- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/25/2007
* NYBU0710.25
- 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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[UPDATE - Saturday, October 27 - BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario
Plains. Meet at 8AM at the Tops Market in
Wrights Corners, at Routes 78 and 104, north of Lockport.
This will be an all day trip, and visitors are welcome
to attend.]
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
EASTERN PALM WARBLER [D.P.HYPOCHRYSEA]
CATTLE EGRET
Common Loon
Brant
Long-tailed Duck
Red-br. Merganser
Merlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Forster's Tern
Common Raven
Winter Wren
Orange-cr. Warbler
Palm Warbler
Amer. Tree Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
White-cr. Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Rusty Blackbird
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 10/25/2007
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, October 25, 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.
Highlights of reports received October 18 through October 25 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, EASTERN PALM
WARBLER and CATTLE EGRET.
October 21, the female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was still present in
Houghton, at house #9705 on Route 19 in the Allegany County Town of
Caneadea. The male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at the same location was last
reported on the 19th. Observers watching for the hummingbirds also
reported 2 COMMON RAVENS and 25 PINE SISKINS flying over the site.
From Amherst State Park, October 24, a very rare EASTERN or YELLOW
PALM WARBLER with two of the region's expected WESTERN PALM WARBLERS.
The warblers were on the meadow side of Ellicott Creek, south of the
wooden bridge. In addition at the park - WINTER WREN, AMER. TREE
SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO and
RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
Also in Amherst, October 23, an ORANGE-CR. WARBLER in a Williamsville yard.
October 20, a CATTLE EGRET in the Lake Ontario Plains, in a pasture
at Waterport Road and Route 98, in the Town of Carlton. The egret
could not be found on the 21st.
Other reports this week - At Athol Springs, on Lake Erie in Hamburg,
an unexpected BRANT, plus FORSTER'S TERN and MERLIN. On Lake Ontario,
at Point Breeze in Carlton, a flight of RED-BR. MERGANSERS, COMMON
LOONS and small numbers of LONG-TAILED DUCKS and BONAPARTE'S GULLS.
PINE SISKINS at a couple locations along Lake Ontario. And, to the
east of the region, EVENING GROSBEAKS have been reported in Central
New York.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, November 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.
- End Transcript
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