- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/15/2007
* NYBU0703.15
- Birds mentioned
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ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK
ROSS'S GOOSE
AMERICAN WOODCOCK
Red-throated Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Hooded Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Killdeer
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Barred Owl
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Horned Lark
Common Raven
Northern Shrike
Field Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Red-w. Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/15/2007
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggsatlocalnetcom)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.BOSBirding.org
Thursday, March 15, 2007
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 1 through March 15 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include GROSBEAK, ROSS'S GOOSE, AMERICAN
WOODCOCK and early spring migration.
March 13, an exceptional report of a female GROSBEAK, reported as a
ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK, in a yard in the Erie County Town of Boston.
Hopefully, the bird will be seen again to confirm the identification.
In the Lake Ontario Plains, March 13, a reported ROSS'S GOOSE with
50 CANADA GEESE on Marshall Road in the Orleans County Town of Yates.
Many arriving waterfowl species have been reported from the lake
plains, Iroquois Refuge and Niagara River. Including, SNOW GOOSE,
TUNDRA SWAN, AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL,
RING-NECKED DUCK and HOODED MERGANSER.
First AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were reported March 4 near the Niagara
Parkway in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and March 14 on Gilhooly Road in
the Genesee County Town of Alexander. March 10 in the Lake Ontario
Plains, likely recent arrivals - FIELD SPARROW and EASTERN MEADOWLARK
on North Beebee Road in the Town of Wilson. KILLDEER have been widely
reported, while RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES trickle and then
flood the region.
GREAT BLUE HERONS have been claiming nests in the Motor Island
heronry on the upper Niagara River since late February, when 61 herons
were reported.
At the Hamburg Hawkwatch, TURKEY VULTURES lead in early March,
followed by RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS. On March 13, 244 TURKEY VULTURES and
47 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, plus BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN HARRIER, COOPER'S
HAWK, RED-TAILED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, AMERICAN KESTREL and
PEREGRINE FALCON. Visitors are always welcome at the daily watch,
located in Lakeside Memorial Park, off Camp Road in Hamburg. Also,
March 7, a MERLIN over Porter Road in the Town of Niagara.
Dunkirk Harbor is still loaded with wintering waterfowl, including
CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and BLACK
SCOTER, plus PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE and RED-NECKED GREBE. On
Lake Ontario, RED-THROATED LOONS and RED-NECKED GREBES at several
locations.
Other recent reports - always a surprise away from the Niagara River
- 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS and an ICELAND GULL at Porter Center Road in
Porter, along with HORNED LARK, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and SNOW BUNTING.
HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS also in Alexander. NORTHERN SHRIKE
still at Lotus Point Road in the Town of Brant. In Allegany State
Park, several pairs of COMMON RAVENS and 2 BARRED OWLS. And, at the
foot of Buffalo Road in Fort Erie, Ontario, a RED-HEADED WDPKR. at
this long-time summer breeding location.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 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.
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