- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/29/2005 * NYBU0512.29 - 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- PALM WARBLER CALIFORNIA GULL SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL EASTERN PHOEBE TURKEY VULTURE GRAY CATBIRD Great Blue Heron Tundra Swan Snow Goose Greater Scaup Harlequin Duck Black Scoter Northern Harrier Rough-legged Hawk Little Gull L. Black-b. Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Red-bellied Wdpkr. Northern Flicker Horned Lark Red-br. Nuthatch Carolina Wren Winter Wren Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush American Robin Northern Shrike Amer. Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Snow Bunting - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/29/2005 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs@localnet.com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, December 29, 2005 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 22 through December 29 from the Niagara Frontier Region include PALM WARBLER, CALIFORNIA GULL, SNOWY OWL, SHORT-EARED OWL, EASTERN PHOEBE, TURKEY VULTURE and GRAY CATBIRD. On the Niagara River, December 28, the EASTERN or YELLOW PALM WARBLER first reported December 18, was found again at the south side of the water control gates at Niagara Falls, Ontario. Also on the Niagara on the 28th, after a long absence, a CALIFORNIA GULL at the lower river power plants. At the Lewiston Docks, L. BLACK-B. GULL and LITTLE GULL. On the west river off Grand Island, December 23, an estimated 12,000 GREATER SCAUP, over 120 TUNDRA SWANS in two flocks, and at Beaver Island, L. BLACK-B. GULL. SNOWY OWLS were reported at two locations along Route 18 in the Lake Ontario Plains. December 24, in a ploughed field east of Krull Park and the soccer fields in Olcott, and December 28, another SNOWY OWL at Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road. Four SHORT-EARED OWLS and two NORTHERN HARRIERS December 24 in the Town of Porter, in the large field on the north side of Youngstown-Wilson Road, east of Dickersonville Road. Other reports from the Lake Ontario Plains - in the Town of Yates, 1000 SNOW BUNTINGS, 100 HORNED LARKS and 6 SNOW GEESE. In the Town of Porter, a rare in winter WHITE-CR. SPARROW on Youngstown-Wilson Road near Lutts Road. In Chautauqua County, December 28, an unpredicatable TURKEY VULTURE over Route 5 east of Dunkirk. December 24 at Amherst State Park, a very rare in late December EASTERN PHOEBE at the wooden bridge. Also at Amherst State Park recently, EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, GREAT HORNED OWL, RED-BELLIED WDPKR., RED-BR. NUTHATCH, 2 CAROLINA WRENS, WINTER WREN and HERMIT THRUSH. GRAY CATBIRDS at three more locations this week. Times Beach in Buffalo, the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in Hanover and Sinking Ponds in East Aurora. Also at Sinking Ponds, NORTHERN FLICKER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, AMER. TREE SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW and WHITE-THR. SPARROW. Other reports - at Dunkirk Harbor, female HARLEQUIN DUCK and BLACK SCOTER plus 15 GREAT BLUE HERONS. At the Dunkirk Airport, NORTHERN HARRIER, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and NORTHERN SHRIKE. And in Derby, AMERICAN ROBINS along Lakeshore Road. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 5. 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