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Thank you, David
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GREAT EGRET
FORSTER'S TERN
GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER
Mute Swan
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Merlin
Wild Turkey
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern
Gr. Cr. Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
American Pipit
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Tennessee 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
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 09/15/2005
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet dot com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Transcriber: David F. Suggs
Website: www.BOSBirding.org
Thursday, September 15, 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 September 8 through September
15 from the Niagara Frontier Region include GREAT EGRETS,
FORSTER'S TERNS, sparrows, warblers and shorebirds.
Back on September 7, at the Iroquois Refuge, a regional
record count of 89 GREAT EGRETS at a single location.
September 14, not a record, but a very high count of 16
FORSTER'S TERNS on the beach at Beaver Island State Park on
Grand Island. On the 9th at Beaver Island, 13 CASPIAN TERNS.
Migrant sparrows are increasing in the region. LINCOLN'S
SPARROW September 9 at Beaver Island, September 14 in the
Town of Wilson and September 15 at Amherst State Park. The
LINCOLN'S SPARROW in Wilson was found on Lake Road, in a
former peach orchard. Now a grassy field, over 200 sparrows
were found in segregated flocks of CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD
SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SONG SPARROW and WHITE-THR.
SPARROW.
A total of 23 warbler species were reported this week from
Beaver Island, Wilson, Amherst State Park, and in Ontario,
Rock Point Park. The highlight was a rare find in September
- a GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER on the 9th at Beaver Island.
Amherst State Park totalled 17 warbler species for the week,
including 14 on September 9.
Also at Amherst State Park this week, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, 2
WILD TURKEYS, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, WARBLING VIREO,
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, WINTER WREN, GRAY-
CHEEKED THRUSH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER and ROSE-
BR. GROSBEAK.
Twelve shorebird species along the north shore of Lake Erie
in Ontario on September 8 were highlighted by over 30
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS and 20 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS at the
Poth Road turf farms in Dunnville. Also 2 AMERICAN PIPITS at
Long Beach Conservation Area, and at Pinecrest Road in Fort
Erie, 7 MUTE SWANS, BALD EAGLE and a MERLIN, all in a fallen
tree on the shoreline.
From Chautauqua County - BALD EAGLES continue to linger at
Saint Columbans on Route 5 in the Town of Sheridan - three
sub-adult eagles this week. At Dunkirk Harbor, BONAPARTE'S
GULL, 4 CASPIAN TERNS, OSPREY and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. And
at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in Hanover, another
OSPREY.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 22.
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.
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