- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/14/2010
* NYBU1010.14
- Birds mentioned
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AMERICAN AVOCET
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Common Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
American Golden-Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Semipalm. Sandpiper
White-r. Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Jaeger species
Great Horned Owl
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Pileated Woodpecker
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-cr. Kinglet
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Pipit
Red-eyed Vireo
Orange-cr. Warbler
Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
Yellow-r. Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
White-cr. Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Rusty Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
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Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 10/14/2010
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org
Thursday, October 14, 2010
The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by the 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.
Highlights of reports received October 7 through October 14 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include AMERICAN AVOCETS and October Count
reports.
October 9, 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS were found off the southwest blind at
the Times Beach Nature Preserve on the Buffalo waterfront. Still
present on the 13th; AVOCETS are showing a pattern of very rare fall
occurrence in recent years. Also at Times Beach, GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
CAROLINA WREN, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, RUBY-CR. KINGLET,
HERMIT THRUSH, ORANGE-CR. WARBLER, SAVANNAH SPARROW, WHITE-THR.
SPARROW and WHITE-CR. SPARROW.
The BOS October Count was conducted on the 10th. Highlights from
Niagara County included shorebirds at Hulbert Road in the Town of
Wilson - AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, WHITE-R.
SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER, plus first report of LAPLAND
LONGSPUR. Before sunrise, 19 GREAT HORNED OWLS were heard calling in
the county. Lake Ontario highlights - LESSER SCAUP, COMMON MERGANSER,
RED-BR. MERGANSER, RED-THROATED LOON, 242 COMMON LOONS, RED-NECKED
GREBE, SURF SCOTER and 2 distance JAEGERS. Other Niagara County
highlights - PILEATED WOODPECKER at Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park,
RED-EYED VIREO, a late VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 20 HERMIT THRUSHES,
146 AMERICAN PIPITS, BL.-THR. BL. WARBLER, 83 YELLOW-R. WARBLERS,
EASTERN TOWHEE, FOX SPARROW, 44 SONG SPARROWS, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 134
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 299 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS and 5 PURPLE FINCHES.
And, a count section in the Town of Lancaster reported PILEATED
WOODPECKER at five locations, 4 HERMIT THRUSHES in one tree and a
unexpected migrant MARSH WREN along William Street.
Back on October 6, a apparent new maximum October count of 262 SURF
SCOTERS included 15 on the Niagara River off Riverside and 247 SURF
SCOTERS at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo.
Other recent reports - in Fort Erie, Ontario, a RED-HEADED WDPKR. at
a Crystal Beach cottage and a single PINE SISKINS at a feeder in the
Town of Holland. The Bird Report will be updated
Thursday evening, October 21. Please call in your sightings by noon
Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for
calling and reporting.
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