- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/18/2004 * NYBU0403.18 - Birds mentioned ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, David \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
ROSS'S GOOSE ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK KILLDEER AMERICAN PIPIT GOLDEN EAGLE [reported] GREAT EGRET [reported] Tundra Swan Canada Goose Great Blue Heron Snow Goose Green-winged Teal American Black Duck Mallard Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Gadwall Wood Duck American Wigeon Redhead Ring-necked Duck Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Red-br. Merganser Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Wild Turkey American Coot Iceland Gull Red-bellied Wdpkr. Northern Shrike Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-w. Blackbird Common Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/18/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs BOS web site: www.BOSBirding.org [There will be a BOS meeting this Wednesday, March 24, at 7:30 PM at the Museum of Science. Gerry Rising will present a program - Is GPS Right for Birding Today? And, plan ahead for the next BOS field trip, Saturday, March 27, to the Lake Ontario Plains. Meet at 8 AM at Tops Market in Wrights Corners, on the east side of Route 78, at Route 104, north of Lockport. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings and field trips.] Thursday, March 18, 2004 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 11 through March 18 from the Niagara Frontier Region include ROSS'S GOOSE, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, KILLDEER and AMERICAN PIPIT. March 13, two ROSS'S GEESE were found in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, at a pond on Griswold Road, north of Route 77. The ROSS'S GEESE were among several thousand CANADA GEESE. Back on March 10, two ROSS'S GEESE were found further north of the Iroquois Refuge, in the Town of Yates. Other waterfowl in the Iroquois and Tonawanda areas were highlighted by over 600 TUNDRA SWANS at Cayuga Pool, plus TURKEY VULTURE, 2 BALD EAGLES, and 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS. Also in the swamps area - SNOW GOOSE, GADWALL, WOOD DUCK, AMERICAN WIGEON, MALLARD, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, HOODED MERGANSER, RED-BR. MERGANSER and AMERICAN COOT. And, a RED- SHOULDERED HAWK, along Route 77 near Griswold. March 14, 10 RICHARDSON'S-type CANADA GEESE were still at Somerset-Hartland Townline Road. Also in the Lake Ontario Plains, March 15, an above average count of over 900 SNOW GEESE, along the Parkway in the Orleans County Town of Kendall. Also an ICELAND GULL and a NORTHERN SHRIKE in a field along Route 18 in Yates. From Cattaraugus County, March 14, in the Town of Dayton, at the swamp north of Route 39, a great count of 43 ROUGH- LEGGED HAWKS, plus 48 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 41 WILD TURKEYS. KILLDEER were reported March 14 in the Town of Newstead, and March 18 on Grand Island. March 17, the first report of AMERICAN PIPIT, on Budd Road in the Town of Cambria. From the Lake Ontario shore in the Town of Carlton, two interesting reports from Johnson Creek. March 10 and 11, a reported GOLDEN EAGLE at the mouth of the creek, and, what would be a record early GREAT EGRET on the 11th with 4 GREAT BLUE HERONS. From feeders this week - in southern Cattaraugus County, 30 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, 1 COMMON REDPOLL, up to 30 PINE SISKINS and many AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES. On Lewis Road in the Town of Wales, 7 COMMON REDPOLLS and a RED-BELLIED WDPKR. The arrival of a SONG SPARROW was noted at a feeder in Williamsville. And on Ruie Road in North Tonawanda, a pair of RED-W. BLACKBIRDS. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 25. 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
