- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/26/2007
* NYBU0704.26
- 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
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Thank you, David
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HARRIS'S SPARROW
GOLDEN EAGLE
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
WOOD THRUSH
INDIGO BUNTING
Red-necked Grebe
Tundra Swan
Surf Scoter
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Chimney Swift
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
N. Rough-w. Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
House Wren
Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-r. Warbler
Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 04/26/2007
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, April 26, 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.
Highlights of reports received April 19 through April 26 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include HARRIS'S SPARROW, GOLDEN EAGLE,
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, WOOD THRUSH, INDIGO BUNTING, warblers and
shorebirds.
April 19, at a feeder on private property in the Town of Batavia, an
exceptionally rare HARRIS'S SPARROW.
Hawk migration stepped up this week as eleven species of hawks and
eagles were reported. The first eight BROAD-WINGED HAWKS of the season
were recorded at the Hamburg Hawkwatch on the rather late date of
April 20, followed by over 250 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS on both the 22nd and
23rd. In Orchard Park, a BROAD-WINGED HAWK returned to a previous nest
site this week. April 22 over Fort Niagara State Park in the Town of
Porter, 170 raptors included a GOLDEN EAGLE. And a PEREGRINE FALCON
continues about the historic Richardson Towers at the Buffalo Psych
Center.
Early migrant songbirds - April 21 and 22, an early WOOD THRUSH
singing in Eggertsville. April 26, an early INDIGO BUNTING at a feeder
in the Town of Colden. Warblers are beginning to arrive - April 25 at
Amherst State Park, over 20 YELLOW-R. WARBLERS and two each of
BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., PINE WARBLER and PALM WARBLER, plus first report
of BLUE-
HEADED VIREO.
Other arrivals - HOUSE WREN at Beaver Island State Park on April 26,
and BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER at St. Columbans on Route 5 in the Town of
Sheridan on April 21.
April 25 at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, shorebirds included
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SPOTTED
SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and DUNLIN. Also of
note at the plant, a pair of SURF SCOTERS and a RED-NECKED GREBE.
Seventy-three species in the Iroquois Refuge and surrounding areas
on April 20, including a RED-NECKED GREBE still at Cayuga Pool and a
BARRED OWL calling during the afternoon on the Swallow Hollow Trail.
Other reports - Nine TUNDRA SWANS at Woods Marsh in the Oak Orchard
Wildlife Management Area. Breeding plumage BONAPARTE'S GULLS, with
full black hoods, have been abundant among the ice floes on the upper
Niagara River and on Lake Erie at Windmill Point in Fort Erie,
Ontario. LONG-EARED OWL heard calling in a Williamsville yard. And, at
several locations, PURPLE MARTIN, TREE SWALLOW, N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOW,
BANK SWALLOW, CLIFF SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW and CHIMNEY SWIFT.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 3. 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.
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