- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/30/2006 * NYBU0611.30 - 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 dfsuggs localnet com. Thank you, David ---------------------------------------------------------- RAZORBILL CALIFORNIA GULL PURPLE SANDPIPER HARLEQUIN DUCK CAVE SWALLOW [out of region] VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW [out of region] Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Snow Goose Ring-necked Duck Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter White-winged Scoter Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Purple Sandpiper Little Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Black-leg. Kittiwake Pileated Woodpecker Northern Shrike - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/30/2006 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, November 30, 2006 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 November 22 through November 30 from the Niagara Frontier Region include RAZORBILL, CALIFORNIA GULL, PURPLE SANDPIPER, HARLEQUIN DUCK and to the east of the region, CAVE SWALLOW and VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW. The RAZORBILL at the mouth of the Niagara River was still present on November 28. Seen since November 19 from Fort Niagara, where there is a 10 dollar admission fee; the US Coast Guard Station, which is restricted access; and the banks of the golf course in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, which are freely accessible. At Fort Niagara, a CAROLINA WREN was singing while an observer was searching for the RAZORBILL. November 25, two CALIFORNIA GULLS, an adult and a third winter, were found at the lower river power plants. Three distinct CALIFORNIA GULLS have found this season between the power plants and the water control breakwall above the falls in Ontario. Also on the river this week, 2 BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKES plus BLACK SCOTER and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER below the falls, 2 PURPLE SANDPIPERS at the stranded barge above the falls, and in general, LITTLE GULL, L. BLACK-B. GULL and ICELAND GULL. At Dunkirk Harbor, November 24, a male HARLEQUIN DUCK was to the east of the central pier, diving among the floating docks. The pier is closed for repairs, while the east breakwall is open for walking from Main Street. Also in the harbor, PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, 3 BLACK SCOTERS and 181 HOODED MERGANSERS. November 29, to the east of the region near Braddock Bay in Rochester, 7 CAVE SWALLOWS and a VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW were reported at Hogan Point Road. Other reports this week - on Chautauqua Lake at Burtis Bay in Celeron, 147 PIED-BILLED GREBES and 227 HOODED MERGANSERS, and at Prendergast Point, a LONG-TAILED DUCK. At the Countryside Gravel Ponds on Route 62 in Dayton, 224 COMMON MERGANSERS, plus numbers of RING-NECKED DUCKS, HOODED MERGANSERS, RUDDY DUCKS and 2 BALD EAGLES. Along Jewett Holmwood Road in Orchard Park, 3 SNOW GEESE at the country club. At Amherst State Park, 2 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS. From Hanover, at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek, a PILEATED WOODPECKER. And, at Lotus Point Road in Brant, a NORTHERN SHRIKE. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 7. 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
