- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/02/2003 * NYBU0201.03 - Birds mentioned \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, David /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
EARED GREBE Horned Grebe Richardson's Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan Gadwall Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Barrow's Goldeneye Common Merganser Northern Harrier Sharp-sh. Hawk Cooper's Hawk Peregrine Falcon Black-headed Gull Bonaparte's Gull California Gull Iceland Gull Great Black-b. Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Snowy Owl Short-eared Owl Yellow-b. Sapsucker American Crow Black-cap. Chickadee Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet American Robin Gray Catbird Yellow-r. Warbler Pine Warbler Chipping Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Pine Grosbeak American Goldfinch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/02/2003 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, January 2, 2003 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 and use this system. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received December 26 through January 2 from the Niagara Frontier Region include EARED GREBES and Christmas Count reports. On Lake Erie, December 26, 2 EARED GREBES were reported at the south end of Dunkirk Harbor. Also in the harbor, 20 HORNED GREBES, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS, 5 TUNDRA SWANS and a RICHARDSON'S CANADA GOOSE. The Niagara Falls Ontario and New York Christmas Bird Count on December 28 recorded 100 species, plus two additional species during the count week. The count territory is centered on the Brock Memorial in Queenston, Ontario. Highlights included a PEREGRINE FALCON in the falls gorge, CALIFORNIA GULL at the Beck Overlook, BLACK-HEADED GULL at Queenston, and in the Town of Porter, a female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE flying past Dietz Road at Lake Ontario and a PINE WARBLER in the woods at Fort Niagara State Park. During the count week, GRAY CATBIRD at Church and McNab Roads in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and 3 PINE GROSBEAKS at the US side of the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge. Other highlights were record high counts of 81 GADWALLS, 1225 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 2977 COMMON MERGANSERS, 8 SHARP-SH. HAWKS, 16 COOPER'S HAWKS, 16 ICELAND GULLS, 2565 AMERICAN ROBINS, 927 DARK-EYED JUNCOS and 406 AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES. Record lows were noted for BONAPARTE'S GULLS, GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS, AMERICAN CROWS and BLACK-CAP. CHICKADEES. A report from the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area Christmas Count included 43 species. Highlights were 13 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS, 4 SHORT-EARED OWLS on Posson Road, 2 YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKERS and GRAY CATBIRD on Albion Road, and YELLOW-R. WARBLER and CHIPPING SPARROW at Johnson and Burns Roads. Other reports this week - SNOWY OWL and a SURF SCOTER at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo. 6 SHORT-EARED OWLS and at least 3 NORTHERN HARRIERS at Route 425 and Ide Road in Wilson. Two EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS were seen flying from tree to tree along Getzville Road near Sheridan Drive in Amherst. And at Buckhorn Island State Park on Grand Island, BROWN CREEPER, CAROLINA WREN, 3 GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS and several WHITE-THR. SPARROWS. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 9. 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 D Suggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
