- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/20/2003 * NYBU0311.20 - 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, David /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER PURPLE SANDPIPER LITTLE GULL CALIFORNIA GULL THAYER'S GULL ICELAND GULL L. BLACK-B. GULL GLAUCOUS GULL SHORT-EARED OWL Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant Tundra Swan Brant Green-winged Teal American Black Duck Gadwall Canvasback Ring-necked Duck Long-tailed Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Red-br. Merganser Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Yellowlegs Sanderling Dunlin Nor. Saw-whet Owl Red-bellied Wdpkr. Carolina Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Northern Shrike Amer. Tree Sparrow Fox Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Snow Bunting Rusty Blackbird Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/20/2003 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, November 20, 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 November 13 through November 20 from the Niagara Frontier Region include BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, PURPLE SANDPIPER, gulls and SHORT-EARED OWL. November 16, a very late BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER was found at Rock Point Park in Dunnville, Ontario. This is likely to be the first November record of this species, which usually has left the region by the end of September. Also at Rock Point, 5 COMMON LOONS, 50 HORNED GREBES, 150 GADWALL, 4 WHITE- WINGED SCOTERS, NOR. SAW-WHET OWL and a PINE SISKIN. Nearby in Wainfleet, at Rock Island, which is off Long Beach Conservation Area, 2 PURPLE SANDPIPERS with a SANDERLING, 20 DUNLIN and 10 SURF SCOTERS. At Mohawk Point, 3 more SANDERLINGS and over 100 DUNLIN. On the Niagara River this week, 10 gull species were reported. CALIFORNIA GULL, THAYER'S GULL, 5 ICELAND GULLS and 4 L. BLACK-B. GULLS at the Beck overlook on the lower river. At Niagara Falls, LITTLE GULL in the gorge, L. BLACK- B. GULLS at several locations, and a GLAUCOUS GULL above the falls. Also at the falls, BRANT and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS. And on the upper river, several TUNDRA SWANS. November 15, at the source of the Niagara, along the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo, 450 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, a high count for this location, 1450 BUFFLEHEADS, 400 COMMON GOLDENEYES and small numbers of GADWALL, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, CANVASBACK, RING-NECKED DUCK, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, HOODED MERGANSER and RED-BR. MERGANSER. Also 60 D.- CREST. CORMORANTS on the water intake and 6 SNOW BUNTINGS flying over the pier. Other reports this week - In the Town of Porter, 3 SHORT- EARED OWLS along Dickersonville Road near Route 18 and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at Fort Niagara State Park. In East Aurora, at Sinking Ponds, a RED-THROATED LOON, which becomes the 214th species recorded at this sanctuary. At Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, a lingering GRAY CATBIRD and a late, reported LESSER YELLOWLEGS, plus 35 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, HOODED MERGANSER, RED-BELLIED WDPKR., HERMIT THRUSH and AMER. TREE SPARROW. In Amherst, along the Ellicott Creek trail, a NORTHERN SHRIKE, plus 2 COMMON LOONS passing overhead, 2 GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS, 5 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 2 FOX SPARROWS, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, RUSTY BLACKBIRD and several AMER. TREE SPARROWS and WHITE-THR. SPARROWS. And in the Eggertsville area of Amherst, CAROLINA WREN and 6 PINE SISKINS. Dial-a-Bird will be updated one day early, on Wednesday evening, November 26. Please call in your sightings by noon Wednesday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird. - End Transcript "David F. Suggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
