- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/19/2003 * NYBU0306.19 - 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 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
KING RAIL SEDGE WREN SANDHILL CRANE CLAY-COL. SPARROW LEAST BITTERN American Bittern Osprey Bald Eagle Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen Upland Sandpiper Black Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Yellow-b. Sapsucker Acadian Flycatcher Carolina Wren Winter Wren Hermit Thrush White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-thr. Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Golden-wing. Warbler Prairie Warbler Prothonotary Warbler La. Waterthrush Orchard Oriole Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/19/2003 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, June 19, 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 June 12 through June 19 from the Niagara Frontier Region include KING RAIL, SEDGE WREN, SANDHILL CRANE, CLAY-COL. SPARROW and LEAST BITTERN. At the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, in the early hours of June 15, a KING RAIL was heard calling in Paddy #5, which is between Ditch Road and Woods Marsh, north of Bartel Road. The rail appeared to be in a bushy area in Paddy #5, west of the OSPREY platform located on the dike between the paddy and Woods Marsh. There is a small parking area on Bartel Road, where a path leads up to the dike. Subsequent searches have not relocated the KING RAIL. Other reports from the Tonawanda area marshes - AMERICAN BITTERN, OSPREY, 2 BALD EAGLES, 15 VIRGINIA RAILS, 4 SORAS, 5 COMMON MOORHENS and 2 BLACK TERNS. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was reported again in the woods on the west side of Meadville Road, north of the canal. In the Iroquois Refuge, along Sour Springs Road, SEDGE WREN continues to be found at Mallard Overlook, and along the Onondaga Trail, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER. In the Oak Orchard Area, GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER also continues at Knowlesville and Podunk Roads. A total of nine warbler species were reported in the three areas, including 13 BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS. There have also been second-hand reports of one or two SANDHILL CRANES in the area of the Visitors Center on Casey Road. New York State Breeding Bird Atlas finds this week were highlighted by a CLAY-COL. SPARROW in the Wyoming County Town of Orangeville, on Nesbitt Road. This may be the first record of this species for Wyoming County. In southeast Erie County, breeding birds south of Hunters Creek Park included BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, WINTER WREN, HERMIT THRUSH, PURPLE FINCH and 14 warbler species highlighted by PRAIRIE WARBLER and LA. WATERTHRUSH. In the Chautauqua County Town of Ripley, 2 WHITE-EYED VIREOS are still being heard or seen on Belson Road near Creamery Road. A first year male ORCHARD ORIOLE was on Forsythe Road across from the pond at Route 5. On County Road 21, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, YELLOW-THR. VIREO and RED-EYED VIREO, and a total of 11 warbler species in the Ripley area. June 14, a LEAST BITTERN was reported at the Marilla Town Park pond, near the first shelter. The park in on Three Rod Road, between Liberia and Williston Roads. On the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, UPLAND SANDPIPERS have been found to the west of Saint Catharines, in the fields at Fifth Avenue and Third Street. And in Amherst, an unexpected CAROLINA WREN in Eggertsville. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, June 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. - 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.
