[Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 20 Dec 2007

[dfsuggs at localnet.com]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 12/20/2007
* NYBU0712.20
- Birds mentioned
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phone in any rare sightings so they  may be shared via the DAB 
telephone update  system, and submit email contributions directly  to 
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  Thank you, David
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  Horned Grebe
  Tundra Swan
  American Black Duck
  Northern Pintail
  Gadwall
  American Wigeon
  Redhead
  Ring-necked Duck
  Long-tailed Duck
  White-winged Scoter
  Bufflehead
  Hooded Merganser
  Hooded Merganser X Common Goldeneye
  Common Merganser
  Ruddy Duck
  Peregrine Falcon
  Wild Turkey
  Purple Sandpiper
  Little Gull
  Black-headed Gull
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Glaucous X Herring Gull
  Thayer's Gull
  Iceland Gull
  Glaucous Gull
  Common Raven
  Red-bellied Wdpkr.
  Tufted Titmouse
  Red-br. Nuthatch
  Carolina Wren
  Golden-cr. Kinglet
  Northern Mockingbird
  Yellow-r. Warbler
  Amer. Tree Sparrow
  White-thr. Sparrow
  Oregon Dark-eyed Junco
  Lapland Longspur
  Snow Bunting
  Common Redpoll
  Pine Siskin

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             12/20/2007
  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 20, 2007

  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 13 through December  20 from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include Niagara River  GULLS and WATERFOWL.

  Ten gull species plus one hybrid gull this week on the  Niagara 
River; all observed from the Ontario side of the  river. December 14, 
BLACK-HEADED GULL was found again among  the BONAPARTE'S GULLS at the 
railroad bridge in Fort Erie.  Above Niagara Falls, 5 ICELAND GULLS, 3 
GLAUCOUS GULLS and a  hybrid GLAUCOUS GULL X HERRING GULL, known as 
"NELSON'S  GULL". Also at the falls, a distant PURPLE SANDPIPER in the  
shallow rapids.  Up to 7 ICELAND GULLS and a passing flock  of COMMON 
REDPOLLS at the power plant overlook on the lower  river. At Queenston, 
2 LITTLE GULLS and 2 THAYER'S GULLS,  plus TUFTED TITMOUSE, GOLDEN-CR. 
KINGLET, NORTHERN  MOCKINGBIRD and YELLOW-R. WARBLER. And late in the 
day, over  4000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS flying-by Niagara-on-the-Lake.

  Waterfowl on the Niagara River at Fort Erie were highlighted  by a 
hybrid HOODED MERGANSER X COMMON GOLDENEYE at Miller  Road, and a 
NORTHERN PINTAIL at Fort Erie. Also, 139 TUNDRA  SWANS, 18 AMERICAN 
BLACK DUCKS, 75 REDHEADS, 14 WHITE-WINGED  SCOTERS, 120 LONG-TAILED 
DUCKS, 900 BUFFLEHEADS and 300  COMMON MERGANSERS, plus HORNED GREBE, 3 
WILD TURKEYS and  CAROLINA WREN. At the falls, 52 GADWALL and 16 
AMERICAN  WIGEONS. Numbers of LONG-TAILED DUCKS are increasing on the  
lower river at Lewiston and Queenston. And in Buffalo, at  LaSalle 
Park, 25 RING-NECKED DUCKS and 2 each of HOODED  MERGANSER and RUDDY 
DUCK.

  Late report of COMMON RAVEN still on Francis Road in the  Genesee 
County Town of Bethany, plus COMMON REDPOLLS and PINE SISKINS

  Other reports this week - PEREGRINE FALCONS on the Niagara  River - 2 
at the falls, and one atop the Reef Lighthouse off  LaSalle Park. From 
Amherst, at a feeder in Williamsville, a  female OREGON JUNCO with 
RED-BELLIED WDPKR., TUFTED  TITMOUSE, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, AMER. TREE 
SPARROW and WHITE-
  THR. SPARROW. SNOW BUNTINGS on Grand Island and over Shirley  Avenue 
in Buffalo. And, single LAPLAND LONGSPURS among small  flocks of SNOW 
BUNTINGS on Stage Road in the Town of  Newstead and Belknap Road in the 
Town of Eden.

  Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and my appreciation to the  
contributors and callers who have supported the Dial-a-Bird  system for 
many years. The report will be updated Thursday  evening, December 27. 
Please call in your sightings by noon  Thursday. You may report 
sightings after the tone. Thank  you.

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