- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 01/29/2009
* NYBU0901.29
- Birds mentioned
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SPOTTED TOWHEE
SNOWY OWL
PINE GROSBEAK
Red-throated Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Bl.-cr. Night-Heron
Tundra Swan
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Short-eared Owl
Northern Flicker
Red-br. Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-r. Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Common Grackle
White-w. Crossbill
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 01/29/2009
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, January 29, 2009
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 January 22 through January 29 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include SPOTTED TOWHEE, SNOWY OWL, PINE
GROSBEAK and waterfowl.
January 23, an exceptionally rare SPOTTED TOWHEE was reported in
Port Colborne, Ontario, at a feeder in the 700 block of Lakeshore East
Road. The towhee was reported again on the 25th. The only previous
record of SPOTTED TOWHEE in the BOS archives was December 1976 in Fort
Erie, Ontario.
Also at this location, a female EASTERN TOWHEE, NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD, WHITE-W. CROSSBILL and PINE SISKIN, plus flyover BALD
EAGLE and PEREGRINE FALCON.
A SNOWY OWL has been seen on and off east of the Village of Medina
this winter. January 27, the owl was along Route 31 between Culvert
and Snell Road in the Town of Ridgeway. January 22, an afternoon
sighting of a SHORT-EARED OWL at the Dunkirk Airport in Chautauqua
County.
January 26, a PINE GROSBEAK at a feeder in Clarence Center. Also
this week, a single WHITE-W. CROSSBILL in the Village of Kenmore, 6
WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS at the Buffalo Psych Center grounds, and, a COMMON
GRACKLE at a feeder in Wilson.
Wintering EASTERN BLUEBIRDS are often a surprise to observers. This
week, one EASTERN BLUEBIRD with 3 COMMON REDPOLLS at a feeder in
Clarence. 15 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in the Iroquois Refuge on Knowlesville
Road and at the Swallow Hollow Trail. Other EASTERN BLUEBIRDS reports
from the Towns of Sheridan and Elma and the Dunkirk Airport.
Plentiful waterfowl on the upper Niagara River, including an
estimated 10,000 CANVASBACKS and over 150 TUNDRA SWANS around Grand
Island. At the ice boom and Peace Bridge, RED-
BR. MERGANSERS were in the majority, plus GREATER SCAUP, COMMON
MERGANSER, COMMON GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD, LONG-TAILED DUCK and REDHEAD,
and several RED-THROATED LOONS and RED-
NECKED GREBES. SURF SCOTER and RUDDY DUCK at the railroad bridge in
Fort Erie. At Ontario Street in Buffalo's Riverside, thousands of
REDHEADS and CANVASBACKS, with WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, ICELAND GULL and
L. BLACK-B. GULL.
Dunkirk Harbor is still loaded with waterfowl. At least 15 species
included over 6200 COMMON MERGANSERS on January 27. Also in harbor,
RED-NECKED GREBE, 2 LITTLE GULLS, GREAT BLUE HERON, BL.-CR.
NIGHT-HERON, up to 5 BALD EAGLES and near the power plant, a PEREGRINE
FALCON.
Other BALD EAGLES this week - one on the lower Niagara River and on
Grand Island, 2 at Beaver Island State Park and 4 BALD EAGLES on Navy
Island, viewed from one of the better locations to see eagles, at a
distance, the West River Parkway overlook on Grand Island. Also on
Grand Island at Buckhorn Island State Park, a PEREGRINE FALCON on a
drifting ice floe, and in the woods, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, BROWN CREEPER,
NORTHERN FLICKER and YELLOW-R. WARBLER.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, February 5. 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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