- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/23/2003 * NYBU0201.23 - Birds mentioned \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, David ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// KING EIDER HARLEQUIN DUCK SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL EARED GREBE Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant Snow Goose Mute Swan Tundra Swan Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Red-shouldered Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Purple Sandpiper Little Gull Iceland Gull Golden-cr. Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush Swamp Sparrow Snow Bunting
- Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/23/2003 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, January 23, 2003 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 16 through January 23 from the Niagara Frontier Region include KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, SNOWY OWL, SHORT-EARED OWL and EARED GREBE. January 19, a first winter male KING EIDER was reported on Lake Ontario off Fort Niagara State Park in the Town of Porter. The eider was in close to shore, east of the main parking lot that overlooks the lake. A male HARLEQUIN DUCK continues to be reported on the Niagara River at Fort Erie, Ontario. Most recent report was January 20. This duck is usually found one or two parking lots north of the marina in Fort Erie. Also at Fort Erie this week, 2 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, 3 MUTE SWANS, 13 TUNDRA SWANS, 76 REDHEADS and 64 RING-NECKED DUCKS. A PURPLE SANDPIPER was seen flying past the Jaeger Rocks area near Old Fort Erie, and a BALD EAGLE was reported flying over the source of the river from both Fort Erie and LaSalle Park in Buffalo. Along the Niagara Parkway north of Fort Erie, a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was noted near Black Creek on January 20. From other locations on the Niagara River, 6 ICELAND GULLS at the Beck Overlook and LITTLE GULL at Queenston, Ontario. On Grand Island, 2 BALD EAGLES at Spicer Creek, and at Beaver Island State Park, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET and a SWAMP SPARROW. Two SNOWY OWLS were reported this week. One at the Niagara Falls airport, a dark plummaged individual different than the one previously reported at the airport. And in Amherst, a reported SNOWY OWL along Ellicott Creek near Indian Run Trail. Up to 15 SHORT-EARED OWLS have been reported along Dickersonville Road in Porter along with 12 NORTHERN HARRIERS and a small flock of SNOW BUNTINGS. January 19, an EARED GREBE was still present in Dunkirk Harbor, with 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 7 HORNED GREBES and a SNOW GOOSE. Other reports this week - A dark-phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on Clinton Street near Stedman in Attica.HERMIT THRUSH at Bond Lake Park in Lewiston. 9 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS on Clinton Street near Two Rod Road in Marilla. Also 5 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at both Bond Lake Park and Four Mile Creek State Park in Porter. Before the waters froze over at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora, an unexpected REDHEAD, plus NORTHERN PINTAIL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL. And 2 adult PEREGRINE FALCONS were near the nest box on the Statler Building in downtown Buffalo. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 30. 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 D Suggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
