- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/16/2008
* NYBU0810.16
- Birds mentioned
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[UPDATE - Wednesday, Oct 22, BOS Meeting at 7 PM at the Buffalo
Museum of Science. Jean Iron, former president
of the Ontario Field Ornithologists, who spent the past
summer surveying shorebirds on Akimiski Island in James Bay,
discusses identification, aging, molt strategies, shorebird habitats,
and the isolated population of Marbled
Godwits on James Bay. Visitors are always welcome.]
CURLEW SANDPIPER
NELSON'S SHARP-T. SPARROW
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
PINE SISKIN
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Trumpeter Swan
Snow Goose
Ring-necked Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Parasitic Jaeger
Bonaparte's Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Red-br. Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Golden-cr. Kinglet
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
American Pipit
Red-eyed Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-r. Warbler
Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
White-cr. Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 10/16/2008
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 16, 2008
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 9 through October 16 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include CURLEW SANDPIPER, NELSON'S SHARP-T.
SPARROW, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and PINE SISKINS.
The CURLEW SANDPIPER in Fort Erie, Ontario, was last reported
October 14 at the Jaeger Rocks shoreline at Adelaide and Lakeshore
Roads. The curlew was not found on the 15th. October 10 at Jaeger
Rocks, NELSON'S SHARP-T. SPARROW; a rare but annual migrant during
October.
October 15, an adult HUDSONIAN GODWIT at the Parmalot or Avondale
ponds on Stewart Road in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
The BOS October Count was conducted on the 12th. In the Niagara
County Towns of Porter and Wilson, 79 species included a single
LAPLAND LONGSPUR on Hulbert Road in Wilson, and a total of 125 PINE
SISKINS moving along the Lake Ontario shore. PINE SISKINS are
apparently invading across the northeast states. Also in this section,
PARASITIC JAEGER on the lake off Porter, plus 30 COMMON LOONS, 4
HORNED GREBES, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 2 SURF SCOTERS, BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVER, L. BLACK-B. GULL, 13 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS, 5 GREAT
HORNED OWLS, 2 GRAY CATBIRDS, 30 AMERICAN PIPITS, EASTERN TOWHEE and 6
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. Also noted - a low count of only 4 BONAPARTE'S GULLS.
At Amherst State Park on the count day, RED-EYED VIREO, RED-
BR. NUTHATCH, 5 WINTER WRENS, 11 GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS, 24 RUBY-CR.
KINGLETS, HERMIT THRUSH, NASHVILLE WARBLER, 29 YELLOW-R. WARBLERS,
BL.-THR. GREEN WARB. and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT.
Two PEREGRINE FALCONS were reported again this week, flying about
the north Grand Island bridges.
October 11, at the Countryside Gravel Ponds on Route 62 in the
Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton, a SNOW GOOSE with RING-NECKED DUCK,
44 RUDDY DUCKS, PIED-BILLED GREBE and 23 AMERICAN COOTS. And in the
Town of Machias, on Sunset Hill Road, a BALD EAGLE.
From Chautauqua County this week, 15 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at the mouth
of Silver Creek. At Saint Columbans in the Town of Sheridan, a FOX
SPARROW plus 260 COMMON MERGANSERS, BALD EAGLE, 23 GOLDEN-CR.
KINGLETS, 3 RUBY-CR. KINGLETS and HERMIT THRUSH. In the Town of
Stockton, on the old railroad beds south of Cassadaga, sparrows
included CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW,
WHITE-THR. SPARROW and WHITE-CR. SPARROW.
In the Jamestown area, a wing-tagged TRUMPETER SWAN has been at the
Clay Ponds Wildlife Management Area in the Town of Poland since May.
The swan was tagged two years ago in Ontario. Another two TRUMPETER
SWANS also on BeauJean Road near Mayville.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, October 23. 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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