[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 12/21/2006

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 12/21/2006
* NYBU0612.21
- 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
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  RAZORBILL
  RUBY-CR. KINGLET
  HARLEQUIN DUCK
  SHORT-EARED OWL
  Pied-billed Grebe
  Horned Grebe
  Tundra Swan
  Northern Pintail
  Gadwall
  Redhead
  Black Scoter
  Surf Scoter
  Common Goldeneye
  Hooded Merganser
  Common Merganser
  Bald Eagle
  Northern Harrier
  Red-tailed Hawk [white plumage]
  American Kestrel
  Peregrine Falcon
  Purple Sandpiper
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Herring Gull
  Iceland Gull
  L. Black-b. Gull
  Belted Kingfisher
  Northern Flicker
  Carolina Wren
  Winter Wren
  Northern Shrike
  Brown-headed Cowbird

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             12/21/2006
  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, December 21, 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 December 14 through December   21 from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include RAZORBILL, RUBY-
  CR. KINGLET, HARLEQUIN DUCK and SHORT-EARED OWLS.

  A RAZORBILL continues at the mouth of the Niagara River -   most 
recent report December 18. At Niagara-on-the-Lake,   Ontario, the bird 
has been observed from Queens Park on   Front Street, and in New York, 
from Fort Niagara, where   there is an admission fee. The RAZORBILL has 
been feeding   along the line where the river current meets Lake 
Ontario,   between the green navigation buoy and Fort Niagara   
shoreline. BONAPARTE'S GULLS tend to feed near the   RAZORBILL.

  December 17, the Niagara Falls, Ontario, section of the   Buffalo 
Christmas Count did not find the Slaty-backed Gull,   and there were no 
other Slaty-backed reports this week. The   count at the falls did find 
a rare-in-winter RUBY-CR.   KINGLET at the pulloff below the control 
gates, plus 34   TUNDRA SWANS, 3 NORTHERN PINTAILS, PEREGRINE FALCON in 
the   gorge, 3 PURPLE SANDPIPERS at the stranded barge, 1460   
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 8070 HERRING GULLS, 2 ICELAND GULLS and 3   L. 
BLACK-B. GULLS. On the upper Niagara River this week,   TUNDRA SWANS at 
several locations around Grand Island, and   over 3000 BONAPARTE'S 
GULLS at the Austin Street marina in   Buffalo's Riverside.

  Lake Erie reports - a male HARLEQUIN DUCK again on December   16 in 
Dunkirk Harbor, to the east of the main pier. At   Barcelona Harbor in 
Westfield, HORNED GREBE, REDHEAD, SURF   SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER and 1000 
BONAPARTE'S GULLS.

  From the Town of Lockport this week, at least 3 SHORT-EARED   OWLS on 
Singer Road and Bulmore Roads, north of Route 93.   Also NORTHERN 
HARRIER and AMERICAN KESTREL. Another SHORT-
  EARED OWL in the Town of Porter in the fields at Youngstown-
  Wilson and Dickersonville Roads.

  Inland on Chautauqua Lake, at Burtis Bay in Celeron,   abundant 
mergansers - 512 HOODED MERGANSERS and over 1500   COMMON MERGANSERS, 
plus 5 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 17 TUNDRA   SWANS, 12 GADWALLS and 350 
COMMON GOLDENEYES.

  In the Town of Brant, at Lotus Point Road, a resident all-
  white RED-TAILED HAWK and a NORTHERN SHRIKE. Another   NORTHERN 
SHRIKE in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area,   at the Lewiston 
Road Overlook.

  Other reports this week - several AMERICAN KESTRELS in   Lackawanna, 
the Buffalo waterfront and River Road in   Tonawanda. From South Wales, 
a pair of BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS   at a feeder on Lewis Road, and a BALD 
EAGLE over Emery Park.   At the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in Hanover, 
BELTED   KINGFISHER, NORTHERN FLICKER, CAROLINA WREN and WINTER WREN.

  And, sincerest thanks and best wishes to the contributors   and 
callers who have supported the Dial-a-Bird service for   over 40 years.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 28.   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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