- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/11/2004 * NYBU0403.11 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ROSS'S GOOSE BLUE-WINGED TEAL CANADA GOOSE GOLDEN EAGLE AMERICAN WOODCOCK SORA [reported] Red-throated Loon Red-necked Grebe Tundra Swan Snow Goose Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Barred Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Nor. Saw-whet Owl Pileated Woodpecker Rusty Blackbird Common Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/11/2004 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, March 11, 2004 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 4 through March 11 from the Niagara Frontier Region include ROSS'S GOOSE, BLUE- WINGED TEAL, RICHARDSON'S CANADA GOOSE, GOLDEN EAGLE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK and owls. From the Lake Ontario Plains, March 10, 2 very rare ROSS'S GEESE were reported in the Orleans County Town of Yates, on the north side of Route 18, east of Marshall Road. At least 15 waterfowl species reported this week in the region. Of note, 2 early BLUE-WINGED TEAL on March 6, at the Iroquois Refuge, along Route 77 north of Oak Orchard Ridge Road. One of the small forms of CANADA GOOSE, the RICHARDSON'S GOOSE, was reported at three locations this week - 9 on Steiner Road in Newstead, 10 on Somerset- Hartland Townline Road, and a single RICHARDSON'S over Four Mile Creek State Park in Porter. Several hundred SNOW GOOSE over Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge, yet 100 miles to the east, in the Montezuma Refuge area, an estimated 100,000 SNOW GEESE. In response to several recent reports, it is the TUNDRA SWAN that is the region's common spring migrant, while the introduced TRUMPETER SWAN is the rare exception. Hawk migration stepped up this week. The highlight was an adult GOLDEN EAGLE, among 177 raptors of 9 species, over Four Mile Creek on March 7. March 10 at the Hamburg Hawkwatch, about 100 raptors included 46 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS. TURKEY VULTURES were widely reported. March 9, a reported NORTHERN GOSHAWK in a yard in the Town of Wales. And at the Allegany Reservoir, along Route 280 between Wolf Run and Willow Bay, a high count of 13 to 17 BALD EAGLES. March 5, two AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were heard along Allegany State Park Road 2, and March 9, an AMERICAN WOODCOCK in Wyoming County. Impressive results from an all night search for owls in Wyoming County on March 9 - 19 owls seen or heard, including 9 NOR. SAW-WHET OWLS, plus 3 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS, 6 BARRED OWLS, a LONG-EARED OWL, and surprisingly, no Great Horned Owls. The BOS owl trip to Niagara County on March 7 recorded 5 or 6 owl species - NOR. SAW-WHET OWL at Four Mile Creek, 4 SHORT-EARED OWLS with 9 NORTHERN HARRIERS at Dickersonville Road and Youngstown Road in Porter. Also in the county, EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, GREAT HORNED OWL, BARRED OWL and a probable SNOWY OWL still at the Niagara Falls airport. March 7, a very early, reported SORA was heard at the Tillman Area in Clarence. Other reports this week - RED-THROATED LOON and RED-NECKED GREBE at Fort Niagara State Park. At Sinking Ponds in East Aurora, PILEATED WOODPECKER and 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. Another PILEATED WOODPECKER at Tillman. And at a feeder in the Town of Ashford, 10 COMMON REDPOLLS, 15 PINE SISKINS, 30 AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES and a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 18. 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 "David F. Suggs" <dfsuggs@localnet.com> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.