- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/10/2002 * NYBU0210.10 - Birds mentioned !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Apologies to anyone who provided an email report this past week. Many messages were unintentionally lost. 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 ........................................................ WHITE-EYED VIREO RED-NECKED PHALAROPE LAPLAND LONGSPUR MERLIN Barn Owl Eared Grebe Brant Peregrine Falcon Stilt Sandpiper L. Black-b. Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Nor. Saw-whet Owl Common Nighthawk Yellow-b. Sapsucker Eastern Wood-Pewee Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Winter Wren Ruby-cr. Kinglet Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush White-thr. Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 10/10/2002 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 Thursday, October 10, 2002 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 October 3 through October 10 from the Niagara Frontier Region include WHITE-EYED VIREO, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, MERLIN and a Big Day report. October 6, an immature WHITE-EYED VIREO was reported at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. There is just one previous fall record of WHITE-EYED VIREO in the BOS archives, a record that also occurred during the first week of October. At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was reported on October 10, the last date for the species in the BOS Verification Date Guide. Right on time for the Date Guide, the first LAPLAND LONGSPUR of the season was reported October 5, on the perimeter road of the Lewiston Reservoir. October 3, the count of MERLINS on the University at Buffalo Main Street campus jumped to four birds. A Big Day birding effort by two birders on October 6 recorded 118 species, mostly between the Lake Ontario Plains, Iroquois Refuge, Batavia Waste Water Plant and Goat Island in Niagara Falls. Highlights were five owl species including a very rare BARN OWL heard in the Town of Oakfield and an early NOR. SAW-WHET OWL heard at Golden Hill State Park in Somerset, plus EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, GREAT HORNED OWL and BARRED OWL. Other highights were 4 EARED GREBES still at the Batavia Waste Water Plant and an early BRANT on Lake Ontario. At the Iroquois Refuge, PEREGRINE FALCON at the Feeder Road and 3 STILT SANDPIPERS at Center Marsh on Sour Springs Road. And at Goat Island, 4 L. BLACK-B. GULLS. October 5, a fallout of night migrants into at yard on Woodbridge Avenue in Buffalo included a one-week-late GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, plus YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, EASTERN WOOD- PEWEE, WINTER WREN, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, a late VEERY, GRAY- CHEEKED THRUSH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH and 5 WHITE-THR. SPARROWS. And on October 4, a COMMON NIGHTHAWK was heard over Buffalo. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, October 17. 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 <dfsuggs@localnet.com>