- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 09/22/2005
* NYBU0509.22
- 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 dfsuggs@localnet.com.
Thank you, David
----------------------------------------------------------
[Update - The next BOS meeting will be on Wednesday,
September 28, at 7:30 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science.
Interpretations of the results of the April and May counts
will be presented. Visitors are always welcome at BOS
meetings.]
BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER
SNOW GOOSE
SEDGE WREN
EARED GREBE
FORSTER'S TERN
WHITE-CR. SPARROW
Pied-billed Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
American Bittern
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Merlin
Common Moorhen
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Black Tern
Ruby-t. Hummingbird
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-s. Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Purple Martin
Cliff Swallow
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-thr. Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 09/22/2005
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, September 22, 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 many reports received September 15 through
September 22 from the Niagara Frontier Region include BUFF-
BR. SANDPIPER, SNOW GOOSE, SEDGE WREN, EARED GREBE,
FORSTER'S TERN and WHITE-CR. SPARROW.
September 21 in Dunnville, Ontario, the season's first
report of BUFF-BR. SANDPIPERS - two on Canal Bank Road, just
west of where Route 65 turns south from Canal Bank. Also at
this site, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, and
PECTORAL SANDPIPER. September 19, an exceptionally early
SNOW GOOSE at Times Beach, on Fuhrmann Blvd. in Buffalo.
Also the 19th, a SEDGE WREN was still present at the Tillman
Wildlife Management Area in Clarence, near the small fence
next to the landfill. Also, OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED
VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, WINTER WREN and 10 warbler
species.
At the Batavia Waste Water Plant on September 17, three
EARED GREBES along with 156 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, a low count
of only 66 RUDDY DUCKS, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and RUDDY
TURNSTONE.
September 22 at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, an
impressive 22 FORSTER'S TERNS, up from the 16 reported at
the beach last week.
A large migration was detected the night of September 15.
One listener in Buffalo heard over 20 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES
among hundreds of nocturnal calls. In Colden, radar
monitoring of the night sky revealed an overwhelming number
of migrants.
Birding during the next few days confirmed the large passage
of migrants. On the 16th, at Tifft Nature Preserve in
Buffalo, 47 species included VEERY, 2 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES,
10 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, 13
warbler species and LINCOLN'S SPARROW. On the Ellicott Creek
Trail in Amherst, 10 warbler species plus WILSON'S SNIPE,
YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO,
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 8 RED-EYED VIREOS, BROWN CREEPER, RUBY-
CR. KINGLET, CHIPPING SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SWAMP
SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW and DARK-EYED JUNCO. And at the
mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in Hanover, 12 NORTHERN FLICKERS.
On the 17th, at Rock Point Park in Dunnville, 19 warbler
species and 12 shorebird species. And at the BOCES Outdoor
Center in Pomfret, an almost late EASTERN KINGBIRD, and 6
sparrow species, including an early WHITE-CR. SPARROW.
Another early WHITE-CR. SPARROW and a rare in migration
VESPER SPARROW were among 8 sparrow species on September 18,
in the field mentioned last week on Lake Road in the Town of
Wilson.
September 18 at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge, a MERLIN
feeding on dragonflies, plus PIED-BILLED GREBE, AMERICAN
BITTERN, AMERICAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN
PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 OSPREY, 4 BALD EAGLES, 2
NORTHERN HARRIERS, COMMON MOORHEN, BLACK TERN, PURPLE MARTIN
and a CLIFF SWALLOW.
Also this week, on the towers at Buckhorn Island State Park,
3 D.-CREST. CORMORANT nests still with young. A female RUBY-
T. HUMMINGBIRD at a feeder in Silver Creek. And PILEATED
WOODPECKERS - at the Chestnut Ridge Park police station and
over Route 20 near Silver Creek.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 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
* New York
* Buffalo
* 09/22/2005
* NYBU0509.22
- 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 dfsuggs@localnet.com.
Thank you, David
----------------------------------------------------------
[Update - The next BOS meeting will be on Wednesday,
September 28, at 7:30 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science.
Interpretations of the results of the April and May counts
will be presented. Visitors are always welcome at BOS
meetings.]
BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER
SNOW GOOSE
SEDGE WREN
EARED GREBE
FORSTER'S TERN
WHITE-CR. SPARROW
Pied-billed Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
American Bittern
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Merlin
Common Moorhen
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Black Tern
Ruby-t. Hummingbird
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-s. Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Purple Martin
Cliff Swallow
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-thr. Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 09/22/2005
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, September 22, 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 many reports received September 15 through
September 22 from the Niagara Frontier Region include BUFF-
BR. SANDPIPER, SNOW GOOSE, SEDGE WREN, EARED GREBE,
FORSTER'S TERN and WHITE-CR. SPARROW.
September 21 in Dunnville, Ontario, the season's first
report of BUFF-BR. SANDPIPERS - two on Canal Bank Road, just
west of where Route 65 turns south from Canal Bank. Also at
this site, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, and
PECTORAL SANDPIPER. September 19, an exceptionally early
SNOW GOOSE at Times Beach, on Fuhrmann Blvd. in Buffalo.
Also the 19th, a SEDGE WREN was still present at the Tillman
Wildlife Management Area in Clarence, near the small fence
next to the landfill. Also, OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED
VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, WINTER WREN and 10 warbler
species.
At the Batavia Waste Water Plant on September 17, three
EARED GREBES along with 156 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, a low count
of only 66 RUDDY DUCKS, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and RUDDY
TURNSTONE.
September 22 at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, an
impressive 22 FORSTER'S TERNS, up from the 16 reported at
the beach last week.
A large migration was detected the night of September 15.
One listener in Buffalo heard over 20 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES
among hundreds of nocturnal calls. In Colden, radar
monitoring of the night sky revealed an overwhelming number
of migrants.
Birding during the next few days confirmed the large passage
of migrants. On the 16th, at Tifft Nature Preserve in
Buffalo, 47 species included VEERY, 2 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES,
10 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, 13
warbler species and LINCOLN'S SPARROW. On the Ellicott Creek
Trail in Amherst, 10 warbler species plus WILSON'S SNIPE,
YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO,
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 8 RED-EYED VIREOS, BROWN CREEPER, RUBY-
CR. KINGLET, CHIPPING SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SWAMP
SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW and DARK-EYED JUNCO. And at the
mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in Hanover, 12 NORTHERN FLICKERS.
On the 17th, at Rock Point Park in Dunnville, 19 warbler
species and 12 shorebird species. And at the BOCES Outdoor
Center in Pomfret, an almost late EASTERN KINGBIRD, and 6
sparrow species, including an early WHITE-CR. SPARROW.
Another early WHITE-CR. SPARROW and a rare in migration
VESPER SPARROW were among 8 sparrow species on September 18,
in the field mentioned last week on Lake Road in the Town of
Wilson.
September 18 at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge, a MERLIN
feeding on dragonflies, plus PIED-BILLED GREBE, AMERICAN
BITTERN, AMERICAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN
PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 OSPREY, 4 BALD EAGLES, 2
NORTHERN HARRIERS, COMMON MOORHEN, BLACK TERN, PURPLE MARTIN
and a CLIFF SWALLOW.
Also this week, on the towers at Buckhorn Island State Park,
3 D.-CREST. CORMORANT nests still with young. A female RUBY-
T. HUMMINGBIRD at a feeder in Silver Creek. And PILEATED
WOODPECKERS - at the Chestnut Ridge Park police station and
over Route 20 near Silver Creek.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 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