[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 03/15/2007

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/15/2007
* NYBU0703.15
- Birds mentioned
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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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  ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK
  ROSS'S GOOSE
  AMERICAN WOODCOCK
  Red-throated Loon
  Pied-billed Grebe
  Horned Grebe
  Red-necked Grebe
  Great Blue Heron
  Tundra Swan
  Snow Goose
  Green-winged Teal
  Northern Pintail
  American Wigeon
  Canvasback
  Redhead
  Ring-necked Duck
  Black Scoter
  Surf Scoter
  White-winged Scoter
  Hooded Merganser
  Turkey Vulture
  Bald Eagle
  Northern Harrier
  Cooper's Hawk
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Red-tailed Hawk
  Rough-legged Hawk
  American Kestrel
  Merlin
  Peregrine Falcon
  Killdeer
  Iceland Gull
  Glaucous Gull
  Barred Owl
  Red-headed Wdpkr.
  Horned Lark
  Common Raven
  Northern Shrike
  Field Sparrow
  Lapland Longspur
  Snow Bunting
  Red-w. Blackbird
  Eastern Meadowlark
  Common Grackle

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             03/15/2007
  Number:           716-896-1271
  To Report:        Same
  Compiler:         David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnetcom)
  Coverage:         Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:          www.BOSBirding.org

  Thursday, March 15, 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 March 1 through March 15 from  the 
Niagara Frontier Region include GROSBEAK, ROSS'S GOOSE,  AMERICAN 
WOODCOCK and early spring migration.

  March 13, an exceptional report of a female GROSBEAK,  reported as a 
ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK, in a yard in the Erie  County Town of Boston. 
Hopefully, the bird will be seen  again to confirm the identification.

  In the Lake Ontario Plains, March 13, a reported ROSS'S  GOOSE with 
50 CANADA GEESE on Marshall Road in the Orleans  County Town of Yates. 
Many arriving waterfowl species have  been reported from the lake 
plains, Iroquois Refuge and  Niagara River. Including, SNOW GOOSE, 
TUNDRA SWAN, AMERICAN  WIGEON, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 
RING-NECKED  DUCK and HOODED MERGANSER.

  First AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were reported March 4 near the  Niagara 
Parkway in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and March 14 on  Gilhooly Road in 
the Genesee County Town of Alexander. March  10 in the Lake Ontario 
Plains, likely recent arrivals -  FIELD SPARROW and EASTERN MEADOWLARK 
on North Beebee Road in  the Town of Wilson. KILLDEER have been widely 
reported,  while RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES trickle and then 
  flood the region.

  GREAT BLUE HERONS have been claiming nests in the Motor  Island 
heronry on the upper Niagara River since late  February, when 61 herons 
were reported.

  At the Hamburg Hawkwatch, TURKEY VULTURES lead in early  March, 
followed by RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS. On March 13, 244  TURKEY VULTURES and 
47 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, plus BALD  EAGLE, NORTHERN HARRIER, COOPER'S 
HAWK, RED-TAILED HAWK,  ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, AMERICAN KESTREL and 
PEREGRINE FALCON.  Visitors are always welcome at the daily watch, 
located in  Lakeside Memorial Park, off Camp Road in Hamburg. Also,  
March 7, a MERLIN over Porter Road in the Town of Niagara.

  Dunkirk Harbor is still loaded with wintering waterfowl,  including 
CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED  SCOTER and BLACK 
SCOTER, plus PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED  GREBE and RED-NECKED GREBE. On 
Lake Ontario, RED-THROATED  LOONS and RED-NECKED GREBES at several 
locations.

  Other recent reports - always a surprise away from the  Niagara River 
- 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS and an ICELAND GULL at  Porter Center Road in 
Porter, along with HORNED LARK,  LAPLAND LONGSPUR and SNOW BUNTING. 
HORNED LARKS and SNOW  BUNTINGS also in Alexander. NORTHERN SHRIKE 
still at Lotus  Point Road in the Town of Brant. In Allegany State 
Park,  several pairs of COMMON RAVENS and 2 BARRED OWLS. And, at  the 
foot of Buffalo Road in Fort Erie, Ontario, a RED-HEADED  WDPKR. at 
this long-time summer breeding location.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 22.  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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