- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/23/2007
* NYBU0708.23
- Birds mentioned
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phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB
telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to
dfsuggs localnet com.
Thank you, David
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PARASITIC JAEGER
SNOWY EGRET
MARBLED GODWIT
EARED GREBE
D.-crest. Cormorant
Great Egret
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Peregrine Falcon
Solitary Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
White-r. Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-b. Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Bonaparte's Gull
Red-br. Nuthatch
Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-s. Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Canada Warbler
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 08/23/2007
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.BOSBirding.org
Thursday, August 23, 2007
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.
Niagara Frontier Region highlights from the past two weeks, August 9
through August 23, included PARASITIC JAEGERS, SNOWY EGRET, MARBLED
GODWIT and EARED GREBES.
Back on August 13, at Rock Point Provincial Park in Dunnville,
Ontario, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS were chasing shorebirds up and down the
beach.
August 16, a reported SNOWY EGRET at Tifft Nature Preserve in
Buffalo, at the North Blind.
August 19 the BOS shorebird count along the north shore of Lake Erie
was highlighted by a MARBLED GODWIT at Stone Mill Road in Fort Erie.
A combined 20 shorebird species have been reported from the north
shore in the past two weeks. August 11, at the Mosaic Ponds near Rock
Point, 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES and a STILT SANDPIPER. At Rock Point,
WHITE-R. SANDPIPER and BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, and an UPLAND SANDPIPER at
the Poth Road turf farms.
Other recent shorebird reports - 8 species at Goose Pond in the Oak
Orchard Wildlife Management Area included 3 STILT SANDPIPERS and 6
SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS. And, at Forest Lawn in Buffalo, 3 SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS at Mirror Lake.
From the Batavia Waste Water Plant, August 18, 2 EARED GREBES plus 2
RING-NECKED DUCKS, BUFFLEHEAD, 27 RUDDY DUCKS and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
In the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, recent counts of GREAT
EGRETS ranged from 185 to 222. Along Meadville Road, a NORTHERN
PINTAIL.
Early warbler migration has begun. August 22 at Tifft Nature
Preserve, 9 species included BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER,
YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, CAPE MAY
WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, CANADA WARBLER and a probable BLACKPOLL
WARBLER, plus RED-BR. NUTHATCH, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER and abundant
BALTIMORE ORIOLES. At Mohawk Point in Dunnville, Ontario, a TENNESSEE
WARBLER.
Late August is the time when immature and basic plumage ROSE-BR.
GROSBEAKS create identification challenges compared to female
Bl.-headed Grosbeaks.
Also this week, from the Erie Basin Marina Tower, which provides an
expansive view of the Buffalo waterfront, 1225 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS
and a single BONAPARTE'S GULL.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 30. 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
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