[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 01/18/2007

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 01/18/2007
* NYBU0701.18
- 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 [NOT FOUND]
  BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
  CALIFORNIA GULL
  BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE
  SHORT-EARED OWL
  SAVANNAH SPARROW
  Bl.-cr. Night-Heron
  Tundra Swan
  Canvasback
  Redhead
  Greater Scaup
  Long-tailed Duck
  Bufflehead
  Ruddy Duck
  Bald Eagle
  Red-tailed Hawk [white plumage]
  Peregrine Falcon
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Thayer's Gull
  Iceland Gull
  Glaucous Gull
  Horned Lark
  Cedar Waxwing
  Amer. Tree Sparrow
  Song Sparrow
  White-cr. Sparrow
  Lapland Longspur
  Red-w. Blackbird
  Brown-headed Cowbird

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             01/18/2007
  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, January 18, 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 11 through January 18   from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include BARROW'S GOLDENEYE,   CALIFORNIA 
GULL, BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE, SHORT-EARED OWL,   SAVANNAH SPARROW and 
blackbirds.

  Extensive searches for the RAZORBILL at the mouth of the   Niagara 
River on January 13 and 14 did not find the bird.   The RAZORBILL was 
discovered November 19, and had been seen   often through January 7.

  January 14, a BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still on Lake Ontario,   on the 
east side of the east pier at Point Breeze in the   Town of Carlton.

  On the 14th on the Niagara River, gulls were highlighted   again by a 
CALIFORNIA GULL at the Beck Overlook in Ontario,   with 2 BLACK-LEG. 
KITTIWAKES, 2 THAYER'S GULLS and several   ICELAND GULLS. A GLAUCOUS 
GULL was reported on Lake Ontario,   off Four Mile Creek State Park in 
the Town of Porter.

  At least 4 SHORT-EARED OWLS, at dusk on the 14th, over the   fields 
along Posson Road in the Town of Shelby, just north   of the Iroquois 
Refuge.

  January 13, a very rare in winter SAVANNAH SPARROW was among   a 
flock of 200 AMER. TREE SPARROWS on Jacques Road in the   Niagara 
County Town of Newfane. On McClelland Road in   Newfane, 115 RED-W. 
BLACKBIRDS and on the Somerset-Hartland   Townline, a mixed flock of 
300 RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and BROWN-
  HEADED COWBIRDS. From Grand Island, 3 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS   at a 
feeder on Staley Road. And, at a Town of Wilson feeder,   SONG SPARROW 
and 2 WHITE-CR. SPARROWS.

  In the Chautauqua County Town of Brant, a pure white RED-
  TAILED HAWK again on Lotus Point Road near the Village of   Farnham. 
This distinct hawk has been reported for several   years.

  A waterfowl count section covering the upper Niagara River   on 
January 13 reported over 2000 BUFFLEHEADS and 60 LONG-
  TAILED DUCKS between the ice boom and Peace Bridge. Along   the New 
York side of the river from Tonawanda to Niagara   Falls, a seemingly 
low count of 120 CANVASBACKS, one REDHEAD   and 6 GREATER SCAUP. 
Between Motor and Strawberry Islands,   36 TUNDRA SWANS, plus a BALD 
EAGLE.

  Other BALD EAGLES - two each at the mouth of Silver Creek,   the 
Countryside Gravel Ponds in Dayton and at Dunkirk   Harbor. A PEREGRINE 
FALCON continues to shake up the gulls   at Dunkirk Harbor, and has 
been roosting on a window sill on   the east side of the power plant. 
Also in the harbor this   week, BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON and 2 RUDDY DUCKS.

  Other reports - At the Ontario Street launch in Buffalo's   
Riverside, an estimated 15,000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. In Wilson,   at Fitch 
and Youngstown Roads, 150 HORNED LARKS and 50   LAPLAND LONGSPURS. And, 
on Three Rod Road in Alden, 20 CEDAR   WAXWINGS were stymied by the ice 
encrusted fruit on a   crabapple tree.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 25.   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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