Jim Pawlicki and I worked Section A of the Buffalo CBC on Sunday and had several sightings of interest on and near Niagara Falls, on the Ontario side: Above the control gates - 2 Red-necked Grebes, 1 female Harlequin Duck, 1 Merlin (the latter two were found by Peter Yoerg) Below the control gates - 1 adult Bald Eagle, about 15,000 gulls including 6 Lesser Black-backed and 4 Iceland; now imagine them all in the air when the eagle came over - the blizzard of '03! Dufferin Islands - drake Pintail and drake Wood Duck Near the barge - second-hand report of Purple Sandpiper Feeders at the end of Thomas and Peter streets - one obliging Common Redpoll, 2 Tufted Titmouse
Our Section A total was 52 species. Birds seen Saturday in this section but not count day - California Gull, Little Gull. Sightings elsewhere on the river Sunday included the adult California Gull back at its usual spot at the power plants, an adult Little Gull in Lewiston/Queenston, and quite a few Iceland Gulls now in at the power plants. Good birding! Willie -------------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Niagara Falls, N.Y. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Willie D'Anna & Betsy Potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
