- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 02/27/2003 * NYBU0302.27 - 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, David ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] TUNDRA SWAN TURKEY VULTURE RED-W. BLACKBIRD Great Blue Heron Ring-necked Duck Bald Eagle Golden Eagle Northern Harrier Wild Turkey Little Gull Great Horned Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Shrike Horned Lark American Robin Cedar Waxwing Snow Bunting Brown-headed Cowbird
- Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 02/27/2003 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Announcer: Debra B. Suggs Thursday, February 27, 2003 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 February 20 through February 27 from the Niagara Frontier Region include TUNDRA SWAN, TURKEY VULTURE, RED-W. BLACKBIRD and owls. Some of the first spring migrants for the region were reported this week. TUNDRA SWANS winter on the Niagara River, but the first migrants were reported February 21, a flock of 25 swans over Eggerstville in Amherst. In the Southern Tier, February 24, a TURKEY VULTURE was perched along Route 219 in Ellicottville. A female RED-W. BLACKBIRD arrived at a feeder in Lancaster on February 23. And BROWN- HEADED COWBIRDS were noted again this week - a single at a feeder in Wheatfield, and a flock in Eggertsville. February 23, the BOS owl trip to Niagara County reported three owl species. GREAT HORNED OWL and a NORTHERN SHRIKE at Joseph Davis State Park in Lewiston, LONG-EARED OWL at Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park in Wilson, and 4 SHORT-EARED OWLS plus a NORTHERN HARRIER at Inducon Drive in Wheatfield. Also on the trip, 3 LITTLE GULLS at the Lewiston Docks on the lower Niagara River. Also this week, 5 SHORT-EARED OWLS were reported again on the north side of Tonawanda Creek Road near Burdick Road in the Town of Royalton. BALD EAGLES are providing a great sight along the west Niagara River off Grand Island. Four at Navy Island, 3 at Beaver Island State Park, and up to 8 BALD EAGLES on the ice floes. Single BALD EAGLES were also reported in the Town of Newfane and at Olcott Beach. It was also noted this week that GOLDEN EAGLES have again wintered in Allegany State Park. Other reports this week - At Motor Island in the Niagara River, 16 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 47 wintering TUNDRA SWANS and 4 RING-NECKED DUCKS. In the Lake Ontario Plains, 8 WILD TURKEYS on Marshall Road in Yates, and small flocks of HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS were reported again on Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road, north of Route 18. And in North Tonawanda, a generous crop of Mountain Ash berries has attracted 30 wintering AMERICAN ROBINS and 6 CEDAR WAXWINGS. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 6. 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 D Suggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
