- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/12/2017 * NYBU1701.12 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
KING EIDER FISH CROW SANDHILL CRANE TRUMPETER SWAN OREGON JUNCO Tundra Swan Gadwall Harlequin Duck Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Rough-legged Hawk Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Snowy Owl [outside region] Short-eared Owl Horned Lark Eastern Bluebird American Robin Cedar Waxwing Amer. Tree Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Snow Bunting - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/12/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, January 12, 2017 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Press the pound key to report sightings before the end of this report. Highlights of reports received January 5 through January 12 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Several highlights from the Ontario side of the BOS region. At Fort Erie, an immature, male KING EIDER, January 5 through at least the 7th, on the upper Niagara River at the Catherine Street parking area. The KING EIDER has also been viewed from Broderick Park, on Unity Island in Buffalo. Also at Catherine Street, five FISH CROWS on the 7th. In Niagara Falls, Ontario, January 5 and 6, 17 SANDHILL CRANES, one of the higher counts in the BOS archives, on Crowland Avenue, south of Ridge Road. And in Port Weller, Ontario, an adult TRUMPETER SWAN has been residing at the marina at Jones Beach. Back in New York State, an immature TRUMPETER SWAN, January 11, on Lake Ontario at the Wilson Pier, in Niagara County. Other reports from the upper Niagara River this week - one LITTLE GULL among 300 BONAPARTE'S GULLS below the Peace Bridge. Five TUNDRA SWANS at the International Railroad Bridge. And along the Bird Island Pier from Broderick Park, a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS continue, with two RUDDY DUCKS, two GADWALLS and seven HOODED MERGANSERS. January 8 in Chautauqua County, a rare OREGON JUNCO in the fields on Center Road in the Town of Sheridan, with DARK-EYED JUNCOS and AMER. TREE SPARROWS, plus SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS. At the Dunkirk Airport, two SHORT-EARED OWLS, and numbers of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, AMERICAN ROBINS, CEDAR WAXWINGS, WHITE-CR. SPARROWS and WHITE-THR. SPARROWS. Also this week - ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the Boston Road exit from Route 219. And, one of the report's frequent contributors, noted a SNOWY OWL and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, outside the region, on the grounds of the Highland Hospital on South Avenue in Rochester. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, January 19. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
