- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/02/2006
* NYBU0611.02
- Birds mentioned
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POMARINE JAEGER
PARASITIC JAEGER
NORTHERN GANNET
BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE
SABINE'S GULL
FRANKLIN'S GULL
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Gr. White-fr. Goose
Snow Goose
Brant
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Black Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Sanderling
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Common Tern
Great Horned Owl
Chimney Swift
Tree Swallow
N. Rough-w. Swallow
Barn Swallow
Hermit Thrush
Northern Shrike
Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
Snow Bunting
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 11/02/2006
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.BOSBirding.org
Thursday, November 2, 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 October 26 through November 2 from
the Niagara Frontier Region - POMARINE JAEGER, PARASITIC JAEGER,
NORTHERN GANNET, and 9 gulls species including SABINE'S GULL,
BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE and FRANKLIN'S GULL.
High winds off Lake Erie on October 29 concentrated rare waterbirds
off Athol Springs in the Town of Hamburg. Observers at Hamburg Town
Park and the parking lots on Route 5 at Old Big Tree Road reported a
combined 3 POMARINE JAEGERS, PARASITIC JAEGER, immature NORTHERN
GANNET, 3 BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKES and 3 SABINE'S GULLS, plus BLACK
SCOTER, SANDERLINGS, LITTLE GULL and COMMON TERN.
Also October 29, on the Niagara River, an estimated 20,000
BONAPARTE'S GULLS appeared between the Peace Bridge and Niagara Falls.
At the falls, FRANKLIN'S GULL, BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE, 3 L. BLACK-B.
GULLS and 4 LITTLE GULLS, plus PEREGRINE FALCON and MERLIN. At the
Peace Bridge, 4 more LITTLE GULLS, 2 late TREE SWALLOWS and 7 late
CHIMNEY SWIFTS. Another PEREGRINE FALCON at Riverside in Buffalo.
And, 2 more TREE SWALLOWS and over 200 N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOWS above the
falls.
Waterfowl on the Niagara and Lake Erie this week included GREATER
SCAUP, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, LONG-TAILED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON
GOLDENEYE and COMMON MERGANSER, along with COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE
and RED-NECKED GREBE. Inland at the Countryside Gravel Ponds on Route
62 in Dayton, PIED-
BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, 59 RUDDY DUCKS, 18 HOODED MERGANSERS,
100 COMMON MERGANSERS and 67 AMERICAN COOTS.
First report of NORTHERN SHRIKE this season came from an unexpected
location - Amherst State Park on October 31; likely the first record
of NORTHERN SHRIKE at this location.
October 26, a late BL.-THR. BL. WARBLER on the bike path off
Windmill Point Road in Fort Erie, Ontario.
The BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains on October 28 was
highlighted by 4 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE over Barker Park in Somerset,
numerous BRANT, 3 SNOW GEESE, 4 late TREE SWALLOWS, 2 late BARN
SWALLOWS and 80 SNOW BUNTINGS. Also this week, an interesting
observation from Parkside Avenue in Buffalo - 2 HERMIT THRUSHES
arriving with the snow storm on October 13, and lingering at least ten
days, while feeding on virginia creeper berries. And, at dusk on the
eve of Halloween, a GREAT HORNED OWL flying over Sheridan and Colvin
Blvds. in Tonawanda.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, November 9. 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.
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