- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/21/2010 * NYBU1001.21 - Birds mentioned ----------------------------------------- Please phone in rare sightings for update Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com Thank you, David ----------------------------------------- Tundra Swan Canvasback Redhead Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Long-tailed Duck White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-br. Merganser Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Peregrine Falcon Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-b. Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Short-eared Owl Nor. Saw-whet Owl Common Raven Tufted Titmouse Eastern Bluebird - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/21/2010 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, January 21, 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. OWLS were the highlight of reports received January 14 through January 21 from the Niagara Frontier Region. The SNOWY OWL in the Town of Somerset continues in the field surrounding Sawyer Cemetery on Route 18. Observers have found the owl on the ground by searching from different points of view along the road and cemetery. At least 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS have been regulars on Meahl Road, between Route 31 and Lockport Road in the Niagara County Town of Cambria. Please note, this a high speed, narrow road, and the fields are private property. January 15 in the Town of Bethany, a NOR. SAW-WHET OWL at Genesee County Park, on Bethany Center Road, south of Route 20. Also in Bethany, 2 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS at Linden and Marsh Roads. And in the Iroquois Refuge, a GREAT HORNED OWL has been seen three evenings this month, flying along Feeder Road near Route 77. January 14, COMMON RAVEN over the Village of East Aurora. Gulls on the Niagara River this week - abundant BONAPARTE'S GULLS at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo and the lower river at Lewiston. LITTLE GULL also at Lewiston. At the power plants, whirlpool and falls, numbers of ICELAND GULLS, L. BLACK-B. GULLS and GLAUCOUS GULLS. Exceptional numbers of GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS continue on Lake Erie at Dunkirk Harbor. January 17, over 600 GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS on the outer wall, and hundreds more in the harbor and on the Main Street beach. Waterfowl are also abundant on the Niagara River. Above the Peace Bridge in Buffalo, an estimated 5000 SCAUP at LaSalle Park and 12,000 SCAUP at the mouth of the Buffalo River. At Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, numerous LONG-TAILED DUCKS and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS close to shore. Other species on the river - TUNDRA SWAN, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, GREATER SCAUP, LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER and RED-BR. MERGANSER. Other reports - PEREGRINE FALCONS on Grand Island at the North Bridge and Beaver Island State Park. Another PEREGRINE FALCON in Buffalo at Times Beach Nature Preserve on Fuhrmann Blvd. Widespread BALD EAGLES - at the Iroquois Refuge, upper and lower Niagara River, Silver Creek, Dunkirk, Allegany State Park and by the Route 17 bridge in Salamanca. A probable GOLDEN EAGLE was reported at Wolf Run in Allegany State Park, where GOLDEN EAGLES have wintered in past years. COOPER'S HAWKS at several feeders. EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in Pendleton and at the entrance to Fort Niagara State Park in Porter. And from Hamburg, a singing TUFTED TITMOUSE. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 28. 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