- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/18/2007
* NYBU0710.18
- Birds mentioned
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RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
EURASIAN WIGEON
ROSS'S GOOSE
L. BLACK-B. GULL
SANDHILL CRANE
Great Egret
Snow Goose
Brant
Gadwall
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoterwwsc
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilson's Snipe
Jaeger species
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Red-bellied Wdpkr.
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Tufted Titmouse
Red-br. Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Golden-cr. Kinglet
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
American Pipit
Blue-headed Vireo
Pine Warbler
Indigo Bunting
Amer. Tree Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 10/18/2007
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, October 18, 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 October 11 through October 18 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, EURASIAN
WIGEON, ROSS'S GOOSE, L. BLACK-B. GULL and SANDHILL CRANE.
The HUMMINGBIRD reports last week from Houghton, in the Allegany
County Town of Caneadea, turns out to be two hummingbirds - one a
confirmed, female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD and the other likely an immature
male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. The female was identified in hand by a
bander, and was still present on the 17th, at house #9705j on Route 19
in Houghton.
October 18, a male EURASIAN WIGEON at the north blind, at Tifft
Nature Preserve in Buffalo.
October 14, an immature ROSS'S GOOSE in the Wyoming County Town of
Bennington at Folsomdale and Bear Roads. On the 15th, probably the
same goose near Bennington, on the Erie-
Genesee county line.
The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD and ROSS'S GOOSE are first records for their
respective counties. Another county first this week - 2 L. BLACK-B.
GULLS on Rushford Lake in Allegany County.
Highlights from the bos October 14th Count - 5 SANDHILL CRANES at
Goose Pond in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area. In northwest
Niagara County, including the Niagara River and Lake Ontario shore, 85
species and almost 10,000 individuals were counted. Highlights,, 3
GADWALL, 14 SURF SCOTER, 162 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, 7 LONG-TAILED DUCK,
OSPREY, BALD EAGLE, 3 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, 5 GREAT HORNED OWL, 23
RED-BELLIED WDPKR., PILEATED WOODPECKER, 13 RED-BR. NUTHATCHES, 12
each of EASTERN BLUEBIRD and HERMIT THRUSH, 200 AMERICAN PIPITS, AMER.
TREE SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and 65 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.
Other count day highlights - on Lake Ontario at Olcott, 3 JAEGER
SPECIES, possible POMARINE JAEGERS. On Niagara-
Orleans County Line, 7 SNOW GEESE. In the Oak Orchard Area, 40
GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 5 WILSON'S SNIPE. In the Tonawanda Area, at the
Lewiston Overlook, 9 GREAT EGRETS and 12 LESSER YELLOWLEGS. and,
numerous RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in both areas.
October 18 at Fort Niagara State Park, 14 BRANT feeding on the lawns.
Other reports - FOX SPARROW in a Williamsville yard. And at Tifft
Nature Preserve, 6 duck species, 9 YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, EASTERN
PHOEBE, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, TUFTED TITMOUSE, 9 BROWN CREEPERS, HOUSE
WREN, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, GRAY
CATBIRD, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, PINE WARBLER among 5 warbler species,
FIELD SPARROW and LINCOLN'S SPARROW among 7 sparrow species and an
almost late INDIGO BUNTING. And, at a feeder on Ruie Road in
North Tonawanda, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, October 25. 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
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