the region in late May, mainly along the Ontario shore of Lake Erie. May 25, a total of 179 WHIMBRELS were recorded along the Erie shore, including a great total of 124 on the beach at Morgan's Point in Wainfleet. On other days, 30 WHIMBRELS were at Rathfon Point in Wainfleet and another 30 in Fort Erie along with 6 RED KNOTS. Other shorebirds along the Canadian shore included SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, and DUNLIN. An exceptional find at Morgan's Point was YELLOW-THR. WARBLER on May 24. Warbler migration has stretched along nicely into late May. 20 species and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were still at Goat Island in Niagara Falls on the 24th. At Amherst State Park, 11 warbler species were reported this week along with lingering RUBY-CR. KINGLET. PINE WARBLERS, once known mainly as an early spring migrant have been reported at several likely breeding locations - Bond Lake Park in Lewiston, Knox State Park in East Aurora, and at two locations on Pask Road in the Orleans County Town of Barre. In Cattaraugus County, west of Salamanca, 19 breeding and 2 migrant warblers species were noted. Also near Salamanca, on Saw Mill Run Road near Jimerson Road, a feeder has been attracting 20 or more RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRDS and a reported BLUE GROSBEAK was at this location during May. SANDHILL CRANE is a species that continues to be widely reported. May 25, a SANDHILL CRANE was in the Oak Orchard Management Area, on the drained paddy near the Oakfield- Alabama Townline. On May 27, a SANDHILL CRANE was heard and then seen flying over the Town of Alden. Another surprising flyover was a flock of 10 BRANT over the Town of Tonawanda on May 25. Less surprising, maybe more inevitable, were 3 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS over Eggerstville in Amherst on the 26th. Other reports this week - Up to 3 GREAT EGRETS in Sheridan Park in Tonawanda. UPLAND SANDPIPERS confirmed breeding in Orleans County and BLACK TERNS breeding in the Tonawanda Management Area. A camping trip to the Chautauqua County Town of Ripley reported SHARP-SH. HAWK, COOPER'S HAWK, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, RED-HEADED WDPKR., 15 warbler species and SCARLET TANAGER. OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHER at Beaver Island State Park. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES at several locations. In Riverside, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD. And at Rock Point Park in Dunnville, Ontario, a pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES. 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. - End Transcript D Suggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
