- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 01/15/2009
* NYBU0901.15
- Birds mentioned
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SLATY-BACKED GULL
SNOWY OWL
RUBY-CR. KINGLET
PINE SISKINS
D.-crest. Cormorant
American Black Duck
Redhead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Cooper's Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Coot
Purple Sandpiper
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-b. Gull
Short-eared Owl
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Horned Lark
Common Raven
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-cr. Kinglet
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Shrike
Field Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
White-w. Crossbill
Common Redpoll
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 01/15/2009
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, January 15, 2009
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. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200.
Highlights of reports received January 8 through January 15 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include SLATY-BACKED GULL, SNOWY OWL, RUBY-CR.
KINGLET and PINE SISKINS.
January 11, the SLATY-BACKED GULL was found again above Niagara
Falls in Ontario, observed from the pulloff below the water control
gates.
Missed on the report last week - SNOWY OWLS. Two in a restricted
area of the Buffalo Airport December 27 to 29th, and a SNOWY OWL in
flight over Townsend Road in the Town of Concord on December 23 and 24.
In the Village of Kenmore, a RUBY-CR. KINGLET at a suet feeder for
three weeks.
January 10, an unexpected COMMON RAVEN over the Village of Silver Creek.
PINE SISKINS were widely reported the week. SISKINS at five
locations in the Lake Ontario Plains, including 20 in the Town of
Wilson. In Amherst, 30 SISKINS in a Williamsville yard along with 20
WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS, 2 COMMON REDPOLLS and a PURPLE FINCH. 20 more
PINE SISKINS on Ruie Road in North Tonawanda. And smaller numbers at
other locations. Also, up to three of COMMON REDPOLLS at several
feeders.
WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS continue to be a highlight of the season. A
dozen on Straley Road in the Town of Cheektowaga, at four locations in
the Lake Ontario Plains, a pair in the small spruces just north of the
Small Boat Harbor on the Buffalo waterfront, and flyover WHITE-W.
CROSSBILLS in Buffalo and Amherst. In Ontario, up to 50 WHITE-W.
CROSSBILLS at Short Hills Park, southwest of Saint Catharines.
In the Lake Ontario Plains and Genesee County, flocks of SNOW
BUNTINGS with HORNED LARKS and LAPLAND LONGSPURS. On Marshall Road in
the Orleans County Town of Yates, 35 to 50 LAPLAND LONGSPURS feeding
on the roadside.
From Amherst State Park this week, a rare location for NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD, plus 6 BROWN CREEPERS, CAROLINA WREN, WINTER WREN, 15
GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS and a rare in winter FIELD SPARROW.
Dunkirk Harbor is even freezing over. Most recent report of PURPLE
SANDPIPER was January 7 on the Main Street Beach. Also in the harbor,
ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK-B. GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, 94 GREAT BLACK-B.
GULLS, and over 100 each of HOODED MERGANSER, AMERICAN COOT and
D.-CREST. CORMORANT.
Other recent reports - ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS in Chautauqua and
Cattaraugus Counties. Six COOPER'S HAWKS across the Lake Ontario
Plains. SHORT-EARED OWL in Yates. YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKERS at feeders in
Orchard Park and Silver Creek. NORTHERN SHRIKE in Newfane. 70
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS in Wilson. And, on the Walmart pond in Fredonia,
REDHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE and 2 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 22. 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.
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