- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/09/2004 * NYBU0412.09 - 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 BALD EAGLE Tundra Swan Harlequin Duck Cooper's Hawk Peregrine Falcon Wild Turkey Purple Sandpiper Little Gull California Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Black-leg. Kittiwake Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/09/2004 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, December 9, 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 2 through December 9 from the Niagara Frontier Region include RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD and BALD EAGLE. December 2, the hummingbird in Niagara Falls, Ontario, was banded, identified as a first year female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, and released. The bird quickly returned to the feeders at 4575 Peach Avenue. Visitors are still welcome after 9 AM. From the un-frozen waters of the Allegany Reservoir this week, a regional record count of 24 BALD EAGLES, including 14 on the shore at Onoville in the Town of South Valley. December 7, in downtown Niagara Falls, New York, two PEREGRINE FALCONS around the former Rainbow parking ramp. These may be some of the same falcons that have been seen in the falls gorge in recent weeks. On the Niagara River this week - two BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKES and 2 LITTLE GULLS passed by Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, enroute to Lake Ontario during the evening of December 5. At the Adam Beck power plants overlook in Ontario, the CALIFORNIA GULL continues to roost on the rocks at the downriver side of the Moses Dam. Also at the plants, THAYER'S GULL, ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK-B. GULL and a "Nelson's Gull", a large gull believed to be a hybrid of HERRING GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL. At the falls, a female HARLEQUIN DUCK continues to be found sporadically, up from the Engineerium building in Ontario. Also a PURPLE SANDPIPER at the barge and several L. BLACK-B. GULLS. Off Grand Island in the upper Niagara River, 38 TUNDRA SWANS at Beaver Island State Park, and a BALD EAGLE at Navy Island. Outside the region, December 2, an ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was found at Hamlin Beach State Park, on Lake Ontario near Rochester. This western species was still present on December 6. Other reports this week - In Amherst, a female WILD TURKEY on LeBrun Road in Snyder. At a feeder in East Aurora, a flock of at least 12 PINE SISKINS on two days. And in Tonawanda, a COOPER'S HAWK on a utility pole, overlooking Military and Sheridan. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 16. 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
