The Snowy Owl reported a few days ago was again today sitting on a hydro pole
0.4 km south of Hwy 7, on Cameron Sideroad ( several km west of Perth).
A Whip-poor-will called only a few times, Armstrong Road near Maberly,
on Apr. 25th - which is earlier than I have heard it in past years.
Jean Griffin
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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/27/2006
* NYBU0604.27
- Birds mentioned
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Please phone in any rare sightings so they
may be shared via the DAB telephone update
system, and submit email contributions directly
to dfsuggs localnet com.
Thank you, David
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SANDHILL CRANE
FORSTER'S TERN
GOLDEN EAGLE
COOPER'S HAWK
D.P.HYPOCHRYSEA [EASTERN PALM WARBLER]
ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK
Common Loon
D.-crest. Cormorant
American Bittern
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
Chimney Swift
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-cr. Kinglet
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush
American Pipit
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-r. Warbler
Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bl. and w. Warbler
La. Waterthrush
Hooded Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Swamp Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 04/27/2006
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.BOSBirding.org
Thursday, April 27, 2006
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 April 20 through April 27
from the Niagara Frontier Region include SANDHILL CRANE,
FORSTER'S TERN, GOLDEN EAGLE, COOPER'S HAWK, EASTERN PALM
WARBLER and ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK.
April 27 in Amherst, three SANDHILL CRANES over Millersport
Highway. April 23, a very rare in spring FORSTER'S TERN
passed by the Batavia Waste Water Plant. Also at the plant,
COMMON LOON and over 150 RUDDY DUCKS. And April 21, a GOLDEN
EAGLE over Beebee Road in the Town of Wilson.
In a residential area of the Town of Tonawanda, nesting
COOPER'S HAWKS have been identified in the tall oaks on
Woodcrest near Belmont Avenue.
Ten warbler species this week were highlighted by reports
from Amherst State Park and included a very rare EASTERN
PALM WARBLER [D.P.HYPOCHRYSEA] on April 22, early HOODED
WARBLER April 23 and early NASHVILLE WARBLER on the 24th. At
Hunters Creek Park in the Town of Wales, LA. WATERTHRUSHES
were heard on April 21. Other warblers this week - YELLOW
WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., PINE
WARBLER, PALM WARBLER and BL. AND W. WARBLER.
April 21, a very early female ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK at a feeder
on Ruie Road in North Tonawanda. Two CHIMNEY SWIFTS on the
21st at the Hamburg Hawkwatch. April 23, BANK SWALLOW and
CLIFF SWALLOW in the Iroquois Refuge and Tonawanda Area. At
Beaver Island State Park, April 27, several WARBLING VIREOS.
Widely reported this week - BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BROWN
CREEPER, HOUSE WREN, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, RUBY-
CR. KINGLET including over 100 at Tifft Nature Preserve,
BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, HERMIT THRUSH, EASTERN TOWHEE and
PURPLE FINCH.
In the Iroquois and Tonawanda Areas, at Cayuga Pool and
Meadville Road, multiple AMERICAN BITTERNS, VIRGINIA RAILS,
SORAS, COMMON MOORHENS, MARSH WRENS and SWAMP SPARROWS.
OSPREY nests at three locations in the refuges, BALD EAGLE
on nest at Cayuga Pool, PEREGRINE FALCON lingering on
Meadville Road, PILEATED WOODPECKER on Salt Works Road,
AMERICAN PIPIT on Feeder Road and RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at
Meadville and the re-opened Swallow Hollow Trail.
From Chautauqua County this week, on the Sheldon Trail, at
Titus Road in the Town of Sherman, 20 to 30 WILSON'S SNIPE
plus GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN
PINTAIL and YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER. Also in Chautauqua County,
43 CASPIAN TERNS at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in
Hanover. On state land along Meadows Road in Arkwright, two
RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS and two probable NORTHERN GOSHAWKS.
Other reports - over 200 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS on Motor and
Strawberry Island. In Buffalo, an OSPREY at the soccer
fields near Delaware Park Lake. BALD EAGLE over a yard in
Williamsville. ICELAND GULL at Beaver Island State Park.
And, PINE SISKINS still at a feeder in Wilson.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 4. 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
