- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 02/06/2004 * NYBU0402.06 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
TUFTED DUCK RED-NECKED GREBE TURKEY VULTURE NOR. SAW-WHET OWL BALD EAGLE Tundra Swan Merlin Peregrine Falcon Ring-necked Pheasant Glaucous Gull Snowy Owl Short-eared Owl Red-bellied Wdpkr. Hairy Woodpecker Horned Lark Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird Northern Shrike Amer. Tree Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Common Redpoll - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 02/06/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Friday, February 6, 2004 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 29 through February 6 from the Niagara Frontier Region include TUFTED DUCK, RED- NECKED GREBE, TURKEY VULTURE, NOR. SAW-WHET OWL and BALD EAGLES. From the Niagara peninsula of Ontario, February 5, the TUFTED DUCK was still present in Port Weller, at Lock #1 of the Welland Canal. This bird was first discovered on January 24. Take the Niagara Street exit #48 from the QEW and travel north on Niagara Street to Lakeshore Drive. Turn right on Lakeshore, then left before the canal bridge. A moderate invasion of RED-NECKED GREBES occurred in the region during the past week. 16 to 20 RED-NECKED GREBES on the Niagara River off Fort Erie, Ontario; also seen from Squaw Island in Buffalo, and in Dunkirk Harbor, another 12 RED-NECKED GREBES. There will be a BOS field trip to northern Chautauqua County on Sunday, February 8. Meet at the Dunkirk Harbor pier at 9 AM. Visitors are always welcome on BOS field trips. January 30, a very unexpected TURKEY VULTURE was reported soaring over Pleasantview Drive in Lancaster. At the Iroquois Refuge, February 2, a NOR. SAW-WHET OWL was heard calling near the headquarters on Casey Road. BALD EAGLES on the Niagara River this week were highlighted by a very good count of 8 to 11 on the ice between the north end of Squaw Island and Strawberry Island. Eagles were also noted at four other locations on the upper and lower river. Other reports this week - Flocks of 50 to 60 TUNDRA SWANS at the north and south ends of Grand Island. A MERLIN on Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road near Route 18. PEREGRINE FALCON on the electric towers near the Peace Bridge. Two RING-NECKED PHEASANTS at a feeder in the Town of Newstead. GLAUCOUS GULL on Lake Ontario, off Fort Niagara State Park. SNOWY OWL still at the Niagara Falls airport. SHORT-EARED OWL on Ott Road in Fort Erie. From Lancaster, RED-BELLIED WDPKR. and HAIRY WOODPECKER at the Ellicott Creek Nature Sanctuary in Bowmansville. In East Aurora, CAROLINA WREN at a feeder on Walnut Street and 3 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at Sinking Ponds. Also, 3 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at a feeder in Clarence. In the Lake Ontario Plains, a total of 3 NORTHERN SHRIKES, large mixed flocks of HORNED LARKS, SNOW BUNTINGS and LAPLAND LONGSPURS on Countyline Road north of Route 18 and on Hulbert Road in the Town of Wilson. And, in a grass field on Lakeshore Road in the Town of Yates, a mixed flock of AMER. TREE SPARROWS, SNOW BUNTINGS and 12 COMMON REDPOLLS. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, February 12. 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 "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.
