[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 29 Mar 2012
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/29/2012 * NYBU1203.29 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit email to dfsuggs localnet com --- [BOS Field Trip, Saturday, March 31, Willie D'Anna will lead an all day trip through the Lake Ontario Plains. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market at Routes 78 and 104 in Wrights Corners, north of Lockport. Bring a lunch, and visitors are always welcome.] AMER. WHITE PELICAN YELLOW-THR. WARBLER LONG-B. DOWITCHER COMMON RAVEN Common Loon Great Blue Heron Great Egret Wood Duck American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Rough-legged Hawk Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Wilson's Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Barred Owl Chimney Swift Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Towhee Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/29/2012 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 29, 2012 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received March 22 through March 29 from the Niagara Frontier Region include AMER. WHITE PELICAN, YELLOW-THR. WARBLER, LONG-B. DOWITCHER and COMMON RAVEN. March 28, an AMER. WHITE PELICAN in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, in the North Marsh Pool, along Knowlesville Road across from the Swallow Hollow Trail. The pelican was found late in the day, by walking south to the marsh from the pavillion and parking lot. As of March 29, the pelican had not been relocated. In Buffalo, March 25 and 27, a very rare and early YELLOW- THR. WARBLER at Forest Lawn Cemetery. First reported from the ridge at the bend overlooking the dump, and later between the ridge and Mirror Lake in Section 23. March 23 to 29, a challenging to identify, basic plumage LONG-B. DOWITCHER at Kumpf Marsh on Route 77 in the Iroquois Refuge. Other shorebirds at the marsh included KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and WILSON'S SNIPE. Also in the Iroquois Refuge - March 29, a COMMON LOON at Cayuga Pool, and a dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the Forestall Flats along Route 63 on the 25th. An unexpected COMMON RAVEN, March 23, on Main Street in the City of Tonawanda, a few miles from the River Road power plant where COMMON RAVEN has been previously reported. On the 28th, a record count for the month of March, 23 GREAT EGRETS on Strawberry Island in the upper Niagara River. Also, 29 GREAT BLUE HERONS at nearby Motor Island. FOX SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW and SWAMP SPARROW reported at several locations. CHIMNEY SWIFTS over I-290 in Tonawanda. EASTERN TOWHEE at Forest Lawn, and PURPLE FINCHES in Clarence and Lancaster. Flyover migrants this week - 18 BONAPARTE'S GULLS over Lancaster and an AMERICAN WIGEON over Woodbridge Avenue in Buffalo. And, on the southern line of Chautauqua County at Pennsylvannia, abundant WOOD DUCKS and RING-NECKED DUCKS, calling BARRED OWLS and PILEATED WOODPECKERS and numerous RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 5. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Turkey Vultures +
On Monday evening (3/26) ~ 6:35 P.M., I had a lone T.V. flying low over downtown Riverhead, and again when we crossied paths, about 5 minutes later, a bit farther north. Thinking at the time it was late in the day for such a sighting, coupled with the prevailing reasoning that the T.V's seen during the day on eastern L.I. are probably "day trippers" from Connecticut (and as such, would have started their "return trip"earlier) I put it down as a probable migrant. On Wednesday morning at ~ 0840, I had the same species (individual ?) flying low at the latter of the 2 locations above. The time, day and location of this occurrence made me wonder if this sighting was that of an individual that had spent at least a few days & nights feeding & roosting here in the Riverhead area. Today I received an email from Tom Lambertson, a local birder, who lives in Flanders, and works at Brookhaven National Laboratory. All 3 Osprey nests that he monitors (2 near home and 1 at work) were late getting occupied this year, with dates of 3/26, 3/27 and 3/28, respectively. These quite late, considering they are normally on territory by St. Patrick's Day, or the day afterward. For the last couple of days, between 6 and 7 PM, he has also seen 10 - 12 T.V's flying ( south & east) of the intersection of Routes 105 and 24 (Flanders Rd.), Flanders. In addition, Tom mentioned seeing his FOS Eastern Kingbird at B.N.L., on 3/28. Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Louisianna Warbler - Prospect Park in Brooklyn
On a north to south walk through Brooklyn's Prospect Park this noontime I encountered 3 warbler species, a new high count for the season; Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler and, bird of the day and FOS for the park, Louisianna Waterthrush. The Waterthrush was feeding on a nicely neglected muddy area along the the Lullwater just north of the Terrace Bridge for those of you familiar with our park. Rob Bate Brooklyn -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 3/28-29
Wed.-Thursday, 28-29 March, 2012 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City On Wednesday, 3/28, it was most evident that a fair migration of early spring species had moved through, most evident in Central Park at the far north end (nearest 110 St.) with the mix including a couple of Osprey fly-overs, a Great Blue Heron fly-over, a few Turkey Vultures, Great Egret (which could have been a prior arrival, as these were seen in the week preceding), and among smaller birds, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers (all I saw were in bright spring plumage), N./Yellow- shafted Flickers, Eastern Phoebe (in concentrations that were suggestive of just-arrived birds, although some must have been seen here for weeks already, with the species present in early Feb. in NYC), Brown Creeper (in numbers likely exceeding those that wintered in the specific area looked at in the N. end), both Kinglet species (mainly Golden-crowned with 8+ seen; one of the Ruby-crowned singing loudly for a while), Hermit Thrush (in modest no's. but again modestly exceeding the no's. seen in the specific areas over the past winter), & these Warblers: Orange-crowned (one, that possibly-probably an overwintered bird as it had been seen on-and-off in the past few weeks & prior in the general area observed again), Pine (several, including 1st-spring male & female, as well as adult male), and "eastern"/"yellow" Palm (8+ around the n. end & just one found on the Great Lawn later in the day), plus some Chipping Sparrows (12+) & a few other sparrow species which may have been around, including Field, 'red" Fox, Swamp, Savannah (in the compost area), and typical Song & ubiquitous White-throated, plus Slate-colored Junco and Eastern Towhees. A late-day look around the Ramble didn't come up with too much, and a rather quick look just after the brief mid-day rain for the Red-headed Woodpecker that had been overwintering at Hallet Sanctuary in Central's SE section was unproductive for me... as was a very brief mid-day look for the Rufous Hummingbird, which has been less-reported in recent weeks from the West 81 St. entrance area of the American Museum of Natural History. There was no feeder there when I looked & many of the flowers it had favored were faded, although there are now enough alternate flower sources for a hummingbird of any sort to wander a lot more. This will have to be among the more interesting winters past to try and sort out what and how many birds that normally don't successfully overwinter in our region, did, this time - or at least made it into February. An American Woodcock was found on Wed. in the vicinity of the Pool, & there still could be some more yet to pass thru. Thursday, 3/29 - a full list of species seen in the a.m., at Central Park: Pied-billed Grebe (reservoir) Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron (Meer) Great Egret (2 fly-bys, n. end) Black-crowned Night-Heron (Pond) Turkey Vulture (fly-over) Canada Goose Wood Duck (on Lake) Gadwall American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Bufflehead Ruddy Duck Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel American Coot Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-headed Woodpecker (still present near Hallett Sanctuary's NW corner) Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (at least several in Ramble, also pinetum, & n. end) Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern [Yellow-shafted] Flicker Eastern Phoebe (multiple) Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow (over Lake & over Meer) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Meer) Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper (multiple) Carolina Wren Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet (multiple) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (multiple today) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Ramble, near Boathouse) Eastern Bluebird (male, Tupelo Meadow/Ramble) Hermit Thrush (multiple in Ramble, s. and n. end) American Robin Gray Catbird (1, almost certainly overwintered) Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher (2, most likely overwintered) European Starling [Myrtle] Yellow-rumped Warbler (2, drab plumage) Pine Warbler (several) Palm Warbler (multiple in Ramble & esp. in n. end) Eastern Towhee (several, perhaps all overwintered) Chipping Sparrow (modest, widely dispersed flocks) Field Sparrow (several) Savannah Sparrow (several) [red] Fox Sparrow (several) Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow (several) White-throated Sparrow (ubiquitous) Dark-eyed Junco (fair no's.) Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird (few) Rusty Blackbird (at least 3 in Ramble; & 2 in n. end) Common Grackle (many) Brown-headed Cowbird House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow ...not to "worry", this full-species list won't be regular. Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)
[nysbirds-l] EBird on Vox-Pop today
Sorry for the short notice: Those within the WAMC (NE Public Radio) listening area may be interested in tuning in this afternoon as Marshall Iliff of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will join me to discuss eBird on the "Vox-Pop" call-in radio show from 2 PM to 3 PM. He will be on about 2:20. For those interested, but not within the airwave range of the station, we can be found at www.wamc.org where the program will be presented on line. Marshall is one of the authors and architects of the now-way to keep track of bird sightings while contributing important information to the science and sharing your findings with the rest of the world. The rest of the program will be devoted to taking questions and comments about birds, birding, and the outdoors in general. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore, The Greene County, New York gael...@capital.net -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] EBird on Vox-Pop today
Sorry for the short notice: Those within the WAMC (NE Public Radio) listening area may be interested in tuning in this afternoon as Marshall Iliff of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will join me to discuss eBird on the Vox-Pop call-in radio show from 2 PM to 3 PM. He will be on about 2:20. For those interested, but not within the airwave range of the station, we can be found at www.wamc.org where the program will be presented on line. Marshall is one of the authors and architects of the now-way to keep track of bird sightings while contributing important information to the science and sharing your findings with the rest of the world. The rest of the program will be devoted to taking questions and comments about birds, birding, and the outdoors in general. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore, The Greene County, New York gael...@capital.net -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 3/28-29
Wed.-Thursday, 28-29 March, 2012 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City On Wednesday, 3/28, it was most evident that a fair migration of early spring species had moved through, most evident in Central Park at the far north end (nearest 110 St.) with the mix including a couple of Osprey fly-overs, a Great Blue Heron fly-over, a few Turkey Vultures, Great Egret (which could have been a prior arrival, as these were seen in the week preceding), and among smaller birds, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers (all I saw were in bright spring plumage), N./Yellow- shafted Flickers, Eastern Phoebe (in concentrations that were suggestive of just-arrived birds, although some must have been seen here for weeks already, with the species present in early Feb. in NYC), Brown Creeper (in numbers likely exceeding those that wintered in the specific area looked at in the N. end), both Kinglet species (mainly Golden-crowned with 8+ seen; one of the Ruby-crowned singing loudly for a while), Hermit Thrush (in modest no's. but again modestly exceeding the no's. seen in the specific areas over the past winter), these Warblers: Orange-crowned (one, that possibly-probably an overwintered bird as it had been seen on-and-off in the past few weeks prior in the general area observed again), Pine (several, including 1st-spring male female, as well as adult male), and eastern/yellow Palm (8+ around the n. end just one found on the Great Lawn later in the day), plus some Chipping Sparrows (12+) a few other sparrow species which may have been around, including Field, 'red Fox, Swamp, Savannah (in the compost area), and typical Song ubiquitous White-throated, plus Slate-colored Junco and Eastern Towhees. A late-day look around the Ramble didn't come up with too much, and a rather quick look just after the brief mid-day rain for the Red-headed Woodpecker that had been overwintering at Hallet Sanctuary in Central's SE section was unproductive for me... as was a very brief mid-day look for the Rufous Hummingbird, which has been less-reported in recent weeks from the West 81 St. entrance area of the American Museum of Natural History. There was no feeder there when I looked many of the flowers it had favored were faded, although there are now enough alternate flower sources for a hummingbird of any sort to wander a lot more. This will have to be among the more interesting winters past to try and sort out what and how many birds that normally don't successfully overwinter in our region, did, this time - or at least made it into February. An American Woodcock was found on Wed. in the vicinity of the Pool, there still could be some more yet to pass thru. Thursday, 3/29 - a full list of species seen in the a.m., at Central Park: Pied-billed Grebe (reservoir) Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron (Meer) Great Egret (2 fly-bys, n. end) Black-crowned Night-Heron (Pond) Turkey Vulture (fly-over) Canada Goose Wood Duck (on Lake) Gadwall American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Bufflehead Ruddy Duck Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel American Coot Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-headed Woodpecker (still present near Hallett Sanctuary's NW corner) Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (at least several in Ramble, also pinetum, n. end) Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern [Yellow-shafted] Flicker Eastern Phoebe (multiple) Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow (over Lake over Meer) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Meer) Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper (multiple) Carolina Wren Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet (multiple) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (multiple today) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Ramble, near Boathouse) Eastern Bluebird (male, Tupelo Meadow/Ramble) Hermit Thrush (multiple in Ramble, s. and n. end) American Robin Gray Catbird (1, almost certainly overwintered) Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher (2, most likely overwintered) European Starling [Myrtle] Yellow-rumped Warbler (2, drab plumage) Pine Warbler (several) Palm Warbler (multiple in Ramble esp. in n. end) Eastern Towhee (several, perhaps all overwintered) Chipping Sparrow (modest, widely dispersed flocks) Field Sparrow (several) Savannah Sparrow (several) [red] Fox Sparrow (several) Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow (several) White-throated Sparrow (ubiquitous) Dark-eyed Junco (fair no's.) Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird (few) Rusty Blackbird (at least 3 in Ramble; 2 in n. end) Common Grackle (many) Brown-headed Cowbird House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow ...not to worry, this full-species list won't be regular. Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)
[nysbirds-l] Louisianna Warbler - Prospect Park in Brooklyn
On a north to south walk through Brooklyn's Prospect Park this noontime I encountered 3 warbler species, a new high count for the season; Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler and, bird of the day and FOS for the park, Louisianna Waterthrush. The Waterthrush was feeding on a nicely neglected muddy area along the the Lullwater just north of the Terrace Bridge for those of you familiar with our park. Rob Bate Brooklyn -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Turkey Vultures +
On Monday evening (3/26) ~ 6:35 P.M., I had a lone T.V. flying low over downtown Riverhead, and again when we crossied paths, about 5 minutes later, a bit farther north. Thinking at the time it was late in the day for such a sighting, coupled with the prevailing reasoning that the T.V's seen during the day on eastern L.I. are probably day trippers from Connecticut (and as such, would have started their return tripearlier) I put it down as a probable migrant. On Wednesday morning at ~ 0840, I had the same species (individual ?) flying low at the latter of the 2 locations above. The time, day and location of this occurrence made me wonder if this sighting was that of an individual that had spent at least a few days nights feeding roosting here in the Riverhead area. Today I received an email from Tom Lambertson, a local birder, who lives in Flanders, and works at Brookhaven National Laboratory. All 3 Osprey nests that he monitors (2 near home and 1 at work) were late getting occupied this year, with dates of 3/26, 3/27 and 3/28, respectively. These quite late, considering they are normally on territory by St. Patrick's Day, or the day afterward. For the last couple of days, between 6 and 7 PM, he has also seen 10 - 12 T.V's flying ( south east) of the intersection of Routes 105 and 24 (Flanders Rd.), Flanders. In addition, Tom mentioned seeing his FOS Eastern Kingbird at B.N.L., on 3/28. Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 29 Mar 2012
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/29/2012 * NYBU1203.29 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit email to dfsuggs localnet com --- [BOS Field Trip, Saturday, March 31, Willie D'Anna will lead an all day trip through the Lake Ontario Plains. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market at Routes 78 and 104 in Wrights Corners, north of Lockport. Bring a lunch, and visitors are always welcome.] AMER. WHITE PELICAN YELLOW-THR. WARBLER LONG-B. DOWITCHER COMMON RAVEN Common Loon Great Blue Heron Great Egret Wood Duck American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Rough-legged Hawk Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Wilson's Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Barred Owl Chimney Swift Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Towhee Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/29/2012 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 29, 2012 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received March 22 through March 29 from the Niagara Frontier Region include AMER. WHITE PELICAN, YELLOW-THR. WARBLER, LONG-B. DOWITCHER and COMMON RAVEN. March 28, an AMER. WHITE PELICAN in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, in the North Marsh Pool, along Knowlesville Road across from the Swallow Hollow Trail. The pelican was found late in the day, by walking south to the marsh from the pavillion and parking lot. As of March 29, the pelican had not been relocated. In Buffalo, March 25 and 27, a very rare and early YELLOW- THR. WARBLER at Forest Lawn Cemetery. First reported from the ridge at the bend overlooking the dump, and later between the ridge and Mirror Lake in Section 23. March 23 to 29, a challenging to identify, basic plumage LONG-B. DOWITCHER at Kumpf Marsh on Route 77 in the Iroquois Refuge. Other shorebirds at the marsh included KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and WILSON'S SNIPE. Also in the Iroquois Refuge - March 29, a COMMON LOON at Cayuga Pool, and a dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the Forestall Flats along Route 63 on the 25th. An unexpected COMMON RAVEN, March 23, on Main Street in the City of Tonawanda, a few miles from the River Road power plant where COMMON RAVEN has been previously reported. On the 28th, a record count for the month of March, 23 GREAT EGRETS on Strawberry Island in the upper Niagara River. Also, 29 GREAT BLUE HERONS at nearby Motor Island. FOX SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW and SWAMP SPARROW reported at several locations. CHIMNEY SWIFTS over I-290 in Tonawanda. EASTERN TOWHEE at Forest Lawn, and PURPLE FINCHES in Clarence and Lancaster. Flyover migrants this week - 18 BONAPARTE'S GULLS over Lancaster and an AMERICAN WIGEON over Woodbridge Avenue in Buffalo. And, on the southern line of Chautauqua County at Pennsylvannia, abundant WOOD DUCKS and RING-NECKED DUCKS, calling BARRED OWLS and PILEATED WOODPECKERS and numerous RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 5. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
