- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/04/2004 * NYBU0411.04 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
PARASITIC JAEGER GOLDEN EAGLE WESTERN RED-TAILED HAWK COMMON TEAL CALIFORNIA GULL Common Loon Tundra Swan Brant Green-winged Teal Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Sharp-sh. Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Pectoral Sandpiper Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull L. Black-b. Gull Black-leg. Kittiwake Common Tern Red-headed Wdpkr. [reported] Pileated Woodpecker Red-br. Nuthatch Hermit Thrush Northern Shrike Eastern Towhee Fox Sparrow Snow Bunting Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/04/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, November 4, 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 October 28 through November 4 from the Niagara Frontier Region include PARASITIC JAEGERS, GOLDEN EAGLES, WESTERN RED-TAILED HAWK, COMMON TEAL and CALIFORNIA GULL. October 31, west-southwest winds gusting off Lake Erie concentrated a record number of PARASITIC JAEGERS at Athol Springs, in the Town of Hamburg. At least 16 JAEGERS, including one group of 11, were observed from the area between Hoak's and the Bedrock restaurants, along Route 5. Also at this location, 9 TUNDRA SWANS, 2 L. BLACK-B. GULLS and 20 SNOW BUNTINGS. GOLDEN EAGLES were reported twice this week in Niagara County. October 31, in the Town of Lockport over Upper Mountain Road, and November 3, in Porter, over Youngstown Road. An exceptionally rare raptor, a WESTERN-type RED- TAILED HAWK was reported on the 31st, over Devil's Hole on the lower Niagara River. At Times Beach in Buffalo, another hawk flight was noted on the 1st, and included 40 RED-TAILED HAWKS plus SHARP-SH. HAWK, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and ROUGH- LEGGED HAWK. At Goat Island, above Niagara Falls, a possible COMMON TEAL was observed among 8 GREEN-WINGED TEAL. It is hoped that this teal will linger at the island until it has completed it's moult. On the Niagara River, October 31 - CALIFORNIA GULL at the base of the Moses Power Plant, viewed from the Beck Overlook in Ontario. LITTLE GULL at Lewiston. Over 2000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Fort Erie, Ontario, and at least 3 L. BLACK-B. GULLS between the Canadian Falls and the water control structure. Also on the Niagara - SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER and over 100 BUFFLEHEADS at the Peace Bridge. A few COMMON GOLDENEYES at the falls. BALD EAGLE at Queenston, Ontario, and 4 COMMON TERNS on the upper river. From Lake Ontario, October 31, flying past Wilson Harbor, BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, and 15 waterfowl species including over 2000 LONG-TAILED DUCKS. At Golden Hill State Park in Somerset, over 200 COMMON LOONS on the water at the lighthouse, and a passing flock of 20 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. Other reports this week - in the Town of Tonawanda, along Two Mile Creek Road, a dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, COOPER'S HAWK, NORTHERN SHRIKE, 2 HERMIT THRUSHES and 6 FOX SPARROWS. 2 BRANT at the Erie Basin Marina in Buffalo. In a yard in the Town of Ashford, 7 PINE SISKINS, EASTERN TOWHEE and 2 FOX SPARROWS. PINE SISKINS also at two locations in Hamburg. 300 SNOW BUNTINGS in Porter. And in Elma, PILEATED WOODPECKER, RED-BR. NUTHATCH and a reported RED-HEADED WDPKR. Outside the Niagara Frontier this week, a BLACK GUILLEMOT in the Finger Lakes on Cayuga Lake, 45 GOLDEN EAGLES at Franklin Mountain in southeastern New York State, and 3 CAVE SWALLOWS at Hamlin Beach State Park on Lake Ontario, west of Rochester. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, November 11. 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
