- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/23/2006
* NYBU0602.23
- Birds mentioned
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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
----------------------------------------------------------
[Dial-a-Bird will not be updated until Thursday, March 9]
NORTHERN HAWK-OWL
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
HARLEQUIN DUCK
RED-HEADED WDPKR.
BALD EAGLE
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Wood Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
Wild Turkey
American Coot
Little Gull
Glaucous Gull
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Northern Shrike
Eastern Bluebird
Red-w. Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 02/23/2006
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 23, 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.
Highlights of reports received February 16 through February
23 from the Niagara Frontier Region include NORTHERN HAWK-
OWL, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, HARLEQUIN DUCK, RED-HEADED WDPKR.
and BALD EAGLES.
The NORTHERN HAWK-OWL was still present on February 19 in
the Orleans County Town of Yates, on Route 63 north of Route
18.
February 20, from Point Breeze, in the Town of Carlton at
the eastern line of the BOS region, a BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was
reported on Oak Orchard Creek at Lake Ontario.
On Lake Erie, in Dunkirk Harbor, a first winter male
HARLEQUIN DUCK was reported February 19 and 22, ranging
across the harbor; in the west end, at the east side Main
Street beach, and flying out to the far breakwall.
The HARLEQUIN DUCK was one of at least 15 waterfowl species
in the harbor, highlighted by 8 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 6 LESSER
SCAUP, LONG-TAILED DUCK, 74 HOODED MERGANSERS and 4 RUDDY
DUCKS, plus 13 PIED-BILLED GREBES, HORNED GREBE, 83 D.-
CREST. CORMORANTS, 46 AMERICAN COOTS and 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS.
Also in Dunkirk, at Point Gratiot Park, a RED-HEADED WDPKR.
on February 22.
BALD EAGLES continue to impress observers on the upper
Niagara River. February 20, 9 EAGLES including 7 adults, on
Strawberry Island, viewed from the end of Aqua Lane, off the
foot of Sheridan Drive in Tonawanda. Also the 20th, a first
year and third year BALD EAGLE on Navy Island, viewed from
the Eagle Overlook off the West River Parkway on Grand
Island. BALD EAGLES are also active in the Iroquois and Oak
Orchard Areas - 3 at Cayuga Pool and another EAGLE at Oak
Orchard.
A late report from mid-February - 3 LITTLE GULLS on the
Niagara River at the outflow from the water treatment plant
on Squaw Island in Buffalo.
Other reports this week - 3 WOOD DUCKS in the Oak Orchard
Area. A NORTHERN HARRIER in West Seneca. In South Dayton, a
dark-phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. In Lancaster, 39 WILD TURKEYS
included several displaying toms. On Roberts Road in the
Iroquois Refuge, 23 WILD TURKEYS and 21 RED-W. BLACKBIRDS.
YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER in a yard in Niagara Falls. NORTHERN
SHRIKE at the Dunkirk Airport. From East Amherst, 5 EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS. Small numbers of BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS at two
locations in Tonawanda. And, PURPLE FINCHES in the Town of
Arkwright and at Oak Orchard.
Dial-a-Bird will not be updated until Thursday, March 9. Any
rare sightings will be noted on the update. Please call in
your sightings by noon Thursday, March 9. You may report
sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
reporting to Dial-a-Bird.
- End Transcript
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/23/2006
* NYBU0602.23
- 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
----------------------------------------------------------
[Dial-a-Bird will not be updated until Thursday, March 9]
NORTHERN HAWK-OWL
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
HARLEQUIN DUCK
RED-HEADED WDPKR.
BALD EAGLE
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Wood Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
Wild Turkey
American Coot
Little Gull
Glaucous Gull
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Northern Shrike
Eastern Bluebird
Red-w. Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 02/23/2006
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 23, 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.
Highlights of reports received February 16 through February
23 from the Niagara Frontier Region include NORTHERN HAWK-
OWL, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, HARLEQUIN DUCK, RED-HEADED WDPKR.
and BALD EAGLES.
The NORTHERN HAWK-OWL was still present on February 19 in
the Orleans County Town of Yates, on Route 63 north of Route
18.
February 20, from Point Breeze, in the Town of Carlton at
the eastern line of the BOS region, a BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was
reported on Oak Orchard Creek at Lake Ontario.
On Lake Erie, in Dunkirk Harbor, a first winter male
HARLEQUIN DUCK was reported February 19 and 22, ranging
across the harbor; in the west end, at the east side Main
Street beach, and flying out to the far breakwall.
The HARLEQUIN DUCK was one of at least 15 waterfowl species
in the harbor, highlighted by 8 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 6 LESSER
SCAUP, LONG-TAILED DUCK, 74 HOODED MERGANSERS and 4 RUDDY
DUCKS, plus 13 PIED-BILLED GREBES, HORNED GREBE, 83 D.-
CREST. CORMORANTS, 46 AMERICAN COOTS and 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS.
Also in Dunkirk, at Point Gratiot Park, a RED-HEADED WDPKR.
on February 22.
BALD EAGLES continue to impress observers on the upper
Niagara River. February 20, 9 EAGLES including 7 adults, on
Strawberry Island, viewed from the end of Aqua Lane, off the
foot of Sheridan Drive in Tonawanda. Also the 20th, a first
year and third year BALD EAGLE on Navy Island, viewed from
the Eagle Overlook off the West River Parkway on Grand
Island. BALD EAGLES are also active in the Iroquois and Oak
Orchard Areas - 3 at Cayuga Pool and another EAGLE at Oak
Orchard.
A late report from mid-February - 3 LITTLE GULLS on the
Niagara River at the outflow from the water treatment plant
on Squaw Island in Buffalo.
Other reports this week - 3 WOOD DUCKS in the Oak Orchard
Area. A NORTHERN HARRIER in West Seneca. In South Dayton, a
dark-phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. In Lancaster, 39 WILD TURKEYS
included several displaying toms. On Roberts Road in the
Iroquois Refuge, 23 WILD TURKEYS and 21 RED-W. BLACKBIRDS.
YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER in a yard in Niagara Falls. NORTHERN
SHRIKE at the Dunkirk Airport. From East Amherst, 5 EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS. Small numbers of BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS at two
locations in Tonawanda. And, PURPLE FINCHES in the Town of
Arkwright and at Oak Orchard.
Dial-a-Bird will not be updated until Thursday, March 9. Any
rare sightings will be noted on the update. Please call in
your sightings by noon Thursday, March 9. You may report
sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
reporting to Dial-a-Bird.
- End Transcript