- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/08/2009
* NYBU0910.08
- Birds mentioned
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ROSS'S GOOSE
CALIFORNIA GULL
Common Loon
Eared Grebe
Canada Goose
Black Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Red-br. Merganser
Peregrine Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalm. Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-r. Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Parasitic Jaeger
Ruby-t. Hummingbird
N. Rough-w. Swallow
American Pipit
Orange-cr. Warbler
Palm Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Rose-br. Grosbeak
White-cr. Sparrow
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 10/08/2009
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, October 8, 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 October 1 through October 8 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include ROSS'S GOOSE, CALIFORNIA GULL and
LONG-B. DOWITCHER and a WHITE IBIS update.
At the eastern line of the BOS region, October 3, a ROSS'S GOOSE
among 500 CANADA GEESE in the Genesee County Town of Alexander, at
Peaviner and Old Creek Roads. This may be the first October record of
ROSS'S GOOSE in the BOS archives.
Also on Peaviner Road this week, 7 RUDDY TURNSTONES, numbers of
AMERICAN PIPITS and a PINE SISKIN in a flock of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES.
From Niagara Falls, New York, a third winter CALIFORNIA GULL on
October 7, off the Three Sisters Islands at Goat Island. Excluding one
September record, this is the region's earliest occurrence of
CALIFORNIA GULL. Also a record count of almost 1300 N. ROUGH-W.
SWALLOWS over the rapids at Goat Island.
The juvenile WHITE IBIS, last reported at the Tonawanda Wildlife
Management Area the evening of September 29, has apparently moved over
to the north shore of Lake Ontario. October 3, a WHITE IBIS was
photographed in Whitby, Ontario, and October 6, a WHITE IBIS flew by
Prince Edward Point. Photos from Tonawanda and Whitby are good
evidence that this is the same wandering ibis.
Excellent shorebird habitat and viewing conditions continue in the
marsh on Griswold Road, north of Route 77 in the Tonawanda Wildlife
Management Area. Several reports this week of up to 3 juvenile LONG-B.
DOWITCHERS and 3 STILT SANDPIPERS, plus SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER,
PECTORAL SANDPIPER, DUNLIN and WILSON'S SNIPE.
Less than a mile east of Griswold Road along Route 77, 8 CACKLING
GEESE on October 6.
Other reports this week - At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, 4 EARED
GREBES, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER and at least 14 waterfowl species. On Lake
Ontario at Wilson, an adult PARASITIC JAEGER, plus 60 COMMON LOONS, 90
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, BLACK SCOTER and 5 RED-BR. MERGANSERS. In a
Williamsville yard, a flyover PEREGRINE FALCON, plus RUBY-T.
HUMMINGBIRD, 4 thrush species and a lingering NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
among 9 warbler species. Another PEREGRINE FALCON near the north Grand
Island bridges. Five warbler species at Goat Island including an
ORANGE-CR. WARBLER. And in a yard in the Town of Holland, PALM
WARBLER, WHITE-CR. SPARROW and ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, October 15. 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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