- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/17/2005 * NYBU0503.17 - 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 ----------------------------------------------------------
[UPDATE: Wednesday, March 23, the annual Vaughn Lecture will be presented at the Buffalo Museum of Science at 7 PM. Dr. Kevin McGowan will lecture on "The Uncommon Crow: The Hidden Life of a Common but Misunderstood Bird". The program is open to the public. Saturday, March 26, a BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wrights Corners, on the east side of Route 78 at Route 104, north of Lockport.] BALD EAGLE BROWN THRASHER LARK SPARROW GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE KING EIDER ROSS'S GOOSE BARROW'S GOLDENEYE [outside region] Red-throated Loon Common Loon Red-necked Grebe Tundra Swan Turkey Vulture Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer Great Black-b. Gull Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Nor. Saw-whet Owl Northern Flicker American Robin Northern Mockingbird Northern Shrike Northern Cardinal Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/17/2005 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, March 17, 2005 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 10 through March 17 from the Niagara Frontier Region include BALD EAGLES, BROWN THRASHER, LARK SPARROW, GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE, KING EIDERS, and ROSS'S GOOSE. March 15, on the upper Niagara River, contrary to last weeks report, a pair of BALD EAGLES were observed on and around the newly constructed nest at the north end of Navy Island. The nest may be seen with a telescope from the water intakes along the Robert Moses Parkway in Niagara Falls, or from the west end of the river trail at Buckhorn Island State Park on Grand Island. Eagles last nested on Navy Island, which is in Ontario, in 1946. BALD EAGLES were also reported over Losson and Transit Roads in Cheektowaga, at Dunkirk Harbor, and on nest at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge. March 11, on Grand Island, a surprising BROWN THRASHER briefly visited a feeder on East River Road. Too early for a migrant, this is likely a wintering individual. March 12, another winter survivor, the exceptionally rare LARK SPARROW, was still present at 1073 Youngstown Road in the Town of Porter. A migrant KILLDEER was reported March 16 on Lewis Road in the Town of Wales. Transients this week - 5 RED-NECKED GREBES at Fort Erie, 4 more RED-NECKED GREBES in Dunkirk Harbor, and flocks of 30 to 60 TUNDRA SWANS over the Towns of Marilla and Colden. March 13, in Buffalo, a GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE among CANADA GEESE on the Squaw Island landfill. Across the Niagara River in Fort Erie, Ontario, 2 female KING EIDERS were re-located off the marina on the 12th and 15th. At least 20 waterbird species were reported at Dunkirk Harbor this week, including the ROSS'S GOOSE on March 14, plus RED-THROATED LOON, COMMON LOON, 190 GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS and 14 waterfowl species. The Hamburg Hawkwatch counted about 100 TURKEY VULTURES and RED-TAILED HAWKS early this week, plus one RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. Typical of the region's many local RED-TAILED HAWKS, in the Eggertsville area of Amherst, a pair were noted interacting and carrying nest materials. Owls this week - a great find of a LONG-EARED OWL in the spruce plantation at Amherst State Park. NOR. SAW-WHET OWL at Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park. And, at least 26 SHORT- EARED OWLS still at Dickersonville Road in Porter. Other reports this week - flocks of AMERICAN ROBINS at several locations. In East Aurora, a flock of PINE SISKINS continues at a window feeder, at Sinking Ponds, 2 NORTHERN FLICKERS and a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, and in the Village of East Aurora, 15 singing NORTHERN CARDINALS. In Williamsville, an unexpected NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD and on the Ellicott Creek Trail, a NORTHERN SHRIKE. Just outside the region, a BARROW'S GOLDENEYE has been on Lake Ontario at the Orleans-Monroe Countyline. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 24. 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
