[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 09/06/2007

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 09/06/2007
* NYBU0709.06
- 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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  [UPDATE – Wednesday, September 12, 7:30 PM, the first BOS meeting of the
   season at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Terry Yonker will present a
   talk entitled Addressing Climate Change in the Great Lakes. Visitors 
   are always welcome at BOS meetings. Thank you.]

  LONG-B. DOWITCHER
  BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER
  AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
  SANDHILL CRANE
  GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER
  COMMON NIGHTHAWK
  Eared Grebe
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Solitary Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  White-r. Sandpiper
  Baird's Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Stilt Sandpiper
  Short-b. Dowitcher
  Olive-s. Flycatcher
  Yellow-b. Flycatcher
  Swainson's Thrush
  Philadelphia Vireo
  Red-eyed Vireo
  Chipping Sparrow
  Clay-col. Sparrow
  Vesper Sparrow
  Savannah Sparrow
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  White-thr. Sparrow

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             09/06/2007
  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 6, 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 August 30 through September 6  from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include LONG-B. DOWITCHER,  BUFF-BR. 
SANDPIPER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, SANDHILL CRANE,  GOLDEN-WING. 
WARBLER and COMMON NIGHTHAWKS.

  September 1 in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, 2  LONG-B. 
DOWITCHERS with 12 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS at Goose Pond  on Albion Road in 
Oakfield. Other shorebirds at the pond,  LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY 
SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER,  WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and 
STILT SANDPIPER.  For best viewing of the pond, park one-half mile 
south from  the Albion Road overlook, at the gate, hike one-half mile  
east to the Osprey platform, then through the grass to edge  of the 
pond.

  The morning of September 4 in the Tonawanda Wildlife  Management 
Area, a BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER with AMERICAN GOLDEN-
  PLOVER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER and STILT SANDPIPER at Cinnamon  Marsh, on 
the east side of Meadville Road, south of the  canal. A search in the 
afternoon did not relocate the  shorebirds. Five SANDHILL CRANES were 
also reported over the  Tonawanda Area, landing out of sight between 
Cayuga Pool and  Feeder Road.

  BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS this week at Tifft Nature Preserve in  Buffalo and 
Woodlawn Beach State Park in Hamburg.

  From Amherst State Park, September 4, 1 or 2 GOLDEN-WING.  WARBLERS 
at the wooden bridge highlighted 15 warbler species  in the park. Also 
an OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHER at the red barn  near Reist Street, plus 2 
PHILADELPHIA VIREOS and over 20  RED-EYED VIREOS. On the 5th at the 
park, YELLOW-B.  FLYCATCHER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 2 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS 
and an  early flock of 5 WHITE-THR. SPARROWS.

  September 4, 50 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS over Woodbridge Avenue in  Buffalo, 
and lesser numbers over Tonawanda and Eggerstville  in Amherst.

  Also this week - three EARED GREBES still at the Batavia  Waste Water 
Plant. The marsh at the plant where an American  Avocet was found at 
the end of August has dried up. At the  White Management Area, formerly 
a game farm, on Route 63  near Route 77 in Alabama, VESPER SPARROW 
among a flock of  SAVANNAH SPARROWS. And, in a Williamsville yard, a 
dozen  CHIPPING SPARROWS with a probable CLAY-COL. SPARROW.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, September 13.  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.

- End Transcript