- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/25/2010
* NYBU1002.25
- Birds mentioned
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EARED GREBE
WILSON'S SNIPE
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
TURKEY VULTURE
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Tundra Swan
Gadwall
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-b. Gull
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Horned Lark
American Robin
White-thr. Sparrow
Snow Bunting
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 02/25/2010
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, February 25, 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 February 18 through February 25 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include EARED GREBE, WILSON'S SNIPE, RUSTY
BLACKBIRD, TURKEY VULTURE and NORTHERN SHRIKE.
At Dunkirk Harbor, EARED GREBE continues on the east side of the
main pier, providing close up viewing of a rare species. BALD EAGLES
in the harbor included counts of 19, 13 and 11 during the past week.
Also in the harbor, at least 14 waterfowl species highlighted by 591
COMMON GOLDENEYES and 341 BUFFLEHEADS, plus GADWALL, RING-NECKED DUCK,
LESSER SCAUP, HOODED MERGANSER and RUDDY DUCK. Also, 7 PIED-BILLED
GREBES, 2 HORNED GREBES, very low numbers of BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2
GLAUCOUS GULLS, and on February 19, 727 GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS.
In southern Chautauqua County, February 18, at the pond in the Town
of Clymer, 4 WILSON'S SNIPE. Not often reported, WILSON'S SNIPE have a
history of wintering in the Southern Tier. February 23, it was
reported that 3 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS have been at a feeder this winter in
Jamestown.
Small numbers of TURKEY VULTURES also winter in the region, but a
TURKEY VULTURE over the Town of Lewiston on February 21 would likely
be the first migrant report.
One of the few reports this winter of NORTHERN SHRIKE - February 19
to 21 on Mapleton Road in the Town of North Tonawanda.
From the upper Niagara River this week - Two adult BALD EAGLES at
Navy Island. 4 more BALD EAGLES, 124 TUNDRA SWANS and over 7000
CANVASBACKS between Strawberry and Motor Islands. 12 LESSER SCAUP
still at Mid-river Marina in Tonawanda. MERLIN roosting in the loop
drive woods at Beaver Island State Park. PEREGRINE FALCON on the lock
at Squaw Island Park in Buffalo's Black Rock section and another
PEREGRINE FALCON on the south Grand Island bridge.
On the lower Niagara River, 2 LITTLE GULLS among several hundred
BONAPARTE'S GULLS at the Lewiston Docks, and abundant LONG-TAILED
DUCKS and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS continue off Fort Niagara State Park at
Lake Ontario.
Also this week - at the Dunkirk Airport, 2 BALD EAGLES, NORTHERN
FLICKER, 12 AMERICAN ROBINS and 2 WHITE-THR. SPARROWS. In the Iroquois
Refuge and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, 4 PILEATED WOODPECKERS.
And on Youngstown-
Wilson Road in Porter, 12 HORNED LARKS and 160 SNOW BUNTINGS.
Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, March 4. 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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