- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/14/2011
* NYBU1104.14
- Birds mentioned
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SNOWY EGRET
BL.-THR. GREEN WARB.
EURASIAN WIGEON
BLACK VULTURE
American Bittern
Bl.-cr. Night-Heron
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Wilson's Snipe
L. Black-b. Gull
Glaucous Gull
Caspian Tern
Short-eared Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
N. Rough-w. Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-cr. Kinglet
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Yellow-r. Warbler
Pine Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 04/14/2011
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, April 14, 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 April 7 through April 14 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include SNOWY EGRET, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB.,
EURASIAN WIGEON, and BLACK VULTURE.
April 11 at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, a SNOWY EGRET on Berm
Pond off Mosquito Junction Trail. Also, 1 or 2 SANDHILL CRANES flying
over the preserve.
Early arrivals this week - BANK SWALLOW on April 9 on Meadville Road
in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, and a BL.-THR. GREEN WARB.
in a Williamsville yard on April 11.
April 10, EURASIAN WIGEON and an AMERICAN X EURASIAN WIGEON with 200
AMERICAN WIGEONS still on Klossen Marsh in the Tonawanda Wildlife
Management Area, on the south side of the dike to the east of
Meadville Road near Owens Road.
A migrant BLACK VULTURE over the Town of Wilson near Lake Ontario on
April 9. From Central New York reports, it appears BLACK VULTURES were
on the move across upstate in recent days.
Landbird are now joining in with earlier migrant waterfowl and
raptors. Plentiful numbers at Tifft Nature Preserve on April 11
included YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, WINTER WREN, RUBY-CR.
KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, PINE WARBLER, EASTERN TOWHEE,
FIELD SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, over 20 FOX SPARROWS and over 100
DARK-
EYED JUNCOS. Many of these species at other locations this week,
plus arriving BELTED KINGFISHER, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, N.
ROUGH-W. SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, BROWN CREEPER, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET,
YELLOW-R. WARBLER, CHIPPING SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, and PURPLE FINCH.
April also brings shorebirds. April 12, right on date, a SPOTTED
SANDPIPER on Francis Road in the Genesee County Town of Bethany.
Recent reports from Kumpf Marsh, on Route 77 in the Iroquois Refuge -
KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER,
DUNLIN and WILSON'S SNIPE, plus a calling AMERICAN BITTERN,
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, NORTHERN PINTAIL and GREEN-WINGED
TEAL.
Other recent reports - At Lakeside Cemetery in Hamburg, a RED-HEADED
WDPKR. sharing a tree with a pair of PILEATED WOODPECKERS. BL.-CR.
NIGHT-HERON and CASPIAN TERN on South Park Lake in South Buffalo. At
Goat Island and Niagara Falls, GLAUCOUS GULL and L. BLACK-B. GULL. In
Amherst, nesting COOPER'S HAWKS in a residential setting on Koster
Row in Eggertsville. On Posson Road, north of the Iroquois Refuge, 2
NORTHERN HARRIERS and 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS. ROUGH-
LEGGED HAWK in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. OSPREY and
BALD EAGLE on Little Cassadaga Lake in Chautauqua County. COMMON
REDPOLLS still at several feeders and a PINE SISKIN in a Hamburg yard.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 21. Please
call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings
after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript
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