- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/03/2005 * NYBU0503.03 - 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 ----------------------------------------------------------
[UPDATE: Sunday, March 6, a BOS field trip to Niagara County for owls. Meet at 1:00 PM near the Toys R Us entrance at the Summit Park Mall on Williams Road just south of Niagara Falls Blvd., in the Town of Wheatfield. Wednesday, March 9, BOS meeting at 7:30 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science, Shelia S. Hess, Ducks Unlimited New York Regional Biologist, will present a program, "How Birds are like Bees; the Wildflower Connection". Wednesday, March 23, at 7:00 PM, the annual Vaughn Lecture will be presented at Buffalo Museum of Science. Dr. Kevin McGowan will lecture on "The Uncommon Crow: The Hidden Life of a Common but Misunderstood Bird".] ROSS'S GOOSE SNOWY OWL KING EIDER GREAT GRAY OWL - outside region TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE - outside region Great Blue Heron Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Canvasback Greater Scaup Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/03/2005 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 Thursday, March 3, 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. Highlights of reports received February 24 through March 3 from the Niagara Frontier Region include ROSS'S GOOSE, SNOWY OWL and KING EIDER. Outside the region - GREAT GRAY OWL and TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE. February 28, at Dunkirk Harbor, on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County, a ROSS'S GOOSE was still present in the west end of the harbor. Other reports from the harbor included small numbers of SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and BLACK SCOTER among at least 13 waterfowl species, plus GREAT BLUE HERON, BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON and a sub-adult BALD EAGLE. Also in Chautauqua County, February 27, the SNOWY OWL was reported again on Cummings Road at Fredonia-Stockton Road. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were noted in the Towns of Charlotte and Villanova, and at the Dunkirk Airport. On the upper Niagara River, a first year, female, KING EIDER was found again off Strawberry Island, viewed from Aqua Lane in the Town of Tonawanda. A pair of BALD EAGLES continue to carry sticks around Strawberry Island, but no nest has been built. At least 11 waterfowl species were reported on the upper Niagara River from the ice boom off Fort Erie, Ontario, to Niagara Falls, and included 3800 GREATER SCAUP and 3400 CANVASBACKS. Above the Horseshoe Falls in Ontario, L. BLACK- B. GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL. On the lower river at the Beck Overlook, 5 ICELAND GULLS, and at Queenston, over 600 LONG- TAILED DUCKS and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. February 24 at the Lewiston Reservoir, ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK-B. GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL. Outside the Niagara Frontier, a GREAT GRAY OWL has finally been found in New York State - at Cape Vincent, at the source of the Saint Lawrence River outside Watertown. In Pennsylvania, a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE has been present for much of the winter, south of Smethport, about 45 minutes from Olean, New York. Also in Pennsylvania, at the Kinzua Dam, at least 20 BALD EAGLES and a GOLDEN EAGLE. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 10. 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
