- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/20/2008
* NYBU0811.20
- Birds mentioned
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RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD
BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Tundra Swan
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Red-br. Merganser
Dunlin
Little Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Eastern Bluebird
Fox Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Eastern Meadowlark
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Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 11/20/2008
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 20, 2008
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 13 through November 20 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD and BLACK-LEG.
KITTIWAKE.
The hummingbird in the Town of Orchard Park has been expertly
identified as a RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD, possible a juvenile. First
reported November 7, the bird was still present on the 18th, and
represents the region's first November record of RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD.
In Buffalo, November 16 and 17, a second winter BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE
was closely viewed on the Black Rock Canal at LaSalle Park, and along
the adjacent Bird Island Pier.
On the lower Niagara River, first report of GLAUCOUS GULL November
16 at the power plant overlook in Ontario, along with ICELAND GULL and
2 THAYER'S GULLS. LITTLE GULLS were found at Queenston and
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
November 18, 159 TUNDRA SWANS on the upper Niagara River at the
Beaver Island State Park beach on Grand Island.
A watch over Lake Ontario on November 16 reported flights of
REDHEAD, GREATER SCAUP, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, LONG-TAILED DUCK,
BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE and RED-BR. MERGANSER, plus RED-THROATED
LOON, COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, D.-CREST. CORMORANT, DUNLIN, SNOW
BUNTING and LAPLAND LONGSPUR.
Other reports this week - 28 HORNED GREBES in Dunkirk Harbor and 11
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at the Dunkirk Airport. On Lewis Road in Wales, FOX
SPARROW at a feeder for two days. A flock of at least 250 SNOW
BUNTINGS on Brown Road in the Genesee County Town of Bethany. And in
Cattaraugus County, 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS in South Dayton.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Wednesday evening, November 26. Please
call in your sightings by noon Wednesday. You may report sightings
after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird.
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