[BOS Rare Bird Alert] 11/15/2007

[bos_rarebirdalert at bosbirding.org]

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/15/2007
* NYBU0711.15
- 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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   [Sunday, November 18 - BOS and Rochester Birding  Association joint  
  field trip to the Niagara River.
  Meet at 9 AM at Fort Niagara State Park in the Town of
  Porter. Dress warmly for an all day trip that will
  cross into Ontario; be prepared with proper identification
  for international border crossing. Visitors are always
  welcome on BOS trips. Thank you.]

  ROSS'S GOOSE
  NORTHERN GANNET
  SHORT-EARED OWL
  MERLIN
  EARED GREBE
  Tundra Swan
  Snow Goose
  Wood Duck
  Black Scoter
  Surf Scoter
  White-winged Scoter
  Bufflehead
  Ruddy Duck
  Rough-legged Hawk
  Northern Shrike
  Snow Bunting
  Red-w. Blackbird
  Rusty Blackbird
  Common Grackle

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             11/15/2007
  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, November 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.

  Highlights of reports received November 8 through November  15 from 
the Niagara Frontier Region include ROSS'S GOOSE,  NORTHERN GANNET, 
SHORT-EARED OWL, MERLIN and EARED GREBES.

  November 10, an immature ROSS'S GOOSE was found at Sinking  Ponds 
Sanctuary in East Aurora. The observer believes this  is the same 
ROSS'S GOOSE found in the Town of Bennington in  mid-October, about 10 
miles from Sinking Ponds. The goose  was still present on the 12th, and 
has also been seen nearby  on the polo fields Knox Farm State Park.

  On Lake Ontario, November 11, an immature NORTHERN GANNET  was seen 
plunge diving at great distance, off the piers at  Wilson Harbor.

  November 9, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS at a traditional winter  location - 
the fields along Dickersonville Road in the  Niagara County Town of 
Porter. Another winter tradition  returns - November 14, a MERLIN on 
the University at Buffalo  Main Street Campus.

  Four EARED GREBES still at the Batavia Waste Water Plant on  November 
10. Also at the plant, 34 BUFFLEHEADS, 224 RUDDY  DUCKS, NORTHERN 
SHRIKE and 4 SNOW BUNTINGS.

  Along the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo, at the source of the  Niagara 
River, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK  SCOTER and 5 RUDDY 
DUCKS. Across the river in Fort Erie,  Ontario, 40 to 60 SNOW BUNTINGS 
at Erie beach.

  November 10, in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, 2  TUNDRA 
SWANS, and in the Iroquois Refuge, 2 blue phase SNOW  GEESE.

  From the Town of Pembroke, in a corn field on Slusser Road,  2 
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, over 300 RED-W. BLACKBIRDS, 30 RUSTY  BLACKBIRDS 
and 20 COMMON GRACKLES. And, on Ellicott Creek in  Amherst/Tonawanda, a 
single WOOD DUCK among a flock of  MALLARDS. After fall migration, WOOD 
DUCKS are rare but  regular winter residents, surviving where open 
waters can be  found.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated one day early, Wednesday  evening, 
November 21. Please call in your sightings by noon  Wednesday. You may 
report sightings after the tone. Thank  you for calling and reporting 
to Dial-a-Bird.

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