- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/26/2003 * NYBU0312.26 - 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 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// LAUGHING GULL HARLEQUIN DUCK RED-NECKED GREBE Wood Duck Northern Pintail Merlin Wild Turkey Little Gull California Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Nor. Saw-whet Owl Red-bellied Wdpkr. Northern Flicker Northern Cardinal Amer. Tree Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Brown-headed Cowbird House Finch American Goldfinch - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/26/2003 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 Friday, December 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 December 18 through December 26 from the Niagara Frontier Region include LAUGHING GULL, HARLEQUIN DUCK and RED-NECKED GREBE. December 21, a first winter LAUGHING GULL was found on the Niagara River at Gratwick Park, on River Road in North Tonawanda. The gull was roosting with RING-BILLED GULLS and has not been relocated. The same date at the control gates above Niagara Falls in Ontario, a female HARLEQUIN DUCK was among a flock of scaup. Also at the gates area, 3 RED-NECKED GREBES, 6 L. BLACK-B. GULLS, and a MERLIN was at the pines near the water intake structures. December 20, a CALIFORNIA GULL was reported at the control gates, likely a different bird than the one that has been a regular at the power plants. There have also been several ICELAND GULLS, L. BLACK-B. GULLS and GLAUCOUS GULLS at the plants, and LITTLE GULLS at Queenston. And, at Dufferine Islands, above the falls, WOOD DUCK and NORTHERN PINTAIL. December 21, on the BOS Christmas Count, centered on Grand Island, one section reported 32 species highlighted by a NOR. SAW-WHET OWL, plus numbers of RED-BELLIED WDPKR., AMER. TREE SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO, NORTHERN CARDINAL, HOUSE FINCH and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. Also on Grand Island, on the west side of Buckhorn Island State Park, 2 WILD TURKEYS and 2 NORTHERN FLICKERS. And in Tonawanda this week, on Ensminger Road, a flock of 20 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS. Dial-a-Bird will be updated on Friday, January 2. Please call in your sightings by Friday. 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.