- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/02/2004 * NYBU0412.02 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
--------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, December 4 - BOS field trip to the Niagara River. Meet at 8 AM at the upstream parking lot on Goat Island in Niagara Falls, NY. Wednesday, December 8 - BOS annual holiday party at 7:30 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. ---------------------------------------------------------- RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD COMMON TEAL HARLEQUIN DUCK PURPLE SANDPIPER BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL PEREGRINE FALCON Eared Grebe Tundra Swan Cackling Goose Long-tailed Duck Surf Scoter Bufflehead Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Rough-legged Hawk American Coot Little Gull California Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Tufted Titmouse Northern Shrike Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/02/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, December 2, 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 November 24 through December 2 from the Niagara Frontier Region include RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, COMMON TEAL, HARLEQUIN DUCK, PURPLE SANDPIPER, BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE, SNOWY OWL, SHORT-EARED OWL and PEREGRINE FALCONS. As of November 28, the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was still present at 4575 Peach Avenue in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The homeowners have asked that observers wait until late morning before visiting the yard. [Late report - Dec 2, the hummingbird was captured, identified as a hatch year female RUFOUS, banded and released] November 28, a COMMON or EURASIAN TEAL was found in Ontario, above Niagara Falls, in one of the impoundments across from Dufferin Islands. This is likely the same teal that was tentatively identified across the river at Goat Island on October 31. Also above the falls, a female HARLEQUIN DUCK at the control gates dam, PURPLE SANDPIPER at the stranded barge, and a BRANT with CANADA GEESE at Dufferin Islands. Eleven gull species on the Niagara this week were highlighted by a first-winter BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE, seen at several locations on the lower river. Most recent report was November 29 at the power plants, but also on the 29th, a first-winter BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE was found dead at the entrance to the Legends of Niagara golf course, off the upper river in Chippawa, Ontario. Other gulls of note - at the power plants, CALIFORNIA GULL, THAYER'S GULL, 6 ICELAND GULLS and several L. BLACK-B. GULLS. At the falls, 8 L. BLACK-B. GULLS and a GLAUCOUS GULL. And, LITTLE GULLS on the lower river and at the control gates. At the mouth of the Niagara River, a SNOWY OWL at Fort Niagara State Park. Another probable SNOWY OWL was seen twice this week near Delaware Park in Buffalo. And 3 SHORT- EARED OWLS were found in the Lake Ontario Plains, on Lakeshore Road, east of the Niagara-Orleans county line. PEREGRINE FALCONS this week - at Athol Springs in Hamburg, the falls gorge and at the lower river power plants. Pairs of PEREGRINE FALCONS were noted in downtown Buffalo and in the area of Navy Island, seen from the Eagle Overlook on Grand Island. Also, 3 BALD EAGLES around Navy Island and another BALD EAGLE at Queenston, Ontario. Other reports this week - at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, 2 EARED GREBES, 6 CACKLING GEESE and a NORTHERN SHRIKE. In the Iroquois Refuge, at Cayuga Pool, 16 TUNDRA SWANS, 2 BALD EAGLES, NORTHERN HARRIER, 24 AMERICAN COOTS and NORTHERN SHRIKE. Around Golden Hill State Park, in the Town of Somerset, 13 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, included 9 dark phase. In Buffalo, along the Bird Island Pier, 5 SURF SCOTERS, 200 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and over 1000 BUFFLEHEADS. On Woodbridge Avenue in Buffalo, a PINE SISKIN among a flock of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, and 2 TUFTED TITMICE on Ruie Road in North Tonawanda. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 9. 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
