- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 06/11/2009
* NYBU0906.11
- Birds mentioned
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Please phone in rare sightings for update.
Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
Thank you, David
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YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER
Pied-billed Grebe
Wood Duck
Bald Eagle
Common Nighthawk
Acadian Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Bank Swallow
Brown Thrasher
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-s. Warbler
Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
Blackburnian Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Towhee
Bobolink
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 06/11/2009
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, June 11, 2009
Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum 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 June 4 through June 11 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER and BALD EAGLE.
YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER appears to be the last of the songbird migrants
in the region. In the Chautauqua County Town of Portland, YELLOW-B.
FLYCATCHER June 4 on Finley Road, and June 5, YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER
plus 2 ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and WINTER WREN at the Luensman Overlook
Park on Thayer Road. Also June 5, YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER at Deer Lick
Nature Park on Point Peter Road in the Cattaraugus County Town of
Gowanda.
Other highlights at Deer Lick, 7 ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, 5 SCARLET
TANAGERS, 3 ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS and nine warbler species - NASHVILLE
WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB.,
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
and HOODED WARBLER.
Another report from Gowanda - 5 BALD EAGLES - 2 adults, 2 subadults
and one recent fledge, on Zoar Valley Road near the Gowanda Rifle Club.
June 7, a single PINE SISKIN in the Town of Aurora.
Other reports this week - at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, 33
breeding species included 15 WOOD DUCKS, 8 PIED-
BILLED GREBES, 25 YELLOW WARBLERS, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and 16
BOBOLINKS. From the very southeast corner of Cattaraugus County, at
the Pfeiffer Nature Center in the Town of Portville, BOBOLINKS, plus
BROWN THRASHER, EASTERN TOWHEE and INDIGO BUNTING. At the Sturgeon
Point Marina in the Town of Evans, 4 BANK SWALLOWS and 12 PURPLE
MARTINS. And over the Town of Tonawanda, a single COMMON NIGHTHAWK
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, June 18. 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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