[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 05/17/2007

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/17/2007
* NYBU0705.17
- Birds mentioned
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  BL.-HEADED GROSBEAK
  GLOSSY IBIS
  WESTERN MEADOWLARK
  CATTLE EGRET
  Red-necked Grebe
  D.-crest. Cormorant
  Brant
  Long-tailed Duck
  White-winged Scoter
  Iceland Gull
  Black-billed Cuckoo
  Common Nighthawk
  Chimney Swift
  Eastern Wood-Pewee
  Yellow-b. Flycatcher
  Gray Catbird
  Brown Thrasher
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Yellow-thr. Vireo
  Warbling Vireo
  Philadelphia Vireo
  Red-eyed Vireo
  Blue-winged Warbler
  Tennessee 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
  Yellow-thr. Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  Prairie Warbler
  Palm Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  American Redstart
  Ovenbird
  Northern Waterthrush
  La. Waterthrush
  Mourning Warbler
  Common Yellowthroat
  Hooded Warbler
  Wilson's Warbler
  Canada Warbler
  Scarlet Tanager
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  Bobolink
  Baltimore Oriole

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             05/17/2007
  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, May 17, 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.

  Highlights of reports received May 10 through May 17 from  the 
Niagara Frontier Region include BL.-HEADED GROSBEAK,  GLOSSY IBIS, 
WESTERN MEADOWLARK, CATTLE EGRET and peak  migration.

  An exceptional rarity in the Niagara County Town of Newfane  - a 
confirmed photo of a male BL.-HEADED GROSBEAK. The  grosbeak was 
present for several days at a feeder before it  was identified, and was 
last seen on the 11th. The only  prior record of BL.-HEADED GROSBEAK in 
the BOS archives was  in January 1962.

  May 17 in the Iroquois Refuge, a GLOSSY IBIS at Cayuga Pool.

  In Chautauqua County, a WESTERN MEADOWLARK continues at the  parking 
area at the Ripley Hawkwatch on Route 5, north of  Forsythe Road. The 
CATTLE EGRET on Morely Road north of  Route 324 in North Harmony has 
not been seen since May 12.

  From Saint Catharines, Ontario, a possible KING RAIL was  heard on 
May 16, at the Green Ribbon Trail Park, on  Martindale Road, north from 
the QEW.

  Migration is at the spring peak, with reports of over 26  warbler 
species this week. A reported SWAINSON'S WARBLER May  11 on property in 
the Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton. At  Allegany State Park, 
YELLOW-THR. WARBLER has returned to a  breeding site on Red House Lake 
in the conifers between Road  1 and Service Road. Along Ellicott Creek 
in Amherst State  Park, several reports of over 20 warbler species 
included a  PRAIRIE WARBLER in the spruces by the golf course, and a  
MOURNING WARBLER. Also five vireo species - YELLOW-THR.  VIREO, 
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO  and RED-EYED 
VIREO, plus BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW-B.  FLYCATCHER, EASTERN 
WOOD-PEWEE, SCARLET TANAGER and  LINCOLN'S SPARROW.

  Reports from Buffalo this week - a rare in spring COMMON  NIGHTHAWK 
over Shirley Avenue. At South Park Lake, 3 D.-
  CREST. CORMORANTS. 6 CHIMNEY SWIFTS over Hertel Avenue.  CANADA 
WARBLER in Delaware Park. And, in Cathedral Park in  downtown Buffalo, 
SCARLET TANAGER in the same tree with a  BROWN THRASHER.

  Other reports - off the Wilson Pier on Lake Ontario, 28  BRANT, with 
LONG-TAILED DUCKS, ICELAND GULL and WHITE-WINGED  SCOTER. A new high 
count for May - 11 RED-NECKED GREBES on  the Niagara River off Buckhorn 
Island State Park. The night  of May 15, abundant THRUSH calls were 
heard over Tonawanda.  LA. WATERTHRUSH at the Silver Creek lower 
Reservoir in  Hanover. BLACKPOLL WARBLERS at several locations. 
BOBOLINKS  on Dennis Road in Evans and Hopper Road in Hanover. And, at  
a jelly feeder in Hamburg, BALTIMORE ORIOLES and two GRAY  CATBIRDS.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 24. 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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