[Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 15 May 2008

[dfsuggs at localnet.com]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/15/2008
* NYBU0805.15
- Birds mentioned
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   BLUE GROSBEAK
  DICKCISSEL
  EVENING GROSBEAK
  RED-HEADED WDPKR.
  BLACK TERN
  Greater Scaup
  Lesser Scaup
  Osprey
  Black-bellied Plover
  Semipalmated Plover
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Dunlin
  N. Rough-w. Swallow
  Cliff Swallow
  Barn Swallow
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
  Veery
  Swainson's Thrush
  White-eyed Vireo
  Blue-winged Warbler
  Orange-cr. 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
  Prairie Warbler
  Palm Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  Cerulean Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  American Redstart
  Ovenbird
  Mourning Warbler
  Common Yellowthroat
  Hooded Warbler
  Canada Warbler
  Scarlet Tanager
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  White-crowned Sparrow
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  Baltimore Oriole
  Purple Finch

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             05/15/2008
  Number:           716-896-1271
  To Report:        Same
  Compiler:         David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com)
  Coverage:         Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:          www.BOSBirding.org

  Thursday, May 15, 2008

  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 May 8 through May 15 from the  Niagara 
Frontier Region include BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL,  EVENING GROSBEAK, 
RED-HEADED WDPKR., 25 warbler species and  BLACK TERN.

  An exceptional find this week at Woodlawn Beach State Park  on the 
Lake Erie shore in the Town of Hamburg, an immature  BLUE GROSBEAK on 
May 11. Many observers found the grosbeak  through at least the 13th. 
This would be just the third BLUE  GROSBEAK in the BOS archives, all 
recorded in the first half  of May. Almost as rare as the grosbeak, a 
female DICKCISSEL  was at the same Woodlawn Beach location on May 11.

  An almost exceptional record this week, a briefly observed,  probable 
Mississippi Kite migrating high over Amherst State  Park on May 14.

  May 10, an uncommon surprise, a calling EVENING GROSBEAK on  
Woodbridge Avenue in Buffalo. A rare find away from breeding  
locations, a migrant RED-HEADED WDPKR. in a Williamsville  yard May 13. 
Two to three RED-HEADED WDPKRS. still at Point  Gratiot Park in 
Dunkirk. Also rare, a WHITE-EYED VIREO on  the 13th at Beth Pond in 
Buffalo's Tifft Nature Preserve.

  At least 25 warbler species this week, highlighted by  PRAIRIE 
WARBLER at Woodlawn Beach. The later arriving  warblers, ORANGE-CR. 
WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, MOURNING  WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER at a 
few locations. No reports  yet of Tennessee Warbler.

  SCARLET TANAGERS, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS and BALTIMORE ORIOLES  were 
widely reported this week. Seven SCARLET TANAGERS  counted between 
Tifft Nature Preserve and Amherst State  Park. In West Seneca, 
BALTIMORE ORIOLES were observed nest  building. VEERY, SWAINSON'S 
THRUSH, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and  PURPLE FINCHES at several locations, and 
numerous RUBY-CR.  KINGLETS and BL.-GR. GNATCATCHERS continue.

  New reports this week - 2 BLACK TERNS on the Niagara River  off Grand 
Island. Three BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 2  SEMIPALMATED PLOVER in the 
Town of Wilson with 25 LESSER  YELLOWLEGS, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 2 
DUNLIN and 20 LEAST  SANDPIPERS.

  Other reports - From Buffalo, seven rare-in-May GREATER  SCAUP at 
Times Beach and 5 uncommon LESSER SCAUP nearby at  Gallaghers Beach. 
OSPREY reported again at in the  Delaware  Park-Forest Lawn area and a 
WHITE-CR. SPARROW at the Buffalo  Zoo. On the east branch of the 
Niagara River in Tonawanda,  two OSPREY apparently nest building on an 
abandonded crane  tower. OSPREYS also at the tree nest at Cinnamon 
Marsh in  the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. Nesting swallows -  
CLIFF SWALLOWS under the bridge at Bemus Point on Chautauqua  Lake, N. 
ROUGH-W. SWALLOW in the cliffs at Angola on Lake  Erie, and BARN 
SWALLOWS at the Meadville Road canal bridge  in the Tonawanda Wildlife 
Management Area.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 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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