- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/15/2004 * NYBU0401.15 - 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, David \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
BOHEMIAN WAXWING HOARY REDPOLL LAUGHING GULL BLACK-HEADED GULL RED-SHOULDERED HAWK Richardson's Canada Goose Wood Duck Green-winged Teal Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Peregrine Falcon Willet California Gull Snowy Owl Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Shrike White-thr. Sparrow Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/15/2004 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Thursday, January 15, 2004 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 January 8 through January 15 from the Niagara Frontier Region include BOHEMIAN WAXWING, HOARY REDPOLL, LAUGHING GULL, BLACK-HEADED GULL and RED- SHOULDERED HAWK. From the Lake Ontario shore, January 10 and 11, in the Orleans County Town of Somerset, 2 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were found at Golden Hill State Park. The waxwings were along the trail to the west of the boat launch. Also at Golden Hill, 40 AMERICAN ROBINS. January 10 and 13, two redpolls, believed to be HOARY REDPOLLS, were at a feeder on Ruie Road in North Tonawanda. Also at the feeders, a COOPER'S HAWK and several WHITE-THR. SPARROWS. COMMON REDPOLLS have been reported at several feeders and along the Lake Ontario shore. PINE SISKINS were noted at Allegany State Park, at the administration building. January 11, a very rare LAUGHING GULL was seen at an unlikely location - over the TJ Maxx plaza at Sheridan and Niagara Falls Blvd. in Amherst. On the Niagara River, the evening of January 12, two BLACK- HEADED GULLS flew past Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Back on January 8, a single BLACK-HEADED GULL was reported at the Queenston sand docks. The CALIFORNIA GULL continues to be found at the base of the Robert Moses Power Plant, and a second CALIFORNIA GULL was identified at the control gates above Niagara Falls on January 8. January 12, a rare in winter RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was reported on Warren Road in the Town of Darien, in Genesee County. January 5 may have been the last date the WILLET was seen at the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo. And January 10, a RICHARDSON'S-type CANADA GOOSE was seen in flight with common CANADA GEESE over the Lake Erie shore in the Town of Evans. Other reports this week - In Williamsville, along Ellicott Creek, 5 WOOD DUCKS at the pond at Reist and Glen Streets, and another WOOD DUCK in a yard on North Forest near Heim Road. A GREEN-WINGED TEAL was also found on Ellicott Creek. BALD EAGLES on the upper Niagara River at the Peace Bridge and Strawberry Island. PEREGRINE FALCONS - one carrying a pigeon at the north Grand Island bridge, and an adult and immature on the south side of the Cargill building on Fuhrmann Blvd. along the Buffalo waterfront. SNOWY OWL reported again at the Niagara Falls airbase; seen from Walmore Road. A NORTHERN SHRIKE with prey in a yard in East Amherst. And at a feeder in Clarence Center, 3 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. 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. - End Transcript "David F. Suggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
