- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/10/2002 * NYBU0201.10 - 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 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE SANDHILL CRANE LAUGHING GULL CALIFORNIA GULL AMERICAN PIPIT Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant Great Blue Heron Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Tundra Swan Wood Duck Gadwall Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Sharp-sh. Hawk American Coot Little Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Wdpkr. Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Horned Lark Tufted Titmouse Eastern Bluebird Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-w. Blackbird Pine Grosbeak Purple Finch White-w. Crossbill - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/10/2002 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 Thursday, January 10, 2002 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 3 through January 10 from the Niagara Frontier Region include TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, SANDHILL CRANE, LAUGHING GULL, CALIFORNIA GULL and AMERICAN PIPIT. The TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE first reported in early December continues to be found sporadically at Bond Lake Park in Lewiston. Most recent report was January 9. The bird has been found along the dirt road or ski trail that runs south off Dickersonville Road, just east of Blacknose Spring Road. Also reported at Bond Lake Park this week - RED-BELLIED WDPKRS., NORTHERN FLICKERS, 2 PILEATED WOODPECKERS and 11 PINE GROSBEAKS. From the Town of Pomfret in Chautauqua County, the 12 SANDHILL CRANES found on January 1 on Farrell Road between Route 20 and Berry Road, were reported again January 6 and 7. A LAUGHING GULL continues at Dunkirk Harbor, on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County. Most recent reports were January 6 and 7. Other birds at warm water harbor - PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, 83 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, GREAT BLUE HERON, BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON, GADWALL, CANVASBACK, 14 HOODED MERGANSERS, 2 RUDDY DUCKS, SHARP-SH. HAWK, 112 AMERICAN COOTS, GLAUCOUS GULL and BELTED KINGFISHER. On the Niagara River, a CALIFORNIA GULL was reported again January 5 and 8, resting on the Robert Moses Power dam, as seen from the Beck Overlook in Ontario. January 5, over 10 ICELAND GULLS at Beck, plus a GLAUCOUS GULL and several L. BLACK-B. GULLS. Other single GLAUCOUS GULLS were noted at the Whirlpool and in the falls gorge. Several LITTLE GULLS above the falls and at Queenston. In the Dufferine Islands park, 3 WOOD DUCKS, 2 NORTHERN PINTAILS, and nearby at the gatehouse building, a GREEN-WINGED TEAL. On the upper Niagara between Grand Island and Fort Erie, 130 TUNDRA SWANS. And on Grand Island, 5 BALD EAGLES including one adult at several locations along the West River Parkway, including the newly designated "Eagle Overlook", which faces Navy Island. Also, BALD EAGLE sightings at nearby Buckhorn Island State Park. January 4, in the Lake Ontario Plains, an unexpected AMERICAN PIPIT was reported with a flock of HORNED LARKS at the eastern boundary of the region, at Route 98 and Edgerton Road in the Town of Elba. This may be the first January record of AMERICAN PIPIT in the BOS archives. And, 9 PINE GROSBEAKS continue along Route 18 at the power plant in Somerset. The monthly survey at Sinking Ponds in East Aurora reported 29 species including PIED-BILLED GREBE, 5 WOOD DUCKS, NORTHERN PINTAIL, EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, NORTHERN FLICKER, 5 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, SONG SPARROWS, SWAMP SPARROWS and a WHITE-THR. SPARROW. And at a feeder in Elma, 20 species included a first-time WHITE-W. CROSSBILL plus RED-BELLIED WDPKR., HAIRY WOODPECKER, 2 PILEATED WOODPECKERS, TUFTED TITMICE, 14 NORTHERN CARDINALS, RED-W. BLACKBIRD and 2 PURPLE FINCHES. Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 17. 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 D Suggs <dfsuggs@localnet.com>