- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 01/08/2009
* NYBU0901.08
- Birds mentioned
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Please phone in rare sightings for update
Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
Thank you, David
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SLATY-BACKED GULL
EARED GREBE
YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD
GOLDEN EAGLE
PINE SISKINS
Tundra Swan
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Purple Sandpiper
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Glaucous Gull
Northern Flicker
Horned Lark
Carolina Wren
Hermit Thrush
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Common Grackle
White-w. Crossbill
Common Redpoll
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 01/08/2009
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 8, 2009
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 18 through January 8 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include SLATY-BACKED GULL, EARED GREBE,
YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD, GOLDEN EAGLE and PINE SISKINS.
January 3, an adult SLATY-BACKED GULL was re-found above Niagara
Falls in Ontario, viewed from the downriver side of the control gates.
Also at the falls in Ontario, an EARED GREBE, for over a week, seen
in Dufferine Island Park, and on the nearby impoundment at the river.
Back on December 20, a YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD, one day only, at a
feeder in the Town of Lewiston, near Ward and Lockport Roads.
From Allegany State Park, GOLDEN EAGLE appears to be wintering again
this year in the park. December 29 and January 1, a GOLDEN EAGLE along
the Wolf Run Trail.
PINE SISKINS were widely reported at backyard feeders near the end
of December. Up 20 PINE SISKINS in a North Tonawanda yard, and smaller
flocks and single birds at several other locations.
WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS continue their winter residence across the
region. In addition to the Lake Ontario Plains parks and cemeteries,
new reports of 5 WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS in Fort Erie, Ontario, 3 in a
Williamsville yard in Amherst, 9 in Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard
Park, and 24 WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS on Townsend Road in the Erie County
Town of Concord.
The crossbills in Fort Erie were found on the ski trail from Stone
Mill Road to Burleigh Road, along with 5 NORTHERN FLICKERS, 4 CAROLINA
WRENS, HERMIT THRUSH, 6 COMMON REDPOLLS and a PINE SISKIN. At the foot
of Stone Mill Road, 200 TUNDRA SWANS on Lake Erie.
From Chautauqua County, a PURPLE SANDPIPER on the Main Street Beach
at Dunkirk Harbor. Most recent report was January 7. At the mouth of
Silver Creek, ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK-B. GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL.
Other recent reports - in Cattaraugus County, up to 6 ROUGH-
LEGGED HAWKS in Dayton. On Meadville Road in the Tonawanda Wildlife
Management Area, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and PEREGRINE
FALCON. In Genesee County, on McLeron Road in Bethany, 11 LAPLAND
LONGSPURS with 150 SNOW BUNTINGS and 50 HORNED LARKS. And on Randall
Road in the Town of Wilson, a COMMON GRACKLE.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 15. 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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