- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/18/2003 * NYBU0312.18 - 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 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
MEW GULL NORTHERN GANNET BLACK-HEADED GULL WILLET SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL Tundra Swan Long-tailed Duck Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Purple Sandpiper California Gull Red-bellied Wdpkr. Horned Lark Red-br. Nuthatch Eastern Bluebird American Robin American Pipit Northern Shrike Song Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/18/2003 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, December 18, 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 December 11 through December 18 from the Niagara Frontier Region include MEW GULL, NORTHERN GANNET, BLACK-HEADED GULL, WILLET, SNOWY OWL and SHORT-EARED OWL. The adult MEW GULL first reported on December 6 at the control gates above Niagara Falls, was relocated December 13 and 16 at the power plants on the lower river. December 15, a NORTHERN GANNET, was reported downriver of the power plants. A BLACK-HEADED GULL was found again December 13, upriver from the Queenston boat launch, by the waterfall at Artpark. And a CALIFORNIA GULL continues to be found at the power plants. A total of 11 gull species were reported on the Niagara River this week. Also on the river, 22 TUNDRA SWANS at the south end of Grand Island, 2 PURPLE SANDPIPERS at the stranded barge above the falls, and a BALD EAGLE along the west river. December 16, a WILLET was still present at the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo. It has been identified as an individual of the western race of WILLET. Also at the pier, up to 6 PURPLE SANDPIPERS, and over 5000 waterfowl including 100 LONG- TAILED DUCKS. On the Buffalo waterfront, along Fuhrmann Blvd., the first SNOWY OWL of the season was reported December 14 on the breakwall at the Small Boat Harbor. Also, 37 SNOW BUNTINGS nearby at the Pier Restaurant. PEREGRINE FALCONS were reported at three locations this week. One taking a BONAPARTE'S GULL at the Niagara River power plants, another peregrine failing to take waterfowl at the Bird Island Pier, and two at the grain elevator by the Small Boat Harbor. SHORT-EARED OWLS were reported at three locations this week. In the Niagara County Town of Porter, at Dickersonville Road and Route 18, 4 SHORT-EARED OWLS, a high count of 12 NORTHERN HARRIERS, plus 3 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, a late AMERICAN PIPIT passing over, and a large flock of SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS with several LAPLAND LONGSPURS. North of the Iroquois Refuge, at Posson and Fletcher Chapel Roads, at least 8 SHORT-EARED OWLS and 6 NORTHERN HARRIERS. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS at several locations in the refuge area, and 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES on Feeder Road. And in Clarence, at County and Strickler Roads, two more SHORT-EARED OWLS. Other reports this week, at Bond Lake Park in Lewiston, 5 RED-BR. NUTHATCHES, 10 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 3 AMERICAN ROBINS, SONG SPARROW, 20 WHITE-THR. SPARROWS and 2 PURPLE FINCHES. And at a feeder in Alden, a RED-BELLIED WDPKR. was observed storing sunflower seeds in the bark of a spruce tree. Please note Dial-a-Bird will be updated on Friday, December 26. Please call in your sightings before noon Friday. 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.
