- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/20/2008
* NYBU0803.20
- Birds mentioned
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[Wednesday, March 26, 7 PM, BOS meeting at the BMS. Jerry
Farrell will discuss "Bird banding at the Lewiston
Station: Spring and Fall 2007". Visitors are always welcome
to attend BOS meetings.]
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
CACKLING GOOSE
AMERICAN PIPIT
COMMON RAVEN
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Hooded Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
American Coot
Killdeer
Bonaparte's Gull
Horned Lark
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Shrike
Snow Bunting
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Redpoll
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/20/2008
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 20, 2008
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 13 through March 20 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include BOHEMIAN WAXWING, GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE,
CACKLING GOOSE, AMERICAN PIPIT, COMMON RAVEN and NORTHERN GOSHAWK.
March 15, on the Lake Ontario shore in Niagara County at
Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park, 22 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in a flock of CEDAR
WAXWINGS. Also, 4 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE. March 17, an increase to 8 GR.
WHITE-FR. GEESE at the park, on the west branch of 12 Mile Creek. The
geese flushed from the creek and were re-located on the lake with
CANADA GEESE. A count of 8 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE is the second highest
for the species in the BOS archives.
Other reports from the Lake Ontario Plains - 2 CACKLING GEESE on
Marshall Road south of Lower Lake Road in the Town of Yates. At
Shadigee in Yates, 42 HORNED GREBES and 2 RED-
NECKED GREBES. 2 WOOD DUCKS on 12 Mile Creek, and 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES
in Orleans County.
On Oak Orchard Ridge Road in the Iroquois Refuge, AMERICAN PIPIT on
March 15, along with HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS. On the 16th, 4
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS over the ridge. North of the refuge in the Town of
Shelby, more roadside HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS, plus 20 COMMON
REDPOLLS.
Of note this week - COMMON RAVEN, a rare find for Erie County, on
Hunter's Creek Road in the Town of Wales. Immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK on
Route 18 near Transit Road in the Town of Newfane. PEREGRINE FALCON in
a yard on Vorhees Avenue in North Buffalo. And BALD EAGLE on nest at
Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge.
Reports from Dunkirk Harbor, on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County, were
highlighted by a CACKLING GOOSE on the lawn, plus SURF SCOTER,
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, HOODED MERGANSER, RED-BR. MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK,
RED-THROATED LOON, COMMON LOON, PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE,
RED-NECKED GREBE, 3 BALD EAGLES, abundant AMERICAN COOTS and small
numbers of BONAPARTE'S GULLS. Elsewhere in Chautauqua County, at the
Van Buren Ponds in Pomfret, 12 NORTHERN PINTAILS and 3 GREEN-WINGED
TEAL. At the Dunkirk Airport, 4 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS.
Other reports this week - 7 SNOW GEESE over Bailey and William
Street in Buffalo, and 8 SNOW GEESE among thousands of CANADA GEESE on
South Woods Road in Shelby. Small numbers of TUNDRA SWANS at several
locations including a single immature TUNDRA SWAN on the Erie Canal in
Tonawanda. Over 60 GREAT BLUE HERONS at the nests and on the ice at
Motor Island in the upper Niagara River. Migrating TURKEY VULTURES
across the region. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK along the Lake Erie shore.
KILLDEER at multiple locations. And in the Town of Alabama,
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 11 WILD TURKEYS and an EASTERN MEADOWLARK on Route
77 at Basom.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 27. 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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