- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/08/2010
* NYBU1004.08
- Birds mentioned
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Thank you, David
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EURASIAN WIGEON
Pied-billed Grebe
American Bittern
Blue-winged Teal
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Barred Owl
Red-bellied Wdpkr.
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Common Raven
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-cr. Kinglet
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Pine Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Red-w. Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 04/08/2010
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 8, 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 April 1 through April 8 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include EURASIAN WIGEONS and early spring
migrants.
From the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, April 3, two EURASIAN
WIGEONS among abundant AMERICAN WIGEONS at Goose Pond, on Albion Road
in the Town of Oakfield.
At least 14 waterfowl species in the Oak Orchard, Iroquois and
Tonawanda areas this week included arriving BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Also in
the refuges, AMERICAN BITTERN, BALD EAGLES on nest at Cayuga Pool and
OSPREYS on the power line nest on Ditch Road. On Tibbets Road in the
Iroquois Refuge, WILSON'S SNIPE, HORNED LARK and LAPLAND LONGSPUR.
Other LAPLAND LONGSPURS over the Goose Pond overlook.
Arrival reports this week - PIED-BILLED GREBE at Beaver Island State
Park on Grand Island. RUBY-CR. KINGLET and PINE WARBLER in a Town of
Wilson yard and three more PINE WARBLERS at Emery Park in the Town of
Wales in southern Erie County. HERMIT THRUSH at Forest Lawn Cemetery
in Buffalo. A pair of BROWN THRASHERS in the Allegany County Town of
Alfred. And, EASTERN TOWHEE in North Buffalo.
Other widely reported species - YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, EASTERN PHOEBE,
TREE SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN-CR.
KINGLET, CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, FOX
SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, female RED-W. BLACKBIRD,
EASTERN MEADOWLARK and PURPLE FINCH.
On Savage Road in the Town of Sardinia, three BALD EAGLES have been
feeding on a deer carcass and field mice for two weeks. BALD EAGLE
also at Navy Island, a former and possible future breeding site for
eagles on the upper Niagara River.
Other recent reports - RUFFED GROUSE displaying and WILD TURKEY
calling in the Cattaraugus County Town of Hinsdale. An unexpected WILD
TURKEY in Buffalo at Main Street and Kensington Avenue. AMERICAN
WOODCOCK in Holland and along the backroads of Orangeville in Wyoming
County. BARRED OWL and COMMON RAVEN at Foster Lake in Alfred.
RED-BELLIED WDPKR. at Elmlawn Cemetery in Tonawanda. 50 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area and 20 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS at Beaver Island State Park. And, a flock of BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRDS on an annual stop at a feeder in Lewiston.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, April 15. 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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