- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/19/2009
* NYBU0903.19
- Birds mentioned
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GOLDEN EAGLE
BLACK VULTURE
KING EIDER
GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
White-winged Scoter
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Sharp-sh. Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Snowy Owl
Tree Swallow
Northern Shrike
Song Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Purple Finch
House Finch
White-w. Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/19/2009
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, March 19, 2009
Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science
and 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. To contact the Science
Museum, call 896-5200.
Highlights of reports received March 12 through March 19 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include GOLDEN EAGLE, BLACK VULTURE, KING
EIDER and GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE.
March 13 at the Hamburg Hawkwatch, both GOLDEN EAGLE and BLACK
VULTURE, along with the first 5 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, plus TURKEY
VULTURE, BALD EAGLE, SHARP-SH. HAWK, COOPER'S HAWK, RED-TAILED HAWK,
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and 290 TUNDRA SWANS in six flocks. The daily
hawkwatch is located in Lakeside Memorial Park, off Camp Road in the
Town of Hamburg. Visitors are always welcome.
From Ontario, March 14, a very rare, near adult plumage male KING
EIDER among WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, on Lake Ontario at Victoria Avenue
in Vineland, Ontario.
Twenty one waterfowl species in the Iroquois Refuge, Oak Orchard
Wildlife Management Area and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area on
March 15. Highlighted by 8 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE on Windmill Marsh in
the Oak Orchard Area, seen by telescope from the Albion Road tower.
Also at Windmill Marsh, 6 CACKLING GEESE, L. BLACK-B. GULL, first
report of TREE SWALLOW, and a PINE SISKIN. At Ringneck Marsh in the
Iroquois Refuge, 5 more CACKLING GEESE, ICELAND GULL and L. BLACK-B.
GULL. In the Tonawanda Area at Ruddy Marsh, abundant AMERICAN WIGEON
and RING-NECKED DUCKS. And on the 13th at Kumpf Marsh in the Iroquois
Refuge, 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES and 2 L. BLACK-B. GULLS.
Not all SNOW GEESE are in Central New York this week - 8 over Main
Street in Buffalo, and 2 at both Windmill Marsh and in the Town of
Porter.
First reports - AMERICAN WOODCOCKS, heard in the early morning
March 16 on Grand Island, on Long Road and on Bedell Road. WILSON'S
SNIPE, March 18, at the Dunkirk Airport. And EASTERN MEADOWLARKS and
abundant SONG SPARROWS at several locations.
Still more reports of WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS. Small numbers in the
University District in Buffalo, Amherst State Park, Saint Columbans
property in the Town of Sheridan, and at a feeder in the Town of
Wilson, along with PURPLE FINCH, HOUSE FINCH, COMMON REDPOLL and PINE
SISKIN.
Other reports this week - BALD EAGLES on nest at Cayuga Pool in the
Iroquois Refuge and in Silver Creek. Migrant BALD EAGLE over the Town
of Wheatfield. Nest building COOPER'S HAWKS in Eggerstville in
Amherst. Two PEREGRINE FALCONS near the new nest box on the Winspear
Avenue chimney on the UB Main Street campus. Up to five WOOD DUCKS on
Ruie Road in North Tonawanda. And, SNOWY OWL still at the Niagara
Falls Airport, seen from the Calspan parking lot.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 26. 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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