- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 02/16/2006 * NYBU0602.16 - Birds mentioned ---------------------------------------------------------- Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to dfsuggs localnet com. Thank you, David ---------------------------------------------------------- [UPDATE: BOS Meeting 7 PM, Wednesday, Feb 22, at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Visitors are always welcome to attend BOS meetings.]
NORTHERN HAWK-OWL PINE WARBLER Horned Grebe Great Blue Heron Bald Eagle Sharp-sh. Hawk Northern Shrike Horned Lark Gray Catbird Cedar Waxwing Amer. Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Red-w. Blackbird Evening Grosbeak - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 02/16/2006 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, February 16, 2006 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. NORTHERN HAWK-OWL and PINE WARBLER were the highlights of reports received February 9 through February 16 from the Niagara Frontier Region. February 10 and 13, the NORTHERN HAWK-OWL was still present in the Town of Yates, on Route 63 just north of Route 18 in Orleans County. At Dufferin Islands Park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, a PINE WARBLER was reported again on February 12. This warbler was discovered in early January, and has been frequently reported at the feeding area at the park road exit. February 10, a GRAY CATBIRD at Golden Hill State Park in the Town of Somerset. The catbird was between the entrances to the lighthouse and boat launch. Two NORTHERN SHRIKES this week at Fort Erie, Ontario, and another NORTHERN SHRIKE at Lakeside Beach State Park in the Lake Ontario plains Town of Carlton. Also in the lake plains, WHITE-THR. SPARROWS at Golden Hill and Lakeside Beach. Along Lake Road in Somerset, WHITE-CR. SPARROW at a feeder, and a SONG SPARROW among AMER. TREE SPARROWS. Five LAPLAND LONGSPURS with HORNED LARKS on Yates- Carlton Townline north of Route 18. And, 400 SNOW BUNTINGS on Lake Road in Yates. A late report from February 3, over 200 CEDAR WAXWINGS in the Village of Hamburg. Other reports this week - HORNED GREBES on Lake Ontario and at Fort Erie. BALD EAGLES at several locations on the upper Niagara River - Fort Erie, Strawberry Island and Motor Island. Also, 40 GREAT BLUE HERONS at Motor Island. In Williamsville, SHARP-SH. HAWK at a window feeder. Along Main Street in Snyder, a pair of COOPERS HAWKS. SONG SPARROW at Goat Island in Niagara Falls. In the Town of Tonawanda, a good count of 14 RED-W. BLACKBIRDS. And small numbers of EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at the Administration Building in Allegany State Park. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, February 23. 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
