- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/03/2005 * NYBU0511.04 - 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- [UPDATE - BOS meeting, Wednesday, November 9, at 7:30 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Marty Schlabach and David Carson of Cornell University will present "Of Birds and Poetry: Alexander Wilson's 1804 Expedition to Niagara Falls". A very fine presentation is expected and visitors are always welcome. Thank you.]
GOLDEN EAGLE EURASIAN WIGEON CACKLING GOOSE NORTHERN SHRIKE ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK BOHEMIAN WAXWING GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE x CANADA GOOSE Red-throated Loon Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe Great Egret Mute Swan Brant Scaup species Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Red-br. Merganser Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sanderling Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Bonaparte's Gull Red-bellied Wdpkr. Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Brown Creeper Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush Yellow-r. Warbler Amer. Tree Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Purple Finch Purple Finch Common Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/03/2005 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, November 3, 2005 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 October 27 through November 3 from the Niagara Frontier Region include GOLDEN EAGLE, EURASIAN WIGEON, CACKLING GOOSE, NORTHERN SHRIKE, ROUGH- LEGGED HAWK and BOHEMIAN WAXWING. October 29, a GOLDEN EAGLE was reported over Shelby Road, between the Iroquois Refuge and Oak Orchard Area. On the 29th and 30th, a EURASIAN WIGEON on Ringneck Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge. Also, 3 CACKLING GEESE at Ringneck Marsh on October 29. October 30 in Cattaraugus County, another report of CACKLING GOOSE, at the Countryside Gravel Ponds on Route 62 in the Town of Dayton. A likely hybrid of GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE and CANADA GOOSE was also found at the gravel ponds, plus PIED- BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, and at least 8 waterfowl species including 4 REDHEADS. The first report of NORTHERN SHRIKE this season came from the Town of Franklinville in Cattaraugus County, on October 30. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were also first reported in Cattaraugus and Chautauqua Counties on the 30th, in the Towns of Dayton, Ellington and Cherry Creek. At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, October 29, highlights were 2 EARED GREBES and a very late BARN SWALLOW among 40 TREE SWALLOWS, plus 15 waterfowl species. Many waterbirds were reported moving along the Lake Ontario shore this week. Highlights from the Town of Wilson, but typical of the many observation points along the lakeshore - 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS and a probable POMARINE JAEGER, with RED-THROATED LOON, COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, RED-NECKED GREBE, BRANT, MUTE SWAN, SCAUP SPECIES, SURF SCOTER, WHITE- WINGED SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER, LONG-TAILED DUCK, COMMON GOLDENEYE and RED-BR. MERGANSER. Not just waterbirds fly along the Ontario lakeshore. October 30, off Sunset Island at Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park, a flight of 16 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS plus numbers of LAPLAND LONGSPURS, SNOW BUNTINGS, PURPLE FINCHES, COMMON REDPOLLS, PINE SISKINS and AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES. Outside the Niagara Frontier Region, EVENING GROSBEAKS are being reported at feeders in Central New York and in Ontario. And, November begins the annual influx of gulls to the Niagara River. Other reports this week - 2 GREAT EGRETS at Center Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge. BALD EAGLES over Countryside Gravel Ponds, Dunkirk and Silver Creek. In Clarence, 3 NORTHERN HARRIERS on Meahl Road. At Dunkirk Harbor, 150 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 6 SANDERLINGS still at Wright Park Beach. From Akron Falls Park, off Skyline Drive in Akron, 4 RED-BELLIED WDPKRS., BROWN CREEPER and 5 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. In Tonawanda, HERMIT THRUSH, YELLOW-R. WARBLER and 3 FOX SPARROWS along the west side of Two Mile Creek Road. At the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in Hanover, YELLOW-R. WARBLER and FOX SPARROW. Several AMER. TREE SPARROWS along Lake Ontario. And at a feeder in Silver Creek, 2 PURPLE FINCHES and 2 PINE SISKINS. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, November 10. 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
