[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 05/10/2007

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 05/10/2007
* NYBU0705.10
- Birds mentioned
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  SANDHILL CRANE
  MARBLED GODWIT
  BLACK VULTURE
  CATTLE EGRET
  WESTERN MEADOWLARK
  WHIP-POOR-WILL
  Northern Goshawk
  Broad-winged Hawk
  Peregrine Falcon
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Purple Sandpiper
  Little Gull
  Iceland Gull
  L. Black-b. Gull
  Barred Owl
  Red-headed Wdpkr.
  Willow Flycatcher
  Least Flycatcher
  Gr. Cr. Flycatcher
  Veery
  Swainson's Thrush
  Hermit Thrush
  Wood Thrush
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Warbling Vireo
  Red-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
  Cerulean Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  American Redstart
  Ovenbird
  Northern Waterthrush
  La. Waterthrush
  Common Yellowthroat
  Hooded Warbler
  Wilson's Warbler
  Scarlet Tanager
  Rose-br. Grosbeak
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  Orchard Oriole
  Baltimore Oriole

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             05/10/2007
  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

  May 10, 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 3 through May 10 from the  Niagara 
Frontier Region include SANDHILL CRANES, MARBLED  GODWIT, BLACK 
VULTURE, CATTLE EGRET, WESTERN MEADOWLARK,  WHIP-POOR-WILL and warblers.

  May 10, a flock of 14 SANDHILL CRANES passed over the  Hamburg 
Hawkwatch. At Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, May  6, a SANDHILL 
CRANE flew off from the marshes; likely the  first record of SANDHILL 
CRANE at preserve.

  May 5 and 6 at the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, a  MARBLED 
GODWIT at Ruddy Marsh - on the south side of Route  77 east of Griswold 
Road. The godwit was with over 100  YELLOWLEGS, about 1/4 mile south 
along the marsh dike.

  Three rarities in Chautauqua County this week. May 8, a low  flying 
BLACK VULTURE at the Ripley Hawkwatch. A WESTERN  MEADOWLARK continues 
to sing at a parking area near the  Hawkwatch on Route 5, north of 
Forsythe Road. And a CATTLE  EGRET has been present for several days in 
a farm field in  the Town of North Harmony, on Morely Road north of 
Route  394.

  The morning of May 3, a WHIP-POOR-WILL was calling near Lake  
Ontario, on Lake Road in the Town of Wilson.

  Warblers and songbirds are approaching peak migration,  though counts 
of individuals may be lagging. Twenty-five  warbler species this week 
were reported from many of the  favored locations - Delaware Park, 
Tifft Nature Preserve and  Times Beach in Buffalo; Chestnut Ridge Park 
in Orchard Park;  Amherst State Park; Point Gratiot and Lake Erie State 
Park  in Chautauqua County, plus backyards, creeks and small  woodlots. 
Highlights were ORANGE-CR. WARBLERS in Wilson,  PRAIRIE WARBLER at 
Amherst State Park and the Town of  Pomfret. Another PRAIRIE WARBLER, 
with LA. WATERTHRUSH at  Tifft Nature Preserve, and CERULEAN WARBLERS 
at Swallow  Hollow Trail in the Iroquois Refuge. LA. WATERTHRUSH also 
at  Chestnut Ridge Park.

  Other than warblers, numerous WILLOW FLYCATCHER, LEAST  FLYCATCHER, 
GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING  VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, 
VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, HERMIT  THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER 
and ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK.

  Other reports this week - NORTHERN GOSHAWK on property in  Ripley. 
BROAD-WINGED HAWK at Chestnut Ridge. A pair of  active PEREGRINE 
FALCONS about Gates Circle in Buffalo.  SOLITARY SANDPIPER at Tifft 
Nature Preserve. On the Niagara  River, 2 PURPLE SANDPIPERS still off 
Goat Island above  Niagara Falls and 6 LITTLE GULLS on the lower river 
at  Lewiston. In Dunkirk Harbor, ICELAND GULL and L. BLACK-B.  GULL. On 
Owens Road in the Tonwanda Area, 2 BARRED OWLS.  Three RED-HEADED 
WDPKRS. at Point Gratiot and another 3 at  Lakeside Memorial Park in 
Hamburg. A single RED-HEADED  WDPKR. at Beaver Island State Park. 
LINCOLN'S SPARROW at  Tifft Nature Preserve. And, a grape jelly feeder 
in a Silver  Creek yard attracted 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES and 7 BALTIMORE  
ORIOLES.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 17. 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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