- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/01/2004 * NYBU0404.01 - Birds mentioned ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, David \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE BLACK-HEADED GULL WESTERN MEADOWLARK SANDHILL CRANE Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Great Egret Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Tundra Swan Snow Goose Ring-necked Duck Bufflehead Osprey Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Ruffed Grouse Greater Yellowlegs Little Gull Yellow-b. Sapsucker Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Common Raven Red-br. Nuthatch Winter Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Northern Shrike Pine Warbler Eastern Towhee Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Purple Finch Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/01/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Web site: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, April 1, 2004 [There will be a BOS field trip to the Oak Orchard Swamps on Sunday, April 4. Meet at 8 AM (Eastern Daylight Savings Time) at Cayuga Pool, on Route 77 in the Iroquois Refuge. Visitors are always welcome on BOS field trips.] 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 March 25 through April 1 from the Niagara Frontier Region include LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, WESTERN MEADOWLARK, SANDHILL CRANE and early spring migrants. The BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains on March 27 reported 70 species, highlighted by a very rare LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, on private property along Hosmer Road, north of Route 104 in the Niagara County Town of Hartland. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was also observed on the field trip. March 28, an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL and a LITTLE GULL were reported on the Niagara River at the Queenston, Ontario, boat launch. In the Wyoming County Town of Bennington, a WESTERN MEADOWLARK was heard singing among several EASTERN MEADOWLARKS. A second hand report of a very high count of 16 SANDHILL CRANES setting down in a field near the Iroquois Refuge headquarters on Casey Road. And in southern Erie County, 2 COMMON RAVENS along Route 39, north of Cattaraugus Creek, in the Town of Sardinia. Many reports of early spring arrivals this week - GREAT EGRET and 2 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS on Motor Island in the upper Niagara River. GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the Iroquois Refuge. Multiple EASTERN PHOEBES, TREE SWALLOWS, RED-BR. NUTHATCHES and GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS at several locations. WINTER WREN at Beaver Island State Park. At Allegany State Park, 2 PINE WARBLERS and a PINE SISKIN at a feeder. YELLOW- B. SAPSUCKER, EASTERN TOWHEE and 6 FOX SPARROWS at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, plus another 6 FOX SPARROWS in the Town of Ashford. And, a PURPLE FINCH in Williamsville. Other reports this week - an as BALD EAGLE at the south end of Navy Island. A good variety of species at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora included PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, 30 SNOW GEESE, RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, COOPER'S HAWK, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and SWAMP SPARROW. A small hawk flight over Amherst included a BALD EAGLE. At the Allegany Reservoir, 4 OSPREYS. Several hundred TUNDRA SWANS still at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge, and 20 TUNDRA SWANS at the north Grand Island bridge. RUFFED GROUSE in Ashford. COMMON REDPOLLS still at some feeders. And several reports of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and EASTERN MEADOWLARKS throughout the region. Dial-a-Bird will not be updated until Thursday evening, April 15. In the next two weeks, if any rare birds are reported, they will be noted on the update section. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript
