[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 02/15/2007

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/15/2007
* NYBU0702.15
- 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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  VARIED THRUSH
  Common Loon
  Pied-billed Grebe
  Horned Grebe
  D.-crest. Cormorant
  Great Blue Heron
  Bl.-cr. Night-Heron
  Tundra Swan
  Gadwall
  Canvasback
  Ring-necked Duck
  Lesser Scaup
  Long-tailed Duck
  Surf Scoter
  White-winged Scoter
  Common Merganser
  Ruddy Duck
  Bald Eagle
  Peregrine Falcon
  Thayer's Gull
  Iceland Gull
  Glaucous Gull
  Great Horned Owl
  Barred Owl
  Long-eared Owl
  Short-eared Owl
  Yellow-b. Sapsucker
  Hairy Woodpecker
  Northern Flicker
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Horned Lark  E. a. alpestris
  Horned Lark  E. a. praticola
  Brown Creeper
  Eastern Bluebird
  Lapland Longspur

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             02/15/2007
  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 15, 2007

  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.

  VARIED THRUSH was the highlight of reports received February  8 
through February 15 from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  February 11, the VARIED THRUSH was reported again on private  
property in the Niagara County Town of Cambria.

  From the Lake Ontario Plains and Genesee County Town of  Bethany, 
several reports of NORTHERN and PRAIRIE-type HORNED  LARKS, LAPLAND 
LONGSPURS and SNOW BUNTINGS. The highlight  was 140 LAPLAND LONGSPURS 
on Niagara-Orleans Countyline  Road, north of Route 18.

  At Dunkirk Harbor this week, at least 16 waterfowl species  featuring 
9 SURF SCOTER and one each of WHITE-WINGED SCOTER  and LONG-TAILED 
DUCK. Also in the harbor, COMMON LOON, PIED-
  BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, 3 TUNDRA SWANS, over 500  CANVASBACKS, 2 
LESSER SCAUP, 3000 COMMON MERGANSERS and a  BALD EAGLE.

  Another concentration of waterfowl this week, at the Mid-
  River Marina, on the east branch of the Niagara River, off  River 
Road in Tonawanda. Thirteen waterfowl species included  a high winter 
count of 130 LESSER SCAUP, plus GADWALL, RING-
  NECKED DUCK, SURF SCOTER and RUDDY DUCK. Also, gulls not  often found 
on the upper river - THAYER'S GULL, ICELAND GULL  and GLAUCOUS GULL, 
along with 17 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 2 BL.-
  CR. NIGHT-HERONS and 15 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS.

  NORTHERN FLICKERS, uncommon in winter, at feeders this week  on 
Luther Road in East Aurora and Woodbridge Avenue in north  Buffalo. On 
Francis Road in Bethany, a rare in winter  YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, plus 
HAIRY WOODPECKER, PILEATED  WOODPECKER and GREAT HORNED OWL.

  Other owls this week - BARRED OWL calling at Bond Lake Park  in 
Lewiston, LONG-EARED OWL at Golden Hill State Park in  Somerset, and 2 
SHORT-EARED OWLS on Bulmore Road in  Lockport.

  PEREGRINE FALCONS continue to be reported at the source of  the 
Niagara River in Buffalo - an adult over LaSalle Park  and a juvenile 
at the Peace Bridge.

  Also this week, 2 BROWN CREEPERS at a feeder on Ruie Road in  North 
Tonawanda, and 2 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at Bond Lake Park.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, February 22.  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.

- End Transcript