[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 03/09/2006

[David F. Suggs]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/09/2006
* NYBU0603.09
- 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 - Plan ahead for the next BOS field trip. 
  Saturday, March 25 to the Lake Ontario Plains.
  Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wright's Corners, on 
  the east side of Route 78 at Route 104, north of Lockport.
  Visitors are always welcome on BOS field trips.]
  
  SAGE THRASHER
  ROSS'S GOOSE
  NORTHERN HAWK-OWL
  COMMON RAVEN
  BALTIMORE ORIOLE
  EASTERN PHOEBE
  RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
  Tundra Swan
  Turkey Vulture
  Bald Eagle
  Red-tailed Hawk [two white-plumage]
  Peregrine Falcon
  Killdeer
  American Robin
  Red-w. Blackbird
  Common Grackle
  Purple Finch
  Pine Siskin
  Evening Grosbeak
   
- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             03/09/2006
  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 9, 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. 

  Just the highlights of the many reports received from the 
  Niagara Frontier Region during the past two weeks, February 
  23 through March 9, include SAGE THRASHER, ROSS'S GEESE, 
  NORTHERN HAWK-OWL, COMMON RAVEN, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, EASTERN 
  PHOEBE and RED-SHOULDERED HAWK.                                

  From the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, February 24, a SAGE 
  THRASHER was discovered on the east pier of the Welland 
  Canal at Port Weller. Many birders were able to closely 
  observe the thrasher through at least February 27. There is 
  one previous record of this western species in the BOS 
  archives - October 1966, where else, but in Welland, 
  Ontario. 

  Also on the Welland Canal, two ROSS'S GEESE, March 5, in the 
  area of Merritt Island Park. 

  NORTHERN HAWK-OWL, still present March 8 in the Town of 
  Yates, on Route 63 north of Route 18. 

  March 4, two unexpected COMMON RAVENS on Tonawanda Creek 
  Road at the Royalton-Newstead Townline. COMMON RAVENS are 
  exceptionally rare in the northern counties of the region. 
  More typical, from the Southern Tier, two COMMON RAVENS 
  February 25, in the Chautauqua County Town of Arkwright. 

  March 8, a first year BALTIMORE ORIOLE on Youngstown Road at 
  Cothran Road in the Town of Porter. It is likely this bird 
  wintered in the area. Also on the 8th, an EASTERN PHOEBE at 
  Cattaraugus Creek in Hanover might have been a migrant, but 
  a PHOEBE was at this location in early January. 

  There are certain migrants moving into the region. RED-
  SHOULDERED HAWKS in South Wales and Ashford. Eleven TURKEY 
  VULTURES at Saint Columbans in Sheridan. TUNDRA SWANS - 122 
  on Lake Erie at Cattaraugus Creek, small flocks of SWANS on 
  the Niagara River and many flocks of TUNDRA SWANS over 
  Allegany State Park. KILLDEER in Royalton and on Grand 
  Island, PURPLE FINCH at a feeder in Orchard Park, and a PINE 
  SISKIN appeared with wintering EVENING GROSBEAKS at the 
  Allegany State Park Administration Building. At many 
  locations, AMERICAN ROBINS, RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and COMMON 
  GRACKLES. 

  Two white-plumage RED-TAILED HAWKS this week. One in 
  southern Erie County on Lotus Point Road in the Town of 
  Evans, and a second in Niagara County, at Shunpike and 
  Cambria-Lockport Roads. 

  BALD EAGLES continue on the upper Niagara River at 
  Strawberry Island, Navy Island and River Road in Tonawanda, 
  plus Dunkirk Harbor and several other locations in 
  Chautauqua County. A PEREGRINE FALCON has been noted 
  recently around Buffalo State College - ranging between the 
  Richardson Towers and Amherst Street. Another PEREGRINE 
  FALCON, March 6, roosting in the evening on the northbound 
  North Grand Island Bridge. 

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 16. 
  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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