[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 04/26/2007

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/26/2007
* NYBU0704.26
- Birds mentioned
   ----------------------------------------------------------  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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  HARRIS'S SPARROW
  GOLDEN EAGLE
  BROAD-WINGED HAWK
  WOOD THRUSH
  INDIGO BUNTING
  Red-necked Grebe
  Tundra Swan
  Surf Scoter
  Peregrine Falcon
  Black-bellied Plover
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Spotted Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  Dunlin
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Barred Owl
  Long-eared Owl
  Chimney Swift
  Purple Martin
  Tree Swallow
  N. Rough-w. Swallow
  Bank Swallow
  Cliff Swallow
  Barn Swallow
  House Wren
  Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
  Pine Warbler
  Palm Warbler

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             04/26/2007
  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 26, 2007

  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 April 19 through April 26  from the 
Niagara Frontier Region include HARRIS'S SPARROW,  GOLDEN EAGLE, 
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, WOOD THRUSH, INDIGO  BUNTING, warblers and 
shorebirds.

  April 19, at a feeder on private property in the Town of  Batavia, an 
exceptionally rare HARRIS'S SPARROW.

  Hawk migration stepped up this week as eleven species of  hawks and 
eagles were reported. The first eight BROAD-WINGED  HAWKS of the season 
were recorded at the Hamburg Hawkwatch  on the rather late date of 
April 20, followed by over 250  BROAD-WINGED HAWKS on both the 22nd and 
23rd. In Orchard  Park, a BROAD-WINGED HAWK returned to a previous nest 
site  this week. April 22 over Fort Niagara State Park in the Town  of 
Porter, 170 raptors included a GOLDEN EAGLE. And a  PEREGRINE FALCON 
continues about the historic Richardson  Towers at the Buffalo Psych 
Center.

  Early migrant songbirds - April 21 and 22, an early WOOD  THRUSH 
singing in Eggertsville. April 26, an early INDIGO  BUNTING at a feeder 
in the Town of Colden. Warblers are  beginning to arrive - April 25 at 
Amherst State Park, over  20 YELLOW-R. WARBLERS and two each of 
BL.-THR. GREEN WARB.,  PINE WARBLER and PALM WARBLER, plus first report 
of BLUE-
  HEADED VIREO.

  Other arrivals - HOUSE WREN at Beaver Island State Park on  April 26, 
and BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER at St. Columbans on Route  5 in the Town of 
Sheridan on April 21.

  April 25 at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, shorebirds  included 
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER  YELLOWLEGS, SPOTTED 
SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL  SANDPIPER and DUNLIN. Also of 
note at the plant, a pair of  SURF SCOTERS and a RED-NECKED GREBE.

  Seventy-three species in the Iroquois Refuge and surrounding  areas 
on April 20, including a RED-NECKED GREBE still at  Cayuga Pool and a 
BARRED OWL calling during the afternoon on  the Swallow Hollow Trail.

  Other reports - Nine TUNDRA SWANS at Woods Marsh in the Oak  Orchard 
Wildlife Management Area. Breeding plumage  BONAPARTE'S GULLS, with 
full black hoods, have been abundant  among the ice floes on the upper 
Niagara River and on Lake  Erie at Windmill Point in Fort Erie, 
Ontario. LONG-EARED OWL  heard calling in a Williamsville yard. And, at 
several  locations, PURPLE MARTIN, TREE SWALLOW, N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOW,  
BANK SWALLOW, CLIFF SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW and CHIMNEY SWIFT.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 3. 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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