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January 21, 2010

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- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 01/21/2010
* NYBU1001.21
- Birds mentioned
   -----------------------------------------
  Please phone in rare sightings for update
  Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
  Thank you, David
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   Tundra Swan  Canvasback  Redhead  Greater Scaup  Lesser Scaup  
Long-tailed Duck  White-winged Scoter  Common Goldeneye  Bufflehead  
Hooded Merganser  Common Merganser  Red-br. Merganser  Bald Eagle  
Cooper's Hawk  Peregrine Falcon  Little Gull  Bonaparte's Gull  Iceland 
Gull  L. Black-b. Gull  Glaucous Gull  Great Black-b. Gull  Eastern 
Screech-Owl  Great Horned Owl  Snowy Owl  Short-eared Owl  Nor. 
Saw-whet Owl  Common Raven  Tufted Titmouse  Eastern Bluebird

- Transcript
  Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date:             01/21/2010
  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 21, 2010

  Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of  Science 
and 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. To contact the Science 
Museum, call 896-5200.

  OWLS were the highlight of reports received January 14  through 
January 21 from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  The SNOWY OWL in the Town of Somerset continues in the field  
surrounding Sawyer Cemetery on Route 18. Observers have  found the owl 
on the ground by searching from different  points of view along the 
road and cemetery.

  At least 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS have been regulars on Meahl  Road, 
between Route 31 and Lockport Road in the Niagara  County Town of 
Cambria. Please note, this a high speed,  narrow road, and the fields 
are private property.

  January 15 in the Town of Bethany, a NOR. SAW-WHET OWL at  Genesee 
County Park, on Bethany Center Road, south of Route  20. Also in 
Bethany, 2 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS at Linden and  Marsh Roads.

  And in the Iroquois Refuge, a GREAT HORNED OWL has been seen  three 
evenings this month, flying along Feeder Road near  Route 77.

  January 14, COMMON RAVEN over the Village of East Aurora.

  Gulls on the Niagara River this week - abundant BONAPARTE'S  GULLS at 
the Peace Bridge in Buffalo and the lower river at  Lewiston. LITTLE 
GULL also at Lewiston. At the power plants,  whirlpool and falls, 
numbers of ICELAND GULLS, L. BLACK-B.  GULLS and GLAUCOUS GULLS.

  Exceptional numbers of GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS continue on Lake  Erie at 
Dunkirk Harbor. January 17, over 600 GREAT BLACK-B.  GULLS on the outer 
wall, and hundreds more in the harbor and  on the Main Street beach.

  Waterfowl are also abundant on the Niagara River. Above the  Peace 
Bridge in Buffalo, an estimated 5000 SCAUP at LaSalle  Park and 12,000 
SCAUP at the mouth of the Buffalo River. At  Niagara-on-the-Lake, 
Ontario, numerous LONG-TAILED DUCKS and  WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS close to 
shore. Other species on the  river - TUNDRA SWAN, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, 
GREATER SCAUP,  LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED  
MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER and RED-BR. MERGANSER.

  Other reports - PEREGRINE FALCONS on Grand Island at the  North 
Bridge and Beaver Island State Park. Another PEREGRINE  FALCON in 
Buffalo at Times Beach Nature Preserve on Fuhrmann  Blvd. Widespread 
BALD EAGLES - at the Iroquois Refuge, upper  and lower Niagara River, 
Silver Creek, Dunkirk, Allegany  State Park and by the Route 17 bridge 
in Salamanca. A  probable GOLDEN EAGLE was reported at Wolf Run in 
Allegany  State Park, where GOLDEN EAGLES have wintered in past years.  
COOPER'S HAWKS at several feeders. EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in  Pendleton and 
at the entrance to Fort Niagara State Park in  Porter. And from 
Hamburg, a singing TUFTED TITMOUSE.

  Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, January 28.  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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