- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/25/2005
* NYBU0508.25
- 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 dfsuggs at localnet dot com
Thank you, David
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[Update - On Sunday, August 28, there will be a BOS field
trip to the Canadian shore of Lake Erie for shorebirds and
other migrants. Meet at 7:30 AM at Vermont and Busti, near
the Peace Bridge in Buffalo. One of the destinations will be
Rock Point Park, where there is a entrance fee. Participants
will carpool from the Peace Bridge to reduce costs. Visitors
are always welcome on BOS field trips.]
PIPING PLOVER
WESTERN SANDPIPER
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Blue-winged Teal
Long-tailed Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Red Knot
White-r. Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-b. Dowitcher
Forster's Tern
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Philadelphia Vireo
"Brewster's Warbler"
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-cr. Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-s. Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-r. Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bl. and w. Warbler
American Redstart
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 08/25/2005
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet dot com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Transcriber: David F. Suggs
Website: www.BOSBirding.org
Thursday, August 25, 2005
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 18 through August 25
from the Niagara Frontier Region include PIPING PLOVER,
WESTERN SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE and 19 warbler
species.
The PIPING PLOVER on the Niagara Peninsula at Rock Point
Park in Dunnville, Ontario, was still present on August 20,
but could not be found on August 22. This endangered species
was first discovered on the 17th.
Other shorebird highlights at Rock Point - on the 22nd, 17
species included a WESTERN SANDPIPER plus RED KNOT, WHITE-R.
SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and 24 SHORT-
B. DOWITCHERS. On August 18, 13 species included 11 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS. Also at Rock Point, 5 LONG-TAILED DUCKS.
At Long Beach Conservation Area in Wainfleet, Ontario,
August 21, 10 species were highlighted by a BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER and 2 STILT SANDPIPERS. Also in Ontario this week,
54 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS at the Canal Bank turf farms in
Dunnville and 4 FORSTER'S TERNS at Jaegers Rocks in Fort
Erie.
August 20 at Goose or Staffords Pond in the Oak Orchard
Wildlife Management Area, 11 shorebird species included an
adult WILSON'S PHALAROPE, plus SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, and many PECTORAL SANDPIPERS.
Nearby at Windmill Marsh, a PEREGRINE FALCON. In the
Iroquois Refuge at Griswold Road and Route 77, 9 shorebird
species included STILT SANDPIPER and SHORT-B. DOWITCHER.
A total of 19 warbler species were reported across the
region this week. An ORANGE-CR. WARBLER on August 24 at
Amherst State Park would be the region's earliest ever
August record. In a single yard on Lake Road in Wilson, 13
warblers included a "BREWSTER'S WARBLER" plus TENNESSEE
WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S.
WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, YELLOW-R.
WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER,
BLACKPOLL WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART and MOURNING WARBLER.
Other warbler reports - BL. AND W. WARBLER at Times Beach
in Buffalo. TENNESSEE WARBLER, HOODED WARBLER and WILSON'S
WARBLER in a Williamsville yard. CANADA WARBLER at the mouth
of Cattaraugus Creek in Hanover and at Amherst State Park.
And, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO at Amherst State Park.
Other reports - At Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, 2 BLUE-
WINGED TEAL, 2 OSPREY and an AMERICAN KESTREL. Adult BALD
EAGLE at Derby in Hamburg, and 2 more BALD EAGLES at Saint
Columbans in Sheridan. And RED-HEADED WDPKRS. - 2 in Silver
Creek and singles at Cattaraugus Creek and Times Beach.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 1.
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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