- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 12/20/2007
* NYBU0712.20
- 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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Horned Grebe
Tundra Swan
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Long-tailed Duck
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Hooded Merganser X Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
Purple Sandpiper
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Glaucous X Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Common Raven
Red-bellied Wdpkr.
Tufted Titmouse
Red-br. Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Golden-cr. Kinglet
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-r. Warbler
Amer. Tree Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
Oregon Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 12/20/2007
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, December 20, 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 December 13 through December 20 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include Niagara River GULLS and WATERFOWL.
Ten gull species plus one hybrid gull this week on the Niagara
River; all observed from the Ontario side of the river. December 14,
BLACK-HEADED GULL was found again among the BONAPARTE'S GULLS at the
railroad bridge in Fort Erie. Above Niagara Falls, 5 ICELAND GULLS, 3
GLAUCOUS GULLS and a hybrid GLAUCOUS GULL X HERRING GULL, known as
"NELSON'S GULL". Also at the falls, a distant PURPLE SANDPIPER in the
shallow rapids. Up to 7 ICELAND GULLS and a passing flock of COMMON
REDPOLLS at the power plant overlook on the lower river. At Queenston,
2 LITTLE GULLS and 2 THAYER'S GULLS, plus TUFTED TITMOUSE, GOLDEN-CR.
KINGLET, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD and YELLOW-R. WARBLER. And late in the
day, over 4000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS flying-by Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Waterfowl on the Niagara River at Fort Erie were highlighted by a
hybrid HOODED MERGANSER X COMMON GOLDENEYE at Miller Road, and a
NORTHERN PINTAIL at Fort Erie. Also, 139 TUNDRA SWANS, 18 AMERICAN
BLACK DUCKS, 75 REDHEADS, 14 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 120 LONG-TAILED
DUCKS, 900 BUFFLEHEADS and 300 COMMON MERGANSERS, plus HORNED GREBE, 3
WILD TURKEYS and CAROLINA WREN. At the falls, 52 GADWALL and 16
AMERICAN WIGEONS. Numbers of LONG-TAILED DUCKS are increasing on the
lower river at Lewiston and Queenston. And in Buffalo, at LaSalle
Park, 25 RING-NECKED DUCKS and 2 each of HOODED MERGANSER and RUDDY
DUCK.
Late report of COMMON RAVEN still on Francis Road in the Genesee
County Town of Bethany, plus COMMON REDPOLLS and PINE SISKINS
Other reports this week - PEREGRINE FALCONS on the Niagara River - 2
at the falls, and one atop the Reef Lighthouse off LaSalle Park. From
Amherst, at a feeder in Williamsville, a female OREGON JUNCO with
RED-BELLIED WDPKR., TUFTED TITMOUSE, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, AMER. TREE
SPARROW and WHITE-
THR. SPARROW. SNOW BUNTINGS on Grand Island and over Shirley Avenue
in Buffalo. And, single LAPLAND LONGSPURS among small flocks of SNOW
BUNTINGS on Stage Road in the Town of Newstead and Belknap Road in the
Town of Eden.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and my appreciation to the
contributors and callers who have supported the Dial-a-Bird system for
many years. The report will be updated Thursday evening, December 27.
Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report
sightings after the tone. Thank you.
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