- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/23/2006 * NYBU0603.23 - 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 dfsuggs localnet com. Thank you, David ----------------------------------------------------------
[Update - BOS Field Trip, this Saturday, March 25, to the Lake Ontario Plains. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wright's Corners, on the east side of Route 78 at Route 104, north of Lockport. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. Also of interest this coming week, the Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier will begin a series of public programs on the natural history of the Niagara Frontier. At noon, Tuesday, March 28, in the Market Arcade Building at 617 Main Street in downtown Buffalo, Connie Adams of the New York State DEC will discuss "A Threatened Species; COMMON TERNS in the Buffalo Harbor".] EURASIAN WIGEON CACKLING GOOSE SNOWY OWL WILSON'S SNIPE BALD EAGLE Horned Grebe Tundra Swan Snow Goose Wood Duck Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Common Goldeneye Ruddy Duck Red-shouldered Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Killdeer Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Horned Lark Common Raven Black-cap. Chickadee American Robin American Pipit Northern Shrike Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Rusty Blackbird Common Redpoll - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/23/2006 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 23, 2006 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 16 through March 23 from the Niagara Frontier Region include EURASIAN WIGEONS, CACKLING GEESE, SNOWY OWL, WILSON'S SNIPE and nesting BALD EAGLES. March 18, two male EURASIAN WIGEONS were found among over 24 waterfowl species in the Oak Orchard Area and Iroquois Refuge. One wigeon was at Goose Pond on Albion Road in Oak Orchard and was still present on March 21; the other EURASIAN WIGEON was discovered in the dense cattails at the east end of Cayuga Pool, on Route 77 in the Iroquois Refuge. Other waterfowl in the Iroquois and Oak Orchards areas - 6 CACKLING GEESE at Center Marsh, on the east side of Sour Springs Road north of Tibbets Road. Only single SNOW GEESE at three locations, numerous TUNDRA SWANS, increasing GREEN- WINGED TEAL, a few CANVASBACKS and REDHEADS, and on Oak Orchard Creek at Knowlesville Road, COMMON GOLDENEYE and RUDDY DUCK. Arriving RUDDY DUCKS were also noted the Batavia Waste Water Plant. Waterfowl in the Southern Tier counties were highlighted by 114 WOOD DUCKS among nine species along Center Road in the Town of Sheridan, and at the Countryside Gravel Ponds on Route 62 in Dayton, 65 HORNED GREBES. March 16 in Amherst, a SNOWY OWL was reported on the roof of a restaurant at the Boulevard Mall facing Niagara Falls Blvd. After a brief rest, the owl flew off to the southwest, toward Tonawanda. March 18, first report of WILSON'S SNIPE - 8 SNIPE in the Cattaraugus County Town of Randolph, and on the 19th, a single SNIPE on West Avenue in the Genesee County Town of Elba. Also in the fields of Elba and adjacent Oakfield, many HORNED LARKS and RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, arriving AMERICAN PIPITS, a few LAPLAND LONGSPURS and SNOW BUNTINGS, and on Hutton Road in Oakfield, 2 COMMON REDPOLLS. BALD EAGLES on or about nests at four widespread locations this week - the north end of Navy Island in the Niagara River, viewed from Buckhorn Island State Park; Bird Swamp, on Route 262 west of Machias in Cattaraugus County; Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge and the Gravel Ponds in Dayton. Other reports this week - in Cattaraugus County, 16 ROUGH- LEGGED HAWKS in the South Dayton area. RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS and KILLDEER at several locations. ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK- B. GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL still above Niagara Falls. NORTHERN SHRIKE on Hemlock Ridge Road in Shelby. COMMON RAVENS along Route 20 in Darien, Route 98 in Arcade and at Bird Swamp in Machias. From Alden, a fascinating observation of BLACK-CAP. CHICKADEES feeding on maple tree sap icicles, and in West Seneca, an AMERICAN ROBIN featuring a white tail and posterior. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 30. 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
