- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/22/2003 * NYBU0305.22 - 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 )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
WORM-EATING WARBLER "LAWRENCE'S WARBLER" SANDHILL CRANE GLOSSY IBIS Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Least Sandpiper Dunlin Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Nor. Saw-whet Owl Yellow-b. Flycatcher Common Raven Swainson's Thrush White-eyed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Golden-wing. Warbler "Brewster's Warbler" Prairie Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Connecticut Warbler Scarlet Tanager Bobolink Orchard Oriole Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/22/2003 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, May 22, 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 15 through May 22 from the Niagara Frontier Region include WORM-EATING WARBLER, "LAWRENCE'S WARBLER", SANDHILL CRANE, GLOSSY IBIS and Big Day reports. The WORM-EATING WARBLER reported last week at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo on May 15 was also seen on the 16th, still along Snakeroot Trail. The BOS May count was conducted on May 18. One of the highlights was a very rare "LAWRENCE'S WARBLER" in the Cattaraugus County Town of Yorkshire. This hybrid warbler was at the fishing access area on McKinstry Creek, on the east side of Route 16, one mile north of Lime Lake. The bird was across the creek from the guard rail at the north end of the parking lot. By mid-May, raptors over the Hamburg Hawkwatch have just about faded away. Single BALD EAGLES were counted on two days, and on the 15th, 34 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. The highlight for the week was a flock of 4 SANDHILL CRANES on the 19th. Two very successful Big Day reports this week. On May 17, four observers, limiting their search area to only Niagara County, recorded 167 species, highlighted by 29 warbler species including the hybrid "BREWSTER'S WARBLER". Finding 167 species in a single county is a testament to the team's knowledge of the diverse habitats of Niagara County. Then, on May 18, two observers searching through Buffalo, the Iroquois Refuge complex, the Lake Ontario Plains and part of Wyoming County, tied the New York State Big Day record by seeing or hearing 202 species in less than 24 hours. The team found 32 warbler species, including hybrids. A very rare in spring CONNECTICUT WARBLER was heard at Yates-Carlton Townline and a local PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was found along the Feeder Canal Road in the Tonawanda Wildlife Area. Also at Tonawanda, a very rare GLOSSY IBIS flew over the Feeder Canal, and a WHITE-EYED VIREO was on Owens-Bartel Road just east of the first rifle range. On Sour Springs Road in the Iroquois Refuge, NOR. SAW-WHET OWL was heard and a PINE SISKIN sighted. North of Iroquois, a GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER was on Shelby-Barre Townline. In the Lake Ontario Plains, late ICELAND GULL and L. BLACK-B. GULL on Lake Ontario, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK in Yates, ORANGE-CR. WARBLER at Lakeside Beach in Carlton and ORCHARD ORIOLE at Barker Park in Somerset. And in Wyoming County, COMMON RAVEN and PRAIRIE WARBLER. At mid-May, migrants shift from songbirds to shorebirds. The Big Day teams recorded 9 and 11 shorebird species, respectively. Shorebird species counts should increase during the next two weeks. At Rock Point Park in Ontario this week, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, LEAST SANDPIPER and DUNLIN. And also of note this week, YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER at Tillman, and at Amherst State Park, at least 12 warbler species, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER and BOBOLINK. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 29. 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.
