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Thank you, David
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[UPDATE: BOS Meeting 7 PM, Wednesday, Feb 22, at the Buffalo
Museum of Science. Visitors are always welcome to attend BOS
meetings.]

NORTHERN HAWK-OWL
PINE WARBLER
Horned Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Sharp-sh. Hawk
Northern Shrike
Horned Lark
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Amer. Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
White-cr. Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Red-w. Blackbird
Evening Grosbeak

- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 02/16/2006
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, February 16, 2006

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.

NORTHERN HAWK-OWL and PINE WARBLER were the highlights of
reports received February 9 through February 16 from the
Niagara Frontier Region.

February 10 and 13, the NORTHERN HAWK-OWL was still present
in the Town of Yates, on Route 63 just north of Route 18 in
Orleans County.

At Dufferin Islands Park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, a PINE
WARBLER was reported again on February 12. This warbler was
discovered in early January, and has been frequently
reported at the feeding area at the park road exit.

February 10, a GRAY CATBIRD at Golden Hill State Park in the
Town of Somerset. The catbird was between the entrances to
the lighthouse and boat launch.

Two NORTHERN SHRIKES this week at Fort Erie, Ontario, and
another NORTHERN SHRIKE at Lakeside Beach State Park in the
Lake Ontario plains Town of Carlton.

Also in the lake plains, WHITE-THR. SPARROWS at Golden Hill
and Lakeside Beach. Along Lake Road in Somerset, WHITE-CR.
SPARROW at a feeder, and a SONG SPARROW among AMER. TREE
SPARROWS. Five LAPLAND LONGSPURS with HORNED LARKS on Yates-
Carlton Townline north of Route 18. And, 400 SNOW BUNTINGS
on Lake Road in Yates.

A late report from February 3, over 200 CEDAR WAXWINGS in
the Village of Hamburg.

Other reports this week - HORNED GREBES on Lake Ontario and
at Fort Erie. BALD EAGLES at several locations on the upper
Niagara River - Fort Erie, Strawberry Island and Motor
Island. Also, 40 GREAT BLUE HERONS at Motor Island. In
Williamsville, SHARP-SH. HAWK at a window feeder. Along Main
Street in Snyder, a pair of COOPERS HAWKS. SONG SPARROW at
Goat Island in Niagara Falls. In the Town of Tonawanda, a
good count of 14 RED-W. BLACKBIRDS. And small numbers of
EVENING GROSBEAKS continue at the Administration Building in
Allegany State Park.

Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, February 23.
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.

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