[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 04/19/2007

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/19/2007
* NYBU0704.19
- 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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  EURASIAN WIGEON
  Common Loon
  Horned Grebe
  Great Egret
  Wood Duck
  Blue-winged Teal
  American Wigeon
  Canvasback
  Ruddy Duck
  Osprey
  Bald Eagle
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Rough-legged Hawk
  American Kestrel
  Peregrine Falcon
  Wild Turkey
  Virginia Rail
  Wilson's Snipe
  Little Gull
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Glaucous Gull
  Caspian Tern
  Common Tern
  Eastern Screech-Owl
  Great Horned Owl
  Red-bellied Wdpkr.
  Yellow-b. Sapsucker
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Barn Swallow
  Carolina Wren
  Winter Wren
  Hermit Thrush
  Brown Thrasher
  American Pipit
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Palm Warbler
  Eastern Towhee
  Vesper Sparrow
  Fox Sparrow
  Swamp Sparrow
  White-thr. Sparrow
  White-cr. Sparrow
  Dark-eyed Junco
  Red-w. Blackbird
  Rusty Blackbird
  Common Grackle
  Purple Finch

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             04/19/2007
  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 19, 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 12 through April 19  from the 
Niagara Frontier Region include EURASIAN WIGEON and  BOS April count 
reports.

  April 17 in the Genesee County Town of Alexander, a EURASIAN  WIGEON 
was reported at Buckenmeyer Swamp on Old Creek Road,  between Batavia 
and Alexander. Also at this location,  several AMERICAN WIGEONS, GREAT 
EGRET, YELLOW-R. WARBLER and  the first report of PALM WARBLER. A BALD 
EAGLE nest has been  found in Alexander, accounting for the recent 
reports of  EAGLES.

  The BOS April Count was conducted on the 15th. A section of  
northwest Niagara County reported 80 species, highlighted by  16 duck 
species, GLAUCOUS GULL in the fields at  Dickersonville and 
Youngstown-Wilson Roads in Porter, 5  CASPIAN TERNS, 5 GREAT HORNED 
OWLS including two nests with  3 young each, first report of BARN 
SWALLOW, VESPER SPARROW,  4 FOX SPARROWS, 237 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, over 
7000 RED-W.  BLACKBIRDS, 135 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, over 1000 COMMON 
GRACKLES  and a PURPLE FINCH.

  The section of Grand Island and Goat Island logged a diverse  range 
of 75 species - 11 WILD TURKEYS, 9 GREAT EGRETS,  PEREGRINE FALCON, 
VIRGINIA RAIL, 4 LITTLE GULLS, COMMON  TERN, EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, 3 
GREAT HORNED OWLS, 8 RED-
  BELLIED WDPKRS., 3 YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKERS, 2 CAROLINA WRENS, 6  WINTER 
WRENS, 3 AMERICAN PIPITS, 7 FOX SPARROWS and numbers  of WHITE-THR. 
SPARROWS and WHITE-CR. SPARROWS.

  And a count along the roads of the Town of Bennington in  northwest 
Wyoming County reported 48 species, highlighted by  COMMON LOON on the 
Akron Reservoir, 9 AMERICAN KESTRELS,  RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and 33 WILSON'S  SNIPE.

  April 14 at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, another good  count of 
FOX SPARROWS - at least ten in the preserve, plus  COMMON LOON at the 
Visitors Center, HORNED GREBE, WOOD DUCK,  BLUE-WINGED TEAL, RUDDY 
DUCK, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, HERMIT  THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, YELLOW-R. 
WARBLER and SWAMP SPARROW.

  From the Town of Lancaster on April 12, 3 unexpected COMMON  TERNS, 
migrating westward over Genesee and Harris Hill  Roads.

  Other reports this week - on the Langford Ponds on Route 75  in North 
Collins, 10 waterbirds including COMMON LOON,  HORNED GREBE and 
CANVASBACK. Over the Buffalo Psyc Center, a  migrant OSPREY. At Squaw 
Island in Buffalo, over 1000  BONAPARTE'S GULLS. In the Niagara County 
Town of Cambria, 2  PILEATED WOODPECKERS near Shawnee Road. The 
property owner  noted this was the first and only sighting of PILEATED  
WOODPECKER on the land in 30 years. And, from Amherst, on  Saratoga 
Blvd. in Snyder, EASTERN TOWHEE, FOX SPARROW and  WHITE-THR. SPARROW.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, April 26.  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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