[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 09/20/2007

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 09/20/2007
* NYBU0709.20
- Birds mentioned
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phone in any rare sightings so they  may be shared via the DAB 
telephone update  system, and submit email contributions directly  to 
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  Thank you, David
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  RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
  SNOWY EGRET
  Wood Duck
  Ruddy Duck
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Black-bellied Plover
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Sanderling
  Semipalm. Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Short-b. Dowitcher
  American Woodcock
  Black-billed Cuckoo
  Common Nighthawk
  Ruby-t. Hummingbird
  Yellow-b. Flycatcher
  Gray-cheeked Thrush
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Warbling Vireo
  Philadelphia Vireo
  Red-eyed Vireo
  Tennessee 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
  Palm Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  American Redstart
  Common Yellowthroat
  Wilson's Warbler
  Canada Warbler
  Scarlet Tanager
  Rose-br. Grosbeak
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  White-thr. Sparrow
  Rusty Blackbird

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             09/20/2007
  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, September 20, 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 September 13 through  September 20 
from the Niagara Frontier Region include RED-
  NECKED PHALAROPE, SNOWY EGRET and fall migrants.

  Two reports of the rare RED-NECKED PHALAROPE this week.  September 15 
at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, at the  north viewing blind with 
eight other shorebird species. And,  September 18 and 19, another 
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at  Lakeside Memorial Park in the Town of Hamburg. 
This  phalarope was in the pond by the bridge.

  An immature SNOWY EGRET continues a two month stay at Tifft;  there 
were several reports on several days this week.

  An excellent migrant fall out at Tifft on September 15. 21  warbler 
species, including CAPE MAY WARBLER, ORANGE-CR.  WARBLER and over 25 
NASHVILLE WARBLERS, plus YELLOW-B.  FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 
WARBLING VIREO, PHILADELPHIA  VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 
WHITE-THR.  SPARROW, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. Another  
Tifft report on the 16th included two rare finds for  September, a 
juvenile RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and a juvenile  BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO.

  Abundant migrants on September 13 in the Wyoming County Town  of 
Whethersfield. At a brief roadside stop, 11 warbler  species with 
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, SCARLET TANAGER and ROSE-
  BR. GROSBEAK. Also in Whethersfield, six woodpecker species  and 3 
AMERICAN WOODCOCKS.

  September 16 in the Genesee County Town of Alexander, a  record 
September count of 298 WOOD DUCKS, tallied as the  ducks flew into a 
beaver pond at dusk on Gilhooly Road. On a  railroad pond at Old Creek 
and Hunn Roads in Alexander, a  good count of 45 RUDDY DUCKS with 48 
WOOD DUCKS.

  Other reports - At Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg, several BLACK-
  BELLIED PLOVERS and SANDERLINGS. COMMON NIGHTHAWK over the  
University Plaza in Amherst. RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD still in a  
Williamsville yard. And calling GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were  heard 
before dawn over Shirley Avenue in Buffalo.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 27.  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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