- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/27/2003 * NYBU0308.27 - 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 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
AMERICAN AVOCET WILLET EARED GREBE YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER D.-crest. Cormorant Great Egret Green-winged Teal American Black Duck Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Osprey Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Short-b. Dowitcher Common Nighthawk Red-br. Nuthatch Philadelphia Vireo Magnolia Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 08/27/2003 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Wednesday, August 27, 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 August 21 through August 27 from the Niagara Frontier Region include AMERICAN AVOCET, WILLET, EARED GREBE, YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER. From Dunkirk Harbor, on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County, there was a report of up to 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS at the Main Street beach. Avocets have been appearing annually at Dunkirk Harbor during August in recent years, while remaining very rare elsewhere in the region. Shorebirds on the Lake Erie shore in Ontario this week were highlighted by a WILLET at Kraft Road in Fort Erie. BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were also noted at several locations this week along with BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, RUDDY TURNSTONES, SANDERLINGS, WHITE-R. SANDPIPERS and SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS. Also in Ontario, at Rock Point Park in Dunnville, migrant songbirds included PHILADELPHIA VIREO, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, MAGNOLIA WARBLER and BL. AND W. WARBLER. At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, August 24, 2 EARED GREBES were found in a flock of over 200 RUDDY DUCKS. Similar to the avocets at Dunkirk Harbor, EARED GREBES have become annual occurrences only at the plant. Other waterfowl reported at Batavia were CANVASBACK, REDHEAD and RING-NECKED DUCK, plus AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, GREEN- WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER and NORTHERN PINTAIL. Eight shorebird species were also found at the plant, highlighted by BAIRD'S SANDPIPER plus BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER and LEAST SANDPIPER. And the first YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER of the fall season was reported at Batavia. August 26, two of the three OSPREY nestlings had fledged from the Lewiston Road platform off Salt Road in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. The remaining nestling represents a New York State late record for unfledged OSPREYS. Motor Island GREAT EGRETS, marked with red leg bands, have now been found at three locations in the region. Four at the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, 2 on the Lake Erie shore in Ontario and most recently, a marked GREAT EGRET was reported at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. The D.-CREST. CORMORANTS are beginning to gather on the Niagara River at Buckhorn Island State Park - August 21, 811 cormorants were counted on the electric towers. And a few COMMON NIGHTHAWKS have been noted at locations in Buffalo and Amherst. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 4. 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.
