- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/25/2009
* NYBU0911.25
- Birds mentioned
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LONG-B. DOWITCHER
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Tundra Swan
Mute Swan
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Black Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Glaucous x Herring Gull
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 11/25/2009
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
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science
and 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 November 19 through November 25 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include LONG-B. DOWITCHER and Niagara
River gulls.
November 24 and 25, 2 LONG-B. DOWITCHERS with KILLDEER on the
lakeshore at Darien Lakes State Park, at Route 20
and Harlow Road in Genesee County.
The BOS and Rochester Birding Association field trip to the Niagara
River on November 21 reported LITTLE GULLS at Fort Niagara State Park
and at Lewiston. At the power plant overlook in Ontario, THAYER'S
GULL, ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK-
B. GULL and the GLAUCOUS X HERRING GULL hybrid know as NELSON'S
GULL. And at Niagara Falls, ICELAND GULL and several L. BLACK-B.
GULLS. Though not seen on the field trip, BLACK-HEADED GULL and
CALIFORNIA GULL continue to be found at the power plants.
Also on the trip, at Fort Niagara, RED-THROATED LOON, COMMON LOON,
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, LONG-TAILED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE
and RED-BR. MERGANSER.
November 24 at Dunkirk Harbor, 4 BLACK SCOTERS with 2 COMMON LOONS,
14 HORNED GREBES, and numbers of GREATER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON
GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER, RED-BR. MERGANSER and BONAPARTE'S GULL.
Also this week - 27 RING-NECKED DUCKS arriving at the Silver Creek
upper reservoir in The Town of Hanover. At the Lippert Gravel Pits, in
the Cattaraugus County Town of Allegany, 3 COMMON LOONS, HORNED GREBE,
4 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 11 BUFFLEHEAD and 2 COMMON MERGANSERS. At Lake
Road and 12 Mile Creek in Wilson, 7 MUTE SWANS. And 50 SWANS, most
likely TUNDRA SWANS at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 3. 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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