- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/22/2010
* NYBU1004.22
- Birds mentioned
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
YELLOW-THR. WARBLER
LA. WATERTHRUSH
WHITE-EYED VIREO
Horned Grebe
Tundra Swan
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Scaup species
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Red-br. Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-sh. Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Greater Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Chimney Swift
Common Raven
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-r. Warbler
Pine Warbler
Amer. Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
White-cr. Sparrow
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Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 04/22/2010
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 22, 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 15 through April 22 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include dark-morph BROAD-
WINGED HAWK, YELLOW-THR. WARBLER, LA. WATERTHRUSH and WHITE-
EYED VIREO.
April 21 was an exceptional day at the Hamburg Hawkwatch. A total of
1629 raptors included one, very rare, dark-morph BROAD-WINGED HAWK
among 1316 typical BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, plus 191 TURKEY VULTURE, 59
SHARP-SH. HAWKS, 10 OSPREY and 2 each of BALD EAGLE and RED-SHOULDERED
HAWK. Colder weather and changing winds will slow the hawk flights in
coming days. The hawkwatch is located in Lakeside Memorial Park on
Camp Road in the Town of Hamburg. Visitors are always welcome.
A flight of 100 hawks over the Town of Colden on the 21st included
20 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, plus 5 COMMON RAVENS.
From the Town of Niagara, a rare YELLOW-THR. WARBLER on April 21, on
Plaza Drive near Cayuga Drive Extension. The warbler was observed for
20 minutes before it continued its migration.
At Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, a LA. WATERTHRUSH on April 15
at the first bridge. April 16 to 18, an early WHITE-EYED VIREO at Lisa
Pond. Also at Tifft this week - 2 SANDHILL CRANES over Lisa Pond,
TUNDRA SWAN, PEREGRINE FALCON, over 30 RUBY-CR. KINGLETS, YELLOW-R.
WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, AMER. TREE SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THR.
SPARROW and WHITE-CR. SPARROW.
April 20 at Lewiston Reservoir State Park, a mix of diving and marsh
ducks - GADWALL, 6 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, SCAUP SPECIES, 3 WHITE-WINGED
SCOTERS, 15 BUFFLEHEADS and 100 RED-
BR. MERGANSER. Also 2 HORNED GREBES.
This week in the fields at Somerset-Hartland Townline and Johnson
Creek Road, 13 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 7 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, plus
AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-
WINGED TEAL and 1 TUNDRA SWAN.
Other recent reports - Abundant BONAPARTE'S GULLS and CASPIAN TERNS
with 20 COMMON TERNS at the Wilson Pier on Lake Ontario. 2 CHIMNEY
SWIFTS over Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. And on Grand Island, a NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD on Baseline Road.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, April 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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