[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 11/30/2006

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/30/2006
* NYBU0611.30
- 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
  CALIFORNIA GULL
  PURPLE SANDPIPER
  HARLEQUIN DUCK
  CAVE SWALLOW [out of region]
  VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW [out of region]
  Pied-billed Grebe
  Horned Grebe
  Snow Goose
  Ring-necked Duck
  Long-tailed Duck
  Black Scoter
  White-winged Scoter
  Hooded Merganser
  Common Merganser
  Ruddy Duck
  Bald Eagle
  Purple Sandpiper
  Little Gull
  Iceland Gull
  L. Black-b. Gull
  Black-leg. Kittiwake
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Northern Shrike
  - Transcript   Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             11/30/2006
  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, November 30, 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 November 22 through November   30 from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include RAZORBILL,   CALIFORNIA GULL, 
PURPLE SANDPIPER, HARLEQUIN DUCK and to the   east of the region, CAVE 
SWALLOW and VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW.

  The RAZORBILL at the mouth of the Niagara River was still   present 
on November 28. Seen since November 19 from Fort   Niagara, where there 
is a 10 dollar admission fee; the US   Coast Guard Station, which is 
restricted access; and the   banks of the golf course in 
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario,   which are freely accessible. At Fort 
Niagara, a CAROLINA   WREN was singing while an observer was searching 
for the   RAZORBILL.

  November 25, two CALIFORNIA GULLS, an adult and a third   winter, 
were found at the lower river power plants. Three   distinct CALIFORNIA 
GULLS have found this season between the   power plants and the water 
control breakwall above the falls   in Ontario. Also on the river this 
week, 2 BLACK-LEG.   KITTIWAKES plus BLACK SCOTER and WHITE-WINGED 
SCOTER below   the falls, 2 PURPLE SANDPIPERS at the stranded barge 
above   the falls, and in general, LITTLE GULL, L. BLACK-B. GULL and   
ICELAND GULL.

  At Dunkirk Harbor, November 24, a male HARLEQUIN DUCK was to   the 
east of the central pier, diving among the floating   docks. The pier 
is closed for repairs, while the east   breakwall is open for walking 
from Main Street. Also in the   harbor, PIED-BILLED GREBE, HORNED 
GREBE, 3 BLACK SCOTERS and   181 HOODED MERGANSERS.

  November 29, to the east of the region near Braddock Bay in   
Rochester, 7 CAVE SWALLOWS and a VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW were   reported 
at Hogan Point Road.

  Other reports this week - on Chautauqua Lake at Burtis Bay   in 
Celeron, 147 PIED-BILLED GREBES and 227 HOODED   MERGANSERS, and at 
Prendergast Point, a LONG-TAILED DUCK. At   the Countryside Gravel 
Ponds on Route 62 in Dayton, 224   COMMON MERGANSERS, plus numbers of 
RING-NECKED DUCKS, HOODED   MERGANSERS, RUDDY DUCKS and 2 BALD EAGLES. 
Along Jewett   Holmwood Road in Orchard Park, 3 SNOW GEESE at the 
country   club. At Amherst State Park, 2 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS. From   
Hanover, at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek, a PILEATED   WOODPECKER. 
And, at Lotus Point Road in Brant, a NORTHERN   SHRIKE.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 7.   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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