- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 01/28/2010
* NYBU1001.28
- 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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KING EIDER
RED-THROATED LOON
RED-NECKED GREBE
SNOWY OWL
Horned Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Tundra Swan
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Shrike
Amer. Tree Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 01/28/2010
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 28, 2010
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 January 21 through January 28 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include KING EIDER, RED-
THROATED LOON, RED-NECKED GREBE and SNOWY OWL.
From Buffalo, January 23, beyond abundant waterfowl on the Niagara
River between the ice boom and Peace Bridge. Two KING EIDERS, a
female and first winter male, were picked out of an an estimated
20,000 to 25,000 waterfowl, dominated by SCAUP, COMMON GOLDENEYE,
COMMON MERGANSER, BUFFLEHEAD, CANVASBACK and REDHEAD. The eiders were
seen from the tower at the Erie Basin Marina. A RUDDY DUCK was also
found at the marina, and 2 adult BALD EAGLES on the ice boom.
BONAPARTE'S GULLS at the Peace Bridge have ranged from abundant to
absent during January.
January 23 on Lake Ontario at Golden Hill State Park in Somerset,
highlights were several rare in winter RED-
THROATED LOONS and RED-NECKED GREBES, plus 26 HORNED GREBES. On the
24th, on the lake off Wilson and Porter, 11 RED-
THROATED LOONS and 2 RED-NECKED GREBES. Also in Porter at Fort
Niagara State Park, GLAUCOUS GULL and SURF SCOTER, plus numerous
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and LONG-TAILED DUCKS.
Still on the 23d, in the Lake Ontario Plains, the SNOWY OWL
continues at Sawyer Cemetery on Route 18 in Somerset. Two NORTHERN
SHRIKES in Yates and Somerset. It was noted that ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS
are missing from traditional winter locations in the plains.
Other reports this week - on the upper Niagara River at Beaver
Island State Park, Motor Island and Strawberry Island, 87 GREAT BLUE
HERONS, 212 TUNDRA SWANS, BALD EAGLE and impressive numbers of mixed
waterfowl. On the lower river, 2 LITTLE GULLS at Lewiston. At Tifft
Nature Preserve in Buffalo, up to 60 AMERICAN ROBINS, 10 AMER. TREE
SPARROWS and a WHITE-THR. SPARROW. Six EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in the Town
of Wilson, and a single EASTERN BLUEBIRD on the West River Parkway on
Grand Island.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, February 4. 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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