- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/03/2004 * NYBU0406.03 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ The Dial-a-Bird main announcement not be updated for two weeks - Thursday evening, June 17. In the mean time, check the update for reports of any rare sightings, and please report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
LITTLE GULL WHITE-R. SANDPIPER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER PINE WARBLER Redhead Osprey Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Common Moorhen Killdeer Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Black Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Red-br. Nuthatch Veery Hermit Thrush Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-thr. Vireo Chestnut-s. Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Blackburnian Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Hooded Warbler Rose-br. Grosbeak Savannah Sparrow Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/03/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Web site: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, June 3, 2004 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 27 through June 3 from the Niagara Frontier Region include LITTLE GULLS, WHITE-R. SANDPIPERS, PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS and PINE WARBLER. On the Niagara River, June 2, 2 LITTLE GULLS were reported at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. This may be the region's first record of LITTLE GULL in the month of June. The first WHITE-R. SANDPIPERS of the shorebird migration were reported May 31 on the Lake Erie shore between Jaeger Rocks and Buffalo Road, in Fort Erie, Ontario. Eight white- rumps were among seven shorebird species that included KILLDEER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER and 10 DUNLIN. From the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, May 30, 3 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were reported along the canal and woods to the west of Meadville Road - one singing male, and a pair exploring a nest box. A total of 11 warbler species were reported in the Tonawanda Area and Iroquois Refuge. MOURNING WARBLER was found on the east side of Sour Springs Road at Ring-neck Marsh, and 3 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES were in the woods to the west of Meadville Road, south of Bartel Road. At Wood Marsh, an OSPREY on the platform, 5 REDHEADS and 3 BLACK TERNS; at Cayuga Pool, 3 BALD EAGLES, COMMON MOORHEN, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER and DUNLIN. And throughout the refuge areas, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THR. VIREO and SAVANNAH SPARROW. At Amherst State Park this week, both cuckoos and ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK. May 28, at Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park, it was noted that a PINE WARBLER has been residing near Shelter 28A since April. Also in the park, one of the later migrant songbirds, a YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER, plus possible breeding species BROAD-WINGED HAWK, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, VEERY, HERMIT THRUSH, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD, HOODED WARBLER and PURPLE FINCH. The Dial-a-Bird main announcement not be updated for two weeks - Thursday evening, June 17. In the mean time, check the update for reports of any rare sightings, and please report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling. - End Transcript
