- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/08/2003 * NYBU0305.08 - Birds mentioned \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, David /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
BLUE GROSBEAK ORCHARD ORIOLE YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH EARED GREBE PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Barred Owl Whip-poor-will Ruby-t. Hummingbird Red-headed Wdpkr. Least Flycatcher Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Ruby-cr. Kinglet Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Veery Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-thr. Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-cr. 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 Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush La. Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Rose-br. Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Eastern Towhee Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/08/2003 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs [The next BOS meeting will be on Wednesday, May 14, at 7:30 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science, and will feature a very fine presentation by Mike Allen of the NYSDEC on Bald Eagles. As always, visitors and members are encouraged to attend.] Thursday, May 8, 2003 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 1 through May 8 from the Niagara Frontier Region include BLUE GROSBEAK, ORCHARD ORIOLE, YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD, EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH, EARED GREBE and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. May 5, an exceptional BLUE GROSBEAK was at a feeder throughout the day in the Town of Eden. This may be just the third record of this species in the BOS archives. Also at the same feeder on the same day, a male ORCHARD ORIOLE. First year male ORCHARD ORIOLES were reported May 5 at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora and May 6 at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. From Ontario, a male YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD was reported several days at 4832 Highway 20, east of Bismarck in the Town of West Lincoln. The bird was seen at the feeder during the evenings, from the side of road. May 2, a EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH was at a feeder in the Wyoming County Town of Bennington. May 3, an EARED GREBE was found on the Lewiston Power Reservoir, and a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was at the Mud Lake Conservation Area on Elm Street, north of Port Colbourne, Ontario. The male bird was along the trail to the south of the parking area. The PROTHONOTARY was one of at least 23 warbler species reported this week at locations including Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, Amherst State Park, Goat Island in Niagara Falls, Point Gratiot in Dunkirk and the Tillman Area in Clarence. May 3, a NASHVILLE WARBLER at Amherst State Park appeared to be of the subspecies from the Pacific Coast. ORANGE-CR. WARBLERS were also noted at Amherst State Park and Point Gratiot. Other reports from the popular Amherst State Park this week, BARRED OWL, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, EASTERN MEADOWLARK and LINCOLN'S SPARROW. A first year WHITE-EYED VIREO has been present for several days at Tifft Nature Preserve along the Warbler Walk trail. May 3, a WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard after sunset in Blasdell, in the Town of Hamburg. 4 RED-HEADED WDPKRS. at Point Gratiot and one at Tifft with a FOX SPARROW. INDIGO BUNTING, May 8, at a feeder in North Buffalo. And the arrival of RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRDS was widely noted. Other reports from numerous locations this week, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, VEERY, HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, EASTERN TOWHEE, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and PURPLE FINCH. So far, SCARLET TANAGERS have only been reported May 1 at Tifft and Forest Lawn in Buffalo. And a late but curious report from April 19, of a large bird that matched the description of a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, gliding over Route 305 in the Allegany County Town of Clarksville. ["Five foot wing span, long narrow wings, gull- type head, forked tail, gliding down Rt 305"] Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 15. 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 D Suggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
