- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 02/02/2006 * NYBU0602.02 - 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 dfsuggs localnet com. Thank you, David ----------------------------------------------------------
[UPDATE - BOS meeting, Wednesday, Feb 8, 7:00 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. John Black of Ontario will present "The Quantification of Birds on Weather Radar. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings.] NORTHERN HAWK-OWL PINE WARBLER BALD EAGLE RED-SHOULDERED HAWK SNOWY OWL Northern Pintail Ring-necked Duck Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Merganser Northern Harrier Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Short-eared Owl Red-bellied Wdpkr. Yellow-b. Sapsucker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Brown Creeper Golden-cr. Kinglet Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird Cedar Waxwing Northern Shrike Amer. Tree Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow House Finch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 02/02/2006 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, February 2, 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 26 through February 2 from the Niagara Frontier Region include NORTHERN HAWK-OWL, PINE WARBLER, BALD EAGLE, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and SNOWY OWL. The NORTHERN HAWK-OWL was still present January 27 in the Orleans County Town of Yates, on Route 63 just north of Route 18. Observers should continue to respect the property and tolerance of the hosting neighborhood. At Dufferin Island Park, above Niagara Falls, Ontario, the female PINE WARBLER was reported again on January 28 and 29, at the feeding area at the park road exit. Also, 2 NORTHERN PINTAILS at Dufferin Island. BALD EAGLES are becoming more active on the Niagara River around Grand Island. A pair of adults calling over a yard near the West River Parkway. EAGLES have also been found at Navy Island, Spicer Creek and Strawberry Island, and on the lower river at the Lewiston Landing. At the Iroquois Refuge, a pair of adult BALD EAGLES at the nest tree over Cayuga Pool. January 29, a rare in winter RED-SHOULDERED HAWK over Beech Tree Road in the Cattaraugus County Town of Ashford. From Buffalo, February 2, a SNOWY OWL was seen in Fort Erie, Ontario, viewed from the Bird Island Pier. Also along the pier, PEREGRINE FALCON, L. BLACK-B. GULL, and 8 RING-NECKED DUCKS. At the foot of Ferry Street, a BLACK SCOTER. LITTLE GULLS on the Niagara River picked up this week. Three at Queenston with an adult ICELAND GULL, and single LITTLE GULLS at the mouth of the river and above the falls with 2 ICELAND GULLS, 4 L. BLACK-B. GULLS, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS and several thousand BONAPARTE'S GULLS. In the Town of Porter, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS and several NORTHERN HARRIERS at Dickersonville and Youngstown Roads. North of the Iroquois Refuge, 3 more NORTHERN HARRIERS, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and 9 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS on Posson Road. Several reports of woodpeckers - a rare in winter YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER with 5 RED-BELLIED WDPKRS. in the hardwood forest at Fort Niagara State Park. Also RED-BELLIED WDPKRS. at a feeder in Sanborne and on Goat Island with 2 HAIRY WOODPECKERS, 3 BROWN CREEPERS and a GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET. NORTHERN FLICKER in the Town of Wilson, and from Clarence yard, an impressive PILEATED WOODPECKER. Other reports - 20 each of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and LONG- TAILED DUCK on Lake Ontario at Fort Niagara. From Grand Island, 46 COMMON MERGANSERS at Spicer Creek, 2 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS calling at the entrance to Beaver Island, and a NORTHERN SHRIKE at the Beaver Island sledding hill. In Porter, NORTHERN SHRIKE, 8 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS and 29 CEDAR WAXWINGS in the area of Youngstown and Cothran Roads. AMERICAN ROBIN at Amherst State Park. At a feeder in Ashford, 20 AMER. TREE SPARROWS and 6 WHITE-THR. SPARROWS. And a good count for recent years, 24 HOUSE FINCHES at a feeder in Cambria. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, February 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
