- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/26/2007 * NYBU0704.26 - 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- HARRIS'S SPARROW GOLDEN EAGLE BROAD-WINGED HAWK WOOD THRUSH INDIGO BUNTING Red-necked Grebe Tundra Swan Surf Scoter Peregrine Falcon Black-bellied Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Bonaparte's Gull Barred Owl Long-eared Owl Chimney Swift Purple Martin Tree Swallow N. Rough-w. Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow House Wren Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Pine Warbler Palm Warbler - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/26/2007 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, April 26, 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 April 19 through April 26 from the Niagara Frontier Region include HARRIS'S SPARROW, GOLDEN EAGLE, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, WOOD THRUSH, INDIGO BUNTING, warblers and shorebirds. April 19, at a feeder on private property in the Town of Batavia, an exceptionally rare HARRIS'S SPARROW. Hawk migration stepped up this week as eleven species of hawks and eagles were reported. The first eight BROAD-WINGED HAWKS of the season were recorded at the Hamburg Hawkwatch on the rather late date of April 20, followed by over 250 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS on both the 22nd and 23rd. In Orchard Park, a BROAD-WINGED HAWK returned to a previous nest site this week. April 22 over Fort Niagara State Park in the Town of Porter, 170 raptors included a GOLDEN EAGLE. And a PEREGRINE FALCON continues about the historic Richardson Towers at the Buffalo Psych Center. Early migrant songbirds - April 21 and 22, an early WOOD THRUSH singing in Eggertsville. April 26, an early INDIGO BUNTING at a feeder in the Town of Colden. Warblers are beginning to arrive - April 25 at Amherst State Park, over 20 YELLOW-R. WARBLERS and two each of BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., PINE WARBLER and PALM WARBLER, plus first report of BLUE- HEADED VIREO. Other arrivals - HOUSE WREN at Beaver Island State Park on April 26, and BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER at St. Columbans on Route 5 in the Town of Sheridan on April 21. April 25 at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, shorebirds included BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and DUNLIN. Also of note at the plant, a pair of SURF SCOTERS and a RED-NECKED GREBE. Seventy-three species in the Iroquois Refuge and surrounding areas on April 20, including a RED-NECKED GREBE still at Cayuga Pool and a BARRED OWL calling during the afternoon on the Swallow Hollow Trail. Other reports - Nine TUNDRA SWANS at Woods Marsh in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area. Breeding plumage BONAPARTE'S GULLS, with full black hoods, have been abundant among the ice floes on the upper Niagara River and on Lake Erie at Windmill Point in Fort Erie, Ontario. LONG-EARED OWL heard calling in a Williamsville yard. And, at several locations, PURPLE MARTIN, TREE SWALLOW, N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOW, BANK SWALLOW, CLIFF SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW and CHIMNEY SWIFT. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, May 3. 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