- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/10/2011
* NYBU1103.10
- Birds mentioned
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BLACK-HEADED GULL
HARLEQUIN DUCK
EARED GREBE
Red-throated Loon
Horned Grebe
Tundra Swan
Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Pheasant
Little Gull
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Glaucous Gull
Northern Flicker
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
American Pipit
Northern Shrike
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/10/2011
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 10, 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 March 3 through March 10 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include BLACK-HEADED GULL, HARLEQUIN DUCKS,
EARED GREBE and spring migration.
March 8, the breeding plumage BLACK-HEADED GULL was still present at
Dunkirk Harbor, on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County. Two first year male
HARLEQUIN DUCKS and an EARED GREBE continue at the main pier. Also in
the harbor, HORNED GREBE, 3 LITTLE GULLS, ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK-B.
GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, CACKLING GOOSE, a flock of NORTHERN PINTAILS and
an observation of a COOPER'S HAWK, attempting to lift an AMERICAN COOT
carcass from shallow water at the conservation club.
Back on March 3, off the loop drive at Beaver Island State Park on
Grand Island, a possible HERRING GULL hybrid or other rare, large gull
species.
Spring migration is well underway - noted by region wide reports of
TUNDRA SWAN flocks and single, territorial AMERICAN ROBINS.
Other leading migrants this week - 3 AMERICAN PIPITS in the Genesee
County Town of Alexander. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK in Colden, and three
RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS in an Orchard Park yard. Marsh ducks in the Lake
Ontario Plains and Genesee County included AMERICAN WIGEON, AMERICAN
BLACK DUCK, MALLARD, NORTHERN SHOVELER and NORTHERN PINTAIL, plus
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at several locations in the plains. Also generally
reported - NORTHERN FLICKER, BROWN CREEPER and CAROLINA WREN.
On the upper Niagara River around the north end of Grand Island and
the Little Niagara River, abundant waterfowl including thousands of
CANVASBACKS, GREATER SCAUP, COMMON GOLDENEYES and COMMON MERGANSERS,
plus small numbers of HOODED MERGANSERS, RED-BR. MERGANSERS and RUDDY
DUCKS.
From the lower Niagara River, 6 or more LITTLE GULLS off the
Lewiston Docks, and at the Fort Niagara State Park boat launch, 2
RED-THROATED LOONS, a mixed flock of over 200 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 5
BLACK SCOTERS and 1 SURF SCOTER, with WOOD DUCK and RING-NECKED DUCK.
Also, two flyover BALD EAGLES.
Other reports this week - PEREGRINE FALCON at a previous nest site -
the grain elevator at Gallagher's Beach on the Buffalo waterfront.
NORTHERN SHRIKES in Alexander and on Meadville Road in the Tonawanda
Wildlife Management Area. CACKLING GOOSE also over Meadville Road.
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD at the Botanical Gardens in South Buffalo. At
feeders, sporadic flocks of COMMON REDPOLLS with a few PINE SISKINS.
And RING-NECKED PHEASANTS at unexpected locations - the Peace Bridge
area in Buffalo and by a marsh near the Cheektowaga-West Seneca line.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 17. 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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