- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 09/04/2008
* NYBU0809.04
- Birds mentioned
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[UPDATE - Wednesday, September 10, 7 PM, Buffalo Museum of Science
- First BOS meeting of the season. Members will present slide shows of
recent birding experiences. Visitors are always welcome at BOS
meetings. Thank you.]
WESTERN KINGBIRD
D.-crest. Cormorant
Great Egret
Blue-winged Teal
Redhead
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
White-r. Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Caspian Tern
Common Nighthawk
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Yellow-b. Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Chestnut-s. Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 09/04/2008
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, September 4, 2008
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.
WESTERN KINGBIRD was the highlight of reports received August 28
through September 4 from the Niagara Frontier Region.
August 30 in Port Colborne, Ontario, a WESTERN KINGBIRD on Cement
Plant Road, south of Highway 3. The kingbird has not been re-located.
Elsewhere in Ontario, at least 17 shorebird species on the Lake Erie
shore this week. In Dunnville, numbers of BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVERS and AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, and 1 WHIMBREL at the
Poth Road turf farms and Feeder Canal Road. At Rock Point Park, RUDDY
TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER and
PECTORAL SANDPIPER. And on Cement Plant Road, a STILT SANDPIPER.
Also in Ontario, 2 REDHEADS and a MERLIN at the Mosaic Ponds north
of Rock Point, and 4 RED-HEADED WDPKRS. at Kraft Road in Fort Erie.
Highlights of migrant songbirds this week were rather thin. In a
Williamsville yard in Amherst, YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER on two days, plus
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, CAPE MAY WARBLER, BAY-
BREASTED WARBLER, 5 BALTIMORE ORIOLES and PURPLE FINCH.
In the Town of Wilson, a BL.-THR. BL. WARBLER at a feeding tray on
August 30. September 1 at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, only
WILSON'S WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER. Also on the 1st, WINTER WREN at
Amherst State Park. And September 4 at Beaver Island State Park on
Grand Island, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, RED-EYED VIREO,
WARBLING VIREO, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, AMERICAN
REDSTART and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, plus 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 12 GREAT
EGRETS and 25 CASPIAN TERNS.
Not many COMMON NIGHTHAWKS this week - 4 over Williamsville, and
single COMMON NIGHTHAWKS in Elma and Fort Erie.
August 30, on northerly winds over the Town of Tonawanda, 3 CASPIAN
TERNS and 130 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS.
Other reports this week - in Chautauqua County, 4 BALD EAGLES at
both Saint Columbans in Sheridan and at the mouth of Silver Creek,
with 4 RED-HEADED WDPKRS. One or two BROAD-
WINGED HAWKS in an Orchard Park neighborhood where the hawks have
nested for the last five years. PEREGRINE FALCON continues to roost
atop the chimney on Winspear Avenue on the UB campus in Buffalo. In a
Silver Creek yard, 87 COMMON GRACKLES, and at a feeder in Sanborne, 20
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 11. 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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