[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 11/22/2006

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/22/2006
* NYBU0611.22
- 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
  BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE
  NORTHERN PARULA
  SUMMER TANAGER
  SHORT-EARED OWL
  RED PHALAROPE
  Horned Grebe
  Tundra Swan
  Black Scoter
  Rough-legged Hawk
  Little Gull
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Ring-billed Gull
  Herring Gull
  California Gull
  Thayer's Gull
  Iceland Gull
  L. Black-b. Gull
  Glaucous Gull
  Great Black-b. Gull
  Sabine's Gull
  Pileated Woodpecker
  N. Rough-w. Swallow
  Brown Creeper
  Golden-cr. Kinglet
  Fox Sparrow
  Eastern Meadowlark

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             11/22/2006
  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

  Wednesday, November 22, 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 16 through November   22 from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include RAZORBILL,   BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE, 
NORTHERN PARULA, SUMMER TANAGER,   SHORT-EARED OWL and RED PHALAROPE.

  November 19, the joint BOS and GOS field trip to the Niagara   River 
began with an outstanding rarity - a RAZORBILL, on   Lake Ontario at 
the mouth of the Niagara River in Porter.   First observed from inside 
Fort Niagara, where there is an   admission fee. The most recent report 
was the afternoon of   the 22nd. The RAZORBILL has also been seen from 
the Ontario   shore of the river, from the golf course in 
Niagara-on-the-
  Lake. The bird may also be visible from the overlook parking   lot 
east Fort Niagara. The region's two previous RAZORBILL   records were 
also at the mouth of the river, in November   1982 and January 1985.

  Other Niagara River highlights - November 18, 11 gull   species 
included 2 adult BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKES, one at the   Whirlpool and 
other in the falls gorge. Adult kittiwakes are   exceptional on the 
river. Also two CALIFORNIA GULLS on the   18th, one at the usual base 
of the power plant and another   on the control gates lower breakwall 
in Ontario. Other gulls   at the falls and lower river - LITTLE GULL, 
BONAPARTE'S   GULL, RING-BILLED GULL, HERRING GULL, THAYER'S GULL, 
ICELAND   GULL, L. BLACK-B. GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL and GREAT BLACK-B.   
GULL. A passing SABINE'S GULL was reported November 16 on   Lake 
Ontario off Wilson.

  At Queenston, Ontario, a male NORTHERN PARULA on the   escarpment at 
the end of York Street. Off Grand Island, 28   TUNDRA SWANS, and at 
Goat Island, 24 N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOWS,   which should be checked for 
possible Cave Swallows.

  In Niagara County, a SUMMER TANAGER was still present   November 21, 
in a yard on Route 18 in Wilson. In Porter, 2   SHORT-EARED OWLS 
reported several evenings at Youngstown and   Dickersonville Roads.

  November 19, a great find of a RED PHALAROPE on Lake Erie at   the 
mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in the Chautauqua County Town   of Hanover.

  Other reports this week - At Birdsong Trail on Jewett   Holmwood Road 
in Orchard Park, PILEATED WOODPECKER, BROWN   CREEPER and 7 GOLDEN-CR. 
KINGLETS. In South Dayton, 2 ROUGH-
  LEGGED HAWKS and 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS. Another ROUGH-LEGGED   HAWK 
on the Sheldon Trail in Sherman. At Dunkirk Harbor,   over 150 HORNED 
GREBES and 5 BLACK SCOTERS. And FOX SPARROWS   at Dodgerson Road in 
Alexander and Times Beach in Buffalo.                   

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, November 30.   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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