- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/16/2004 * NYBU0412.16 - 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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
LARK SPARROW KING EIDER Brant Wood Duck Green-winged Teal White-winged Scoter Sharp-sh. Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Purple Sandpiper California Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Black-leg. Kittiwake Short-eared Owl Pileated Woodpecker Red-br. Nuthatch Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Amer. Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/16/2004 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 16, 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 December 9 through December 16 from the Niagara Frontier Region include LARK SPARROW and KING EIDER. December 15, an exceptionally rare LARK SPARROW was found in the Town of Porter in Niagara County. The sparrow was at a backyard feeder at 1073 Youngstown-Wilson Road, near Route 93. Visitors are welcome to look for the bird in the backyard. There are just five previous records of LARK SPARROW in the 75 year history of the BOS, all during the months of April and May. Also at this location, AMER. TREE SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO, PINE SISKIN and COMMON REDPOLL. From the upper Niagara River, December 12 and 15, two female KING EIDER were reported near the shore at Nichols Marina in Fort Erie, Ontario. December 13, a BRANT was found at the Bird Island Pier, observed from LaSalle Park at the foot of Porter Avenue in Buffalo. December 11, just north of the Iroquois Refuge, three SHORT- EARED OWLS in the Town of Shelby, at Posson and East Shelby Roads. In the Town of Oakfield, a dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the Gypsum Road ponds. Gulls were abundant on the Niagara River this week. December 12 at the power plants, CALIFORNIA GULL, 3 THAYER'S GULLS, 12 ICELAND GULLS, L. BLACK-B. GULLS, GLAUCOUS GULL and a NELSON'S-type GULL. At the Whirlpool, BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE and GLAUCOUS GULL. And at the control gates above the falls in Ontario, THAYER'S GULL, 3 ICELAND GULLS, 5 L. BLACK-B. GULLS and GLAUCOUS GULL. Also at the falls, one PURPLE SANDPIPER at the stranded barge and a male WOOD DUCK at Dufferine Islands. The monthly census at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora on December 9 reported 23 species including BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, 5 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, AMER. TREE SPARROW, SONG SPARROW and WHITE-THR. SPARROW. December 13 at Sinking Ponds, a GREEN-WINGED TEAL. Other reports this week - a dozen PINE SISKINS plus one COMMON REDPOLL in East Aurora. In the Town of Wilson, 94 SISKINS, with 3 CHIPPING SPARROWS. In Buffalo, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER at the Small Boat Harbor along Fuhrmann Blvd. SHARP- SH. HAWK at a feeder in West Seneca. PILEATED WOODPECKER at Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora. And, on the UB Amherst Campus, outside Lockwood Library, two RED-BR. NUTHATCHES. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 23. 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
