- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/10/2003 * NYBU0304.10 - Birds mentioned (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( It will be two weeks before Dial-a-Bird is updated on Thursday, April 24. Messages will be checked and news of any rare species reported on the update. Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system. Thank you, David ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) FOX SPARROW SANDHILL CRANE COMMON RAVEN GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE GOLDEN EAGLE Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Snow Goose Richardson's Canada Goose Greater Scaup Harlequin Duck Black Scoter Bufflehead Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Goshawk Golden Eagle Merlin Peregrine Falcon Wilson's Snipe Iceland Gull Caspian Tern Yellow-b. Sapsucker Horned Lark Purple Martin American Pipit Northern Shrike Eastern Towhee Lapland Longspur - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/10/2003 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 Thursday, April 10, 2003 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 April 3 through April 10 from the Niagara Frontier Region include FOX SPARROWS, SANDHILL CRANES, COMMON RAVEN, GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE and GOLDEN EAGLES. Once again, FOX SPARROWS were widely reported across the region. Lead by 8 FOX SPARROWS in a yard on Ruie Road in North Tonawanda and 4 on Northfield Road in Clarence Center. Other FOX SPARROW reports were from Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, Sinking Ponds in East Aurora, and yards in Buffalo, Cambria, Cheektowaga, Niagara Falls, Sanborne, South Wales and Williamsville. Quite a showing for an uncommon migrant. April 5, 2 SANDHILL CRANES were heard and then seen over the Town of Cambria. A COMMON RAVEN was noted at a very rare location on April 6 - high over the power plants on the lower Niagara River. April 6, a GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE was found at Gypsum Pond on Hutton Road in the Town of Oakfield, along with 2 COMMON LOONS, 2 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, 2 SNOW GEESE and 5 RICHARDSON'S-type CANADA GEESE. On the 5th at Gypsum Pond, RED-THROATED LOON and an unexpected BLACK SCOTER. And along the roads in the Oakfield area, flocks of 10 to 15 HORNED LARKS, AMERICAN PIPITS and LAPLAND LONGSPURS. Another RED- THROATED LOON was reported April 3, at Harwood Lake in the Cattaraugus County Town of Farmersville. The Hamburg Hawkwatch reported over 6000 raptors including 14 species on April 3. Highlights were 3 OSPREYS, 12 BALD EAGLES, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, GOLDEN EAGLE, 2 MERLINS and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS. On the 6th, just 288 raptors, but still a good count of 12 species, including another GOLDEN EAGLE. The first PURPLE MARTIN of the season was also reported at the watch. April 6, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK was resting in a tree at the Batavia Waste Water Plant and an adult BALD EAGLE was soaring over the Town of Pendleton. Arriving migrants this week included 5 CASPIAN TERNS on April 3 at Dunkirk Harbor, along with many HORNED GREBES, over 200 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS and an ICELAND GULL. WILSON'S SNIPE, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, AMERICAN PIPIT and EASTERN TOWHEE were widely noted. A reported LINCOLN'S SPARROW at Tifft Nature Preserve this week would be a very early record. A lingering NORTHERN SHRIKE was reported on April 4 on Fisk Road in Pendleton. Other reports this week - on the Niagara River, a total of 70 HORNED GREBES and at Fort Erie, a female HARLEQUIN DUCK just north of the Peace Bridge. On LaSalle Lake on the UB Amherst Campus, RED-NECKED GREBE plus 3 HORNED GREBES, 2 GREATER SCAUP and 23 BUFFLEHEADS. At Lime Lake in Machias, COMMON LOON, 24 HORNED GREBES and 7 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS. And in a yard in Niagara Falls, a BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON. It will be two weeks before Dial-a-Bird is updated on Thursday, April 24. Messages will be checked and news of any rare species reported on the update. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript D Suggs <dfsuggs@localnet.com>