- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/01/2010
* NYBU1004.01
- Birds mentioned
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BARNACLE GOOSE
GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
Red-throated Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Egret
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Red-br. Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-sh. Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Little Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Great Horned Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Fox Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
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Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 04/01/2010
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, April 1, 2010
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 March 25 through April 1 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include BARNACLE GOOSE, GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
and GREATER YELLOWLEGS.
March 27, on the BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains, a
BARNACLE GOOSE at Johnson Creek Road and Hartland-Somerset Townline.
Most likely the same individual that was at the Iroquois Refuge last
week, about 10 miles to the south.
Also on the field trip, hundreds of RED-NECKED GREBES on Lake
Ontario with HORNED GREBE and RED-THROATED LOON, plus GREATER SCAUP,
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, LONG-TAILED DUCK, COMMON GOLDENEYE and abundant
RED-BR. MERGANSERS. Waterfowl in the fields included AMERICAN WIGEON,
RING-NECKED DUCK, NORTHERN PINTAIL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL. On the
Niagara-Orleans Countyline at Route 18, 2 SNOW GEESE, CACKLING GOOSE
and L. BLACK-B. GULL. Also migrant hawks throughout the day -
NORTHERN HARRIER, SHARP-SH. HAWK, COOPER'S HAWK, RED-
SHOULDERED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, AMERICAN KESTREL and PEREGRINE FALCON.
March 30 in Niagara County, a GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE on Dickersonville
Road south of Youngstown-Wilson Road in the Town of Porter. An escaped
RUDDY SHELDUCK has been reported several times at this location. Also,
multiple reports of a CANADA GOOSE with a white body and black neck at
Ring-neck and Schoolhouse Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge.
In the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, March 28, first report of
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, in the marsh at Griswold Road and Route 77. Also
50 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area.
March 29, 10 GREAT EGRETS, a high count of March, at the heronry on
Motor Island in the upper Niagara River. Also the 29th, OSPREY on the
utility pole nest off Ditch Road, near the Tonawanda Wildlife
Management Area.
Arriving this week in the Town of Wilson - EASTERN PHOEBE, BROWN
CREEPER, WINTER WREN and 2 FOX SPARROWS.
Before sunset on March 25 in the Town of Amherst, 88 low flying
TURKEY VULTURES, apparently searching for a night roost, at Main
Street and Eggert Road.
Other reports this week - From Cattaraugus County, EASTERN
MEADOWLARK amid the snow patches in the Town of Hinsdale, and BALD
EAGLE and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on Swamp Road in Randolph. On the lower
Niagara River at Lewiston, LITTLE GULL among the LONG-TAILED DUCKS.
And, on Grand Island, GREAT HORNED OWL at the BOS Sanctuary on Love
Road.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, April 8. 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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