- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/15/2007
* NYBU0702.15
- Birds mentioned
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VARIED THRUSH
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bl.-cr. Night-Heron
Tundra Swan
Gadwall
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Horned Lark E. a. alpestris
Horned Lark E. a. praticola
Brown Creeper
Eastern Bluebird
Lapland Longspur
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 02/15/2007
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, February 15, 2007
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.
VARIED THRUSH was the highlight of reports received February 8
through February 15 from the Niagara Frontier Region.
February 11, the VARIED THRUSH was reported again on private
property in the Niagara County Town of Cambria.
From the Lake Ontario Plains and Genesee County Town of Bethany,
several reports of NORTHERN and PRAIRIE-type HORNED LARKS, LAPLAND
LONGSPURS and SNOW BUNTINGS. The highlight was 140 LAPLAND LONGSPURS
on Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road, north of Route 18.
At Dunkirk Harbor this week, at least 16 waterfowl species featuring
9 SURF SCOTER and one each of WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and LONG-TAILED
DUCK. Also in the harbor, COMMON LOON, PIED-
BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, 3 TUNDRA SWANS, over 500 CANVASBACKS, 2
LESSER SCAUP, 3000 COMMON MERGANSERS and a BALD EAGLE.
Another concentration of waterfowl this week, at the Mid-
River Marina, on the east branch of the Niagara River, off River
Road in Tonawanda. Thirteen waterfowl species included a high winter
count of 130 LESSER SCAUP, plus GADWALL, RING-
NECKED DUCK, SURF SCOTER and RUDDY DUCK. Also, gulls not often found
on the upper river - THAYER'S GULL, ICELAND GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL,
along with 17 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 2 BL.-
CR. NIGHT-HERONS and 15 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS.
NORTHERN FLICKERS, uncommon in winter, at feeders this week on
Luther Road in East Aurora and Woodbridge Avenue in north Buffalo. On
Francis Road in Bethany, a rare in winter YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, plus
HAIRY WOODPECKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER and GREAT HORNED OWL.
Other owls this week - BARRED OWL calling at Bond Lake Park in
Lewiston, LONG-EARED OWL at Golden Hill State Park in Somerset, and 2
SHORT-EARED OWLS on Bulmore Road in Lockport.
PEREGRINE FALCONS continue to be reported at the source of the
Niagara River in Buffalo - an adult over LaSalle Park and a juvenile
at the Peace Bridge.
Also this week, 2 BROWN CREEPERS at a feeder on Ruie Road in North
Tonawanda, and 2 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at Bond Lake Park.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, February 22. 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.
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