- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/23/2008
* NYBU0810.23
- Birds mentioned
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Please phone in rare sightings for update
Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
Thank you, David
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[UPDATE - Saturday, October 25, BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario
Plains. Meet at 8 AM a the Tops Market in Wrights Corners, on the east
side Route 78 at Route 104. Visitors are always welcome to attend BOS
field trips. Thank you.] SAY'S PHOEBE
EARED GREBE
PINE SISKINS
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Red-br. Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Bonaparte's Gull
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Barn Swallow
Common Raven
Eastern Bluebird
American Pipit
La. Waterthrush
Indigo Bunting
Amer. Tree Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-w. Crossbill
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 10/23/2008
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, October 23, 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 October 16 through October 23 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include SAY'S PHOEBE, EARED GREBE, and
PINE SISKINS.
October 22, a SAY'S PHOEBE was reported at the Batavia Waste Water
Plant. After the initial find, the PHOEBE has not been re-located. If
verified, this would be the first record of this western species in
the BOS region.
Also at the Waste Water Plant, 3 EARED GREBES, 268 NORTHERN
SHOVELERS and 285 RUDDY DUCKS, plus WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER,
BONAPARTE'S GULL, 2 BARN SWALLOWS, 3 AMERICAN PIPITS and AMER. TREE
SPARROW.
October 23, a very unexpected report of a LA. WATERTHRUSH at the
Buffalo Psychiatric Center.
The widespread irruption of PINE SISKINS continued this week.
October 19, 490 PINE SISKINS along the Lake Ontario shore in the Town
of Wilson. At the southern limit of the region, 35 PINE SISKINS at
Allegany State Park. In the Town of Tonawanda, 5 flyover PINE SISKINS,
and in Amherst, a single PINE SISKIN at a feeder. Also, a flock of
WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS this week in the Orleans County Town of Yates.
October 18, waterbirds moving on Lake Ontario at Golden Hill State
Park included RED-THROATED LOON, COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, RED-NECKED
GREBE, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREATER SCAUP, LESSER SCAUP, SURF SCOTER,
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER, LONG-TAILED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD,
COMMON GOLDENEYE and RED-BR. MERGANSER. October 19 at the Wilson
Piers, 810 COMMON LOONS on the water.
An OSPREY continued this week at Amherst State Park, along with
LINCOLN'S SPARROW and 2 FOX SPARROWS.
From Chautauqua County this week, an almost-late INDIGO BUNTING,
October 10, over Muzzy Hill Road in the Town of Harmony. In Hanover,
BALD EAGLE and MERLIN at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek. On the Silver
Creek upper reservoir, 64 RING-NECKED DUCKS. Two RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS
at the Meadows Road State Land in Arkwright, 13 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at
the Dunkirk Airport, and 19 FIELD SPARROWS on the abandoned railroad
bed at Cassadaga in Stockton.
Other reports - at Wolf Run in Allegany State Park, BALD EAGLE, 2
BARRED OWLS and 3 COMMON RAVENS. And in North Tonawanda, GREAT HORNED
OWL calling on Ruie Road.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, October 30. 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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