- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 12/18/2008
* NYBU0812.18
- Birds mentioned
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SLATY-BACKED GULL
CALIFORNIA GULL
AMERICAN AVOCET
RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD [last report December 5]
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
Bald Eagle
Killdeer
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-b. Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Shrike
White-w. Crossbill
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 12/18/2008
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, December 18, 2008
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 11 through December 18 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include SLATY-BACKED GULL, CALIFORNIA GULL
and AMERICAN AVOCET.
December 13 at Niagara Falls in Ontario, an adult SLATY-
BACKED GULL among several thousand gulls above the falls. There have
been no additional reports since the 13th.
Also the 13th, a CALIFORNIA GULL still at the lower river power
plants. Other gulls at the plants and falls, THAYER'S GULL, ICELAND
GULL. L. BLACK-B. GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL. Above the falls off the
Engineerium Building in Ontario, 2 PURPLE SANDPIPERS.
The AMERICAN AVOCET continued at the end of East River Road on Grand
Island through December 14. On December 16, the AVOCET was relocated
just over two miles away, across the river in Fort Erie, Ontario, on
the river shore at Bowen Road.
Other recent Grand Island reports - KILLDEER and DUNLIN at the same
East River location as the AVOCET. 78 TUNDRA SWANS and 2 TRUMPETER
SWANS, including one with a wing tag, at the Beaver Island State Park
beach. Three BALD EAGLES over Navy Island, viewed from the West River
Parkway. And, NORTHERN SHRIKE on Grand Island again this year, on Alt
Road.
The lingering RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD in Orchard Park was last seen on
December 5.
WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS are likely still in the region, though no direct
reports were received.
Winter waterfowl at Dunkirk Harbor this week included GADWALL,
AMERICAN WIGEON, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, GREATER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD,
COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER and RED-BR.
MERGANSER, plus PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, 150 GREAT BLACK-B.
GULLS, numbers of GREAT BLUE HERONS, and BELTED KINGFISHER.
Dial-a-Bird will not be updated until Thursday evening, January 8 of
the New Year. Until then, messages will be checked and rare reports
noted on the update section. My seasonal thanks to the contributors
and callers who have supported Dial-a-Bird for so many years, and best
wishes to all.
- End Transcript
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