Rochester and the Genesee Region RBA
April 24, 2004
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-RBA
*New York
*Rochester
*April 24 2004
*NYRO0404.24
-Birds mentioned
American Kestrel
American Wigeon
Bald Eagle
Bank Swallow
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
Blue-winged Teal
Bonaparte's Gull
Broad-winged Hawk
Brown Creeper
Brown Thrasher
Caspian Tern
Common Loon
Common Snipe
Common Tern
Cooper's Hawk
Eastern Bluebird
Forster's Tern
GOLDEN EAGLE
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Great Egret
Greater Yellowlegs
Hermit Thrush
Horned Grebe
Iceland Gull
Lesser Scaup
Lesser Yellowlegs
Long-eared Owl
Long-tailed Duck
Merlin
Northern Goshawk
Northern Harrier
Osprey
Pectoral Sandpiper
Peregrine Falcon
Pied-billed Grebe
Pine Siskin
Pine Warbler
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-necked Grebe
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-throated Loon
Rough-legged Hawk
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
SANDHILL CRANE
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Saw-whet Owl
Spotted Sandpiper
Surf Scoter
Turkey Vulture
White-winged Scoter
Yellow-rumped Warbler
-Transcript
Hotline: Rare Bird Hotline for the Rochester Birding Association
Date: 4/24/2004
Number: 585-425-4630
To Report: Same
Compiler: Mike Tetlow
Coverage: Monroe and surrounding counties
Transcriber: Kelly Dockery (kvndock@aol.com)
Web: www.rochesterbirding.com
Braddock's Bay: The 19th brought the largest BROAD-WINGED HAWK flight this
season. Over 15,OOO birds were counted including 11,639 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS,
1447 TURKEY VULTURES, 15 OSPREY, 21 BALD EAGLES, 52 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 1136
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 20 COOPER'S HAWK, 9 NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 136 ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWKS,
1 GOLDEN EAGLE, 8 MERLINS, 571 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 90 KESTREL and 1 PEREGRINE
FALCON. Migrating EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were also seen as well as 2-3 SANDHILL
CRANES which passed by , one of which landed in the marsh. A smaller flight
on the 21st had 245 SHARP-SHINNED, 36 KESTRELS, and 15 BALD EAGLES. Other
highlights that day were 2 FORSTER'S TERNS, 4 PINE SISKINS, and 1 SHORT-EARED
OWL. On the 17th ROUGH-WINGED and BARN SWALLOWS were reported as well as
COMMON SNIPE and GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
The Owl Pines off the Lake Ontario Parkway along Manitou Beach Rd just south
of the parkway, had 10 SAW-WHET OWLS and 2 LONG-EARED OWLS on the 17th as
well as BLUE-GREY GNATCATCHER, PURPLE FINCH, both KINGLETS, and BROWN CREEPER.
Hamlin Beach State Park: Movement on the 17th included 220 COMMON LOONS, 126
HORNED GREBES, 700 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 800 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 880
LESSER SCAUP, 48 CASPIAN TERNS, 4 COMMON TERNS, 36 RED-NECKED GREBES 14 SURF, 1
BLACK and several WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. On the 21st 2 GREAT EGRETS, 380
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 67 COMMON TERNS, 1 MERLIN, 5 FORSTER'S TERNS, 25 PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS, 1 UPLAND SANDPIPER, PINE and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, and BANK
SWALLOWS.
BROWN THRASHERS were reported from Island Cottage Woods and Penfield on the
19th, HERMIT THRUSHES were well-reported from various areas on the 17th.
Perinton: The farm pond at the corner of Rt. 31 F and Wakeman Rd, on the
2oth, had 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 3
AMERICAN WIGEON, and 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL. On the 17th there was still an
ICELAND GULL and ,on the 15th , 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were there.
-End transcript
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