[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 02/01/2007

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/01/2007
* NYBU0702.01
- 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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  HARLEQUIN DUCK
  PEREGRINE FALCON
  PURPLE SANDPIPER
  Common Loon
  Pied-billed Grebe
  Great Blue Heron
  Northern Shoveler
  Canvasback
  Common Merganser
  Bald Eagle
  Little Gull
  Iceland Gull
  L. Black-b. Gull
  Glaucous Gull
  Black-leg. Kittiwake
  Short-eared Owl
  Belted Kingfisher

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             02/01/2007
  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 1, 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.

  Highlights of reports received January 25 through February 1   from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include HARLEQUIN DUCK,   PEREGRINE FALCON, 
PURPLE SANDPIPER, gulls and waterfowl.

  January 27, abundant waterfowl at the source of the Niagara   River, 
between the ice boom and the Peace Bridge, included a   HARLEQUIN DUCK. 
Seen in flight several times from the   Lakeshore Road viewing area in 
Fort Erie, Ontario, near the   historic fort. Also, a COMMON GOLDENEYE 
X HOODED MERGANSER   hybrid and a probable female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE. 
Two   PEREGRINE FALCONS, an adult and immature, chasing waterfowl   
over the river. A third PEREGRINE FALCON on the river at the   foot of 
Hertel Avenue in Buffalo's Riverside.

  More waterfowl at the south end of Grand Island. Between   Beaver 
Island State Park and Strawberry Island, dense flocks   of thousands of 
waterfowl, mostly CANVASBACKS, viewed from   the Ferry Road marina on 
Grand Island.

  January 28, in the rapids above Niagara Falls, at least 2   PURPLE 
SANDPIPERS, seen from the Engineerium Building in   Ontario. Gulls at 
the falls this week included ICELAND GULL,   L. BLACK-B. GULL and 
GLAUCOUS GULL. On the lower Niagara   River, BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE at 
the Whirlpool, LITTLE GULL   upriver from the Beck Overlook, and at the 
overlook, several   ICELAND GULLS and L. BLACK-B. GULLS.

  From Sunset Island, on Lake Ontario in Wilson, 2 ICELAND   GULLS and 
4 NORTHERN SHOVELERS; unexpected on Lake Ontario   in January.

  Dunkirk Harbor is still loaded with waterfowl, and the main   pier 
has re-opened. January 27, at least 12 waterfowl   species included 
6000 COMMON MERGANSERS, plus COMMON LOON,   14 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 
GREAT BLUE HERON and BELTED   KINGFISHER.

  BALD EAGLES this week - over North Creek Road at 18 Mile   Creek in 
Hamburg, and at the Ontario Street boat launch in   Riverside. To the 
west of the BOS region, in Fisherville,   Ontario, past Rock Point 
Provincial Park, 15 SHORT-EARED   OWLS on Fisherville Road near 
Concession Road 6.

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