- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/27/2004 * NYBU0405.27 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD TRICOLORED HERON AMER. WHITE PELICAN CATTLE EGRET WHIMBREL WILSON'S PHALAROPE Ruddy Duck Sharp-sh. Hawk Black Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Great Horned Owl Common Nighthawk Eastern Wood-Pewee Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Northern Mockingbird Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Orchard Oriole
- Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/27/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, May 27, 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 20 through May 27 from the Niagara Frontier Region include a possible RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, TRICOLORED HERON, AMER. WHITE PELICAN, CATTLE EGRET, WHIMBRELS and WILSON'S PHALAROPES. From Glenwood, in the Town of Colden, May 22, a possible RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was briefly observed with RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRDS at a feeder outside a kitchen window. This hummingbird has not been seen again. Also in the yard, a SORA and a RED-HEADED WDPKR. Two good finds on the north shore of Lake Erie at Rock Point Provincial Park in Dunnville, Ontario. A very rare TRICOLORED HERON May 22, on the shore at the east boundary of the park. May 23, the heron was not found, but an AMER. WHITE PELICAN was seen offshore on Rockhouse Island. Also at Rock Point, at least 13 warbler species, SWAINSON'S THRUSH and two or more ORCHARD ORIOLES. Other ORCHARD ORIOLES were reported at the Smithville lagoons in Ontario, and on the Lake Ontario shore of New York at Fort Niagara and Golden Hill State Parks. May 21, at the Iroquois Refuge, a rare CATTLE EGRET was seen from Route 77, between Cayuga Pool and the Feeder Road. Several CERULEAN WARBLERS were noted around the Sour Springs Road bridge, and a SCARLET TANAGER on the Kanyoo Trail. Late May is the typical period for WHIMBRELS to pass through the region. 57 were reported on the Lake Erie shore at Stone Mill Road in Fort Erie, Ontario. On the Niagara River, 16 on the beach at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, and 2 to 3 WHIMBRELS at several locations on the north shore of Lake Erie. Two locations for WILSON'S PHALAROPES this week. Two males on Hulbert Road in the Niagara County Town of Wilson, and pair of WILSON'S PHALAROPES at the Smithville lagoons, along with 7 RUDDY DUCKS and a BLACK TERN. Warbler migration seemed to be fading from the reports received last week, but this week, there were still over 19 warbler species reported. Singing BLACKPOLL WARBLERS were again widely reported. At Amherst State Park, 16 warbler species included NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, MOURNING WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, and CANADA WARBLER, plus a pair of SHARP- SH. HAWKS, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, 4 or more YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS around the bridge, and GRAY- CHEEKED THRUSH. Other reports this week - a GREAT HORNED OWL mobbed by crows on Burke Drive in Buffalo. Two COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were noted after a three year absence over the Kohler Road baseball diamond in Tonawanda. Another COMMON NIGHTHAWK over Lancaster, and an unexpected NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD at the Buffalo-Niagara Airport. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, June 3. 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
