WNY Dial-a-Bird 29 Oct 2009

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/29/2009
* NYBU0910.29
- Birds mentioned
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  Please phone in rare sightings for update
  Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
  Thank you, David
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  WHITE IBIS
  GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
  Red-throated Loon
  Common Loon
  Horned Grebe
  Great Egret
  Great Egret
  Snow Goose
  Brant
  Cackling Goose
  American Wigeon
  Greater Scaup
  Lesser Scaup      Long-tailed Duck
  Black Scoter
  Surf Scoter
  White-winged Scoter
  Common Goldeneye
  Peregrine Falcon
  Dunlin
  American Woodcock
  L. Black-b. Gull
  Great Horned Owl
  Barred Owl
  Eastern Bluebird
  American Pipit
  Northern Shrike
  Fox Sparrow
  White-cr. Sparrow
  Eastern Meadowlark
  Rusty Blackbird

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             10/29/2009
  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, October 29, 2009

  Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of  Science
and 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. To contact the Science
Museum, call 896-5200.

  Highlights of reports received October 22 through October 29  from
the Niagara Frontier Region include WHITE IBIS and GR.  WHITE-FR. GEESE.

  The evenings of October 22 and 24, the enigmatic WHITE IBIS  was
reported again in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management  Area, on the dikes
between Hunt Club and Woods Marshes. The  ibis was also seen flying
over Owens-Bartel Road enroute to  the roosting area. At least 20 GREAT
EGRETS were still at  the roost on the 22nd, and a trio of GREAT HORNED
OWLS have  been calling from the marshes.

  October 25, in the Iroquois Refuge, 8 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE  were still
at Ring Necked Marsh on Sour Springs Road, along  with one blue phase
SNOW GOOSE and at least 2 CACKLING  GEESE. Singing RUSTY BLACKBIRDS
were also noted throughout  the refuge.

  The BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario shore and plains on  the 25th
reported two flocks of 70 BRANT, AMERICAN WIGEON,  GREATER SCAUP,
LESSER SCAUP, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED  SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER,
LONG-TAILED DUCK, COMMON GOLDENEYE,  several RED-THROATED LOONS, dozens
of COMMON LOONS, and  HORNED GREBE. On Hartland Road in the Town of
Somerset, the  first report of NORTHERN SHRIKE for the season, plus 8  
EASTERN MEADOWLARKS. Also in the plains, EASTERN BLUEBIRDS  and
WHITE-CR. SPARROWS. The field trip also included Hamlin  Beach State
Park, to the east of the BOS region, where an  exceptional PACIFIC LOON
was seen for several days.

  October 27, an AMERICAN WOODCOCK specimen was found in  downtown
Buffalo, at the HSBC Center Plaza - likely a  migrant striking the tall
building.

  Other reports this week - 5 GREAT EGRETS on the Niagara  River at
Fort Erie, Ontario. PEREGRINE FALCON on the North  Grand Island Bridge.
At Akron and Drapers Roads in the Town  of Newstead, 9 DUNLINS and
several AMERICAN PIPITS. Three L.  BLACK-B. GULLS still above the Three
Sisters Islands in  Niagara Falls, New York. BARRED OWL calling near a
yard in  the Town of Holland. And, a FOX SPARROW at a feeder in the  
Town of Wilson.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, November 5.  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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