February 20 - Buffalo, Niagara River - Today there was a beautiful breeding plumage male HARLEQUIN DUCK seen from the West Side Rowing Club (about 300 yards south of Peace Bridge). The immature male KING EIDER was about 600 yards north of Nickels Marine in Fort Erie or about 600 yards north of the Peace Bridge. A Ring-necked Duck X Scaup HYBRID DUCK was found about 400 yards south of the International Rail Road Bridge and see from Squaw Island. Totals for Buffalo at Erie Basin Marina, West Side Rowing Club, Squaw Island south and north were: 7,500 Greater Scaups 2,950 Common Goldeneyes 1,000 Common Mergansers 570 Red-breasted Mergansers 118 White-winged Scoters 1 Surf Scoter 143 Long-tailed Ducks 1 Ring-necked Duck - adult male from Erie Basin Marine 230 Canvasbacks 226 Redheads 880 Buffleheads 2 Ruddy Ducks 7 Glaucous Gulls 1 Bald Eagle Bill Watson --
NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
