- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 02/17/2005 * NYBU0502.17 - 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 ----------------------------------------------------------
LARK SPARROW COMMON GRACKLE YELLOW-R. WARBLER Red-necked Grebe Northern Pintail Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-sh. Hawk Wild Turkey Great Black-b. Gull Short-eared Owl Horned Lark Golden-cr. Kinglet Northern Shrike Amer. Tree Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Purple Finch Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 02/17/2005 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 [UPDATE - Wednesday, February 23, BOS meeting at 7:30 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. BOS President Terry Yonker 00570_Willet present "Birds, Bats and Wind Power: What Do We Know". Visitors are always welcome at BOS meeting] Thursday, February 17, 2005 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. LARK SPARROW, COMMON GRACKLE and YELLOW-R. WARBLER were the highlights of reports received February 10 through February 17 from the Niagara Frontier Region. In Niagara County, the LARK SPARROW was reported again on February 13, at 1073 Youngstown Road near Route 93 in Porter. This extremely rare sparrow was first reported December 15. Also at this location, SHARP-SH. HAWK, AMER. TREE SPARROW, COMMON REDPOLL and PINE SISKIN. A very early arriving COMMON GRACKLE was reported February 16 and 17 on Paramount Parkway in the Town of Tonawanda. February 14, a wintering YELLOW-R. WARBLERS was noted in a yard in the Town of Orchard Park. February 13, the BOS field trip to Dunkirk Harbor, on Lake Erie, reported 15 waterfowl species including NORTHERN PINTAIL, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and BLACK SCOTER, plus 200 GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS. February 12 in the harbor, a RED- NECKED GREBE. From the Niagara River and Lake Ontario this week - at Fort Niagara, hundreds of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and LONG-TAILED DUCKS, plus a few SURF SCOTERS and BLACK SCOTERS. At Lewiston, on the lower river, hundreds more LONG-TAILED DUCKS and 2 BALD EAGLES. And, on the upper Niagara, at Navy Island, 6 WILD TURKEYS and 2 more BALD EAGLES - possibly the same eagles that have been seen courting at Strawberry Island. In Buffalo, on Scajaquada Creek in Forest Lawn, a pair of NORTHERN PINTAILS. From the Lake Ontario Plains this week - on Hulbert Road in Wilson, up to 20 LAPLAND LONGSPURS among many HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS. In Yates, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS at Niagara- Orleans Countyline Road, 4 more SHORT-EARED OWLS at Marshall and Lakeshore Roads. Also in Yates, 5 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES. And in Porter, several SHORT-EARED OWLS continue on Dickersonville Road with NORTHERN HARRIER and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. From Chautauqua County this week, a dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the Dunkirk Airport. 12 WILD TURKEYS on Webster Road in Pomfret. NORTHERN SHRIKE on Round Top Road in Villenova. At Lake Erie State Park in Portland, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET and PURPLE FINCH. The SNOWY OWL at Cummings and Fredonia- Stockton Road in Pomfret was last reported February 9. In the Town of Dayton, in northwest Cattaraugus County, another ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and about 150 HORNED LARKS. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, February 24. 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
