- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 01/25/2007
* NYBU0701.25
- Birds mentioned
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CALIFORNIA GULL
EASTERN MEADOWLARK
SHORT-EARED OWL
Tundra Swan
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Wild Turkey
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Glaucous Gull
Black-leg. Kittiwake
Horned Lark
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Northern Shrike
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 01/25/2007
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, January 25, 2007
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 18 through January 25 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include CALIFORNIA GULL, EASTERN
MEADOWLARK, SHORT-EARED OWL and waterfowl.
January 20, an adult CALIFORNIA GULL was found above Niagara Falls
in Ontario. The marks on this gull were distinctly different from the
CALIFORNIA GULL that frequents the lower river power plants. Gulls at
the power plants this week included 2 THAYER'S GULLS, 6 ICELAND GULLS,
GLAUCOUS GULL and BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE. Possibly a second BLACK-LEG.
KITTIWAKE was also found on the rocks upriver from the power plants.
Above the falls and on the breakwall in Ontario, several each of
ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK-B. GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL. Between Queenston
and Lewiston, 5 LITTLE GULLS, and 3 LITTLE GULLS at
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Along the escarpment trail in Queenston,
CAROLINA WREN and 12 AMERICAN ROBINS. On the upper river at the Beaver
Island State Park beach, LITTLE GULL, 7000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and L.
BLACK-B. GULL.
January 18, an EASTERN MEADOWLARK, rare in winter, in a tree at the
entrance to Fort Niagara State Park in the Town of Porter.
SHORT-EARED OWLS this week - one at a very unlikely location - on
East River Road on Grand Island, roosted in a tree on the banks of the
Niagara River. Another SHORT-EARED OWL among numerous HORNED LARKS and
a few LAPLAND LONGSPURS and SNOW BUNTINGS, on Niagara-Orleans
Countyline Road north of Route 18. Three more SHORT-EARED OWLS on Lake
Road near Marshall Road in the Town of Yates. And, 6 SHORT-EARED OWLS
with 3 NORTHERN HARRIERS along Dickersonville Road, between Lake and
Youngstown-Wilson Roads in Porter.
From Grand Island, waterfowl numbers increased greatly this week.
January 20, at Ferry and East River Roads, over 20,000 waterfowl,
mostly CANVASBACKS and COMMON MERGANSERS with REDHEAD, GREATER SCAUP,
BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE and RED-BR. MERGANSER. January 21, a
count of over 10,000 CANVASBACKS and 100 TUNDRA SWANS off Beaver
Island, and 300 COMMON MERGANSERS at the Eagle Overlook on the West
River Parkway. Also on Grand Island, a near adult BALD EAGLE in the
trees inside the circle drive at Beaver Island.
Other reports this week - in the Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton,
NORTHERN HARRIER, 5 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 10 ROUGH-
LEGGED HAWKS including 5 dark-phase, AMERICAN KESTREL and NORTHERN
SHRIKE. On Route 77 at Bloomingdale Road in the Town of Alabama,
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and AMERICAN KESTREL. BALD EAGLES - on Chautauqua
Lake at Burtis Bay in Celeron, another at Dunkirk Harbor and 2 BALD
EAGLES at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge. 1000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS
at Barcelona Harbor on Lake Erie in Westfield. And in the Lake Ontario
Plains, 60 WILD TURKEYS on Lower Lake Road at Burgess Road in the
Town of Somerset.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, February 1. 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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