- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 12/14/2007
* NYBU0712.14
- Birds mentioned
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ROSS'S GOOSE
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
HOARY REDPOLL
SNOWY OWL
COMMON RAVEN
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Canada Goose
White-winged Scoter
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Sharp-sh. Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
Horned Lark
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Amer. Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Red-w. Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 12/14/2007
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
Friday, December 14, 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 December 6 through December 14 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include ROSS'S GOOSE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING,
HOARY REDPOLL, SNOWY OWL, COMMON RAVEN and BARROW'S GOLDENEYE.
From Chippawa, Ontario, December 8 to December 12, a ROSS'S GOOSE
among many CANADA GEESE, at the Chippawa River boat launch on Main
Street, about one mile up river from the Niagara River Parkway.
Small numbers of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS this week - in the Town of
Porter, 2 at the entrance to Fort Niagara State Park with CEDAR
WAXWINGS and AMERICAN ROBINS, and 3 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS with 20 CEDAR
WAXWINGS on Cothran Road, off Route 18. On Grand Island, a BOHEMIAN
WAXWING with 40 CEDAR WAXWINGS on Fix Road, between the West River
Parkway and Alt Road.
December 8 at a feeder on Lake Road in the Town of Wilson, a one-day
visit by a HOARY REDPOLL. COMMON REDPOLL flocks continue all along the
Lake Ontario shore.
December 8 and 10, a SNOWY OWL in Buffalo, on the breakwall off
LaSalle Park at Porter Avenue. One observer found the owl by walking
to the end of the Bird Island Pier, to look down the length of the
breakwall. Also at LaSalle Park, 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS, 2 WHITE-WINGED
SCOTERS and 2 RUDDY DUCKS.
December 9 in the Genesee County Town of Bethany, a COMMON RAVEN and
17 COMMON REDPOLLS on Francis Road. On McLernon Road, a mixed flock
with 60 HORNED LARKS, 15 AMER. TREE SPARROWS, 150 SNOW BUNTINGS and 7
COMMON REDPOLLS.
A BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still at the east edge of the BOS territory
on December 8, at Point Breeze in the Town of Carlton.
Back on December 2, a Yellow-thr. Warbler was found at the end of
Woodcliff Drive in Porter; December 9 at this location, many AMERICAN
ROBINS, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, RED-W. BLACKBIRD, RUSTY BLACKBIRD and 2
PURPLE FINCHES.
Other reports this week - on the upper Niagara River, 3 to 4 BALD
EAGLES on Strawberry Island. The eagles were viewed through a
telescope from the Ontario Street boat ramp in Riverside. Residential
SHARP-SH. HAWKS in Kenmore and Snyder. At a feeder on Lewis Road in
South Wales, 60 CEDAR WAXWINGS, 5 AMER. TREE SPARROWS, SONG SPARROW
and BROWN-
HEADED COWBIRD. PINE SISKINS at feeders in Orchard Park and Colden;
up to 50 PINE SISKINS at the Colden location. And at Tifft Nature
Preserve in Buffalo, WILD TURKEY, 15 AMERICAN ROBINS, NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD, and two each of SWAMP SPARROW and WHITE-THR. SPARROW.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 20. 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
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