- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/29/2009
* NYBU0910.29
- Birds mentioned
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WHITE IBIS
GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Great Egret
Great Egret
Snow Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
American Wigeon
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup Long-tailed Duck
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Peregrine Falcon
Dunlin
American Woodcock
L. Black-b. Gull
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Eastern Bluebird
American Pipit
Northern Shrike
Fox Sparrow
White-cr. Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 10/29/2009
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, October 29, 2009
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 October 22 through October 29 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include WHITE IBIS and GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE.
The evenings of October 22 and 24, the enigmatic WHITE IBIS was
reported again in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, on the dikes
between Hunt Club and Woods Marshes. The ibis was also seen flying
over Owens-Bartel Road enroute to the roosting area. At least 20 GREAT
EGRETS were still at the roost on the 22nd, and a trio of GREAT HORNED
OWLS have been calling from the marshes.
October 25, in the Iroquois Refuge, 8 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE were still
at Ring Necked Marsh on Sour Springs Road, along with one blue phase
SNOW GOOSE and at least 2 CACKLING GEESE. Singing RUSTY BLACKBIRDS
were also noted throughout the refuge.
The BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario shore and plains on the 25th
reported two flocks of 70 BRANT, AMERICAN WIGEON, GREATER SCAUP,
LESSER SCAUP, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER,
LONG-TAILED DUCK, COMMON GOLDENEYE, several RED-THROATED LOONS, dozens
of COMMON LOONS, and HORNED GREBE. On Hartland Road in the Town of
Somerset, the first report of NORTHERN SHRIKE for the season, plus 8
EASTERN MEADOWLARKS. Also in the plains, EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and
WHITE-CR. SPARROWS. The field trip also included Hamlin Beach State
Park, to the east of the BOS region, where an exceptional PACIFIC LOON
was seen for several days.
October 27, an AMERICAN WOODCOCK specimen was found in downtown
Buffalo, at the HSBC Center Plaza - likely a migrant striking the tall
building.
Other reports this week - 5 GREAT EGRETS on the Niagara River at
Fort Erie, Ontario. PEREGRINE FALCON on the North Grand Island Bridge.
At Akron and Drapers Roads in the Town of Newstead, 9 DUNLINS and
several AMERICAN PIPITS. Three L. BLACK-B. GULLS still above the Three
Sisters Islands in Niagara Falls, New York. BARRED OWL calling near a
yard in the Town of Holland. And, a FOX SPARROW at a feeder in the
Town of Wilson.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, November 5. 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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