- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/29/2012
* NYBU1203.29
- Birds mentioned
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[BOS Field Trip, Saturday, March 31, Willie D'Anna will lead an all
day trip through the Lake Ontario Plains. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops
Market at Routes 78 and 104 in Wrights Corners, north of Lockport.
Bring a lunch, and visitors are always welcome.]
AMER. WHITE PELICAN
YELLOW-THR. WARBLER
LONG-B. DOWITCHER
COMMON RAVEN
Common Loon
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
Rough-legged Hawk
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilson's Snipe
Bonaparte's Gull
Barred Owl
Chimney Swift
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
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Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/29/2012
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 29, 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 22 through March 29 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include AMER. WHITE PELICAN, YELLOW-THR.
WARBLER, LONG-B. DOWITCHER and COMMON RAVEN.
March 28, an AMER. WHITE PELICAN in the Oak Orchard Wildlife
Management Area, in the North Marsh Pool, along Knowlesville Road
across from the Swallow Hollow Trail. The pelican was found late in
the day, by walking south to the marsh from the pavillion and parking
lot. As of March 29, the pelican had not been relocated.
In Buffalo, March 25 and 27, a very rare and early YELLOW-
THR. WARBLER at Forest Lawn Cemetery. First reported from the ridge
at the bend overlooking the dump, and later between the ridge and
Mirror Lake in Section 23.
March 23 to 29, a challenging to identify, basic plumage LONG-B.
DOWITCHER at Kumpf Marsh on Route 77 in the Iroquois Refuge. Other
shorebirds at the marsh included KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, and WILSON'S SNIPE.
Also in the Iroquois Refuge - March 29, a COMMON LOON at Cayuga
Pool, and a dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the Forestall Flats along
Route 63 on the 25th.
An unexpected COMMON RAVEN, March 23, on Main Street in the City of
Tonawanda, a few miles from the River Road power plant where COMMON
RAVEN has been previously reported.
On the 28th, a record count for the month of March, 23 GREAT EGRETS
on Strawberry Island in the upper Niagara River. Also, 29 GREAT BLUE
HERONS at nearby Motor Island.
FOX SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW and SWAMP SPARROW reported at several
locations. CHIMNEY SWIFTS over I-290 in Tonawanda. EASTERN TOWHEE at
Forest Lawn, and PURPLE FINCHES in Clarence and Lancaster.
Flyover migrants this week - 18 BONAPARTE'S GULLS over Lancaster and
an AMERICAN WIGEON over Woodbridge Avenue in Buffalo.
And, on the southern line of Chautauqua County at Pennsylvannia,
abundant WOOD DUCKS and RING-NECKED DUCKS, calling BARRED OWLS and
PILEATED WOODPECKERS and numerous RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 5. 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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