[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 11/29/2007

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/29/2007
* NYBU0711.29
- Birds mentioned
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phone in any rare sightings so they  may be shared via the DAB 
telephone update  system, and submit email contributions directly  to 
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  Thank you, David
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  NORTHERN GANNET
  BLACK-HEADED GULL
  PURPLE SANDPIPER
  WHITE-W. CROSSBILL
  BOHEMIAN WAXWING
  PINE GROSBEAK
  Horned Grebe
  Red-necked Grebe
  Tundra Swan
  Mute Swan
  Wood Duck
  Greater Scaup
  White-winged Scoter
  Common Goldeneye
  Ruddy Duck
  Bald Eagle
  Northern Harrier
  Red-tailed Hawk
  Rough-legged Hawk
  American Kestrel
  Merlin
  Little Gull
  Bonaparte's Gull
  Thayer's Gull
  Iceland Gull
  L. Black-b. Gull
  Red-headed Wdpkr.
  White-thr. Sparrow
  Common Redpoll
  Pine Siskin

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             11/29/2007
  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, November 29, 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 November 23 through November  29 from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include NORTHERN GANNET,  BLACK-HEADED 
GULL, PURPLE SANDPIPER, WHITE-W. CROSSBILL,  BOHEMIAN WAXWING and PINE 
GROSBEAK.

  November 23 on Lake Ontario, yet another sighting of an  immature 
NORTHERN GANNET, flying west past the Town of  Wilson harbor piers. 
Also a RUDDY DUCK nearby at the pier at  Routes 18 and 425.

  The BOS Niagara River field trip on November 24 was  highlighted by a 
BLACK-HEADED GULL, found both above and  below the International 
Railroad Bridge in Fort Erie,  Ontario.

  November 25, above Niagara Falls in Ontario, 2 PURPLE  SANDPIPERS on 
the rocks off the Hydro Building and  gatehouse. A moderate number of 
gulls on the river included  LITTLE GULL at the railroad bridge, 
THAYER'S GULL below the  control gates in Ontario, ICELAND GULL at the 
lower river  power plants, and a total of 6 L. BLACK-B. GULLS.

  Also on the river - at Fort Erie, several HORNED GREBES and  
RED-NECKED GREBES. From Grand Island, up to 75 TUNDRA SWANS  off Beaver 
Island State Park, and a WOOD DUCK on the east  branch of the river, at 
the marina near Ferry Road. And  several thousand waterfowl including 
hundreds of GREATER  SCAUP and COMMON GOLDENEYE, and a WHITE-WINGED 
SCOTER, off  the Robert Moses Parkway viewing area in Niagara Falls.

  Winter finches in the Lake Ontario Plains this week - WHITE-
  W. CROSSBILL, PINE SISKIN and COMMON REDPOLLS at a feeder in  Wilson. 
The crabapple trees at the entrance to Fort Niagara  State Park in 
Porter attracted 10 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and up  to 20 PINE GROSBEAKS. 
Five more PINE GROSBEAKS in Porter at  Four Mile Creek State Park; 
found on a hike up the creek  from the end of Woodcliff Drive. MERLIN 
and RED-HEADED  WDPKR. also at Woodcliff Drive. And, flocks of up to 50 
  COMMON REDPOLLS at several locations along the lakeshore.

  Other reports - COMMON REDPOLL and WHITE-THR. SPARROW at a  feeder in 
the Erie County Town of Wales. At the mouth of  Johnson Creek in the 
Town of Carlton, BALD EAGLE scavenging  salmon carcasses, 6 MUTE SWANS 
and 6 possible CACKLING  GEESE. And, between Cayuga Pool and the 
Lewiston Overlook in  the Iroquois Refuge and Tonawanda Wildlife 
Management Area,  BALD EAGLE, AMERICAN KESTREL, MERLIN, and eight each 
of  NORTHERN HARRIER, RED-TAILED HAWK and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 6.  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