- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/16/2003 * NYBU0310.16 - 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 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
ELEGANT TERN RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD NELSON'S SHARP-T. SPARROW SANDHILL CRANE Eared Grebe Great Egret Greater Scaup Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-br. Merganser Bonaparte's Gull L. Black-b. Gull Red-br. Nuthatch Eastern Bluebird Veery Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Shrike species Yellow-r. Warbler Pine Warbler Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 10/16/2003 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, October 16, 2003 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 9 through October 16 from the Niagara Frontier Region include ELEGANT TERN, RUBY- T. HUMMINGBIRD, NELSON'S SHARP-T. SPARROW and SANDHILL CRANE. October 15, the highlight of the week, month, and year or more, was an ELEGANT TERN, closely observed on the sand at Woodlawn Beach State Park, on Lake Erie, off Route 5 in Hamburg. The tern was seen at 4 PM, about 100 yards south of the creek at the north end of the beach. Extensive searching by multiple observers on the 16th did not re-locate the bird. ELEGANT TERN, a Mexican species, has never been recorded in the Niagara Frontier, and probably not many other locations in the eastern United States. There were two backyard reports of lingering RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRDS this week. October 12, on Center Road in West Seneca, and October 14, on Stillwell Avenue in the Village of Kenmore. Any hummingbird observed during October should be carefully identified and reported. In the Town of Amherst, the most recent report of the NELSON'S SHARP-T. SPARROW along the bike path was October 12. On October 9, two SHARP-T. SPARROWS were reported at this location, in a wet ditch near the overflow channel, about one-half mile along the path. SHARP-T. SPARROW was also reported October 12 at the Iroquois Refuge, at the back of Cayuga Pool, accessed from Feeder Road. The BOS October count was conducted on October 12. One of the highlights was a SANDHILL CRANE, circling but not landing, over Cayuga Pool. The count section including Grand Island, Niagara Falls, Wheatfield and Pendleton reported 71 species. Nine waterfowl species were highlighted by 900 GREATER SCAUP and several each of HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER and RED-BR. MERGANSER. Eight sparrow species - CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW and WHITE-CR. SPARROW. Also, 68 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 L. BLACK-B. GULLS, VEERY, WOOD THRUSH, 6 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS, BROWN THRASHER, DARK-EYED JUNCO, and only one warbler species - YELLOW-R. WARBLER. DARK-EYED JUNCOS were also noted arriving at several feeders this week. The section from Olcott to Shadigee along Lake Ontario reported 60 species including 22 RED-BR. NUTHATCHES, PINE WARBLER, 4 HERMIT THRUSHES, 128 WHITE-CR. SPARROWS and 3 PURPLE FINCHES. October 12 at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, there were 3 EARED GREBES along with a GREAT EGRET marked with a red leg band from the Motor Island heronry. And at Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora, over 20 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were counted along the fences. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, October 23. 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 D 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.
