- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/25/2004 * NYBU0403.25 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
BLACK VULTURE OSPREY EASTERN MEADOWLARK GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE BARROW'S GOLDENEYE [out of region] ROSS'S GOOSE [out of region] Tundra Swan Richardson's Canada Goose Northern Shoveler Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-sh. Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon L. Black-b. Gull Nor. Saw-whet Owl Red-bellied Wdpkr. Northern Flicker Horned Lark Eastern Bluebird Cedar Waxwing Northern Shrike Amer. Tree Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/25/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Web site: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, March 25, 2004 [There will be a BOS field trip this Saturday, March 27, to the Lake Ontario Plains. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wrights's Corners, on the east side of Route 78 at Route 104, north of Lockport. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips.] 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 March 18 through March 25 from the Niagara Frontier Region include BLACK VULTURE, OSPREY, EASTERN MEADOWLARK and GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE. The morning of March 22, a very rare BLACK VULTURE migrated over the Hamburg Hawkwatch, at Lakeside Cemetery, off Camp Road in Hamburg. Outside the region, on March 24, one of the observers of the vulture at Hamburg saw another or possibly the same BLACK VULTURE over the Bruce Hiking Trail near Hamilton, Ontario. March 24 was the largest day so far for hawk migration. At Hamburg, 10 species included over 300 TURKEY VULTURES, 2 BALD EAGLES, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 5 SHARP-SH. HAWKS, 10 COOPER'S HAWKS, 49 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 34 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and one each of AMERICAN KESTREL and PEREGRINE FALCON. The same date, over the Town of Tonawanda, 100 TURKEY VULTURES, 3 COOPER'S HAWKS, 4 RED- SHOULDERED HAWKS and a RED-TAILED HAWK. In Cattaraugus County, the first OSPREY of the season was reported on the 24th, along Route 280 at the Allegany Reservoir. Migrating PEREGRINE FALCONS were found this week in the Towns of Yates and Shelby. Arriving EASTERN MEADOWLARKS were noted March 20 in the Town of Hartland, and March 24 at the Hamburg Hawkwatch. March 20, in the Lake Ontario Plains, a GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE was reported on Lower Lake Road, just east of Niagara- Orleans Countyline Road. L. BLACK-B. GULL was along Route 18, also east of the countyline. Two rare species just to the east of the region, in the Orleans County Town of Kendall, 2 ROSS'S GEESE on Center Road, south of Lakeshore Road, and a BARROW'S GOLDENEYE about two miles west of Route 237. Other reports this week - at a feeder on Lewis Road in the Town of Aurora, 40 to 60 COMMON REDPOLLS, plus 8 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 4 CEDAR WAXWINGS and 5 AMER. TREE SPARROWS. On Beech Tree Road in Ashford, 10 COMMON REDPOLLS and 6 PINE SISKINS. In the Iroquois Refuge area, over 600 TUNDRA SWANS still at Cayuga Pool. 6 NORTHERN HARRIERS at Fletcher Chapel and Posson Road in Shelby. NORTHERN SHRIKE in the refuge. On Hutton Road in Oakfield, 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS among 200 SNOW BUNTINGS and 50 HORNED LARKS. At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, small numbers of NORTHERN SHOVELERS, RING-NECKED DUCKS, LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD and COMMON GOLDENEYE, plus RED-BELLIED WDPKR., 3 NORTHERN FLICKERS, a pair of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and 2 probable RICHARDSON'S CANADA GEESE. On Grand Island, a L. BLACK-B. GULL at Beaver Island State Park, and in East Aurora, a calling NOR. SAW-WHET OWL. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, April 1. 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
