- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 01/07/2010
* NYBU1001.07
- Birds mentioned
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MEW GULL
AMERICAN AVOCET
VESPER SPARROW
CHIPPING SPARROW
SNOWY OWL
Bl.-cr. Night-Heron
Tundra Swan
Mute Swan
Whooper Swan [escape]
Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Glaucous Gull
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Gray Catbird
Red-w. Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 01/07/2010
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 7, 2010
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 December 24 through January 7 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include MEW GULLS, AMERICAN AVOCET, VESPER
SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROW and SNOWY OWL.
Two exceptional MEW GULLS in a short stretch of the lower Niagara
River. January 1, an adult MEW GULL of the North American subspecies,
on the rocks at Devil's Hole State Park, seen from both the Ontario
and New York sides of the river. January 6, an adult MEW GULL of the
European subspecies, on the rocks about one quarter mile upriver from
the power plant overlook in Ontario; seen while the North American MEW
GULL was relocated further upriver at the Whirlpool.
Other gulls of note on the lower Niagara River - LITTLE GULL,
CALIFORNIA GULL, THAYER'S GULL, 12 to 20 ICELAND GULLS, numerous L.
BLACK-B. GULLS, GLAUCOUS GULL, some large gull hybrids, and a pure
white BONAPARTE'S GULL.
The AMERICAN AVOCET at the west end of Dunkirk Harbor was last
reported December 31, and not found on January 5.
Some rare winter species - back on December 27, a very rare VESPER
SPARROW, in the Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton, at Cottage and Foe
Roads. There only four winter records of VESPER SPARROW in the BOS
archives. In the Orleans County Town of Shelby, a rare CHIPPING
SPARROW at a feeder on Hemlock Ridge Road. And, at a feeder on
Poverty Hill Road in Ellicottville, an also rare YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER.
In the Lake Ontario Plains, several reports of a SNOWY OWL in the
Town of Somerset, at Sawyer Cemetery, off Lake Road between Hess and
Hosmer Roads. Also in the lake plains, December 27 in Porter, a high
winter count of 285 RED-W. BLACKBIRDS, plus COMMON GRACKLE and 120
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS.
Other recent reports - In Buffalo, 14 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS over
Richmond and West Delevan Avenues, PEREGRINE FALCON lingering on the
grounds of the Buffalo Psych Center on Elmwood Avenue, and a GRAY
CATBIRD in a yard on Woodbridge Avenue in north Buffalo. On the upper
Niagara River, 182 TUNDRA SWANS off Beaver Island State Park on Grand
Island and a pair of adult BALD EAGLES roosting on Strawberry Island.
And, most certainly an escapee - a WHOOPER SWAN, a Eurasian species,
among TUNDRA SWAN and MUTE SWAN in the west harbor at Port Colborne,
Ontario.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 14. 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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