- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/08/2012
* NYBU1203.08
- Birds mentioned
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[BOS meeting, Wednesday, March 14, at 7 PM at the
Buffalo Museum of Science. BOS member Dr. Robert DeLeon
will present a summary of his recent publication in the
Condor, describing the influence of climate change on
avian migration timing - a study based on BOS data. Visitors are
always welcome at BOS meetings.]
SNOWY OWL
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
AMERICAN WOODCOCK
Tundra Swan
Cackling Goose
Northern Pintail
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
Killdeer
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Shrike
Song Sparrow
Red-w. Blackbird
Common Grackle
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/08/2012
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 08, 2012
The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum
of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the
Science Museum, call 896-5200.
Highlights of reports received March 1 through March 8 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include SNOWY OWLS, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE and
AMERICAN WOODCOCK.
The BOS owl field trip on March 4 reported six SNOWY OWLS at the
Niagara Falls Airport. The owls were seen at a distance from the
Calspan parking lot - observers should ask permission to park during
business hours. A BARRED OWL was also observed after dark at Bond Lake
Park County Park in Lewiston.
Other owl reports this week - a pair of SHORT-EARED OWLS plus five
NORTHERN HARRIERS on Posson Road in the Town of Shelby, and GREAT
HORNED OWLS heard and on nest at other locations.
A female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was reported again March 2 and 4 on the
upper Niagara River at Central Avenue in Fort Erie, Ontario. Also 83
LESSER SCAUP among abundant waterfowl on the upper river.
Arrivals this week - AMERICAN WOODCOCK were heard calling north of
the Iroquois Refuge, and KILLDEER, SONG SPARROW, COMMON GRACKLE and
RED-W. BLACKBIRDS at several locations.
Waterfowl in the Iroquois Refuge areas included two flocks of over
200 TUNDRA SWANS and abundant NORTHERN PINTAILS. At Stafford Pond on
Albion Road in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, 6 CACKLING
GEESE on March 7. Also in the Iroquois Refuge, a NORTHERN SHRIKE on
Feeder Road at Kumpf Marsh.
Other reports this week - in Buffalo, PEREGRINE FALCON continues on
the UB Main Street Campus at the Winspear Avenue chimney, and six WILD
TURKEYS at Forest Lawn Cemetery. And from the Southern Tier, two
REDHEADS in a yard pond in Olean.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 15. 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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