- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/19/2010
* NYBU1008.19
- Birds mentioned
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BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK
YEL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON
Great Egret
Green Heron
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
American Black Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Bufflehead
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Merlin
Black Tern
Yellow-b. Flycatcher
Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
Wood Thrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-s. Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bl. and w. Warbler
American Redstart
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Towhee
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Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 08/19/2010
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science
and 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. To contact the Science
Museum, call 896-5200.
Highlights of reports received August 12 through August 19 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, YEL.-CR.
NIGHT-HERON and WARBLERS.
The most recent report of the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK in the
Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area was August 15. Originally found
August 11, the duck has been in a marsh to the west side of Route 77,
between Cayuga Pool and Meadville Road. Observers have had mixed
success finding the duck among the marsh vegetation.
Other reports from the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area included a
juvenile BALD EAGLE about to fledge from the nest, two families of
OSPREYS on the wing, and at least 100 GREAT EGRETS in the Tonawanda
marshes along Route 77.
The juvenile YEL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON at Dunkirk Harbor was reported
again August 14, at the west end of the harbor; seen after sunset,
illuminated by the harbor lights.
At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, August 16, one BLACK TERN, plus 10
GREAT EGRETS including a juvenile marked this summer with wing-tags at
a heron colony on the Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. Also at the plant,
increasing and arriving GADWALL, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, GREEN-WINGED TEAL and BUFFLEHEAD.
August 15, on the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, in the Town of
Wainfleet Bog, 27 species highlighted by 2 YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHERS, plus
3 BL.-GR. GNATCATCHERS, WOOD THRUSH, EASTERN TOWHEE, ROSE-BR.
GROSBEAK, 4 INDIGO BUNTINGS and 10 warbler species - BLUE-WINGED
WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER,
BL. AND W. WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, MOURNING WARBLER, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, WILSON'S WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER.
Also the 15th, on Swamp Road in the Cattaraugus County Town of
Randolph, 3 OSPREY, adult BALD EAGLE, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS and 2
MERLINS, plus 4 GREEN HERONS and at least 15 WOOD DUCKS.
And, August 17 at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, late summer
migrants CAPE MAY WARBLER and BLACKPOLL WARBLER, with YELLOW WARBLER
and AMERICAN REDSTART.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 26. 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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