the OSPREY are back and have now a new nesting pole on the river bank by the train tracks across from the No Frills Store in Peterborough ... From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 7 20:34:40 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from extsmtp4.localnet.com (extsmtp4.localnet.com [207.251.201.56]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6FD9864520 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 20:34:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 24859 invoked by uid 1011); 8 Apr 2005 00:44:17 -0000 Received: from 10.0.7.18 by bombastic (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, uid 1004) with qmail-scanner-1.23st (spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.23st. Clear:RC:0(10.0.7.18):SA:0(0.0/10.0):. Processed in 0.613166 secs); 08 Apr 2005 00:44:17 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required.0 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp1.localnet.com) (10.0.7.18) by extsmtp4.localnet.com with SMTP; 8 Apr 2005 00:44:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 26018 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2005 00:44:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dfs) (69.48.13.14) by smtp3.localnet.com with SMTP; 8 Apr 2005 00:44:15 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "David F. Suggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rosche, Dick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ontbirds" <[email protected]>, "Nysbirds-l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Geneseebirds-l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "birdeast" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 20:42:56 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Subject: [Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 07 Apr 2005 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 00:34:40 -0000
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/07/2005 * NYBU0504.07 - Birds mentioned ---------------------------------------------------------- I do not have access to email every week, so please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the weekly report and updates. Submit email contributions directly, or CC, to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------- [UPDATE- April 13: BOS meeting at 7:30 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Member Brendan Klick will discuss "Statistical Analysis of BOS Count Data". Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings] WHOOPING CRANE SANDHILL CRANE EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH Common Loon Great Egret Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Red-br. Merganser Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon Wilson's Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Caspian Tern Nor. Saw-whet Owl Belted Kingfisher Yellow-b. Sapsucker Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Brown Creeper House Wren Winter Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher American Pipit Eastern Towhee Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/07/2005 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, April 7, 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 reports received March 31 through April 7 from the Niagara Frontier Region include WHOOPING CRANE, SANDHILL CRANE and EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH. April 6, at the Ripley Hawkwatch, near Lake Erie in Chautauqua County, not far from the Pennsylvania line, an astonishing report of 3 adult WHOOPING CRANES, passing over the watch around noontime. If these individuals were not escapes from captivity, they are most likely successful migrants from a re-introduction program in the State of Florida, and would represent a tremendous milestone in returning this species from the brink of extinction. SANDHILL CRANES, though never threatened with extinction, were once very rare migrants through the Niagara Frontier, but reports have greatly increased in recent years. April 6, 4 SANDHILL CRANES were noted over a yard in the Town of Wilson, near Lake Ontario. In the past three weeks, more than 20 SANDHILL CRANES have been reported over the Lake Erie and Lake Ontario Plains. In Corfu, in the Town of Pembroke, a EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH was reported at a feeder throughout the day on April 4. April 2, an early HOUSE WREN was found at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, and a NOR. SAW-WHET OWL at the Reinstein Preserve in Cheektowaga. Passing migrant FOX SPARROWS were widely reported this week, highlighted by 13 FOX SPARROWS with 30 DARK-EYED JUNCOS on April 3, at a feeder in the Town of Ashford. Some first arrivals of note - April 1, 2 GREAT EGRETS at Beaver Island State Park, and later in the week, 4 GREAT EGRETS nearby at the Motor Island heronry. April 6, 3 BL.- CR. NIGHT-HERONS at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in Chautauqua County. At Dunkirk Harbor, April 6, 2 CASPIAN TERNS plus abundant RED-BR. MERGANSERS and over 1000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. In the Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton on April 5, 21 WILSON'S SNIPE. HERMIT THRUSH, April 3 in North Buffalo. BROWN THRASHER, April 1 in Silver Creek. And April 2, EASTERN TOWHEE at Tifft Nature Preserve. Multiple reports this week of other recent arrivals included YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, FIELD SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, EASTERN MEADOWLARK and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. At Amherst State Park, at least 30 species this week included BELTED KINGFISHER, and newly arrived NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, FOX SPARROW and FIELD SPARROW. TREE SWALLOW was also reported by a young observer on Salt Road in Clarence Center. 10 raptors species at the Hamburg Hawkwatch this week were dominated by over 1500 TURKEY VULTURES, plus 19 OSPREYS, 3 BALD EAGLES and a PEREGRINE FALCON. Also at the watch, 6 COMMON LOONS and numbers of AMERICAN PIPITS. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, April 14. 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
