- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/15/2007
* NYBU0711.15
- Birds mentioned
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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
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[Sunday, November 18 - BOS and Rochester Birding Association joint
field trip to the Niagara River.
Meet at 9 AM at Fort Niagara State Park in the Town of
Porter. Dress warmly for an all day trip that will
cross into Ontario; be prepared with proper identification
for international border crossing. Visitors are always
welcome on BOS trips. Thank you.]
ROSS'S GOOSE
NORTHERN GANNET
SHORT-EARED OWL
MERLIN
EARED GREBE
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
Wood Duck
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Rough-legged Hawk
Northern Shrike
Snow Bunting
Red-w. Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 11/15/2007
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, November 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.
Highlights of reports received November 8 through November 15 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include ROSS'S GOOSE, NORTHERN GANNET,
SHORT-EARED OWL, MERLIN and EARED GREBES.
November 10, an immature ROSS'S GOOSE was found at Sinking Ponds
Sanctuary in East Aurora. The observer believes this is the same
ROSS'S GOOSE found in the Town of Bennington in mid-October, about 10
miles from Sinking Ponds. The goose was still present on the 12th, and
has also been seen nearby on the polo fields Knox Farm State Park.
On Lake Ontario, November 11, an immature NORTHERN GANNET was seen
plunge diving at great distance, off the piers at Wilson Harbor.
November 9, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS at a traditional winter location -
the fields along Dickersonville Road in the Niagara County Town of
Porter. Another winter tradition returns - November 14, a MERLIN on
the University at Buffalo Main Street Campus.
Four EARED GREBES still at the Batavia Waste Water Plant on November
10. Also at the plant, 34 BUFFLEHEADS, 224 RUDDY DUCKS, NORTHERN
SHRIKE and 4 SNOW BUNTINGS.
Along the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo, at the source of the Niagara
River, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER and 5 RUDDY
DUCKS. Across the river in Fort Erie, Ontario, 40 to 60 SNOW BUNTINGS
at Erie beach.
November 10, in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, 2 TUNDRA
SWANS, and in the Iroquois Refuge, 2 blue phase SNOW GEESE.
From the Town of Pembroke, in a corn field on Slusser Road, 2
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, over 300 RED-W. BLACKBIRDS, 30 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS
and 20 COMMON GRACKLES. And, on Ellicott Creek in Amherst/Tonawanda, a
single WOOD DUCK among a flock of MALLARDS. After fall migration, WOOD
DUCKS are rare but regular winter residents, surviving where open
waters can be found.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated one day early, Wednesday evening,
November 21. Please call in your sightings by noon Wednesday. You may
report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting
to Dial-a-Bird.
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