Hello everyone The Peterborough CBC was held on December 19th in cold temperatures dropping during the day to minus 25 deg C. Despite this the species count was a little abive average at 52.
No new birds, and no new high numbers were found. However good finds were Great Grey Owl (not seen after count day), Wilson's Snipe (seen the following day but not reported since), White-crowned Sparrow, and Pintail (first time since 1956). Good numbers of Snow Buntings and Pine Siskins were seen, but Starlings and House Sparrows and a solitary Pileated Woodpecker were very low. Tony Bigg [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Dec 24 10:54:52 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from extsmtp1.localnet.com (extsmtp1.localnet.com [207.251.201.55]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D5AF29F7F3 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 10:54:51 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 22378 invoked from network); 24 Dec 2004 15:17:32 -0000 Received: from thwerll.localnet.sys (HELO smtp1.localnet.com) (10.0.7.18) by extsmtp1.localnet.com with SMTP; 24 Dec 2004 15:17:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 27437 invoked from network); 24 Dec 2004 15:54:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dfs) (69.48.14.37) by smtp3.localnet.com with SMTP; 24 Dec 2004 15:54:53 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "David F. Suggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rosche, Dick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ontbirds" <[email protected]>, "Nysbirds-l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Geneseebirds-l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "birdeast" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:47:41 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Subject: [Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 23 Dec 2004 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:54:52 -0000 - RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/23/2004 * NYBU0412.23 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ BL.-THR. GRAY WARB. BOREAL OWL LARK SPARROW KING EIDER Northern Shoveler Bald Eagle Pileated Woodpecker Horned Lark Northern Shrike Fox Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Brown-headed Cowbird - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/23/2004 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 23, 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 16 through December 23 from the Niagara Frontier Region include BL.-THR. GRAY WARB., BOREAL OWL, LARK SPARROW and KING EIDER. Three exceptional species from Niagara County this week - December 18, a BL.-THR. GRAY WARB. was discovered in a residential yard on Cayuga Island in Niagara Falls, New York. The warbler was in a flock of BLACK-CAP. CHICKADEES at 305 Council Street, and was last reported December 19. Visitors are welcome to search for the bird, but please be aware of the neighbors and parking regulations. Also December 18, a BOREAL OWL was found on the main trail at Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park, on Lake Ontario in the Town of Wilson. This owl has not been relocated, but the State Park has much habitat for roosting owls. In the Town of Porter, the LARK SPARROW near Youngstown, first reported December 15, was still present December 21 at 1073 Youngstown-Wilson Road, near Route 93. Visitors are welcome to search for the sparrow. Also at this location, 6 WHITE-CR. SPARROWS and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD. On the Niagara River, at Fort Erie, Ontario, two female KING EIDERS continue to be found off the boat ramp at Nichols Marina. Most recent report - December 20. December 21, a FOX SPARROW at a feeder near Sweethome and North French in Amherst, and two late NORTHERN SHOVELERS at the Batavia Waste Water Plant. Other reports this week - An adult BALD EAGLE over Packard and Lockport Roads in Niagara Falls. At the Iroquois Refuge, BALD EAGLE at Cayuga Pool. NORTHERN SHRIKE on Two Mile Creek Road in Tonawanda, and another SHRIKE on Weaver Road in Fort Erie. HORNED LARKS, LAPLAND LONGSPURS and SNOW BUNTINGS at several locations in the Lake Ontario Plains. And, a PILEATED WOODPECKER on Porterville Road in the Town of Evans. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 30. 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
