[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 08/23/2007

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/23/2007
* NYBU0708.23
- 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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   PARASITIC JAEGER
  SNOWY EGRET
  MARBLED GODWIT
  EARED GREBE
  D.-crest. Cormorant
  Great Egret
  Northern Pintail
  Ring-necked Duck
  Bufflehead
  Ruddy Duck
  Peregrine Falcon
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Upland Sandpiper
  White-r. Sandpiper
  Baird's Sandpiper
  Stilt Sandpiper
  Short-b. Dowitcher
  Wilson's Phalarope
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Red-br. Nuthatch
  Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
  Blue-winged Warbler
  Tennessee Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Yellow Warbler
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  American Redstart
  Canada Warbler
  Baltimore Oriole

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             08/23/2007
  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, August 23, 2007

  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.

  Niagara Frontier Region highlights from the past two weeks,  August 9 
through August 23, included PARASITIC JAEGERS,  SNOWY EGRET, MARBLED 
GODWIT and EARED GREBES.

  Back on August 13, at Rock Point Provincial Park in  Dunnville, 
Ontario, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS were chasing  shorebirds up and down the 
beach.

  August 16, a reported SNOWY EGRET at Tifft Nature Preserve  in 
Buffalo, at the North Blind.

  August 19 the BOS shorebird count along the north shore of  Lake Erie 
was highlighted by a MARBLED GODWIT at Stone Mill  Road in Fort Erie.

  A combined 20 shorebird species have been reported from the  north 
shore in the past two weeks. August 11, at the Mosaic  Ponds near Rock 
Point, 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES and a STILT  SANDPIPER. At Rock Point, 
WHITE-R. SANDPIPER and BAIRD'S  SANDPIPER, and an UPLAND SANDPIPER at 
the Poth Road turf  farms.

  Other recent shorebird reports - 8 species at Goose Pond in  the Oak 
Orchard Wildlife Management Area included 3 STILT  SANDPIPERS and 6 
SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS. And, at Forest Lawn in  Buffalo, 3 SOLITARY 
SANDPIPERS at Mirror Lake.

  From the Batavia Waste Water Plant, August 18, 2 EARED  GREBES plus 2 
RING-NECKED DUCKS, BUFFLEHEAD, 27 RUDDY DUCKS  and a PEREGRINE FALCON. 
In the Tonawanda Wildlife Management  Area, recent counts of GREAT 
EGRETS ranged from 185 to 222.  Along Meadville Road, a NORTHERN 
PINTAIL.

  Early warbler migration has begun. August 22 at Tifft Nature  
Preserve, 9 species included BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, NASHVILLE  WARBLER, 
YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, MAGNOLIA  WARBLER, CAPE MAY 
WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, CANADA WARBLER  and a probable BLACKPOLL 
WARBLER, plus RED-BR. NUTHATCH,  BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER and abundant 
BALTIMORE ORIOLES. At  Mohawk Point in Dunnville, Ontario, a TENNESSEE 
WARBLER.

  Late August is the time when immature and basic plumage  ROSE-BR. 
GROSBEAKS create identification challenges compared  to female 
Bl.-headed Grosbeaks.

  Also this week, from the Erie Basin Marina Tower, which  provides an 
expansive view of the Buffalo waterfront, 1225  D.-CREST. CORMORANTS 
and a single BONAPARTE'S GULL.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, August 30.  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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