- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 01/13/2011
* NYBU1101.13
- Birds mentioned
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KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
EASTERN TOWHEE
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Trumpeter Swan
Northern Pintail
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
American Coot
Little Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Horned Lark
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Shrike
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak [out of region CNY]
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 01/13/2011
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, January 13, 2011
The Buffalo Bird Report 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.
Highlights of reports received January 6 through January 13 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BOHEMIAN
WAXWING and EASTERN TOWHEE.
January 10, an adult male KING EIDER, on Lake Ontario off the
Welland Canal at Port Weller, Ontario. This rare species and more rare
plumage may have been at this location since mid-December. The eider
was in the cove to the east side of the canal piers, accessed by
hiking the Seaway Haulage Trail.
January 9, on the lower Niagara River, a reported HARLEQUIN DUCK at
Devil's Hole State Park. More details on this find would be
appreciated.
From the Lake Ontario Plains, January 8, 11 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS among
140 CEDAR WAXWINGS, in an orchard on the south side of Lake Road near
the Town of Newfane water treatment plant. Flocks of up to 300 SNOW
BUNTINGS with HORNED LARKS and LAPLAND LONGSPURS have been reported
throughout the lake plains, also ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and NORTHERN SHRIKE.
Other ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS - two dark and one light morph in the
Chautauqua County Town of Clymer, and NORTHERN SHRIKE at the Dunkirk
Airport.
COMMON REDPOLLS continue at feeders and open areas across the entire
region - from Lake Ontario to the Southern Tier. Often with AMERICAN
GOLDFINCHES and a few PINE SISKINS. Beyond the region, in the Central
New York highlands, EVENING GROSBEAKS are apparently widespread.
In West Seneca, a pair of EASTERN TOWHEES at a feeder since December.
January 6 at Dunkirk Harbor, highlights included EARED GREBE at the
west end, LITTLE GULL and 3 TRUMPETER SWANS. Also in the harbor -
NORTHERN PINTAIL, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, RING-
NECKED DUCK, HOODED MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK, PIED-BILLED GREBE,
D.-CREST. CORMORANT, GREAT BLUE HERON, BALD EAGLE, AMERICAN COOT and
BELTED KINGFISHER.
And, over 5000 CANVASBACKS on the west Niagara River off Grand
Island this week.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, January 20. 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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