- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/22/2007
* NYBU0703.22
- Birds mentioned
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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
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EURASIAN WIGEON
GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
TREE SWALLOW
EASTERN PHOEBE
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
PURPLE SANDPIPER
Common Loon
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Iceland Gull
Long-eared Owl
Lapland Longspur
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/22/2007
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 22, 2007
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 15 through March 22 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include EURASIAN WIGEON, GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE,
TREE SWALLOW, EASTERN PHOEBE, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE and PURPLE SANDPIPER.
March 18 in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, a EURASIAN
WIGEON was found on the west side of Oakfield-
Albion Road, just south of Oak Orchard Creek. To the north side of
the creek, 2 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE were located in a distant flock of
CANADA GEESE.
In the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, 192 TUNDRA SWANS, at the
canal crossing Meadville Road, over 200 RING-NECKED DUCKS, and at
Cayuga Pool on Route 77, BALD EAGLE on nest. On Tonawanda Creek in the
Town of Royalton, two pair of SWANS, reported as TRUMPETER SWANS. And
in Clarence, on Stage Road, a likely escaped or feral RUDDY SHELDUCK,
among CANADA GEESE, AMERICAN WIGEON and MALLARDS.
March 17, 2 TREE SWALLOWS at Dunkirk Harbor, and EASTERN PHOEBE on
Harmon Hill Road in Pomfret.
Also March 17, to the east of the region, a wintering BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE was reported again at Point Breeze, on Route 98 at Lake
Ontario. Also in the Lake Ontario Plains recently, SANDHILL CRANE over
Wilson. At Golden Hill State Park, 3 LONG-EARED OWLS and a
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. 17 TUNDRA SWANS and 27 SNOW GEESE on
Niagara-Orleans Countyline, and 5 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and 2 LAPLAND
LONGSPURS on Marshall Road in Yates.
March 20 on Goat Island, above Niagara Falls, a PURPLE SANDPIPER off
the Three Sisters Islands. On the lower Niagara River at the Lewiston
Docks, 19 LITTLE GULLS among abundant RING-BILLED GULLS and very few
BONAPARTE'S GULLS. On the west branch of the Niagara River off Grand
Island, 8 TUNDRA SWANS, over 9000 CANVASBACKS, 700 REDHEADS, 420
COMMON MERGANSERS and 20 AMERICAN COOT.
From Lake Erie, on the 21st, an apparent record March count for WOOD
DUCKS - 65, at the mouth at of Cattaraugus Creek. At Dunkirk Harbor,
an ICELAND GULL, plus COMMON LOON, 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 20 SURF
SCOTERS and a flyover MERLIN.
Also this week - 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS on the Statler Building in
downtown Buffalo.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 29. 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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