- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/12/2005 * NYBU0505.12 - 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 ----------------------------------------------------------
WHITE-WINGED DOVE EURASIAN WIGEON CLAY-COL. SPARROW WORM-EATING WARBLER 22 warbler species Snow Goose Osprey Sharp-sh. Hawk Cooper's Hawk Virginia Rail Dunlin Barred Owl Ruby-t. Hummingbird Red-headed Wdpkr. Least Flycatcher Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Cliff Swallow Eastern Bluebird Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher American Pipit White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-thr. Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Orange-cr. Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler Rose-br. Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Lincoln's Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Lapland Longspur Bobolink Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/12/2005 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, May 12, 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 May 5 through May 12 from the Niagara Frontier Region include WHITE-WINGED DOVE, EURASIAN WIGEON, CLAY-COL. SPARROW and 22 warbler species including WORM-EATING WARBLER. May 8, in Chautauqua County, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was reported at a feeder on Buffalo Road in Silver Creek. This may be the first record in the Niagara Frontier. From the Iroquois Refuge, May 7, a very rare EURASIAN WIGEON on Cayuga Pool. Also very rare, May 8 and 9, a CLAY-COL. SPARROW in the Town of Wilson. This is the peak period for spring migration. RED-HEADED WDPKR. in Derby. WHITE-EYED VIREO at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek. And, a pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES feeding on grape jelly in a yard in Silver Creek. RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRDS, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS and BALTIMORE ORIOLES at many locations. From Tifft Nature Preserve, Forest Lawn and Delaware Park in Buffalo, Amherst State Park, Evangola State Park, Saint Columbans in Sheridan, Goat Island in Niagara Falls, Elmlawn Cemetery in Tonawanda, Rock Point Park in Ontario and backyards throughout the region - reports of LEAST FLYCATCHER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW- THR. VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, VEERY, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, many WHITE-CR. SPARROWS, INDIGO BUNTING and PURPLE FINCH. A total of 22 warbler species this week - highlighted by a vary rare WORM-EATING WARBLER, plus and ORANGE-CR. WARBLER, in a yard in Wilson, and at Rock Point, 5 NORTHERN PARULAS, CAPE MAY WARBLER and ORANGE-CR. WARBLER. Other reports this week - a blue-phase SNOW GOOSE at the Sturgeon Point Marina. OSPREY over Zoar Valley in Collins. SHARP-SH. HAWK and COOPER'S HAWK at Amherst State Park. VIRGINIA RAILS at the Tillman Area in Clarence, Meadville Road and Sour Springs Road in the Iroquois Area. 10 DUNLIN at Long Beach CA in Ontario. 3 BARRED OWLS on Owens-Bartel Road in the Tonawanda Area. EASTERN BLUEBIRDS nesting in Elmwood Cemetery. Flyover AMERICAN PIPITS and BOBOLINKS at several locations, At least 25 CLIFF SWALLOW nests under the bridge at the Yacht club on Porter Avenue in Buffalo. Flocks of breeding plumage LAPLAND LONGSPURS in the Lake Ontario Plains, and PINE SISKIN in Wilson. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 19. 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
