- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/15/2009
* NYBU0910.15
- Birds mentioned
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Please phone in rare sightings for update
Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
Thank you, David
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Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Dunlin
Long-b. Dowitcher
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Blue-headed Vireo
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-cr. Kinglet
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Orange-cr. Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-r. Warbler
Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Fox Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
White-cr. Sparrow
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 10/15/2009
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 15, 2009
Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science
and 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. To contact the Science
Museum, call 896-5200.
Reports received October 8 through October 15 from the Niagara
Frontier Region.
October 11, at the Countryside Gravel Ponds, on Route 62 in the
Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton, a SANDHILL CRANE. Also the 11th,
PEREGRINE FALCON at the power plants on the lower Niagara River.
On the Saint Columbans property, on Route 5 in the Chautauqua County
Town of Sheridan, reports this week included YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER,
HOUSE WREN, WINTER WREN, 29 GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS, 17 RUBY-CR. KINGLETS,
5 HERMIT THRUSHES, GRAY CATBIRD, 3 EASTERN TOWHEES and 6 WHITE-THR.
SPARROWS.
At Amherst State Park, October 8, 3 ORANGE-CR. WARBLERS, plus 2
MARSH WRENS, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER,
BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, 2 FOX SPARROWS and
WHITE-CR. SPARROW.
Shorebirds this week - In Fort Erie, Ontario, 3 BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVERS at Jaeger Rocks and 5 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS at
Stonemill Road. At Dunkirk Harbor, RUDDY TURNSTONE and DUNLIN. And,
reports of LONG-B. DOWITCHERS continue at the Griswold Road marsh,
north of Route 77 in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area.
Other reports - four BALD EAGLES at Saint Columbans and single BALD
EAGLES at Dunkirk Harbor and over the Thruway at Angola. Seven EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS in Sheridan and 2 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at the French Creek
Nature Sanctuary in the Chautauqua County Town of Sherman. NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD in the Town of Akron. From Buffalo, near Delaware Park, an
exceptionally large flock of EUROPEAN STARLINGS. And, in a north
Buffalo yard, a description of what was most likely a migrant HERMIT
THRUSH.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, October 22. 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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