- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/08/2005 * NYBU0512.08 - 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 ----------------------------------------------------------
RUFOUS or ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD HARLEQUIN DUCK BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE BLACK-HEADED GULL FRANKLIN'S GULL SPOTTED SANDPIPER PURPLE SANDPIPER ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK EVENING GROSBEAK PINE GROSBEAK SHORT-EARED OWL Eared Grebe Bonaparte's Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Long-eared Owl Eastern Phoebe Fox Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/08/2005 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, December 8, 2005 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. The Dial-a-Bird phone line has been out of order for about two weeks. Highlights of reports from the past two weeks, November 23 through December 8 from the Niagara Frontier Region include RUFOUS or ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD, HARLEQUIN DUCKS, 11 gull species, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, PURPLE SANDPIPER, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK, EVENING GROSBEAK, PINE GROSBEAK and SHORT-EARED OWL. November 27, a female RUFOUS or ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD was confirmed on private property in the Erie County Town of Concord, across the valley from the Kissing Bridge Ski Resort. The hummingbird has been present since early October, and has been feeding through the lake effect snow that blankets this area. Interestingly, the Niagara Frontier's first record of a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was at a location just five miles from this present site, in October 1996. HARLEQUIN DUCKS were at four locations in the past two weeks. November 26, a male in the Niagara Falls gorge at the Canadian Maid of the Mist Landing. December 1, a "scruffy" male HARLEQUIN DUCK above the falls gorge, among the resident MALLARDS at Dufferine Islands Park in Ontario. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK has been reported several times at the mouth of the Niagara River at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, and another female the 27th and 30th on the east side the the Dunkirk Harbor pier. At least 11 gull species on the Niagara River recently have been highlighted by reports from Fort Erie, Ontario. BLACK- LEG. KITTIWAKE and BLACK-HEADED GULL among several thousand BONAPARTE'S GULLS at the International Railroad Bridge, and FRANKLIN'S GULL between the marina and Peace Bridge. Another FRANKLIN'S GULL passing Niagara-on-the-Lake. GLAUCOUS GULLS are beginning to be reported at the power plants and above the falls with THAYER'S GULL, ICELAND GULL and L. BLACK-B. GULLS. Also on the river - November 27, a very late SPOTTED SANDPIPER, plus 2 PURPLE SANDPIPERS at the stranded barge above the falls, and at Fort Erie, an EARED GREBE on November 26. November 25, a female ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK, one day only, among several EVENING GROSBEAKS at a feeder in the Chautauqua County Town of Ripley. On the Lake Ontario shore, November 27, 4 PINE GROSBEAKS in Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park. Other recent reports - November 23, a rare find of a LONG- EARED OWL at Amherst State Park, plus a lingering EASTERN PHOEBE. Another EASTERN PHOEBE December 4 at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in Hanover. In Buffalo, a calling EASTERN SCREECH-OWL on Woodbridge Avenue. And FOX SPARROWS, at feeders in North Tonwanda, Cheektowaga and Hamburg. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 15. 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
