- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/10/2005 * NYBU0503.10 - 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- [UPDATE - On Wednesday, March 26, the annual Vaughn Lecture will be presented at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Dr. Kevin McGowan will lecture on "The Uncommon Crow: The Hidden Life of a Common but Misunderstood Bird" Saturday, March 26, Field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains, led by Willie D'Anna. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wright's Corners, on the east side of Route 78 at Route 104, north of Lockport. ROSS'S GOOSE SNOWY OWL TURKEY VULTURE RED-SHOULDERED HAWK LARK SPARROW Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe American Wigeon Canvasback Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Surf Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-br. Merganser Bald Eagle Sharp-sh. Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Wild Turkey Glaucous Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Short-eared Owl Horned Lark American Robin Northern Mockingbird Northern Shrike White-cr. Sparrow Snow Bunting Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/10/2005 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs@localnet.com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, March 10, 2005 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 3 through March 10 from the Niagara Frontier Region include ROSS'S GOOSE, SNOWY OWL, TURKEY VULTURE, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and LARK SPARROW. From Chautauqua County, March 9, the ROSS'S GOOSE was still present at Dunkirk Harbor. The goose has been with a flock of CANADA GEESE, at the west end of the harbor at Mullet Street, and also on the east side of nearby Point Gratiot. Other reports from Dunkirk Harbor included PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, AMERICAN WIGEON, CANVASBACK, RING- NECKED DUCK, GREATER SCAUP, SURF SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER, LONG- TAILED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER, RED-BR. MERGANSER, BALD EAGLE, 2 COOPER'S HAWKS on the rock breakwall, PEREGRINE FALCON on the power plant, and a first winter GLAUCOUS GULL. Also in Chautauqua County, March 7, the SNOWY OWL was still at Cummings Road and Fredonia-Stockton Road in the Town of Pomfret. Hawk and vultures have begun their early migration. March 7, at the Hamburg Hawkwatch, the first flight of the season included 3 TURKEY VULTURES, COOPER'S HAWK, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, and 12 RED-TAILED HAWKS. Plus, 13 RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and 2 COMMON GRACKLES. Visitors are always welcome at the daily hawkwatch, which is located in Lakeside Cemetery off Camp Blvd, or alternately at the baseball fields on Rodgers Road. TURKEY VULTURES, RED-W. BLACKBIRDS, COMMON GRACKLES BROWN- HEADED COWBIRD, and AMERICAN ROBINS were noted at widespread locations this week. March 5, an unexpected BALD EAGLE was reported flying low over Buffalo at Main and Ferry Streets. The previously reported eagle nesting activity on Strawberry Island and Navy Island appears to have ceased - no eagles were observed at either site this week. On Navy Island, 5 WILD TURKEYS could be seen from the Eagle Overlook on the West River Parkway on Grand Island. March 6, the BOS field trip for owls in Niagara County reported a GREAT HORNED OWL on nest at Fort Niagara State Park, at least 10 SHORT-EARED OWLS at Dickersonville and Youngstown Roads, and two EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS after sunset on Lutts Road - all in the Town of Porter. Also on the field trip, the LARK SPARROW that has been wintering at 1073 Youngstown Road near Route 93, plus SHARP-SH. HAWK, COOPER'S HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, flocks of HORNED LARKS, AMERICAN ROBIN, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, WHITE-CR. SPARROW and SNOW BUNTING. Other reports this week - NORTHERN SHRIKE calling on Hopper Road in the Chautauqua County Town of Hanover. Another NORTHERN SHRIKE on Lewis Road in South Wales. At the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek, 68 HORNED LARKS and 3 SNOW BUNTINGS. And in East Aurora, a PINE SISKIN on Martin Drive. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 17. 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