- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 10/13/2011
* NYBU1110.13
- Birds mentioned
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PURPLE GALLINULE
YELLOW WARBLER
GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Redhead
Greater Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Common Merganser
Red-br. Merganser
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Golden-cr. Kinglet
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
American Pipit
Blackpoll Warbler
Lincoln's Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 10/13/2011
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, October 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 October 6 through October 13 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include PURPLE GALLINULE, YELLOW WARBLER, GR.
WHITE-FR. GOOSE and NORTHERN GOSHAWK.
In Port Weller, Ontario, a PURPLE GALLINULE was reported October 10
and 11 in the pond on the east pier. Park at the gate and hike about a
half mile to the pond, east of the main trail.
October 7, a very late YELLOW WARBLER at the Jaeger Rocks shoreline
in Fort Erie, Ontario. On the Fort Erie beaches - BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER and SPOTTED SANDPIPER.
From the Iroquois Refuge, October 13, 2 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE among
the waterfowl at Ring-necked Marsh. Also at Ring-neck Marsh - 75
D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, 18 AMERICAN ROBINS and 75 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.
Several reports from October 11 - an adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK was
reported again in the Town of Amherst, near the UAW Building on Wherle
Drive, west of Transit Road. A reported UPLAND SANDPIPER on a lawn in
the Town of Tonawanda. And, at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, a
RED-NECKED GREBE.
The BOS October count was conducted on the 9th. A report of 75
species in the northwest section of Niagara County also noted
exceptional numbers of BLACKPOLL WARBLERS - 43 in the section, and
another 70 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS in the adjacent section. The BLACKPOLL
WARBLERS were all near the Lake Ontario shoreline; historically, only
single numbers of BLACKPOLL WARBLERS are found in October.
Other highlights from the Niagara County section included 20 COMMON
LOONS, 9 HORNED GREBES, 3 REDHEADS, GREATER SCAUP, 2 WHITE-WINGED
SCOTERS, COMMON MERGANSER, 11 RED-BR. MERGANSERS, 13 BONAPARTE'S
GULLS, 14 COMMON TERNS, 12 RED-
BELLIED WDPKRS., YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, multiple GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS
and RUBY-CR. KINGLETS, 21 HERMIT THRUSHES, 16 AMERICAN PIPITS, five
warbler species, five sparrow species, 4 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS and a
single PINE SISKIN.
Also this week, LINCOLN'S SPARROWS at Amherst State Park and Bond
Lake Park in Lewiston.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, October 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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