[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 10/11/2007

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/11/2007
* NYBU0710.11
- Birds mentioned
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  HUMMINGBIRD [reported as RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD]
  PINE SISKIN
  BRANT
  RED-THROATED LOON
  GREAT EGRET
  Common Loon
  Horned Grebe
  White-winged Scoter
  Bald Eagle
  Peregrine Falcon
  American Coot
  Black-bellied Plover
  Killdeer
  Sanderling
  Baird's Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Dunlin
  Yellow-b. Sapsucker
  Eastern Phoebe
  Common Raven
  Brown Creeper
  Winter Wren
  Golden-cr. Kinglet
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  Eastern Bluebird
  Gray-cheeked Thrush
  Hermit Thrush
  Gray Catbird
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Orange-cr. Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  Pine Warbler
  Palm Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  Rose-br. Grosbeak
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  Swamp Sparrow
  White-thr. Sparrow
  White-cr. Sparrow
  Rusty Blackbird
  Purple Finch

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             10/11/2007
  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, October 11, 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 October 4 through October 11  from the 
Niagara Frontier Region include HUMMINGBIRD, PINE  SISKIN, BRANT, 
RED-THROATED LOON and GREAT EGRETS.

  October 10 and 11, from Houghton in the Allegany County Town  of 
Caneadea, a reported RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD at a backyard  feeder. Any 
HUMMINGBIRD SPECIES during October should be  carefully identified. 
RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRDS generally have  migrated from the region in early 
October, while rare, out-
  of-range HUMMINGBIRDS tend to occur in the northeastern  states 
during this time. More details of the observation  would be appreciated.

  At a feeder in the Town of Colden, October 9, the season's  first 
report of PINE SISKIN.

  October 10 on Lake Ontario at Olcott Harbor, BRANT and 2  
RED-THROATED LOONS, plus 4 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 8 COMMON  LOONS, 10 
HORNED GREBES, PEREGRINE FALCON, 5 AMERICAN COOTS  and 20 RUSTY 
BLACKBIRDS.

  A record October count on the 9th, and maybe a record fall  count - 
112 GREAT EGRETS at the Tonawanda Wildlife  Management Area. Two of the 
EGRETS were banded as nestlings  this summer at the Motor Island 
heronry in the Niagara  River.

  Fall migrants still moving though the region. October 7 at  Goat 
Island, above Niagara Falls - nine warbler species -  ORANGE-CR. 
WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER,  CAPE MAY WARBLER, 
BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., PINE WARBLER, PALM  WARBLER and BLACKPOLL 
WARBLER, among a flock of over 200  YELLOW-R. WARBLERS.

  ORANGE-CR. WARBLER also at Amherst State Park on the 10th,  with 
NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER and BL.-THR. GREEN  WARB., plus 6 
YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKERS, EASTERN PHOEBE, BLUE-
  HEADED VIREO, 6 BROWN CREEPERS, 8 WINTER WRENS, GOLDEN-CR.  KINGLETS, 
RUBY-CR. KINGLETS, 3 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, GRAY-
  CHEEKED THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, LINCOLN'S  SPARROW, 
SWAMP SPARROW, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and PURPLE FINCH.

  Other reports this week - abundant WHITE-THR. SPARROWS and a  few 
WHITE-CR. SPARROWS at several locations. At Allegany  State Park, on 
the Wolf Run hiking loop, BALD EAGLE, 2  COMMON RAVENS and 2 singing 
BLUE-HEADED VIREOS. At the  Park's reservoir at Wolf Run, BAIRD'S 
SANDPIPER, PECTORAL  SANDPIPER and KILLDEER. In Buffalo, at the Bird 
Island Pier,  BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 6 SANDERLINGS and 9 DUNLIN. And, 
along  Route 219 in the Town of Boston, a PEREGRINE FALCON kept  pace 
with an automobile traveling at 50 mph.                                 
                Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, October 
18.  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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