[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 03/30/2006

[David F. Suggs]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/30/2006
* NYBU0603.30
- Birds mentioned
  
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  Please 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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  [UPDATE - BOS Field Trip, Sunday, April 2. Oak Orchard 
  Swamps. Meet at 8 AM Daylight Savings Time at Cayuga Pool
  Overlook on Route 77 in the Iroquois Refuge. Visitors are
  always welcome on BOS trips. Thank you.]
  
  EURASIAN WIGEON
  SANDHILL CRANE
  OSPREY
  EASTERN TOWHEE
  Red-throated Loon
  Horned Grebe
  Red-necked Grebe
  D.-crest. Cormorant
  Tundra Swan
  Cackling Goose
  Green-winged Teal
  Blue-winged Teal
  American Wigeon
  Ring-necked Duck
  Turkey Vulture
  Bald Eagle
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Red-tailed Hawk
  Peregrine Falcon
  Wild Turkey
  Eastern Screech-Owl
  Black-cap. Chickadee
  Red-br. Nuthatch
  Eastern Bluebird
  Cedar Waxwing
  Amer. Tree Sparrow
  Fox Sparrow
  Eastern Meadowlark
 
- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             03/30/2006
  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 30, 2006 

  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 23 through March 30 
  from the Niagara Frontier Region include EURASIAN WIGEONS, 
  SANDHILL CRANES, OSPREY and EASTERN TOWHEE. 

  The two EURASIAN WIGEONS reported last week were still 
  present on March 26 - one at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois 
  Refuge, and the other at Goose Pond on Albion Road in the 
  Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area. Also 3 CACKLING GEESE 
  at Goose Pond. 

  The BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains and Oak 
  Orchard area on March 25 reported 61 species, highlighted by 
  the EURASIAN WIGEON at Goose Pond, and two or more SANDHILL 
  CRANES calling from the distant marshes at the pond. Also on 
  the trip, over 100 RED-NECKED GREBES, several HORNED GREBES 
  and a RED-THROATED LOON on Lake Ontario, and two BALD EAGLES 
  over Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road. 

  Other SANDHILL CRANES this week - two over Silver Creek on 
  the 25th, and a single CRANE over Niagara Falls, Ontario, on 
  March 30. 

  OSPREY returned to Allegany State Park on March 27. EASTERN 
  TOWHEE first reported March 26 on Pratt Road in the Town of 
  Portland. 

  March 24, a PEREGRINE FALCON was reported feeding at the 
  Ontario Street boat ramp in the Riverside section of 
  Buffalo. 

  TUNDRA SWANS continue to be widely reported. 20 at the 
  gravel ponds on Route 62 in Dayton, with 45 HORNED GREBES, 
  240 RING-NECKED DUCKS, several GREEN-WINGED TEALS and BLUE-
  WINGED TEALS, and two BALD EAGLES. 100 TUNDRA SWANS, 89 
  RING-NECKED DUCKS, 51 AMERICAN WIGEON and a BALD EAGLE at 
  the Berry Road ponds in Pomfret. 110 TUNDRA SWANS on Hosmer 
  Road in Somerset. And, 200 TUNDRA SWANS have been reported 
  by several observers for over a week, along the New York 
  State Thruway at the Batavia Turf Farms. 

  Ten raptor species at the Hamburg Hawkwatch this week 
  included good numbers of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS and RED-TAILED 
  HAWKS, plus over 800 TURKEY VULTURES. 

  Other reports - two EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS unexpectedly 
  calling in late afternoon on Ruie Road in North Tonawanda. 
  At Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora, 2 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 
  12 CEDAR WAXWINGS, 4 AMER. TREE SPARROWS and 2 EASTERN 
  MEADOWLARKS. D.-CREST. CORMORANT flying over Tonawanda. Six 
  WILD TURKEYS at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. 
  FOX SPARROW at a feeder in Batavia. And, BLACK-CAP. 
  CHICKADEES and RED-BR. NUTHATCH continue to feed on maple 
  tree sap in a yard in Alden. 

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, April 6. 
  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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