- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/18/2005
* NYBU0508.18
- Birds mentioned
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Please phone in any rare sightings so they
may be shared via the DAB telephone update
system, and submit email contributions directly
to dfsuggs@localnet.com.
Thank you, David
----------------------------------------------------------
PIPING PLOVER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
EARED GREBE
Pied-billed Grebe
American Bittern
Great Egret
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
American Black Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Wild Turkey
Black-bellied Plover
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
White-r. Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-b. Dowitcher
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Acadian Flycatcher
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-thr. Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-s. Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
American Redstart
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Eastern Towhee
Bobolink
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 08/18/2005
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs@localnet.com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Transcriber: David F. Suggs
Website: www.BOSBirding.org
Thursday, August 18, 2005
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 from the Niagara Frontier
Region during the past two weeks, August 4 through August
18, include PIPING PLOVER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and EARED
GREBE.
August 17, at Rock Point Park, on the north shore of Lake
Erie in Dunnville, Ontario, an endangered PIPING PLOVER was
reported on the fossil beach. At least 16 shorebird species
have been found at Rock Point recently, including BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, RED KNOT, WHITE-R.
SANDPIPER and SHORT-B. DOWITCHER. Two more shorebirds on the
Lake Erie shore at Long Beach Conservation Area in
Wainfleet, Ontario - STILT SANDPIPER and BAIRD'S SANDPIPER.
At Woodlawn Beach State Park in the Town of Hamburg, August
14, a WILLET and a WESTERN SANDPIPER along the creek, plus
17 SANDERLINGS. On the 15th at Woodlawn, 3 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS.
In the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, at Goose Pond,
14 shorebird species this week included BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER, SANDERLING, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER and 12 STILT
SANDPIPERS, plus GREAT EGRET, WOOD DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL
and GREEN-WINGED TEAL.
Back on August 6, in a woodlot on Ditch Road in the
Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, an excellent find of a
male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, likely from a nearby breeding
location and a recently fledged CERULEAN WARBLER. Also, 2
YELLOW-THR. VIREOS, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER,
CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER and AMERICAN REDSTART.
August 17, the first definitive migrant warblers - CAPE MAY
WARBLER and BLACKPOLL WARBLER, in a yard on Lake Road in the
Lake Ontario Plains Town of Wilson. Plus numbers of CEDAR
WAXWINGS, SCARLET TANAGERS, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS and BALTIMORE
ORIOLES.
August 15, a breeding plumage EARED GREBE, among 95 RUDDY
DUCKS, at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, in the northwest
pond. Also at the plant, PIED-BILLED GREBE, AMERICAN BLACK
DUCK, NORTHERN SHOVELER, seven shorebird species and 2 adult
BONAPARTE'S GULLS. August 8, an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER at
Sinking Ponds in East Aurora. August 14, an impressive sight
of 7 sub-adult BALD EAGLES in flight over Saint Columbans in
the Town of Sheridan, and August 15, 7 migrant COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS over Williamsville in Amherst.
Other reports - Numerous GREAT EGRETS, several BLACK TERNS
and an AMERICAN BITTERN in the Tonawanda Management Area. At
the Main Street Beach in Dunkirk Harbor, 14 CASPIAN TERNS. 2
RED-HEADED WDPKRS. in Silver Creek. 30 BANK SWALLOWS at the
mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in Hanover. 20 CLIFF SWALLOWS at
the Route 17 bridge over Chautauqua Lake. EASTERN TOWHEE at
the Tillaman Area in Clarence. Over 100 BOBOLINKS at Goose
Pond. Near Arkwright Falls in Chautauqua County, YELLOW-
BILLED CUCKOO, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER and AMERICAN REDSTART.
And in suburban Eggertsville, a hen WILD TURKEY with nine
nearly full-grown young.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 25.
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
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/18/2005
* NYBU0508.18
- 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 dfsuggs@localnet.com.
Thank you, David
----------------------------------------------------------
PIPING PLOVER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
EARED GREBE
Pied-billed Grebe
American Bittern
Great Egret
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
American Black Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Wild Turkey
Black-bellied Plover
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
White-r. Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-b. Dowitcher
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Acadian Flycatcher
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-thr. Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-s. Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
American Redstart
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Eastern Towhee
Bobolink
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 08/18/2005
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs@localnet.com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Transcriber: David F. Suggs
Website: www.BOSBirding.org
Thursday, August 18, 2005
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 from the Niagara Frontier
Region during the past two weeks, August 4 through August
18, include PIPING PLOVER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and EARED
GREBE.
August 17, at Rock Point Park, on the north shore of Lake
Erie in Dunnville, Ontario, an endangered PIPING PLOVER was
reported on the fossil beach. At least 16 shorebird species
have been found at Rock Point recently, including BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, RED KNOT, WHITE-R.
SANDPIPER and SHORT-B. DOWITCHER. Two more shorebirds on the
Lake Erie shore at Long Beach Conservation Area in
Wainfleet, Ontario - STILT SANDPIPER and BAIRD'S SANDPIPER.
At Woodlawn Beach State Park in the Town of Hamburg, August
14, a WILLET and a WESTERN SANDPIPER along the creek, plus
17 SANDERLINGS. On the 15th at Woodlawn, 3 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS.
In the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, at Goose Pond,
14 shorebird species this week included BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER, SANDERLING, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER and 12 STILT
SANDPIPERS, plus GREAT EGRET, WOOD DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL
and GREEN-WINGED TEAL.
Back on August 6, in a woodlot on Ditch Road in the
Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, an excellent find of a
male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, likely from a nearby breeding
location and a recently fledged CERULEAN WARBLER. Also, 2
YELLOW-THR. VIREOS, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER,
CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER and AMERICAN REDSTART.
August 17, the first definitive migrant warblers - CAPE MAY
WARBLER and BLACKPOLL WARBLER, in a yard on Lake Road in the
Lake Ontario Plains Town of Wilson. Plus numbers of CEDAR
WAXWINGS, SCARLET TANAGERS, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS and BALTIMORE
ORIOLES.
August 15, a breeding plumage EARED GREBE, among 95 RUDDY
DUCKS, at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, in the northwest
pond. Also at the plant, PIED-BILLED GREBE, AMERICAN BLACK
DUCK, NORTHERN SHOVELER, seven shorebird species and 2 adult
BONAPARTE'S GULLS. August 8, an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER at
Sinking Ponds in East Aurora. August 14, an impressive sight
of 7 sub-adult BALD EAGLES in flight over Saint Columbans in
the Town of Sheridan, and August 15, 7 migrant COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS over Williamsville in Amherst.
Other reports - Numerous GREAT EGRETS, several BLACK TERNS
and an AMERICAN BITTERN in the Tonawanda Management Area. At
the Main Street Beach in Dunkirk Harbor, 14 CASPIAN TERNS. 2
RED-HEADED WDPKRS. in Silver Creek. 30 BANK SWALLOWS at the
mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in Hanover. 20 CLIFF SWALLOWS at
the Route 17 bridge over Chautauqua Lake. EASTERN TOWHEE at
the Tillaman Area in Clarence. Over 100 BOBOLINKS at Goose
Pond. Near Arkwright Falls in Chautauqua County, YELLOW-
BILLED CUCKOO, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER and AMERICAN REDSTART.
And in suburban Eggertsville, a hen WILD TURKEY with nine
nearly full-grown young.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 25.
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