- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/15/2004 * NYBU0404.15 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
EURASIAN WIGEON GOLDEN EAGLE Red-throated Loon Red-necked Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant American Bittern Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Tundra Swan Gr. White-fr. Goose Snow Goose Wood Duck Turkey Vulture Osprey Northern Harrier Northern Goshawk Broad-winged Hawk Virginia Rail Common Moorhen Greater Yellowlegs Wilson's Snipe Little Gull Black-headed Gull Caspian Tern Short-eared Owl Yellow-b. Sapsucker Eastern Phoebe Purple Martin N. Rough-w. Swallow Bank Swallow Golden-cr. Kinglet Ruby-cr. Kinglet Hermit Thrush Yellow-r. Warbler Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/15/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Web site: www.BOSbirding.org Thursday, April 15, 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. Niagara Frontier Region highlights of the past two weeks, April 1 through April 15, include EURASIAN WIGEON and GOLDEN EAGLES. From the Iroquois Refuge, several highlights at Cayuga Pool. April 3 and 4, a very rare EURASIAN WIGEON. On the 3rd and 10th, 2 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE at the pool. An early COMMON MOORHEN on the 11th, along with 17 waterfowl species. Both BALD EAGLE and GREAT HORNED OWL have been on their nests, which may be viewed on a video monitor at the refuge visitors center on Casey Road. Other reports from the pool - over 200 TUNDRA SWANS, SNOW GOOSE, 12 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 8 WILSON'S SNIPE. April 11, a hawk flight in the Niagara County Town of Wilson, near Lake Ontario, included 12 species highlighted by a probable regional record of 4 GOLDEN EAGLES. At the Hamburg Hawkwatch, the first 3 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS were reported on the slightly early date of April 12. Back on April 7, a large passage of over 400 TURKEY VULTURES was observed in just one hour over a North Tonawanda yard. April 5 in the Town of Porter, 17 NORTHERN HARRIERS and several SHORT-EARED OWLS were still present on Dickersonville Road, south of Lake Road. And OSPREYS have been reported at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, Sinking Ponds in East Aurora, the University at Buffalo ponds in Amherst, and at the Iroquois Refuge. On the lower Niagara River recently, at least 4 LITTLE GULLS at the Lewiston Docks and an occasional BLACK-HEADED GULL. April 6, a surprising NORTHERN GOSHAWK passed over the docks. And, flocks of D.-CREST. CORMORANTS are returning to the upper Niagara River. At feeders, COMMON REDPOLLS and PINE SISKINS at four locations. Also, FOX SPARROW and VESPER SPARROW in Colden, two pairs of PURPLE FINCHES in Orchard Park, and a WHITE- THR. SPARROW wintered at a feeder in East Aurora. April 13, 5 PURPLE MARTINS arrived at a nest box on Grand Island. Other reports - 4 AMERICAN BITTERNS and 2 VIRGINIA RAILS in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, also VIRGINIA RAILS at Tifft and Sinking Ponds. Good numbers of RED-THROATED LOONS and RED-NECKED GREBES on Lake Ontario off Four Mile Creek State Park in Porter. RED-NECKED GREBES also at the UB ponds, Batavia Waste Water Plant and Countryside Gravel ponds in Dayton. 6 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS at Tifft. CASPIAN TERNS at Four Mile Creek and Dunkirk Harbor. And throughout the region - WILSON'S SNIPE, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOW, BANK SWALLOW, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, FIELD SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. And, a male WOOD DUCK has been seen for over a week in a ditch at the foot of Sheridan Drive in Tonawanda. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, April 22. 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
