- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 12/17/2009
* NYBU0912.17
- Birds mentioned
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AMERICAN AVOCET
SNOWY OWL
KING EIDER
ROSS'S GOOSE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE
CALIFORNIA GULL
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
Little Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-b. Gull
Northern Shrike
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 12/17/2009
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, December 17, 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 from the past two weeks, December 3 through
December 17 from the Niagara Frontier Region include AMERICAN AVOCET,
SNOWY OWL, KING EIDER, ROSS'S GOOSE, BLACK-
HEADED GULL, BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE and CALIFORNIA GULL.
December 12, on Lake Erie at Dunkirk Harbor, an AMERICAN AVOCET at
the west end of the harbor by the Conservation Club. The AVOCET was
still present on December 14. One year ago, the region's first
December record of AMERICAN AVOCET occurred at Beaver Island State
Park on Grand Island.
Other reports from Dunkirk Harbor included at least 15 waterfowl
species, plus COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, 215 D.-
CREST. CORMORANTS, a very high count of 357 GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS, 2
BALD EAGLES and PEREGRINE FALCON.
The evening of December 14 at the Buffalo-Niagara Airport, a
probable SNOWY OWL swooped over the incoming traffic lane.
December 5, an immature male KING EIDER on Lake Erie, off Sturgeon
Point Marina in the Town of Evans. And, a ROSS'S GOOSE on the upper
Niagara River at Schweigler Road in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
The 5th was an excellent day for gulls on the lower Niagara River.
12 gull species between the power plants and Niagara Falls were
highlighted by BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE above the falls, BLACK-HEADED GULL
at the Whirlpool and the Falls, CALIFORNIA GULL at the power plants, a
record total of 19 L. BLACK-B. GULLS, and a top three count of 20
ICELAND GULLS. Plus, LITTLE GULL, THAYER'S GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL.
December 13, a Buffalo Audubon field trip on the New York side of
the upper Niagara River from the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo to Goat
Island in Niagara Falls, reported 15 waterfowl species, LITTLE GULL,
ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK-B. GULL, and a BALD EAGLE on Navy Island.
A recent report of gulls away from the Niagara River - on Cuba Lake
in Allegany County, the first county record of ICELAND GULL and the
third county record of L. BLACK-B. GULL, among thousands of
RING-BILLED GULLS, hundreds of HERRING GULLS and 125 HOODED MERGANSERS.
Other recent reports - RED-THROATED LOON in the Niagara River
Whirlpool and at the mouth of Silver Creek in Chautauqua County.
Unexpected WILD TURKEY tracks in the snow on Shirley Avenue in
Buffalo. In Cattaraugus County, 2 BALD EAGLES at Wolf Run in Allegany
State Park and 2 COMMON RAVENS in the Town of Hinsdale. And, NORTHERN
SHRIKE at the entrance to Evangola State Park in Evans, and at the
Dunkirk Airport in Chautauqua County.
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.
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