- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/08/2003 * NYBU0301.08 - Birds mentioned ROSS'S GOOSE GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE GRAY CATBIRD COMMON GRACKLE WILLET SNOWY OWL Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant Northern Shoveler Canvasback Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Cooper's Hawk Peregrine Falcon Wild Turkey Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Wdpkr. Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Tufted Titmouse Red-br. Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird Northern Cardinal Song Sparrow \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 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 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/08/2003 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 8, 2004 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 1 through January 8 from the Niagara Frontier Region include ROSS'S GOOSE, GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE, GRAY CATBIRD, COMMON GRACKLE, WILLET and SNOWY OWL. The most recent report of the ROSS'S GOOSE at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge was January 2. The GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE was also still present at the pool on the 2nd. There has been a step-up in the reports of GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE this winter. In addition to the white-front at Iroquois, back on December 28, 3 white-fronts were at an open pond on Albright Road, off Route 429 in the Town of Lewiston. On the Niagara peninsula of Ontario, the first week of January, 13 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE were reported near the Smithville sewage lagoons, in the Town of Grimsby at Highway 20 and Townline Road. January 2, a rare in winter GRAY CATBIRD was found at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, at Snakeroot Trail and Warbler Walk. Also at Tifft, RED-BELLIED WDPKR. and SONG SPARROW. Another rare find was a COMMON GRACKLE at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora on January 4, along with NORTHERN SHOVELER, BELTED KINGFISHER, and two each of PILEATED WOODPECKER, CAROLINA WREN and EASTERN BLUEBIRD. Also January 4, the WILLET was still present at the Bird Island Pier, which runs under the Peace Bridge in Buffalo. Observers should now be aware that birding activities and equipment may be closely scrutinized at the US-Canadian border by law enforcement officials. At the Niagara Falls Airbase, a SNOWY OWL was reported January 2. Before the recent snow and temperature drop, January 1 at Dunkirk Harbor, 4 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 4 HORNED GREBES, 100 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, 2 CANVASBACK, 15 BUFFLEHEADS, 8 HOODED MERGANSERS and 125 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. As freezing weather continues, more waterfowl should be attracted the warm waters of Dunkirk Harbor. On the Niagara River this week, at the falls and the lower river power plants, gull highlights were LITTLE GULL, ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK-B. GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL, plus a PEREGRINE FALCON above the falls. January 4 on the Hamburg-East Aurora Christmas Count, one section reported 32 species including COOPER'S HAWK, 31 WILD TURKEYS, EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, GREAT HORNED OWL, 5 RED- BELLIED WDPKRS., 2 NORTHERN FLICKERS, 6 TUFTED TITMICE, 7 RED-BR. NUTHATCHES, BROWN CREEPER, 3 CAROLINA WRENS, 11 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and 13 NORTHERN CARDINALS. And on January 5, on the Little Niagara River between Tonawanda Island and North Tonawanda, a good count of 13 HOODED MERGANSERS, plus a PIED-BILLED GREBE. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 15. 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 "David F. Suggs" <[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.
