- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 09/25/2008
* NYBU0809.25
- Birds mentioned
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[UPDATE - Sunday, September 28, BOS Field Trip to the Western Lake
Ontario Plains. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops
Market in on Center Street in the Village of Lewiston
(intersection of Routes 104 and 18F). The trip will last
until mid-afternoon, and visitors are always welcome on
BOS field trips.]
BLACK VULTURE
TRICOLORED HERON
WHIMBREL
BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER
NORTHERN BOBWHITE
D.-CREST. CORMORANT
Horned Grebe
American Bittern
Bl.-cr. Night-Heron
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plove
Semipalmated Plover
Sanderling
White-r. Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-t. Hummingbird
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Yellow-b. Flycatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Pipit
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Scarlet Tanager
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 09/25/2008
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 25, 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.
Highlights of reports received from the past two weeks, September 11
to September 25, include BLACK VULTURE, TRICOLORED HERON, WHIMBREL,
BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER, NORTHERN BOBWHITE and D.-CREST. CORMORANTS.
September 13, in the Town of Amherst, a BLACK VULTURE passed high
over a yard in Williamsville.
Back on September 10, a late report of a TRICOLORED HERON at the
north blind at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo.
At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, two WHIMBRELS for several days,
including September 22. This is the third record of WHIMBREL at the
plant, and one of less than 10 records of WHIMBREL away from the Lake
Erie shore in the BOS archives. Also at the plant, HORNED GREBE and
AMERICAN BITTERN.
In Ontario, September 15, BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER at the Hutchinson Road
turf farms near Poth Road in Dunnville, along with 4 unexpected RUDDY
TURNSTONES in the fields, plus BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. On
Harborview Road in Wainfleet, 3 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS. And, September 18
at Rock Point Park in Dunnville, a WHIMBREL.
Recent shorebirds on the Lake Erie beach at Saint Columbans in the
Town of Sheridan included BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
and WHITE-R. SANDPIPER. At the Bird Island Pier in the Buffalo, 12
SANDERLINGS with 8 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS.
In West Seneca, a rarely reported NORTHERN BOBWHITE at a feeder for
several weeks. NORTHERN BOBWHITE in the region is likely an escape or
released bird.
September 21, an exceptional gathering of 6000 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS
at the mouth of the Niagara River off Fort Niagara State Park.
September 18, RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD in a Williamsville yard, and at
least 13 warbler species in the same yard during the past two weeks,
with YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO,
RED-EYED VIREO, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and SWAINSON'S THRUSH.
The night of September 15, migrants heard over the Town of Tonawanda
included VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and WOOD THRUSH.
COMMON NIGHTHAWK reports - 15 over Williamsville on the 13th, 10
over the Buffalo Zoo on the 22nd, and 3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS over
Eggertsville in Amherst on September 25.
Also the 25th, OSPREY at Delaware Park Lake in Buffalo.
Other reports - adult BALD EAGLE over Lakeview in Hamburg.
RED-HEADED WDPKR. over Birdsong Park on Jewett Holmwood Road in
Orchard Park, plus 10 warbler species and 2 PURPLE FINCHES in the
park. YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKERS and AMERICAN PIPITS at several locations.
And, a singing SCARLET TANAGER in the Genesee County Town of Bethany.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, October 2. 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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