- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/05/2009
* NYBU0911.05
- 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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[Update - BOS Meeting, 7 PM, Wednesday, November 11,
at the Buffalo Museum of Science. The program will
be an analysis of the BOS April and May counts. Visitors are always
welcome at BOS meetings.]
NORTHERN GANNET
SABINE'S GULL
EVENING GROSBEAK
PINE SISKIN
SNOW BUNTING
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
Northern Harrier
Merlin
Dunlin
Little Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Red-bellied Wdpkr.
Northern Horned Lark
Tufted Titmouse
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Northern Shrike
Amer. Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
White-cr. Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Eastern Meadowlark
American Goldfinch
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 11/05/2009
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, November 5, 2009
Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science
and 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 October 29 through November 5 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include NORTHERN GANNET, SABINE'S GULL,
EVENING GROSBEAK, PINE SISKIN, SNOW BUNTING and NORTHERN GOSHAWK.
November 1, a watch over Lake Ontario reported 24 species passing
the Town of Wilson, highlighted by a juvenile NORTHERN GANNET, plus
TUNDRA SWAN, WOOD DUCK, GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK,
MALLARD, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, GREATER SCAUP, LESSER
SCAUP, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER, LONG-TAILED
DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON
MERGANSER, RED-BR. MERGANSER, RED-THROATED LOON, COMMON LOON,
RED-NECKED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, DUNLIN and an unexpected NORTHERN
HARRIER.
The November influx of gulls to the Niagara River has started.
October 31 and November 1, juvenile SABINE'S GULL in the Niagara Falls
gorge, with 3 LITTLE GULLS and L. BLACK-B. GULL, plus COMMON GOLDENEYE
and PIED-BILLED GREBE. Another LITTLE GULL on the upper river a Beaver
Island State Park on November 3 and 4, and 2 LITTLE GULLS on the lower
river at Lewiston.
Other arriving winter visitors across the region - one EVENING
GROSBEAK at a feeder in the Town of Colden. PINE SISKIN with AMERICAN
GOLDFINCHES in Holland. Three SNOW BUNTINGS on Housington Road in
Cherry Creek. AMER. TREE SPARROWS in the Iroquois Refuge, and a
NORTHERN HORNED LARK in the Town of Yates.
November 1, on Wolf Run in Allegany State Park, a passing NORTHERN
GOSHAWK, plus NORTHERN SHRIKE, HERMIT THRUSH, EASTERN MEADOWLARK and
flocks of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and DARK-
EYED JUNCOS. Also, a MERLIN at Holt Run in the park.
From East Aurora, October 28 and 31, a reported NORTHERN GOSHAWK on
Reiter Road, one mile south of Route 20A.
Also this week, MERLIN at Shirley and Bailey Avenue in Buffalo. FOX
SPARROWS still at several feeders, along with RED-BELLIED WDPKRS.,
TUFTED TITMICE, WHITE-THR. SPARROWS and WHITE-CR. SPARROWS. At Fort
Erie, Ontario, numbers of SURF SCOTERS and BLACK SCOTERS. And at the
Robert Moses parkway viewing area in Niagara Falls, New York, 10
CANVASBACKS and several RING-NECKED DUCKS, with GREATER SCAUP and
LESSER SCAUP.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, November 12. 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.
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