[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 02/08/2007

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/08/2007
* NYBU0702.08
- 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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  VARIED THRUSH
  EASTERN TOWHEE
  VIRGINIA RAIL
  Cooper's Hawk
  Red-tailed Hawk
  Rough-legged Hawk
  Peregrine Falcon
  Hairy Woodpecker
  Carolina Wren
  Eastern Bluebird
  American Robin
  White-thr. Sparrow
  Brown-headed Cowbird

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             02/08/2007
  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, February 8, 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 February 1 through February 8  from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include VARIED THRUSH,  EASTERN TOWHEE and 
VIRGINIA RAIL.

  February 1 through at least the 7th, a very rare vagrant  from the 
Pacific Northwest, a female VARIED THRUSH, on  private property in the 
Niagara County Town of Cambria. The  thrush has been feeding on 
crabapples and berries.

  In a week of extreme cold and lake effect snow, an EASTERN  TOWHEE 
with several WHITE-THR. SPARROWS at a feeder on Fix  Road on Grand 
Island. In Clarence, an EASTERN BLUEBIRD at a  feeder for several 
weeks. From a Silver Creek yard, CAROLINA  WREN, HAIRY WOODPECKER, and 
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, plus a  COOPER'S HAWK. And hearty AMERICAN ROBINS 
at several  locations.

  January 31, prior to the massive snowfall, seemingly focused  on the 
Town of Aurora, a VIRGINIA RAIL was found at Sinking  Ponds, along the 
main trail past the beaver dam. Sinking  Ponds is at the north end of 
Pine Avenue, outside the  Village of East Aurora.

  February 1, at Buckhorn Island State Park, two PEREGRINE  FALCONS on 
and about the North Grand Island Bridge. In the  Cattaraugus County 
Town of Dayton, February 3, a PEREGRINE  FALCON along with 3 
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and 2 RED-TAILED  HAWKS. And, BALD EAGLES this week 
- flying low over Salt and  Cedar Roads in Clarence, another BALD EAGLE 
over the Great  Baehre Swamp in Amherst, and a pair of adults on a 
Niagara  River ice floe off Beaver Island State Park.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, February 15.  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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