- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/22/2004 * NYBU0404.22 - Birds mentioned BLACK VULTURE SANDHILL CRANE Common Loon Red-necked Grebe Green Heron Green-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-sh. Hawk Cooper's Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Merlin Peregrine Falcon Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Upland Sandpiper Dunlin Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock Black Tern Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Red-headed Wdpkr. Red-bellied Wdpkr. Yellow-b. Sapsucker Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow N. Rough-w. Swallow Barn Swallow Tufted Titmouse Red-br. Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Winter Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Ruby-cr. Kinglet Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch Pine Siskin
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/22/2004 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, April 22, 2004 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 15 through April 22 from the Niagara Frontier Region include BLACK VULTURE, SANDHILL CRANES, arriving migrants and reports from the BOS April Count. April 19, the second BLACK VULTURE of the season was recorded at the Hamburg Hawkwatch, in Lakeside Memorial Park. April 18, a hawk flight late in the day over Woodbridge Avenue in Buffalo included 100 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, TURKEY VULTURE, OSPREY and SHARP-SH. HAWK. Also the 18th, over Marilla - OSPREY, NORTHERN HARRIER, COOPER'S HAWK, 36 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 5 RED-TAILED HAWKS, and 2 COMMON LOONS. On the 17th, a BALD EAGLE over a yard in Orchard Park. SANDHILL CRANES were once exceptionally rare in the region. This week, cranes at three locations - Cayuga Pool at Iroquois, the Niagara County Town of Porter, and a trio of SANDHILL CRANES over Westfield in Chautauqua County. Recent returns of special note - BLACK TERN at Cayuga Pool and 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS at the Tillman Area in Clarence. Migrant BL.-THR. GREEN WARB. arrived slightly early on April 21, at Amherst State Park. And, 2 DUNLIN near the Niagara Falls Airport on April 17. The BOS April Count was conducted on April 18. From the Lake Ontario plains section from Route 78 through Yates, several high counts and new species for the section. High counts were 4 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 73 GREEN-WINGED TEALS, 2 BALD EAGLES, 10 RED-BELLIED WDPKRS., 24 GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS, 8 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and 10 SAVANNAH SPARROWS. New species were BARRED OWL, TUFTED TITMOUSE, CAROLINA WREN and NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD. Also in the section, 24 RED-NECKED GREBES, GREEN HERON, 4 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 40 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 10 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 15 WILSON'S SNIPE. The plains section from the Niagara River to Route 78 reported 97 species, highlighted by a three-day-early PALM WARBLER, plus 5 RED-NECKED GREBES at Bond Lake Park. And a section of Wyoming County reported 6 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS and 6 GREAT HORNED OWLS, 9 BARRED OWLS and 12 AMERICAN WOODCOCKS. Other reports this week - at a feeder in Ashford, a great count of 17 PURPLE FINCHES and 6 PINE SISKINS. MERLIN at Tifft. PEREGRINE FALCON at Cayuga Pool. At Forest Lawn, two, very early, reported VEERYS. Also this week, throughout the region, at places such as Tifft Nature Preserve and Forest Lawn in Buffalo and Amherst State Park, first reports of BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER and PINE WARBLER, plus YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, EASTERN TOWHEE, CHIPPING SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, RUSTY BLACKBIRD and PURPLE FINCH. And last week, a RED-HEADED WDPKR. at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, April 29. 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
