[Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 24 Jan 2008

[dfsuggs at localnet.com]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 01/24/2008
* NYBU0801.24
- 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
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   HARLEQUIN DUCK
  GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET
  EASTERN TOWHEE
  COMMON RAVEN
  BLACK-HEADED GULL [January 16, last report]
  Red-throated Loon
  Red-necked Grebe
  Gadwall
  American Wigeon
  Canvasback
  Redhead
  Greater Scaup
  Lesser Scaup
  Long-tailed Duck
  White-winged Scoter
  Common Goldeneye
  Bufflehead
  Common Merganser
  Bald Eagle
  Iceland Gull
  Glaucous Gull
  Horned Lark
  Eastern Bluebird
  Northern Shrike
  Eastern Towhee
  Lapland Longspur
  Snow Bunting

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             01/24/2008
  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, January 24, 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 January 16 through January 24  from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include HARLEQUIN DUCK,  GOLDEN-CR. 
KINGLET, EASTERN TOWHEE and COMMON RAVEN.

  January 17, a female HARLEQUIN DUCK above Niagara Falls in  Ontario, 
between the shore and stranded barge, downriver  from the Dufferine 
Islands creek. Also above the falls, 26  GADWALL, 12 AMERICAN WIGEON, 
ICELAND GULL and GOLDEN-CR.  KINGLET. At the power plant overlook on 
the lower river, 8  ICELAND GULLS. Another ICELAND GULL and a LITTLE 
GULL at  Queenston, and at Niagara-on-the-Lake, RED-THROATED LOON and  
76 LONG-TAILED DUCKS.

  The BLACK-HEADED GULL on the upper Niagara River at the  Austin 
Street marina in Buffalo's Riverside was last  reported January 16. On 
the 20th off Riverside, thousands of  COMMON GOLDENEYE, over 100 
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and several  LONG-TAILED DUCKS.  On the east 
branch of the Niagara River  off Grand Island, thousands of CANVASBACKS 
with REDHEAD,  GREATER SCAUP, LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD and COMMON  
MERGANSER. Between Navy Island and the Eagle Overlook on the  West 
River Parkway, 2 BALD EAGLES on an ice floe. And, a  NORTHERN SHRIKE on 
Grand Island, on Alt Blvd., north of Fix  Road.

  January 20 to 24, an EASTERN TOWHEE at a feeder in the Town  of Eden.

  In the Genesee County Town of Bethany this week, 2 COMMON  RAVENS 
continue to winter on Francis Road. On McLernon Road,  240 SNOW 
BUNTINGS plus LAPLAND LONGSPUR and HORNED LARKS. On  Paul Road, 125 
more SNOW BUNTINGS, and on Paradise Road in  Bethany, 2 EASTERN 
BLUEBIRDS.

  Other recent reports - RED-NECKED GREBE at Port Dalhousie in  Saint 
Catharines, Ontario. And, GLAUCOUS GULL on the Main  Street beach at 
Dunkirk Harbor.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 31.  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