- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/26/2008 * NYBU0811.26 - Birds mentioned ---------------------------------------------------------- Please phone in rare sightings for update Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com Thank you, David ---------------------------------------------------------- WHITE-W. CROSSBILL CALIFORNIA GULL SNOWY OWL Peregrine Falcon Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Red-br. Nuthatch Eastern Bluebird Pine Warbler Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/26/2008 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 Wednesday, November 26, 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. WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS, CALIFORNIA GULL and SNOWY OWLS were the highlight of reports received November 20 through November 26 from the Niagara Frontier Region. WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS have irrupted like never before in the region, and apparently across much of New York State. First noted November 22, a record flock of 90 WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS at Greenwood Cemetery in the Niagara County Town of Wilson, and smaller flocks at many stops along the Lake Ontario shore in Wilson and Porter. On the 23rd, the flock at Greenwood was up to 120 and at Oakland Cemetery in Porter, 75 WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS. More widespread reports of WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS - in the Town of Amherst, 50 at White Chapel Cemetery on Niagara Falls Blvd., and 54 at Amherst State Park. In Orchard Park, 40 at Woodlawn Cemetery on South Buffalo Road. Also, 47 in Wheatfield at the entrance to Acacia Cemetery, 20 in Elma, and 15 WHITE-W. CROSSBILLS in Alden. The crossbills feed on the cones of tall conifers, and call in flight as tight flocks move from tree to tree. Searching for crossbills at Fort Niagara State Park in Porter on the 22nd, a PINE WARBLER was found in the crabapple trees at the entrance circle with 14 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. PINE SISKINS were heard this week in Orchard Park, and 3 PINE SISKINS at a feeder in Cheektowaga. RED-BR. NUTHATCHES at many locations with the crossbills. November 23, a second winter CALIFORNIA GULL at the power plants on the lower Niagara River. Observed from the Beck Overlook in Ontario, the gull was flying and resting on the New York State side of the river. Also at the power plants and at Niagara Falls, THAYER'S GULL, ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK- B. GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL, plus a PEREGRINE FALCON above the falls. Recent SNOWY OWLS - two at the Niagara Falls Airport, near Walmore Road and near Lockport Road, and another SNOWY OWL, November 25 on the Wilson Pier. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 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. - End Transcript