- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/04/2004 * NYBU0403.04 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
FOX SPARROW RED-SHOULDERED HAWK KILLDEER Tundra Swan Mute Swan Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Great Horned Owl Short-eared Owl Nor. Saw-whet Owl Northern Shrike Dark-eyed Junco Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/04/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, March 4, 2004 [Sunday, March 7, there will be a BOS field trip to search for owls in Niagara County. Meet at 1:00 PM near the Toys R Us entrance at the Summit Park Mall on Williams Road just south of Niagara Falls Blvd., in the Town of Wheatfield. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. The next BOS meeting will be on Wednesday, March 10, at 7:30 PM, at the Museum of Science. A program will be presented by Heidi Bogner, NYSDEC Wildlife Biologist, who will discuss marsh birds.] 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 February 26 through March 4 from the Niagara Frontier Region include FOX SPARROW, RED- SHOULDERED HAWK, KILLDEER, blackbirds and owls. February 28, it was reported that a rare in winter FOX SPARROW has been at a feeder for three weeks, on Bear Road in the Town of Wales. This week, the FOX SPARROW was joined by a flock of COMMON REDPOLLS. Also on the 28th, a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was reported on Sherk Road at the Niagara Parkway in Fort Erie, Ontario. RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS are one of the earliest migrants, but this may have been a wintering bird. Migrant hawks are beginning to trickle by the Hamburg Hawkwatch, in Lakeside Cemetery on Camp Road in Hamburg. March 1, six species included a few each of TURKEY VULTURE, NORTHERN HARRIER, COOPER'S HAWK, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, RED- TAILED HAWK and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. Also recorded at the watch, 2 TUNDRA SWANS, 2 KILLDEER, numbers of RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES, and 40 COMMON REDPOLLS. Arriving KILLDEER were reported at several locations this week, as were TUNDRA SWANS, AMERICAN ROBINS, RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES. Of note, 13 COMMON GRACKLES at a feeder in Wales, and a mixed flock of 200 RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. SHORT-EARED OWLS are still being found in the Town of Porter. Nine on February 29 in the fields around Porter Center and Dickersonville Roads. Also in Porter, a NOR. SAW- WHET OWL was found high in a pine tree on Lutts Road. At the Iroquois Refuge, the eagle nest at Cayuga Pool is being used by nesting GREAT HORNED OWLS. The nest can be viewed on a video monitor at the headquarters on Casey Road. Check the update for details of the owl field trip this weekend. Also at Iroquois this week, along Route 63, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, AMERICAN KESTREL and NORTHERN SHRIKE. Other reports this week - small numbers of PINE SISKINS over Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park, and in Cattaraugus County at Allegany State Park and the Town of Napoli. At Golden Hill State Park, a good count of 100 COMMON REDPOLLS. At Goat Island in Niagara Falls, L. BLACK-B. GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL. Around Grand Island, the large flock of TUNDRA SWANS remains, plus one or two MUTE SWANS. At Navy, Strawberry and Motor Islands, up to 3 BALD EAGLES at each island. And two interesting bird behavior reports this week - DARK- EYED JUNCOS flying into a garage in Orchard Park, and more surprising, at the Main Post Office on William Street in Buffalo, what was believed to be a MERLIN, chased a HOUSE SPARROW through a loading dock door, then remained in the building for 15 minutes before safely exiting. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 11. 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 "David F. Suggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
