- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/19/2006 * NYBU0601.19 - 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 dfsuggs at localnet com. Thank you, David ----------------------------------------------------------
NORTHERN HAWK-OWL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL PINE WARBLER CACKLING GOOSE COMMON GRACKLE Tundra Swan Trumpeter Swan Mute Swan Greater Scaup Long-tailed Duck Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Little Gull Glaucous Gull Great Horned Owl Northern Flicker Horned Lark Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush White-cr. Sparrow Lapland Longspur - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/16/2006 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, January 19, 2006 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 12 through January 19 from the Niagara Frontier Region include NORTHERN HAWK-OWL, SNOWY OWL, SHORT-EARED OWL, PINE WARBLER, CACKLING GOOSE and COMMON GRACKLE. The NORTHERN HAWK-OWL was still present in the Lake Ontario Plains on January 17, in the Orleans County Town of Yates, on Route 63 just north of Route 18. Nearby in Yates, a SNOWY OWL, three miles west of Route 63, to the north of Route 18. In the same large field, 23 LAPLAND LONGSPURS with HORNED LARKS, seen from Countyline north of Route 18. Also in the lake plains, up to 5 SHORT-EARED OWLS in the Town of Porter, generally in the fields along Dickersonville Road between Youngstown-Wilson Road and Route 18. On January 14, the owls were seen at the unexpected time of 11:30 AM. NORTHERN HARRIER, HORNED LARK, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and WHITE- CR. SPARROW also at this location. From Dunkirk Harbor, January 15, a SNOWY OWL in the docks to the west of the main pier. Plus, GLAUCOUS GULL, BALD EAGLE, COOPER'S HAWK and nine waterfowl species. January 13, at Dufferine Island Park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, a very rare in winter PINE WARBLER, at a feeding area near the exit of the park loop road. Several reports from the upper Niagara River on January 15. CACKLING GOOSE among flocks of CANADA GEESE at two locations - Fort Erie, Ontario, and the same or a second CACKLING GOOSE across the river at the north end of Squaw Island Park in Buffalo. LONG-TAILED DUCKS are common to abundant on the lower river and Lake Ontario, but two LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the west branch of the Niagara at Grand Island were a rare occurrence. Three swan species - 10 TUNDRA SWANS at Beaver Island State Park, and two each of TRUMPETER SWAN and MUTE SWAN in Fort Erie. Also on the river, 1000 GREATER SCAUP at Navy Island; above Niagara Falls, Ontario, a good count of 35 HOODED MERGANSERS; a single RUDDY DUCK at Strawberry Island and one LITTLE GULL at the sanddocks in Queenston, Ontario. January 15 in the Orleans County Town of Shelby, a COMMON GRACKLE at a feeder on Hemlock Ridge Road. Other report this week - small flocks of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS surprised observers in Elma, Lancaster and East Aurora. EASTERN BLUEBIRDS are uncommon but regular winter residents in the region. GREAT HORNED OWL along the Robert Moses Parkway near Pletcher Road in Lewiston. At Natureview Park off North French Road in Amherst, 3 NORTHERN FLICKERS and 54 WILD TURKEYS. On Dietz Road, to east of Golden Hill State Park in Somerset, CAROLINA WREN and HERMIT THRUSH. And, in Cambria, a RING-NECKED PHEASANT along Route 104. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 26. 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
