[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 09/07/2006

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 09/07/2006
* NYBU0609.07
- 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
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  The first BOS meeting of the season will be Wednesday,  September 13, 
7:00 PM, at the Buffalo Museum of Science.
  The program will feature member's photography, and visitors
  are always welcome at BOS meetings.  
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  SNOWY EGRET
  BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER
  WILLET
  EARED GREBE
  "LAWRENCE'S WARBLER"
  Great Egret
  Green Heron
  Green-winged Teal
  Northern Pintail
  Blue-winged Teal
  Northern Shoveler
  Ruddy Duck
  Bald Eagle
  American Golden-Plover
  Sanderling
  Stilt Sandpiper
  Short-b. Dowitcher
  Parasitic Jaeger
  Caspian Tern
  Forster's Tern
  Common Nighthawk
  Ruby-t. Hummingbird
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Horned Lark
  Tree Swallow
  Cliff Swallow
  Veery
  Gray-cheeked Thrush
  Swainson's Thrush
  Wood Thrush
  Warbling Vireo
  Philadelphia Vireo
  Red-eyed Vireo
  Vesper Sparrow

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             09/07/2006
  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, September 7, 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 August 31 through September 7  from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include SNOWY EGRET, BUFF-
  BR. SANDPIPER, WILLET, EARED GREBE, and "LAWRENCE'S  WARBLER".

  September 2 in Buffalo, a SNOWY EGRET was found among 22  GREAT 
EGRETS at Tifft Nature Preserve. The SNOWY EGRET was  still present on 
the 6th, in the north end of the preserve,  at Lisa Pond.

  Shorebirds this week were highlighted by 3 BUFF-BR.  SANDPIPERS on 
September 4, in Dunnville, Ontario, on Bird  Road, north of Canal Bank 
Road. September 3, a WILLET at  Dunkirk Harbor, on the Main Street 
beach. AMERICAN GOLDEN-
  PLOVERS on two days at the Clarence turf farms on County  Road at 
Goodrich Road, along with 4 STILT SANDPIPERS, 5  HORNED LARKS and a 
VESPER SPARROW. A SHORT-B. DOWITCHER was  somewhat unexpected at Tifft 
Nature Preserve. And on Lake  Erie at Saint Columbans in Sheridan, 17 
SANDERLINGS.

  September 3 at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, 3 EARED GREBES  plus 
GREAT EGRETS, GREEN HERONS, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 40  NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 
NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 60  RUDDY DUCKS, and a CLIFF 
SWALLOW among hundreds of TREE  SWALLOWS.

  Back on August 31, a male "LAWRENCE'S WARBLER" was found  along 
Tonawanda Creek Road in the Town of Newstead. Warblers  continue to be 
reported at many locations this week. 17  species with WARBLING VIREO, 
PHILADELPHIA VIREO and RED-EYED  VIREO at Tifft Nature Preserve; 13 
species at Goat Island in  Niagara Falls; 10 species plus RUBY-T. 
HUMMINGBIRD at Beaver  Island State Park on Grand Island, and eight 
warbler species  and a WOOD THRUSH at Amherst State Park.

  The remnants of hurricane Ernesto did not seem to drop any  rare 
seabirds into the region, though neighboring regions  reported Manx 
Shearwater on Lake Ontario at Hamilton,  Ontario, and a Sabine's Gull 
on Cayuga Lake in Central New  York. September 2 and 3, just 3 
PARASITIC JAEGERS were  reported on Lake Ontario off the Town of Wilson.

  Other reports this week - 29 CASPIAN TERNS at Beaver Island.  Two 
FORSTER'S TERNS at the mouth of Silver Creek in  Chautauqua County. The 
spectacle at Saint Columbans  continues - one adult, and 10 sub-adult 
BALD EAGLES. Two  more BALD EAGLES at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora. In 
Amherst,  PILEATED WOODPECKER at Casey and North French Roads. Flocks  
of 10 to 15 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS at several locations. And,  night 
migrants heard calling over Tonawanda this week  included numerous 
VEERYS and SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, and one  GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 14.  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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