From bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org Thu May 1 20:10:57 2008 From: bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org (bos_rarebirdalert@bosbirding.org) Date: Thu May 1 20:11:19 2008 Subject: [BOS Rare Bird Alert] 05/01/2008 Message-ID: <20080501201057.4k5c09uxwwo04ks4@webmail.localnet.com> - RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/01/2008 * NYBU0805.01 - Birds mentioned ---------------------------------------------------------- Please phone in rare sightings for update Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com Thank you, David ---------------------------------------------------------- [UPDATE - Sunday, May 4, 8:30 AM, BOS field trip to Chestnut Ridge Park for Louisiana Waterthrush and migrants. Meet at the casino parking, and be prepared to walk several miles on the park roads and trails. Visitors are always welcome on BOS field trips.] BROAD-WINGED HAWK [dark-morph] GOLDEN EAGLE SANDHILL CRANE Common Loon Bald Eagle Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Caspian Tern Great Horned Owl Red-headed Wdpkr. Least Flycatcher Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Common Raven Winter Wren Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Brown Thrasher American Pipit White-eyed Vireo Warbling Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Rose-br. Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Bobolink Rusty Blackbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/01/2008 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, May 1, 2008 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 April 24 through May 1 from the Niagara Frontier Region include dark-morph BROAD-WINGED HAWK, GOLDEN EAGLE, SANDHILL CRANES and migration. April 27 in the Chautauqua County Town of Ripley, an exceptionally rare dark-morph BROAD-WINGED HAWK among a hawk flight of eight species over Brockway Road. April 26, a flight of 10 raptor species over Wilson Road, east of Lakeside Beach State Park in the Orleans County Town of Carlton, was highlighted by a GOLDEN EAGLE plus 4 BALD EAGLES and over 600 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. At Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, April 26, a pair of SANDHILL CRANES flew over, likely flushed from the Preserve's marshes. Early migrants - At a jelly feeder in Silver Creek, male ORCHARD ORIOLE on April 26, followed by a pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES on the 29th. Two early LINCOLN'S SPARROWS April 25 at Point Gratiot in Dunkirk. On the 26th, BOBOLINK at Lakeside Beach State Park and BLUE-WINGED WARBLER at Tifft Nature Preserve. And, April 29, an early INDIGO BUNTING at a feeder in Hamburg. Timely migrants this week - WHITE-EYED VIREO at Saint Columbans in the Town of Sheridan. At several locations, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, WARBLING VIREO, WOOD THRUSH, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. At total of 15 warbler species this week, a count that is probably increasing as this report is prepared. Warblers recorded at locations such as Tifft Nature Preserve, Times Beach and Forest Lawn in Buffalo, Amherst State Park, Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, and in backyards - NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, BL.-THR. BL. WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, BL.- THR. GREEN WARB., BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, BL. AND W. WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and HOODED WARBLER. Also this week - ICELAND GULL at Beaver Island State Park. GLAUCOUS GULL, 41 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 68 CASPIAN TERNS and COMMON LOON at Dunkirk Harbor. GREAT HORNED OWL at Saint Columbans and Amherst State Park. At Point Gratiot, RED- HEADED WDPKR. with 3 HERMIT THRUSHES, 6 BROWN THRASHERS, 7 EASTERN TOWHEES and 3 WINTER WRENS. COMMON RAVENS at Moss Lake in the Allegany County Town of Caneadea. At the Penn Dixie Site in Hamburg, AMERICAN PIPIT. An unexpected FIELD SPARROW with WHITE-THR. SPARROW and CHIPPING SPARROW in a North Buffalo yard. Over 150 WHITE-THR. SPARROW at Tifft Nature Preserve. Abundant RUSTY BLACKBIRDS west of Meadville Road in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. And, 3 PINE SISKINS migrating along the Lake Ontario shore in Carlton. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 8. 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 From bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org Thu May 8 20:01:37 2008 From: bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org (bos_rarebirdalert@bosbirding.org) Date: Thu May 8 20:02:01 2008 Subject: [BOS Rare Bird Alert] 05/08/2008 Message-ID: <20080508200137.yf3nnsdc4k8o8480@webmail.localnet.com> - RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/08/2008 * NYBU0805.08 - Birds mentioned ---------------------------------------------------------- Please phone in rare sightings for update Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com Thank you, David ---------------------------------------------------------- [UPDATE - BOS Meeting, Wednesday, May 14, 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Nick Sly of Cornell University will discuss, "Function of the Primary Hooklets in N. Rough-w. Swallows" and "Phylogeography and Island Speciation in Hispaniolan Palm-Tanagers". Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. Thank you.] Osprey Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk Merlin Greater Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin American Woodcock Bonaparte's Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Chimney Swift Ruby-t. Hummingbird Red-headed Wdpkr. Least Flycatcher Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Cliff Swallow Ruby-cr. Kinglet Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Golden-wing. 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 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 Indigo Bunting Lincoln's Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/08/2008 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, May 8, 2008 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. Reports received May 1 through May 8 from the Niagara Frontier Region. In the thick of migration, 24 warbler species this week. May 3 at Amherst State Park, 17 warbler species included over 50 PALM WARBLERS. May 2 at Saint Columbans in the Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan, 96 PALM WARBLERS among 10 warbler species. Also on the 2nd in East Amherst, 34 backyard species included 6 warbler species and 2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, and in a Town of Wilson yard, a two day total of 15 warblers highlighted by a GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER plus 10 PURPLE FINCHES. At Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, an early WILSON'S WARBLER May 4 and arriving CERULEAN WARBLER May 5. Another early WILSON'S WARBLER with a LINCOLN'S SPARROW on the 5th at Saint Columbans. Other multiple warbler reports this week from Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park and Point Gratiot in Dunkirk. Aside from warblers, EASTERN KINGBIRDS first reported May 1 at several locations as were arriving CHIMNEY SWIFT, RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD, CLIFF SWALLOW, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, WARBLING VIREO and RED-EYED VIREO. May 6 in the Genesee County Towns of Alexander and Bethany, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, VEERY and SCARLET TANAGER. Also the 6th, night migrant SWAINSON'S THRUSH heard over Tonawanda. Abundant RUBY-CR. KINGLETS continue with multiple BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. A pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES continue at a feeder in the Village of Silver Creek, and INDIGO BUNTINGS also at several feeders. Other reports this week - two BALD EAGLES, an adult and sub- adult, loitering at a poultry farm in Bethany. At Forest Lawn, OSPREY plunging at Mirror Lake. Dark-phase ROUGH- LEGGED HAWK over Chestnut Ridge Park. Three MERLINS passing through a Wilson yard. On Gilhooly Road in Alexander, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS and 15 LEAST SANDPIPERS, plus a BARRED OWL. AMERICAN WOODCOCK by the lake at Delaware Park in Buffalo. DUNLIN, 71 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 133 CASPIAN TERNS at Dunkirk Harbor. 120 COMMON TERNS at the Small Boat Harbor in Buffalo. GREAT HORNED OWL at Amherst State Park and EASTERN SCREECH-OWL at Saint Columbans. Two RED-HEADED WDPKRS. at Point Gratiot. And pairs of PINE SISKINS in Orchard Park and Bethany. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 15. 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 From bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org Thu May 15 23:01:06 2008 From: bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org (bos_rarebirdalert@bosbirding.org) Date: Thu May 15 23:01:24 2008 Subject: [BOS Rare Bird Alert] 05/15/2008 Message-ID: <20080515230106.yvx8d8q2kg8swsw4@webmail.localnet.com> - RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/15/2008 * NYBU0805.15 - Birds mentioned ---------------------------------------------------------- Please phone in rare sightings for update Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com Thank you, David ---------------------------------------------------------- BLUE GROSBEAK DICKCISSEL EVENING GROSBEAK RED-HEADED WDPKR. BLACK TERN Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Osprey Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin N. Rough-w. Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Ruby-cr. Kinglet Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Veery Swainson's Thrush White-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 Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/15/2008 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, May 15, 2008 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 8 through May 15 from the Niagara Frontier Region include BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL, EVENING GROSBEAK, RED-HEADED WDPKR., 25 warbler species and BLACK TERN. An exceptional find this week at Woodlawn Beach State Park on the Lake Erie shore in the Town of Hamburg, an immature BLUE GROSBEAK on May 11. Many observers found the grosbeak through at least the 13th. This would be just the third BLUE GROSBEAK in the BOS archives, all recorded in the first half of May. Almost as rare as the grosbeak, a female DICKCISSEL was at the same Woodlawn Beach location on May 11. An almost exceptional record this week, a briefly observed, probable Mississippi Kite migrating high over Amherst State Park on May 14. May 10, an uncommon surprise, a calling EVENING GROSBEAK on Woodbridge Avenue in Buffalo. A rare find away from breeding locations, a migrant RED-HEADED WDPKR. in a Williamsville yard May 13. Two to three RED-HEADED WDPKRS. still at Point Gratiot Park in Dunkirk. Also rare, a WHITE-EYED VIREO on the 13th at Beth Pond in Buffalo's Tifft Nature Preserve. At least 25 warbler species this week, highlighted by PRAIRIE WARBLER at Woodlawn Beach. The later arriving warblers, ORANGE-CR. WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER at a few locations. No reports yet of Tennessee Warbler. SCARLET TANAGERS, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS and BALTIMORE ORIOLES were widely reported this week. Seven SCARLET TANAGERS counted between Tifft Nature Preserve and Amherst State Park. In West Seneca, BALTIMORE ORIOLES were observed nest building. VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and PURPLE FINCHES at several locations, and numerous RUBY-CR. KINGLETS and BL.-GR. GNATCATCHERS continue. New reports this week - 2 BLACK TERNS on the Niagara River off Grand Island. Three BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER in the Town of Wilson with 25 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 2 DUNLIN and 20 LEAST SANDPIPERS. Other reports - From Buffalo, seven rare-in-May GREATER SCAUP at Times Beach and 5 uncommon LESSER SCAUP nearby at Gallaghers Beach. OSPREY reported again at in the Delaware Park-Forest Lawn area and a WHITE-CR. SPARROW at the Buffalo Zoo. On the east branch of the Niagara River in Tonawanda, two OSPREY apparently nest building on an abandonded crane tower. OSPREYS also at the tree nest at Cinnamon Marsh in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. Nesting swallows - CLIFF SWALLOWS under the bridge at Bemus Point on Chautauqua Lake, N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOW in the cliffs at Angola on Lake Erie, and BARN SWALLOWS at the Meadville Road canal bridge in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 22. 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