- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/09/2006
* NYBU0611.09
- Birds mentioned
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phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB
telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to
dfsuggs localnet com.
Thank you, David
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EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
American Black Duck
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Wild Turkey
American Coot
Dunlin
Parasitic Jaeger
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Black-leg. Kittiwake
Common Tern
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
N. Rough-w. Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
Lapland Longspur
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 11/09/2006
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 9, 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 November 2 through November 9 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK
and BLACK-HEADED GULL.
In November, the Niagara River becomes the center of attention for
local and visiting birders. On the 5th, above the falls in Ontario, a
EURASIAN WIGEON along with several L. BLACK-B. GULLS, late TREE
SWALLOWS and one late BARN SWALLOW among the expected N. ROUGH-W.
SWALLOWS, and a BALD EAGLE at the control gates.
A BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE continues below the falls. On the lower
river, LITTLE GULL at the whirlpool and at Niagara-on-
the-Lake, Ontario, a PARASITIC JAEGER chasing gulls. At the source
of the river, off Fort Erie, Ontario, abundant BUFFLEHEADS and
LONG-TAILED DUCKS, plus SURF SCOTER, WHITE-
WINGED SCOTER, and BLACK SCOTER. From the New York side, at the
Austin Street marina in Riverside, LITTLE GULL and 2 COMMON TERNS
among 200 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. And, off Grand Island, 28 TUNDRA SWANS at
Beaver Island State Park.
November 4, a HARLEQUIN DUCK landed briefly on Lake Erie at Saint
Columbans in the Town of Sheridan, and a probable BLACK-HEADED GULL at
Dunkirk Harbor. November 6 at Dunkirk Harbor, 2 almost-late FORSTER'S
TERNS.
HORNED GREBES in the Southern Tier this week - 8 at the gravel ponds
on Route 62 in Dayton, 38 at Dunkirk Harbor, 34 at Saint Columbans and
73 at the mouth of Silver Creek. Also at the gravel ponds, 676
RING-NECKED DUCKS, 155 COMMON MERGANSERS and 154 AMERICAN COOTS, plus
COMMON LOON, PIED-
BILLED GREBE, TUNDRA SWAN, AMERICAN WIGEON, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK,
CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, HOODED MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK and 2 BALD EAGLES.
In the Chautauqua County Town of Pomfret, 51 BUFFLEHEADS on the Van
Buren ponds, and 44 HORNED LARKS with 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS on Farel
Road.
Other reports this week - 45 HOODED MERGANSERS and 2 CAROLINA WRENS
at Times Beach Nature Preserve in Buffalo. A single SNOW GOOSE over
Orchard Park. Over Lake Ontario off Sunset Island in Wilson, 115
migrating DUNLIN. EASTERN PHOEBE lingering at the mouth of Cattaraugus
Creek in Hanover. And a surprise in a yard on Ruie Road in North
Tonawanda - 3 WILD TURKEYS.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, November 16. 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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