- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/01/2007
* NYBU0703.01
- Birds mentioned
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phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB
telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to
dfsuggs localnet com.
Thank you, David
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Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Blue Heron
American Black Duck
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Long-eared Owl
Horned Lark
Eastern Bluebird
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Common Grackle
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/01/2007
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, March 1, 2007
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.
February 22 through March 1 - a quiet week for reports from the
Niagara Frontier Region.
February 28, an arriving COMMON GRACKLE in a yard in the Town of
Tonawanda, and on Grand Island, EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and HOUSE SPARROWS
vigorously competing for rights to a nesting box.
Waterbirds in Dunkirk Harbor this week were highlighted by COMMON
LOON, 8 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 6 HORNED GREBES, RED-
NECKED GREBE, RING-NECKED DUCK, 13 SURF SCOTERS, 4 WHITE-
WINGED SCOTERS and RUDDY DUCK, plus numbers of AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS,
CANVASBACKS, REDHEADS, GREATER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEADS, COMMON GOLDENEYES,
HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER and RED-BR. MERGANSER. Also, GREAT
BLUE HERON and 4 BALD EAGLES.
March 1 on the east branch of the Niagara River, 1200 CANVASBACKS,
small numbers of REDHEADS, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS and a RED-BR.
MERGANSER. At the Lewiston Docks on the lower Niagara River this week,
36 vocalizing LONG-TAILED DUCKS.
In the Lake Ontario Plains, both sub-species of HORNED LARKS, plus
LAPLAND LONGSPUR and SNOW BUNTING on Niagara-
Orleans Countyline Road north of Route 18. And, at Golden Hill State
Park in Somerset, 2 LONG-EARED OWLS.
There will be no Dial-a-Bird report until Thursday evening, March
15. Check the update section during this time, in case any rare
reports are received. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank
you for calling and reporting to Dial-
a-Bird.
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