[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 10/18/2007

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/18/2007
* NYBU0710.18
- 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 
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  Thank you, David
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  RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
  EURASIAN WIGEON
  ROSS'S GOOSE
  L. BLACK-B. GULL
  SANDHILL CRANE
  Great Egret
  Snow Goose
  Brant
  Gadwall
  Long-tailed Duck
  Surf Scoterwwsc
  Osprey
  Bald Eagle
  Greater Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  Wilson's Snipe
  Jaeger species
  Eastern Screech-Owl
  Great Horned Owl
  Red-bellied Wdpkr.
  Yellow-b. Sapsucker
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Eastern Phoebe
  Tufted Titmouse
  Red-br. Nuthatch
  Brown Creeper
  House Wren
  Golden-cr. Kinglet
  Ruby-cr. Kinglet
  Eastern Bluebird
  Hermit Thrush
  Gray Catbird
  Northern Mockingbird
  American Pipit
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Pine Warbler
  Indigo Bunting
  Amer. Tree Sparrow
  Field Sparrow
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  Rusty Blackbird
  Red-winged Blackbird

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             10/18/2007
  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, October 18, 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 October 11 through October 18  from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD,  EURASIAN 
WIGEON, ROSS'S GOOSE, L. BLACK-B. GULL and SANDHILL  CRANE.

  The HUMMINGBIRD reports last week from Houghton, in the  Allegany 
County Town of Caneadea, turns out to be two  hummingbirds - one a 
confirmed, female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD  and the other likely an immature 
male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD.  The female was identified in hand by a 
bander, and was still  present on the 17th, at house #9705j on Route 19 
in  Houghton.

  October 18, a male EURASIAN WIGEON at the north blind, at  Tifft 
Nature Preserve in Buffalo.

  October 14, an immature ROSS'S GOOSE in the Wyoming County  Town of 
Bennington at Folsomdale and Bear Roads. On the  15th, probably the 
same goose near Bennington, on the Erie-
  Genesee county line.

  The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD and ROSS'S GOOSE are first records  for their 
respective counties. Another county first this  week - 2 L. BLACK-B. 
GULLS on Rushford Lake in Allegany  County.

  Highlights from the bos October 14th Count - 5 SANDHILL  CRANES at 
Goose Pond in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management  Area. In northwest 
Niagara County, including the Niagara  River and Lake Ontario shore, 85 
species and almost 10,000  individuals were counted. Highlights,, 3 
GADWALL, 14 SURF  SCOTER, 162 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, 7 LONG-TAILED DUCK, 
OSPREY,  BALD EAGLE, 3 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, 5 GREAT HORNED OWL, 23  
RED-BELLIED WDPKR., PILEATED WOODPECKER, 13 RED-BR.  NUTHATCHES, 12 
each of EASTERN BLUEBIRD and HERMIT THRUSH,  200 AMERICAN PIPITS, AMER. 
TREE SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW  and 65 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.

  Other count day highlights - on Lake Ontario at Olcott, 3  JAEGER 
SPECIES, possible POMARINE JAEGERS. On Niagara-
  Orleans County Line, 7 SNOW GEESE. In the Oak Orchard Area,  40 
GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 5 WILSON'S SNIPE. In the Tonawanda  Area, at the 
Lewiston Overlook, 9 GREAT EGRETS and 12 LESSER  YELLOWLEGS. and, 
numerous RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in both areas.

  October 18 at Fort Niagara State Park, 14 BRANT feeding on  the lawns.

  Other reports - FOX SPARROW in a Williamsville yard. And at  Tifft 
Nature Preserve, 6 duck species, 9 YELLOW-B.  SAPSUCKER, EASTERN 
PHOEBE, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, TUFTED  TITMOUSE, 9 BROWN CREEPERS, HOUSE 
WREN, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET,  RUBY-CR. KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, GRAY 
CATBIRD, NORTHERN  MOCKINGBIRD, PINE WARBLER among 5 warbler species, 
FIELD  SPARROW and LINCOLN'S SPARROW among 7 sparrow species and an  
almost late INDIGO BUNTING.  And, at a feeder on Ruie Road in
  North Tonawanda, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.


  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, October 25.  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.

- End Transcript