[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 05/25/2006

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/25/2006
* NYBU0605.25
- Birds mentioned
  
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  Please phone in any rare sightings so they 
  may be shared via the DAB telephone update 
  system, and submit email contributions directly 
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  Thank you, David
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  TRICOLORED HERON
  SWAINSON'S WARBLER [possible]
  28 warbler species
  Long-tailed Duck
  White-winged Scoter
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Least Sandpiper
  White-r. Sandpiper
  Dunlin
  Black-billed Cuckoo
  Red-headed Wdpkr.
  Eastern Wood-Pewee
  Cliff Swallow
  Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
  Veery
  Gray-cheeked Thrush
  Swainson's Thrush
  Wood Thrush
  Yellow-thr. Vireo
  Philadelphia Vireo
  Red-eyed Vireo
  Blue-winged Warbler
  Golden-wing. Warbler
  Tennessee 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
  Northern Waterthrush
  Mourning Warbler
  Common Yellowthroat
  Wilson's Warbler
  Canada Warbler
  Scarlet Tanager
  Rose-br. Grosbeak
  Vesper Sparrow
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  Bobolink
  Orchard Oriole
 
- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             05/25/2006
  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 25, 2006 

  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 18 through May 25 from 
  the Niagara Frontier Region include TRICOLORED HERON, a 
  possible SWAINSON'S WARBLER and reports from the BOS May 
  Count. 

  On Grand Island, May 21, a TRICOLORED HERON was still 
  present at Buckhorn Island State Park, at the west end of 
  the hiking trail. This location also provides a view of the 
  BALD EAGLE nest on Navy Island. 

  May 19, a possible SWAINSON'S WARBLER was reported on 
  private property in the Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton. 

  Reports from the BOS May count on the 21st - the section 
  centered on the Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road in the Lake 
  Ontario Plains reported 105 species including 23 warbler 
  species. The list included 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and 3 
  LONG-TAILED DUCKS on Lake Ontario. On Hosmer Road in 
  Hartland, 2 WHITE-R. SANDPIPERS plus LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 
  77 LEAST SANDPIPERS. At Krull Park in Olcott, 2 PINE 
  WARBLERS and 3 CAPE MAY WARBLERS. ORANGE-CR. WARBLER at 
  Golden Hill State Park in Somerset. Other warblers in the 
  section - GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER, CERULEAN WARBLER, WILSON'S 
  WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER, plus YELLOW-THR. VIREO, 
  PHILADELPHIA VIREO, CLIFF SWALLOW, VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 
  VESPER SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and ORCHARD ORIOLE. 

  Sixty-eight species in the Town of Lancaster section were 
  highlighted by 2 RED-HEADED WDPKRS. along Cayuga Creek in 
  Como Park. The Grand Island section reported the previously 
  mentioned TRICOLORED HERON, plus CLIFF SWALLOW, 12 warbler 
  species, SCARLET TANAGER, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK, BOBOLINK and a 
  likely escaped NORTHERN BOBWHITE. 

  Other count highlights - 12 warbler species in a 
  Williamsville yard, PRAIRIE WARBLER among 14 warblers 
  species at Four Mile Creek State Park in Porter, and ORANGE-
  CR. WARBLER at Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park. 

  Spring migration was still going strong on May 24. 103 
  species in the Towns of Wilson and Porter included BLACKPOLL 
  WARBLER with 20 warbler species, 5 BL.-GR. GNATCATCHERS, 
  multiple SCARLET TANAGERS, RED-EYED VIREOS, WOOD THRUSHES, 
  EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES, and ORCHARD ORIOLE at Fort Niagara 
  State Park. 

  Other reports this week - 3 DUNLIN on the Lake Ontario shore 
  at Fort Niagara. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at Amherst State Park 
  and in Dayton. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH at Four Mile Creek State 
  Park. And, an ORCHARD ORIOLE in Royalton. 

  Dial-a-Bird will not be updated until Thursday evening, June 
  8. Rare reports will be added to the update during this 
  time. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for 
  calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. 

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