- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/26/2003 * NYBU0311.26 - 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 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// GOLDEN EAGLE LITTLE GULL CALIFORNIA GULL THAYER'S GULL ICELAND GULL L. BLACK-B. GULL ROSS'S GOOSE BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER Great Blue Heron Tundra Swan Cooper's Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Merlin Nor. Saw-whet Owl Belted Kingfisher Horned Lark Common Raven Carolina Wren Northern Mockingbird Yellow-r. Warbler Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle Common Redpoll Evening Grosbeak - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/26/2003 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 Wednesday, November 26, 2003 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 November 20 through November 26 from the Niagara Frontier Region include GOLDEN EAGLE, gulls, ROSS'S GOOSE and BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER. November 25, a very rare GOLDEN EAGLE was reported at the unexpected location of the lower Niagara River, near the Adam Beck overlook in Ontario. Nine gull species have been reported on the Niagara River this week, though the quick change to winter weather may bring more gulls into the area in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. A CALIFORNIA GULL continues to reside along the New York shore just downriver of the Robert Moses power plant, as seen from the Beck overlook. THAYER'S GULL, ICELAND GULL and L. BLACK-B. GULLS also on the lower river and LITTLE GULL in the falls gorge. ICELAND GULL and L. BLACK-B. GULL were also noted on Lake Ontario at Dietz Road, to the east of Four Mile Creek State Park in the Town of Porter. November 23, on the Lake Erie shore in Ontario, at Lowbanks in Wainfleet, a very rare ROSS'S GOOSE was reported with a flock of CANADA GEESE. At Rock Point Park in Dunnville, a BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER continues it's unprecedented stay in the region. The gnatcatcher, which was first discovered November 1, has been at the eastern side of the park at the boardwalk and platform. Also at Rock Point, a single PURPLE SANDPIPER on the beach, plus 3 NOR. SAW-WHET OWLS in the park. From the northwest corner of Wyoming County, a COMMON RAVEN was reported again on Bailey Road in the Town of Bennington. TUNDRA SWANS were reported at widespread locations. In Ontario, 20 at Morgan's Point in Wainfleet and 184 at Stonemill Road in Fort Erie. And at the Iroquois Refuge, 76 TUNDRA SWANS at Cayuga Pool. From the Lake Ontario Plains this week, 25 HORNED LARKS and 25 LAPLAND LONGSPURS in the fertile fields along Hulbert Road in the Town of Newfane. At Golden Hill State Park in Somerset, a flock of 200 SNOW BUNTINGS, plus COMMON REDPOLLS and a single EVENING GROSBEAK. Other reports this week - in Clarence, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS at Strickler and Greiner Roads, and GREAT BLUE HERON and BELTED KINGFISHER on Keller Road. Another ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK off the Thruway in Pembroke. COOPER'S HAWK at a feeder on Ruie Road in North Tonawanda. On private property on Pleasantview Drive in Lancaster, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD became the 160th species listed on the property, along with 2 YELLOW-R. WARBLERS, 4 RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and 2 COMMON GRACKLES. And in Buffalo, CAROLINA WREN on Depew Avenue and 8 MERLINS on the UB Main Street Campus. 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 "David F. Suggs" <dfsuggs@localnet.com> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.