- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/17/2007
* NYBU0705.17
- 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
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Thank you, David
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BL.-HEADED GROSBEAK
GLOSSY IBIS
WESTERN MEADOWLARK
CATTLE EGRET
Red-necked Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Brant
Long-tailed Duck
White-winged Scoter
Iceland Gull
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-b. Flycatcher
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-thr. Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee 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
Yellow-thr. Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bl. and w. Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
La. Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Lincoln's Sparrow
Bobolink
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 05/17/2007
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, May 17, 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 May 10 through May 17 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include BL.-HEADED GROSBEAK, GLOSSY IBIS,
WESTERN MEADOWLARK, CATTLE EGRET and peak migration.
An exceptional rarity in the Niagara County Town of Newfane - a
confirmed photo of a male BL.-HEADED GROSBEAK. The grosbeak was
present for several days at a feeder before it was identified, and was
last seen on the 11th. The only prior record of BL.-HEADED GROSBEAK in
the BOS archives was in January 1962.
May 17 in the Iroquois Refuge, a GLOSSY IBIS at Cayuga Pool.
In Chautauqua County, a WESTERN MEADOWLARK continues at the parking
area at the Ripley Hawkwatch on Route 5, north of Forsythe Road. The
CATTLE EGRET on Morely Road north of Route 324 in North Harmony has
not been seen since May 12.
From Saint Catharines, Ontario, a possible KING RAIL was heard on
May 16, at the Green Ribbon Trail Park, on Martindale Road, north from
the QEW.
Migration is at the spring peak, with reports of over 26 warbler
species this week. A reported SWAINSON'S WARBLER May 11 on property in
the Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton. At Allegany State Park,
YELLOW-THR. WARBLER has returned to a breeding site on Red House Lake
in the conifers between Road 1 and Service Road. Along Ellicott Creek
in Amherst State Park, several reports of over 20 warbler species
included a PRAIRIE WARBLER in the spruces by the golf course, and a
MOURNING WARBLER. Also five vireo species - YELLOW-THR. VIREO,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO and RED-EYED
VIREO, plus BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER, EASTERN
WOOD-PEWEE, SCARLET TANAGER and LINCOLN'S SPARROW.
Reports from Buffalo this week - a rare in spring COMMON NIGHTHAWK
over Shirley Avenue. At South Park Lake, 3 D.-
CREST. CORMORANTS. 6 CHIMNEY SWIFTS over Hertel Avenue. CANADA
WARBLER in Delaware Park. And, in Cathedral Park in downtown Buffalo,
SCARLET TANAGER in the same tree with a BROWN THRASHER.
Other reports - off the Wilson Pier on Lake Ontario, 28 BRANT, with
LONG-TAILED DUCKS, ICELAND GULL and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. A new high
count for May - 11 RED-NECKED GREBES on the Niagara River off Buckhorn
Island State Park. The night of May 15, abundant THRUSH calls were
heard over Tonawanda. LA. WATERTHRUSH at the Silver Creek lower
Reservoir in Hanover. BLACKPOLL WARBLERS at several locations.
BOBOLINKS on Dennis Road in Evans and Hopper Road in Hanover. And, at
a jelly feeder in Hamburg, BALTIMORE ORIOLES and two GRAY CATBIRDS.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 24. 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.
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