- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/12/2009
* NYBU0902.12
- 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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SNOWY OWL
PINE GROSBEAK
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Tundra Swan
Gadwall
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Iceland Gull
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Amer. Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Snow Bunting
White-w. Crossbill
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 02/12/2008
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, February 12, 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. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200.
Highlights of reports received February 5 through February 12 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include SNOWY OWL, PINE GROSBEAK and
waterfowl.
February 11, a SNOWY OWL was reported again, east of the Village of
Medina, on Route 31 near Culvert Road in the Town of Ridgeway.
February 8, 3 PINE GROSBEAKS in the Town of Elma. At feeders, 30
PINE SISKINS in East Aurora and 28 PINE SISKINS and YELLOW-B.
SAPSUCKER in Silver Creek. WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS still at many
locations, including 21 at the conference center on Route 18, east of
Olcott.
Waterfowl in Dunkirk Harbor this week included over 3500 COMMON
MERGANSERS and 1600 GREATER SCAUP, 11 HORNED GREBES, 10 GREAT BLUE
HERONS, 7 BALD EAGLES, 2 LITTLE GULLS and small numbers of GADWALL,
LESSER SCAUP, RUDDY DUCK and PIED-
BILLED GREBE.
On the west branch of the upper Niagara River off Grand Island,
thousands of CANVASBACKS and GREATER SCAUP. 85 TUNDRA SWANS at Beaver
Island State Park, and a pair of BALD EAGLES at Strawberry Island.
At Queenston, Ontario, on the lower Niagara River, 1 LITTLE GULL and
8 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and at the falls and power plants, a total of 5
ICELAND GULLS.
Also this week, 5 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and 3 BALD EAGLES in the
Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton. At the Dunkirk Airport in
Chautauqua County, another ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 2 BALD EAGLES, EASTERN
BLUEBIRD and 11 SNOW BUNTINGS. And at Stiglemeyer Park in Cheektowaga,
SONG SPARROW with BROWN CREEPER, CAROLINA WREN and AMER. TREE SPARROW.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, February 19. Please
call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings
after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting.
- End Transcript
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