- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/24/2004 * NYBU0411.24 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD OVENBIRD (November 11) D.-crest. Cormorant Tundra Swan Wood Duck Gadwall Canvasback Redhead Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Black Scoter Hooded Merganser Common Merganser American Coot Little Gull California Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Sabine's Gull Belted Kingfisher Eastern Bluebird American Robin Cedar Waxwing Swamp Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/24/2004 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 Wednesday, November 24, 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. The highlight of reports received November 18 through November 24 from the Niagara Frontier Region was the RUFOUS or ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD that has been at a backyard feeder in Niagara Falls, Ontario, since early September. This very rare hummingbird was still present on November 24, and birders are still welcome to visit the yard at 4579 Peach Avenue. Gull numbers on the Niagara River appear to have decreased with the recent warm weather. The SABINE'S GULL in the falls gorge has only been seen intermittently - latest report November 19. A third-year CALIFORNIA GULL has been a regular at the downriver side of the New York State Moses Power Plant, viewed from the Beck Overlook in Ontario. Also at the power plants, 2 ICELAND GULLS and probable THAYER'S GULL and a HERRING GULL x GLAUCOUS GULL hybrid known as "NELSON'S GULL". Three ICELAND GULLS and 6 L. BLACK-B. GULLS were found above the falls and at the water control gates in Ontario. LITTLE GULL continues to be reported on the lower river at Lewiston. Waterfowl congregated at the control gates included about 100 CANVASBACKS and 3 BLACK SCOTERS among a mixed flock of 2000 GREATER SCAUP and LESSER SCAUP. From Sinking Ponds in East Aurora this week, the first report of REDHEAD, plus WOOD DUCK, GADWALL, CANVASBACK, HOODED MERGANSER, 6 COMMON MERGANSERS, BELTED KINGFISHER, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, AMERICAN ROBIN and SWAMP SPARROW. From several locations on Chautauqua Lake, November 19, 18 waterfowl species highlighted by a total of 550 HOODED MERGANSERS and 2500 AMERICAN COOTS. Also, 20 TUNDRA SWANS at Ashville Bay. Other reports this week - 200 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS in Dunkirk Harbor. In a yard in Alden, 40 CEDAR WAXWINGS. From Buffalo, 1000 BUFFLEHEADS at the Peace Bridge and 10 HOODED MERGANSER at the Times Beach Nature Preserve on Fuhrmann Blvd, and a late report of a very late OVENBIRD in the downtown area on November 11. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 2. 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
