- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/03/2008
* NYBU0804.03
- Birds mentioned
[Update - Wednesday, April 9, 7 PM, BOS meeting at the BMS.
Students of the Canisius College Computational
Ecolody Research Team will present talks and posters
on their avian research. Visitors are alway welcome at BOS
meetings.] ----------------------------------------------------------
Please phone in rare sightings for update
Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
Thank you, David
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BOHEMIAN WAXWING
EURASIAN WIGEON
GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
GOLDEN EAGLE
SANDHILL CRANE
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Egret
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Golden-cr. Kinglet
American Pipit
Northern Shrike
Yellow-r. Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Oregon-type Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Common Redpoll
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 04/03/2008
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, April 3, 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 the many reports received March 27 through April 3
from the Niagara Frontier Region include BOHEMIAN WAXWING, EURASIAN
WIGEON, GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE, GOLDEN EAGLE, SANDHILL CRANE, and spring
migrants.
March 27, 7 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS along Route 18 in the Niagara County
Town of Wilson. Prior to this year, there were no March records of
BOHEMIAN WAXWING in the BOS archives. At the Iroquois Refuge March 27,
EURASIAN WIGEON at Cayuga Pool and on the 29th at Cayuga Pool, a GR.
WHITE-FR. GOOSE.
The BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains on March 30 was
highlighted by 4 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE at Burgess and Lower Lake Roads
in the Town of Somerset. Flying over Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road,
GOLDEN EAGLE and 4 SANDHILL CRANES. On Lake Ontario at Barker Park in
Somerset, COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE and RED-NECKED GREBE. And in
Wilson, at Hulbert and Youngstown Roads, waterfowl in the field
included SNOW GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, and many NORTHERN PINTAILS, plus 3
ICELAND GULLS and a GLAUCOUS GULL.
First reports this week - OSPREY arrived at the Allegany Reservoir
in the Southern Tier back on March 24, and reported again March 31 at
Sheridan Park in Tonawanda. March 30, 3 GREAT EGRETS at the Motor
Island heronry, in the upper Niagara River. BARN SWALLOW arriving
March 29 at the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. April 2, YELLOW-R.
WARBLER at Amherst State Park and RUSTY BLACKBIRD at Tifft Nature
Preserve in Buffalo.
Many other recent arrivals. The expected marsh ducks, BLUE-
WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER and GREEN-WINGED TEAL, plus divers
LESSER SCAUP and RUDDY DUCK. At several locations, RED-SHOULDERED
HAWK, WILSON'S SNIPE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, EASTERN
PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, GOLDEN-
CR. KINGLET, EASTERN TOWHEE, FOX SPARROW and EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
Winter visitors still in the region included 4 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS in
the Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton, NORTHERN SHRIKE on County Road
in Clarence, COMMON REDPOLLS still at many feeders, and an OREGON-type
DARK-EYED JUNCO again in a Williamsville yard.
From Pomfret in Chautauqua County, at the Berry Road marsh, an
unexpected LONG-TAILED DUCK among 12 waterfowl species. At the Van
Buren Road ponds, 127 RING-NECKED DUCKS, plus CANVASBACK, REDHEAD,
GREATER SCAUP, COMMON MERGANSERS, RED-
BR. MERGANSER, HOODED MERGANSER and RUDDY DUCK. And at Dunkirk
Harbor, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER, 363 COMMON
GOLDENEYES, 63 HOODED MERGANSERS and over 1000 RED-BR. MERGANSERS,
plus 37 HORNED GREBES and 4 BONAPARTE'S GULLS.
Other reports - 23 SNOW GEESE at Beaver Island State Park on Grand
Island. In Genesee County, in the Tonawanda Creek flats in Alexander,
19 SNOW GEESE, PIED-BILLED GREBE, 10 HOODED MERGANSERS, 45 HORNED
LARKS, 16 AMERICAN PIPITS, 3 SNOW BUNTINGS and BALD EAGLE on nest at
the creek and Route 20.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, April 10. 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
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