- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/03/2011
* NYBU1103.03
- Birds mentioned
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[UPDATE- Wednesday, March 9, 7 PM. BOS Meeting at
the Science Museum. Jim Berry, President of the
Roger Tory Peterson Institute will present a
lecture on "Birding Field Guides: the Beginning
and End?..." Mr. Berry is the foremost expert on
the art of Peterson. Visitors are always welcome
at BOS meetings.]
ROSS'S GOOSE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
HARLEQUIN DUCK
EARED GREBE
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
Bald Eagle
Purple Sandpiper
Little Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Horned Lark
Brown Creeper
Northern Shrike
White-cr. Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Red-w. Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Finch
White-w. Crossbill
Common Redpoll
American Goldfinch
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/03/2011
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, March 3, 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 February 24 through March 3 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include ROSS'S GOOSE, BLACK-HEADED GULL,
HARLEQUIN DUCKS and EARED GREBE.
Dunkirk Harbor, on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County, continues to
attract a list of rare species. March 3, a ROSS'S GOOSE, among CANADA
GEESE, on the lawn and later at the outer breakwall. A BLACK-HEADED
GULL, in near-breeding plumage, first reported March 1 and still
present on the 3Road. Also two immature male HARLEQUIN DUCKS and an
EARED GREBE still in harbor, plus 3 LITTLE GULLS and a flock of
arriving SNOW GEESE.
Abundant waterfowl all along the upper Niagara River. At the source,
off Fort Erie, Ontario, concentrations of BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE
and RED-BR. MERGANSERS, with REDHEADS, GREATER SCAUP and COMMON
MERGANSERS, plus a few LONG-TAILED DUCKS and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. On
the river around Grand Island, up to 300 TUNDRA SWANS off Beaver
Island State Park, while GREATER SCAUP dominate the west river, and
CANVASBACKS cover the east river.
Other Grand Island reports - GLAUCOUS GULL at the Beaver Island loop
drive, 35 COMMON REDPOLLS by the footbridge at Buckhorn Island State
Park, and BROWN CREEPERS at several locations on the island.
February 23 at Niagara Falls, a PURPLE SANDPIPER above the falls,
off Dufferine Island Park in Ontario. At the lower river power plants
and the Lewiston Reservoir, several ICELAND GULLS and GLAUCOUS GULLS.
The anticipated return of nesting BALD EAGLES to the Niagara River
appears to be in progress. Two eagle nests can be seen on Navy Island,
from the water intakes on the Robert Moses Parkway in Niagara Falls,
New York. February 23, an adult BALD EAGLE was sitting on, and calling
from, one of the nests. On the ice around Strawberry Island this week,
3 adult and one sub-adult BALD EAGLES.
Back in mid-February, a single WHITE-W. CROSSBILL and a pair of
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at a feeder in the Cattaraugus County Town of Little
Valley.
From Genesee County, recent reports from McLernon Road in Bethany
included NORTHERN SHRIKE, 225 SNOW BUNTINGS, 120 HORNED LARKS and 3
LAPLAND LONGSPURS, At the creek crossing McLernon Road, HOODED
MERGANSER and 18 WHITE-CR. SPARROWS.
Other reports - migrant TUNDRA SWANS and CANADA GEESE over the Town
of Tonawanda. Widespread RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES. And,
HOUSE FINCHES and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH moulting to breeding plumage.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 10. 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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