- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/29/2004 * NYBU0404.29 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK BALTIMORE ORIOLE Common Loon D.-crest. Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Rough-legged Hawk Merlin Peregrine Falcon Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Common Tern Chimney Swift Yellow-b. Sapsucker Eastern Kingbird House Wren Ruby-cr. Kinglet Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Gray-cheeked Thrush Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Blue-headed Vireo Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler Northern Waterthrush La. Waterthrush Eastern Towhee Fox Sparrow Pine Siskin
- Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/29/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, April 29, 2004 [On Wednesday, May 5, the annual Vaughn Lecture will be presented at the Buffalo Museum of Science at 7:00 PM. Edward Burtt will discuss Life Among the Feathers in the Science Museum Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.] 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 22 through April 29 from the Niagara Frontier Region include ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and warblers. Spring migration started to pick up this past week in spite of the cool temperatures. With the recent warm weather, migrants should start to flood into the region during the coming week. ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS were reported at many locations this week; first report April 25 in Lancaster. A pair of BALTIMORE ORIOLES were attracted to orange slices in a Hamburg yard on the 29th. As of April 28, 9 warbler species had been reported including at least 2 LA. WATERTHRUSHES in Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park. Other warblers at several locations were NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, BL. AND W. WARBLER and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH. Some first reports - SPOTTED SANDPIPER April 22 at the UB ponds in Amherst. On the 24th, SOLITARY SANDPIPER at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora and PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge. A very early, reported, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH at Goat Island in Niagara Falls on the 26th. GRAY CATBIRD and EASTERN KINGBIRD at Sinking Ponds on the 28th. And a late report of a CHIMNEY SWIFT over north Buffalo on April 18. At several locations throughout the week - YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, HOUSE WREN, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER and EASTERN TOWHEE. April 22 at Motor Island in the upper Niagara River, a great count of 27 GREAT EGRETS, 77 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS, 84 GREAT BLUE HERONS and 248 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS. At opposite ends of the Niagara River, over 100 COMMON TERNS at both the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo and Fort Niagara State Park in Porter. And over the Hamburg Hawkwatch on April 27, 20 COMMON LOONS. Other reports this week - 12 NORTHERN HARRIERS and 2 ROUGH- LEGGED HAWKS still along Dickersonville Road in Porter. MERLINS at Amherst State Park, the Town of Farmersville in Cattaraugus County, Goat Island and at the Lewiston Reservoir. PEREGRINE FALCON, BALD EAGLES and OSPREY at Cayuga Pool. FOX SPARROW at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. PINE SISKINS at three backyard feeders. And in Angola, a white AMERICAN ROBIN with a peach-color breast. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 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
