- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/05/2009
* NYBU0903.05
- 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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Horned Grebe
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Bonaparte's Gull
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
American Robin
Red-w. Blackbird
Common Grackle
White-w. Crossbill
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/05/2008
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 5, 2009
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. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200.
Early spring migrants were the highlights of reports received
February 26 through March 5 from the Niagara Frontier Region.
Spring migrants do not wait for March 20. March 1, RED-
SHOULDERED HAWK returned to a breeding area in Orchard Park. TURKEY
VULTURES drifting back into the region included one over Sweethome
Road in Amherst on March 4. February 27, 25 RED-W. BLACKBIRDS at a
feeder on Three Rod Road in Alden, and single RED-W. BLACKBIRDS at
other locations. And March 4, 2 singing COMMON GRACKLES with AMERICAN
ROBINS in Tonawanda.
WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS are still being reported and appreciated from
new locations. March 1, 15 WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS on Clinton Street in
the Town of Elma. Flocks and single WHITE-
W. CROSSBILLS also along the Lake Ontario shore. PINE SISKINS
continue at feeders - 32 PINE SISKINS and a YELLOW-
B. SAPSUCKER this week in Silver Creek.
Waterfowl in Dunkirk Harbor this week included GREEN-WINGED TEAL and
LESSER SCAUP, plus over 1700 GREATER SCAUP, over 900 COMMON
GOLDENEYES, almost 300 REDHEADS and 3 WHITE-
WINGED SCOTERS, plus 18 HORNED GREBES, 2 BALD EAGLES and only a
single BONAPARTE'S GULL. On Lake Chautauqua at Celeron, RING-NECKED
DUCK, 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, LONG-
TAILED DUCK and RUDDY DUCK.
Niagara River waterfowl this week included an estimated 8000
CANVASBACKS at the North Grand Island Bridge in Niagara Falls, New
York. And on Lake Ontario, WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and LONG-TAILED DUCKS
along the shore from Fort Niagara State Park in Porter to Olcott Beach.
March 3, a PEREGRINE FALCON was photographed on Capen Hall, on the
UB North Campus.
Other reports - At the Dunkirk Airport, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS with 7
RED-TAILED HAWKS, 2 HORNED LARKS and 2 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. Two ICELAND
GULLS on the lower Niagara River at the power plant overlook in
Ontario. At Krull Park in Olcott, RED-BR. NUTHATCH and BROWN CREEPER.
And, east of the Western New York region, in the Finger Lakes, massive
numbers of SNOW GEESE at the north ends of Seneca and Cayuga Lakes.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 12. 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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