A RED PHALAROPE was very cooperative today near the Canadian shore of the Niagara River in Niagara Falls, Ontario. It was very near the shore with the sunken barge in the background. You sometimes had to walk right up to the railing and look down to see the bird. From the same spot, one could look at the rocks at the base of the small waterfall to your right and see two PURPLE SANDPIPERS.
It was very slim pickins for the gulls, exceptionally few today. I expect they will be back tomorrow with the dumps closed. There was a juvenal BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE below the falls and another in Buffalo, opposite the Lark Sparrow spot in Fort Erie (Central Ave. and Niagara Parkway). The LARK SPARROW was seen today. A LITTLE GULL was seen in Lewiston/Queenston, downriver from the Queenston boat ramp. Also in the area was a BLACK VULTURE. An adult PEREGRINE FALCON was sitting on the Robert Moses power dam, seen several times today. We did not see it go after any gulls today, though we did see it catch a BONAPARTE'S GULL on Thanksgiving day. Good birding! Willie ------------------ Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com <http://www.betsypottersart.com/> 2013 Big Year: http://www.betsypottersart.com/willie-s-photos/2013-big-year/ Big Year List: http://www.happtech.com/BigYearDanna/CurrentList/ShowCurrentListTable.aspx Odenates: http://www.betsypottersart.com/willie-s-photos/dragonflies -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --