- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/19/2009
* NYBU0911.19
- Birds mentioned
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Please phone in rare sightings for update
Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
Thank you, David
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[UPDATE - Saturday, November 21, BOS and Rochester Birding
Association joint field trip to the Niagara River. Meet at
9 AM at Fort Niagara State Park in Porter. The trip will
cross in Canada, so be certain to have proper border crossing
documents. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips.]
BLACK-HEADED GULL
CALIFORNIA GULL
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Snow Goose
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Sandhill Crane
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Barred Owl
Gray Catbird
Northern Shrike
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 11/19/2009
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, November 19, 2009
Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science
and 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. To contact the Science
Museum, call 896-5200.
Highlights of reports received November 12 through November 19 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include BLACK-HEADED GULL and CALIFORNIA
GULL.
November 17, a BLACK-HEADED GULL and CALIFORNIA GULL on the lower
Niagara River at the power plant overlooks. On the 18th, at Devil's
Hole State Park in Niagara Falls, New York, ICELAND GULL, 2 L.
BLACK-B. GULLS and GLAUCOUS GULL. A total of 12 gulls species have
been reported on the Niagara River this season, including LITTLE GULL,
THAYER'S GULL, and SABINE'S GULL, plus BONAPARTE'S GULL, RING-BILLED
GULL, HERRING GULL and GREAT BLACK-B. GULL.
November 13 at the Countryside Gravel Ponds, on Route 62 in the
Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton, SANDHILL CRANE, SNOW GOOSE, 133
HOODED MERGANSERS, 153 COMMON MERGANSERS, 12 RED-
BR. MERGANSERS and 2 BALD EAGLES.
Back on November 11, arriving COMMON GOLDENEYES were noted on Lake
Erie at Saint Columbans in the Town of Sheridan. On the 13th, 2250
BUFFLEHEADS were counted off the Erie Basin Marina in Buffalo. And in
Wyoming County, 5 RUDDY DUCKS on the pond on Fox Road, near the
Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area.
November 15 at Golden Hill State Park in the Town of Somerset, GRAY
CATBIRD and 2 PURPLE FINCHES.
Also on the 15th, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK first noted in the Southern Tier
in the Cattaraugus County Town of Hinsdale. Another ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
this week on Lockport-Cambria Townline Road, south of Route 104.
Other reports this week - on Lake Erie at Dunkirk Harbor, 10 HORNED
GREBES and 150 GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS. 2 RED-NECKED GREBES on Lake
Ontario at Olcott. BARRED OWL on Hunn Road in the Genesee County Town
of Alexander. And, NORTHERN SHRIKE on Lower Lake Road near Johnson
Creek Road in Somerset.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Wednesday evening, November 25. 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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