[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 03/13/2008

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/13/2008
* NYBU0803.13
- Birds mentioned
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  EVENING GROSBEAK
  Pied-billed Grebe
  Horned Grebe
  Red-necked Grebe
  D.-crest. Cormorant
  Tundra Swan
  Mute Swan
  American Black Duck
  Gadwall
  American Wigeon
  Canvasback
  Redhead
  Greater Scaup
  Surf Scoter
  Hooded Merganser
  Common Merganser
  Red-br. Merganser
  Turkey Vulture
  Bald Eagle
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Peregrine Falcon
  American Coot
  Little Gull
  Great Black-b. Gull
  Belted Kingfisher
  Horned Lark
  Swallow Species
  American Robin
  Northern Shrike
  Snow Bunting
  Red-w. Blackbird
  Common Grackle
  Common Redpoll
  Pine Siskin

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             03/13/2008
  Number:           716-896-1271
  To Report:        Same
  Compiler:         David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com)
  Coverage:         Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:          www.BOSBirding.org

  Thursday, March 13, 2008

  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.

  Reports received March 6 through March 13 from the Niagara  Frontier Region.

  From the Town of Hume in northwest Allegany County, a large  flock of 
EVENING GROSBEAKS at a feeder for the past month.  This is the first 
report of EVENING GROSBEAKS since early  winter.

  A good season for COMMON REDPOLLS continues into March. At a  feeder 
in Orchard Park, a peak of 50 COMMON REDPOLLS with 10  PINE SISKINS. 
Also a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK at this location  for two weeks.    True 
signs of spring amid the recent heavy snowfall - TURKEY  VULTURES, 
AMERICAN ROBINS, RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and COMMON  GRACKLES widely 
reported. March 13, a SWALLOW SPECIES, most  likely a TREE SWALLOW, 
over the Town of Tonawanda.

  March 10 in the Town of Aurora, a NORTHERN SHRIKE near the  barn at 
Knox State Park.

  On Lake Erie, at least 14 waterfowl species at Dunkirk  Harbor on 
March 10 included 75 HOODED MERGANSERS and 135  RED-BR. MERGANSERS, 
plus 5 PIED-BILLED GREBES, many HORNED  GREBES, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 
110 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, 40  AMERICAN COOT, 1 LITTLE GULL and a high 
count of 480 GREAT  BLACK-B. GULLS.

  Waterfowl are also still abundant on the upper Niagara  River. In 
addition to a flock of over 30 TUNDRA SWANS at  Beaver Island State 
Park, two MUTE SWANS on the river at the  north end of Grand Island. 
Among the docks at the Mid-river  Marina on River Road in Tonawanda, 11 
waterfowl species  included many CANVASBACKS, REDHEADS, GREATER SCAUP 
and  COMMON MERGANSERS, with a few GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON and  
AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS. Also, BELTED KINGFISHER and AMERICAN  COOT. On 
the ice off Old Fort Erie Beach in Ontario, 82  TUNDRA SWANS plus a 
SURF SCOTER.

  March 9 on patches of open water on Ellicott Creek in  Tonawanda, 50 
CANVASBACKS, REDHEADS and 3 HOODED  MERGANSER.

  Other reports this week - in the Genesee County Town of  Alexander, a 
pair of BALD EAGLES bringing materials to an  established nest at Route 
20 and Tonawanda Creek. Another  BALD EAGLE migrating over the Village 
of Hamburg. Two  PEREGRINE FALCONS on two lamp posts on the north Grand 
  Island bridges. Another pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS at the  Buffalo 
Psyc Center the evening of March 12. And at  several locations in 
Genesee County, a total of 143 HORNED  LARKS and 274 SNOW BUNTINGS.     
                         Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, 
March 20.  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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