- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/04/2004 * NYBU0401.02 - 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 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ROSS'S GOOSE GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE COMMON YELLOWTHROAT WILLET Red-throated Loon Red-necked Grebe Great Blue Heron Tundra Swan Snow Goose Northern Shoveler Greater Scaup Long-tailed Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Rough-legged Hawk Merlin Peregrine Falcon Wild Turkey Black-headed Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Nor. Saw-whet Owl Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Wdpkr. Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Winter Wren Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush Northern Mockingbird Northern Shrike Yellow-r. Warbler Amer. Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Snow Bunting Red Crossbill Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/02/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Friday, January 2, 2004 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 27 through January 2 from the Niagara Frontier Region include ROSS'S GOOSE, GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and WILLET. December 27, a white phase, adult ROSS'S GOOSE was found at Cayuga Pool, along Route 77 in the Iroquois Refuge. January 1, the ROSS'S GOOSE was still present, along with a GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE, plus a blue phase SNOW GOOSE, 11 TUNDRA SWANS, BALD EAGLE and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. Also in the Iroquois area, at Mallard Overlook on Sour Springs Road, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, and on Casey Road a MERLIN. The WILLET at the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo was reported again on January 1. It has been residing at the south end of the pier at the end of the railing. In Buffalo, December 31, two PEREGRINE FALCONS were reported on the Liberty Building; likely the same pair that have nested on the Statler Building. On the Niagara River, a BLACK-HEADED GULL flew past Niagara- on-the-Lake on the evening of December 27. Highlights from several of the Christmas Bird Counts during the past week - From the Four Mile Creek State Park area of the Niagara Falls count, an excellent total of 68 species included 15 RED-THROATED LOONS, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 3 SURF SCOTERS, 19 WILD TURKEYS, LONG-EARED OWL, 5 GREAT HORNED OWLS, 2 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS, WINTER WREN, a very good count of 7 HERMIT THRUSHES, 7 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES, 2 YELLOW-R. WARBLERS, 3 SWAMP SPARROWS, 23 WHITE- CR. SPARROWS, 60 SNOW BUNTINGS, 1 RED CROSSBILL and 115 COMMON REDPOLLS. And, at sunset in the fields on the east side of Dickersonville Road, between Lake and Youngstown Roads in Porter, a great sight of 23 NORTHERN HARRIERS and over 15 SHORT-EARED OWLS. The Wilson and Lake Ontario Plains count reported a NOR. SAW-WHET OWL calling before dawn at Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park. On Lake Ontario, 1675 SCAUP, 3 SURF SCOTERS, 61 WHITE- WINGED SCOTERS and 9 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, plus 12 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and a total of 9 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS in two count sections. And on the Oak Orchard count in the Alabama Swamps, one section reported 3 BALD EAGLES, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, BELTED KINGFISHER, 8 RED-BELLIED WDPKRS., 6 HAIRY WOODPECKERS, 3 PILEATED WOODPECKERS, 3 NORTHERN SHRIKES, 3 BROWN CREEPERS and CAROLINA WREN. Other reports this week - COMMON REDPOLLS and PINE SISKINS at several feeders in the region. In Amherst State Park, GREAT BLUE HERON, NORTHERN FLICKER, CAROLINA WREN and SONG SPARROW. And at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, ROUGH- LEGGED HAWK, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD and AMER. TREE SPARROW. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 8. 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.
