- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 12/24/2009
* NYBU0912.24
- Birds mentioned
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Thank you, David
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AMERICAN AVOCET
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Tundra Swan
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Horned Lark
Common Raven
Red-br. Nuthatch
Golden-cr. Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Shrike
Amer. Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting
Red-w. Blackbird
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 12/24/2009
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, December 24, 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.
First, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to the callers and readers
of the Dial-a-Bird report. My thanks to the contributors who help
create a weekly sketch of the birdlife in the great Niagara Frontier
region.
Highlights of reports received December 17 through December 24
include AMERICAN AVOCET and NORTHERN GOSHAWK.
December 24, at Dunkirk Harbor on Lake Erie, the AMERICAN AVOCET was
still present at the west end of the harbor. The AVOCET has been
lingering since December 12.
Waterfowl in the harbor have included 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, plus
CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, GREATER SCAUP, LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON
GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER and RED-BR. MERGANSER,
plus PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE and BALD EAGLE.
December 20 in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, a juvenile
NORTHERN GOSHAWK was reported on Bartel Road. In the Iroquois Refuge,
BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN HARRIER, ROUGH-
LEGGED HAWK and AMERICAN KESTREL. Along the Feeder Road, a GREAT
HORNED OWL was observed after sunset.
Highlights from one section of the December 19 Wilson-Lake Ontario
Plains Christmas Count included PILEATED WOODPECKER, NORTHERN SHRIKE,
4 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 3 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS and 300 SNOW BUNTINGS. On
the December 20 Buffalo Count, one section reported 27 WILD TURKEYS,
FOX SPARROW, 2 SONG SPARROWS, SWAMP SPARROW and 6 WHITE-THR. SPARROWS.
From Chautauqua County this week - at the mouth of Cattaraugus
Creek, BALD EAGLE, BELTED KINGFISHER, NORTHERN FLICKER, AMERICAN
ROBIN, AMER. TREE SPARROW and WHITE-THR. SPARROW. On Empire Road in
the Town of Hanover, 43 AMER. TREE SPARROWS, 31 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, plus
RED-BR. NUTHATCH and NORTHERN FLICKER. And, at Saint Columbans in
Sheridan, 5 GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS.
Other reports this week - In Genesee County, on McLernon Road in
Bethany, 45 HORNED LARKS and 4 SNOW BUNTINGS. At a feeder on Francis
Road in Bethany, 3 female RED-W. BLACKBIRDS. In Allegany State Park, 6
to 8 COMMON RAVENS on Wolf Run. PEREGRINE FALCON over Main and Bailey
in Buffalo. And on the west branch of the Niagara River off Grand
Island, 200 TUNDRA SWANS.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Wednesday evening, December 30. 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.
- End Transcript
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