- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/29/2007
* NYBU0711.29
- Birds mentioned
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NORTHERN GANNET
BLACK-HEADED GULL
PURPLE SANDPIPER
WHITE-W. CROSSBILL
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
PINE GROSBEAK
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Tundra Swan
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Greater Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Red-headed Wdpkr.
White-thr. Sparrow
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 11/29/2007
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, November 29, 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 November 23 through November 29 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include NORTHERN GANNET, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, PURPLE SANDPIPER, WHITE-W. CROSSBILL, BOHEMIAN WAXWING and PINE
GROSBEAK.
November 23 on Lake Ontario, yet another sighting of an immature
NORTHERN GANNET, flying west past the Town of Wilson harbor piers.
Also a RUDDY DUCK nearby at the pier at Routes 18 and 425.
The BOS Niagara River field trip on November 24 was highlighted by a
BLACK-HEADED GULL, found both above and below the International
Railroad Bridge in Fort Erie, Ontario.
November 25, above Niagara Falls in Ontario, 2 PURPLE SANDPIPERS on
the rocks off the Hydro Building and gatehouse. A moderate number of
gulls on the river included LITTLE GULL at the railroad bridge,
THAYER'S GULL below the control gates in Ontario, ICELAND GULL at the
lower river power plants, and a total of 6 L. BLACK-B. GULLS.
Also on the river - at Fort Erie, several HORNED GREBES and
RED-NECKED GREBES. From Grand Island, up to 75 TUNDRA SWANS off Beaver
Island State Park, and a WOOD DUCK on the east branch of the river, at
the marina near Ferry Road. And several thousand waterfowl including
hundreds of GREATER SCAUP and COMMON GOLDENEYE, and a WHITE-WINGED
SCOTER, off the Robert Moses Parkway viewing area in Niagara Falls.
Winter finches in the Lake Ontario Plains this week - WHITE-
W. CROSSBILL, PINE SISKIN and COMMON REDPOLLS at a feeder in Wilson.
The crabapple trees at the entrance to Fort Niagara State Park in
Porter attracted 10 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and up to 20 PINE GROSBEAKS.
Five more PINE GROSBEAKS in Porter at Four Mile Creek State Park;
found on a hike up the creek from the end of Woodcliff Drive. MERLIN
and RED-HEADED WDPKR. also at Woodcliff Drive. And, flocks of up to 50
COMMON REDPOLLS at several locations along the lakeshore.
Other reports - COMMON REDPOLL and WHITE-THR. SPARROW at a feeder in
the Erie County Town of Wales. At the mouth of Johnson Creek in the
Town of Carlton, BALD EAGLE scavenging salmon carcasses, 6 MUTE SWANS
and 6 possible CACKLING GEESE. And, between Cayuga Pool and the
Lewiston Overlook in the Iroquois Refuge and Tonawanda Wildlife
Management Area, BALD EAGLE, AMERICAN KESTREL, MERLIN, and eight each
of NORTHERN HARRIER, RED-TAILED HAWK and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 6. 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
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