- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/11/2003 * NYBU0312.11 - 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 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE MEW GULL NORTHERN GANNET BLACK-HEADED GULL CALIFORNIA GULL WILLET GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE Ring-necked Duck White-winged Scoter Northern Goshawk Peregrine Falcon Northern Goshawk Wild Turkey Purple Sandpiper Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-b. Gull Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Wdpkr. Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet American Robin Swamp Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow American Goldfinch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/11/2003 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, December 11, 2002 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 4 through December 11 from the Niagara Frontier Region include TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, MEW GULL, NORTHERN GANNETS, BLACK-HEADED GULLS, CALIFORNIA GULLS and WILLET. The Niagara River hosted several outstanding rare birds this week. December 6 and 7, a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was found on Grand Island along the West River Parkway between Bedell and Sunset Roads. It has not been seen since the 7th, but it is possible that the bird is still in the area. December 6 at Niagara Falls, Ontario, an adult MEW GULL was on the breakwall downstream of the control gates. Also at the gates, an immature NORTHERN GANNET has been present December 6 through at least the 10th. And on the 10th, 4 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE were above the falls near the stranded barge. On the lower river, a second NORTHERN GANNET was seen at the Whirlpool on December 6 and two BLACK-HEADED GULLS, one at the Whirlpool and another upriver from the Queenston boat launch, by the waterfall at Artpark. And, at the Adam Beck overlook, two CALIFORNIA GULLS. Other gulls of note on the river were LITTLE GULL, THAYER'S GULL, ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK-B. GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL, plus the four common gulls, BONAPARTE'S GULL, RING-BILLED GULL, HERRING GULL and GREAT BLACK-B. GULL, for a total of 12 gull species this week. December 9, up at the source of the river in Buffalo, a record late WILLET was still present along the Bird Island Pier. The WILLET has been seen on both sides of the pier at the end of the railing. It may be possible to see the bird when it is on the canal side, from the north end of LaSalle Park in Buffalo. Also at the pier, a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and a distant PURPLE SANDPIPER at Donnelly's Pier. Other reports this week - At Buckhorn Island State Park on Grand Island, the highlight was the sight of a BELTED KINGFISHER successfully evading a PEREGRINE FALCON, plus RING-NECKED DUCK, 10 AMERICAN COOTS, 4 BROWN CREEPERS, 3 GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS and 19 WHITE-THR. SPARROWS. In Buffalo, at Tifft Nature Preserve, a WINTER WREN and 2 SWAMP SPARROWS, plus WILD TURKEY, 3 RED-BELLIED WDPKRS., AMERICAN ROBIN and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. And back on December 3, in a Riverside backyard, a probable immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK was feeding on a Rock Dove. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 18. 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 "David F. Suggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
