- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/12/2006 * NYBU0601.12 - 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 ----------------------------------------------------------
NORTHERN HAWK-OWL SNOWY OWL TURKEY VULTURE EASTERN PHOEBE GRAY CATBIRD Pied-billed Grebe Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk (all-white) Merlin American Coot Glaucous Gull Red-bellied Wdpkr. Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Horned Lark Red-br. Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Eastern Bluebird American Robin Cedar Waxwing Northern Shrike Yellow-r. Warbler Fox Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Red-w. Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/12/2006 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, January 12, 2006 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 January 5 through January 12 from the Niagara Frontier Region include NORTHERN HAWK-OWL, SNOWY OWL, TURKEY VULTURE, EASTERN PHOEBE and GRAY CATBIRD. January 7, a NORTHERN HAWK-OWL was reported in the Orleans County Town of Yates in the Lake Ontario Plains, along Route 63, just north of Route 18. The owl has been seen daily by many observers; through at least January 12. NORTHERN HAWK- OWLS have been found in other parts of New York State and Ontario in past winters, but this is the first record in the BOS region archives since 1963. Also in the same area of Yates, a SNOWY OWL on January 7, north of Route 18 and west of Route 63, along with a flock of HORNED LARKS, SNOW BUNTINGS and 8 LAPLAND LONGSPURS. And, a NORTHERN SHRIKE along Route 18, east of Route 63. January 9, a TURKEY VULTURE was reported over Lake Street in the Village of Hamburg. Until recent years, TURKEY VULTURES were rarely seen in winter. A record date for EASTERN PHOEBE - January 8, a wintering EASTERN PHOEBE was still at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in the Chautauqua County Town of Hanover, with 3 RED-BELLIED WDPKRS., 3 HAIRY WOODPECKERS, 6 NORTHERN FLICKERS and 4 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. Back on January 2, an EASTERN PHOEBE was still at Amherst State Park. GRAY CATBIRDS also continue in the region this week. One at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora with MERLIN, 4 AMERICAN ROBINS, 40 CEDAR WAXWINGS and a RED-W. BLACKBIRD. At Buckhorn Island State Park, two GRAY CATBIRDS plus PIED-BILLED GREBE, 2 BALD EAGLES, AMERICAN COOT, NORTHERN FLICKER, BROWN CREEPER, RED- BR. NUTHATCH, CAROLINA WREN, 10 GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS and 11 WHITE-THR. SPARROWS. January 11, in Buffalo, a unexpected mid-winter FOX SPARROW appeared at a feeder on Woodbridge Avenue. From Chautauqua County this week - GLAUCOUS GULL at Dunkirk Harbor. Two YELLOW-R. WARBLERS at Lake Erie State Park in Portland. Three WHITE-CR. SPARROWS at the Dunkirk Airport. And, an all-white RED-TAILED HAWK was reported again at Lotus Point Road in the Town of Farnham. This hawk has been reported in Farnham off and on for at least a year. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 19. 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
