- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/26/2004 * NYBU0408.26 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD COMMON RAVEN FRANKLIN'S GULL CATTLE EGRET MERLIN WESTERN SANDPIPER WHITE-R. SANDPIPER BAIRD'S SANDPIPER Mute Swan Black-bellied Plover Whimbrel Stilt Sandpiper Great Horned Owl Yellow-b. Flycatcher Blue-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Magnolia Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 08/26/2004 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 26, 2004 [There will be a BOS field trip this Sunday, August 29, to the Canadian shoreline of Lake Erie for shorebirds and other early migrants. Meet at 7:30 AM at Vermont and Busti, near the Peace Bridge in Buffalo. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips.] 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 August 19 through August 26 from the Niagara Frontier Region include RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, COMMON RAVEN, FRANKLIN'S GULL, CATTLE EGRET, MERLIN, WESTERN SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER and BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. From Chautauqua County, August 20, a second-hand report of an exceptionally rare RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD on Berry Road in the Town of Pomfret. In Niagara County, a very unlikely COMMON RAVEN was observed along Route 18 in the Town of Wilson. COMMON RAVENS are well established in the Southern Tier counties of Western New York, however, in the BOS archives, there are no previous records of COMMON RAVEN in the Lake Ontario Plains. Also in Niagara County, along Chestnut Road in Newfane, the FRANKLIN'S GULL was reported August 20, but could not be located on the 22nd. 13 shorebird species at this site on the 22nd included a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER and 3 STILT SANDPIPERS. On the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, the CATTLE EGRET was still present August 20 near Rock Point Park in Dunnville, at Niece and Regional Road 3. Also in the Rock Point area, 2 MERLINS, plus NASHVILLE WARBLER, BL. AND W. WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER. On private property to the east of Rock Point, WESTERN SANDPIPER and WHIMBREL. August 22, 9 shorebird species in the park included 4 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS. At the nearby turf farms on Canal Bank Road and Poth Road, counts of 80 to 90 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, and a WHIMBREL at Canal Bank. Also in Ontario this week, in Fort Erie, 2 WHITE-R. SANDPIPERS at Crescent Beach and 15 MUTE SWANS at Stonemill Road. Other reports this week - In Wilson, a migrant YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER on August 24. A combined list of 13 warbler species from locations on Lake Ontario - BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BL.-THR. BL. WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, BL. AND W. WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, WILSON'S WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER. In Hamburg, 2 GREAT HORNED OWLS on South Creek Drive. And, local CANADA GEESE are beginning to move about the area in small flocks, unlike the high flying migrants to be expected in late September. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 2. 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