[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 09/13/2007

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 09/13/2007
* NYBU0709.13
- 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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   WESTERN KINGBIRD
  SNOWY EGRET
  WILSON'S PHALAROPE
  Merlin
  Peregrine Falcon
  Baird's Sandpiper
  Common Nighthawk
  Ruby-t. Hummingbird
  Yellow-b. Flycatcher
  Red-br. Nuthatch
  Winter Wren
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  Swainson's Thrush
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Warbling Vireo
  Philadelphia Vireo
  Red-eyed Vireo
  Tennessee Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Northern Parula
  Chestnut-s. Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  Bl. and w. Warbler
  American Redstart
  Common Yellowthroat
  Wilson's Warbler
  Canada Warbler
  Rose-br. Grosbeak
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  White-thr. Sparrow
  Purple Finch

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             09/13/2007
  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 13, 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 6 through September  13 from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include WESTERN  KINGBIRD, SNOWY EGRET, 
WILSON'S PHALAROPE and warblers.

  In Ontario, September 10, a WESTERN KINGBIRD was found at  the tip of 
the east pier at Port Weller. It is a one mile  walk from the parking 
lot to the tip; subsequent searches  did not re-find the KINGBIRD.

  September 8 at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, a SNOWY  EGRET was 
reported again at Berm Pond.

  Fifteen shorebird species on September 8 in the Oak Orchard-
  Iroquois-Tonawanda Areas were highlighted by a WILSON'S  PHALAROPE at 
Goose Pond in the Oak Orchard Area, and 4  BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS plus 
MERLIN and PEREGRINE FALCON at  Cinnamon Marsh, on the east side of 
Meadville Road in the  Tonawanda Area.

  Good migrant warbler counts from backyards on September 9.  In a Town 
of Wilson yard, 13 warbler species plus WARBLING  VIREO, RED-EYED 
VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO and BLUE-HEADED  VIREO, YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER, 
RED-BR. NUTHATCH, WINTER WREN,  RUBY-CR. KINGLET, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 
WHITE-THR. SPARROW and  PURPLE FINCH. From a Williamsville yard in 
Amherst, 11  warbler species included NORTHERN PARULA and PINE WARBLER, 
  plus COMMON NIGHTHAWK, RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD, SWAINSON'S  THRUSH and 
ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 20.  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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