- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 12/11/2008
* NYBU0812.11
- Birds mentioned
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AMERICAN AVOCET
MEW GULL
CALIFORNIA GULL
WHITE-W. CROSSBILL
SHORT-EARED OWL
Sharp-sh. Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Little Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Glaucous Gull
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Amer. Tree Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 12/11/2008
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 11, 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 4 through December 11 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include AMERICAN AVOCET, MEW GULL,
CALIFORNIA GULL, WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS and SHORT-
EARED OWLS.
From Grand Island, on the east branch of the Niagara River off
Beaver Island State Park, an AMERICAN AVOCET was discovered December
6. Still present on the 10th, the AVOCET has been along the shoreline
at the south end of East River Road near Cox Road. Park at the end of
East River Road and search up and down the river from the nearby pier.
Photos of the AVOCET show that this is the same first winter
individual that was at Ajax, Ontario, near Toronto, for most of
November through to December 5.
December 6, only, on the lower Niagara River, an exceptional MEW
GULL at the power plant overlook in Ontario. There are about seven
regional records of MEW GULL in past 40 years.
A second winter CALIFORNIA GULL continues at the power plants, along
with a good count of over 14 ICELAND GULLS, plus THAYER'S GULL, L.
BLACK-B. GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL. At the Whirlpool, a LITTLE GULL.
The WHITE-W. CROSSBILL irruption has now been reported from the
Southern Tier of the region. In the Allegany County Town of Alfred, 17
WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS near Foster Lake, and a single specimen found on
Pingrey Road. November 23 through at least December 6, 30 WHITE-W.
CROSSBILLS in a yard in Pendleton near North Tonawanda Creek Road and
Transit Road. In Amherst, 32 CROSSBILLS still at White Chapel Park on
Niagara Falls Blvd, and 15 CROSSBILLS in Amherst State Park. At Acacia
Memorial Park in Wheatfield, 6 CROSSBILLS, and more CROSSBILLS
scattered along the Lake Ontario Plains.
December 8, 5 SHORT-EARED OWLS at the Niagara Falls Airport.
Other reports this week - PEREGRINE FALCONS, two on the lamp posts
of the north Grand Island bridges, and a single PEREGRINE FALCON on
the grounds of the Buffalo Psych Center on Elmwood Avenue. From
Chautauqua County, in a Silver Creek yard, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER plus
SHARP-SH. HAWK, TUFTED TITMOUSE, CAROLINA WREN and WHITE-THR. SPARROW.
And at the Dunkirk Airport, 24 AMER. TREE SPARROWS.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 18. 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
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