- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/09/2003 * NYBU0301.09 - 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 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
VIRGINIA RAIL PINE WARBLER Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Eared Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Snow Goose Mute Swan Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Peregrine Falcon Black-headed Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Barred Owl Nor. Saw-whet Owl Belted Kingfisher Black-cap. Chickadee Golden-cr. Kinglet Eastern Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Cedar Waxwing Field Sparrow Swamp Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/09/2003 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 9, 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 January 2 through January 9 from the Niagara Frontier Region include VIRGINIA RAIL, PINE WARBLER and outside the region, KING EIDER. January 4, a VIRGINIA RAIL was heard calling in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, along Meadville Road at the outlet from Cinnamon Marsh. There are only a few winter records of VIRGINIA RAIL in the BOS archives. Also at this location, 3 SWAMP SPARROWS. Above Niagara Falls, January 5, a PINE WARBLER was found in a group of three pine trees north of the building in front of the control structure. The warbler was in the company of several GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS and BLACK-CAP. CHICKADEES. Other reports from the Niagara River this week included the BLACK-HEADED GULL on the lower river at Queenston, Ontario, in the area of the runoff waterfall. The gull has also been seen well from Artpark in Lewiston. Three GLAUCOUS GULLS were above the falls. Up to 9 ICELAND GULLS have been at the Beck overlook. And observers are noting the complete lack of LITTLE GULLS. Waterfowl have been abundant on the upper Niagara River; highlighted by over 200 TUNDRA SWANS and at least 2 MUTE SWANS north of Fort Erie. In Fort Erie, 3 HORNED GREBES, several SURF SCOTERS and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and a single BLACK SCOTER. And BALD EAGLES continue to be found at Navy Island in the upper river. Just west of the Niagara Frontier region, an adult male KING EIDER, in a flock of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, has been found on occasion on Lake Ontario at Fruitland Road off the QEW in Stony Creek. An EARED GREBE continues in Dunkirk Harbor on Lake Erie. Most recent report was January 5. Other highlights in the harbor, 13 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 96 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, TRUMPETER SWAN, several TUNDRA SWANS, and a BELTED KINGFISHER. Nearby at Point Gratiot, a SNOW GOOSE. A late report from January 1, at Rock Point Park in Dunnville, Ontario, a NOR. SAW-WHET OWL was relocated and a GRAY CATBIRD was found at campsite #60. The Hamburg - East Aurora Christmas Bird Count on January 5 compiled at least 70 species including the first TUNDRA SWANS in the count's 56 year history. Also of note, BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON at Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg, BARRED OWL in Chestnut Ridge Park, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD in East Aurora, and a FIELD SPARROW on Ward Road in Orchard Park. Other reports this week - PEREGRINE FALCON above Niagara Falls and on Salt Works Road in the Town of Shelby. And at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, COOPER'S HAWK, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, 80 AMERICAN ROBINS and a many CEDAR WAXWINGS. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 16. 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]>
