- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 02/20/2003 * NYBU0302.20 - 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 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
HARLEQUIN DUCK BALD EAGLE SHORT-EARED OWL WILD TURKEY BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD Tundra Swan Green-winged Teal American Black Duck Northern Pintail White-winged Scoter Red-bellied Wdpkr. Horned Lark Red-br. Nuthatch White-br. Nuthatch Eastern Bluebird American Robin Amer. Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 02/20/2003 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, February 20, 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 February 13 through February 20 from the Niagara Frontier Region include HARLEQUIN DUCK, BALD EAGLE, SHORT-EARED OWL, WILD TURKEY and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD. February 15, the male HARLEQUIN DUCK that has been wintering on the Niagara River at Fort Erie, Ontario, was reported again at the second parking lot north of the marina. Also in the Fort Erie area, several WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. BALD EAGLES were reported several times this week on the upper Niagara River. An adult and sub-adult at the iceboom, 4 eagles on Navy Island, and an adult a 2 sub-adults were seen from Grand Island, drifting downriver on a large ice floe. Also, 57 TUNDRA SWANS off Beaver Island State Park. During the evening of February 18, 4 SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen again on Tonawanda Creek Road near the Burdick Road bridge in the Town of Royalton. This Sunday, February 23, there will be a BOS field trip to search for owls in Niagara County. Check the update [below] for details. This week in the Orleans County Town of Carlton, 23 WILD TURKEYS were reported along Yates-Carlton Townline Road, south of Route 18. Also very surprising, an apparent WILD TURKEY nest with 9 eggs, in a wooded area in Carlton. Wintering AMERICAN ROBINS continue to be widely reported. Typically the first robins of spring will not arrive until mid-March. The first flocks of BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS were noted this week in the Town of Tonawanda. Up to 10 at a feeder on Cleveland Drive and 20 cowbirds along Sheridan Drive. The monthly census at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora reported 23 species including AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RED-BELLIED WDPKR., RED-BR. NUTHATCH, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 6 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, AMER. TREE SPARROW and SONG SPARROW. Other reports this week - At the dairy farm on Niagara- Orleans Countyline Road, 40 HORNED LARKS, SNOW BUNTING and 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS in breeding plumage. And at Fort Niagara State Park, over 50 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, in close to shore, below the main parking lot. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, February 27. 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. [Update, Thursday Feb 20 7:30 pm There will be a BOS field trip on Sunday, Feb 23, to search for owls in Niagara County. Meet at 1 PM at the Toys R' Us entrance at Summit Park Mall on Williams Rd, south of Niagara Falls Blvd. Visitors are always welcome on BOS field trips. And the next BOS meeting will be on Wed Feb 26, at the Buffalo Museum of Science, at 7:30 PM.] - End Transcript D Suggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
