- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/05/2012
* NYBU1204.05
- Birds mentioned
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AMER. WHITE PELICAN
YELLOW-THR. WARBLER
LONG-B. DOWITCHER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BLACK VULTURE
Pied-billed Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Great Egret
Bl.-cr. Night-Heron
American Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Wild Turkey
American Coot
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Barn Swallow
Eastern Bluebird
Rusty Blackbird
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Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 04/05/2012
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, April 5, 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 29 through April 5 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include AMER. WHITE PELICAN, YELLOW-THR.
WARBLER, LONG-B. DOWITCHER, HARLEQUIN DUCK and BLACK VULTURE.
In the Southern Tier, April 1, an AMER. WHITE PELICAN on Chautauqua
Lake at Whitney Bay, between Magnolia Road and Whitney Bay Road. About
100 miles from Chautauqua Lake, the AMER. WHITE PELICAN found in the
Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area on March 28 has not been
relocated.
A YELLOW-THR. WARBLER continues in Buffalo at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Most recent report March 31, along the ridge at the bend by the dump.
Also, 5 WILD TURKEYS in the cemetery.
LONG-B. DOWITCHER also continues in the Iroquois Refuge - April 1 at
Kumpf Marsh on Route 77 at Feeder Road, with KILLDEER, GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and up to 15 WILSON'S SNIPE.
Also in the Iroquois Refuge and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area -
first report of BARN SWALLOW April 4. At Cayuga Pool, 25 RUDDY DUCKS,
10 PIED-BILLED GREBES and hundreds of AMERICAN COOT. Abundant AMERICAN
WIGEON and RING-NECKED DUCKS in the areas. BALD EAGLES at the Cayuga
Pool nest. OSPREY on at least four nests. And abundant RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS at Swallow Hollow Trail and Ledge Road near Indian Falls.
March 31 at Niagara Falls, two HARLEQUIN DUCKS still above the
Horseshoe Falls. The HARLEQUIN DUCKS, observed from Goat Island, have
favored a rock island with two small trees, several hundred yards up
from the falls. At the heronry above the falls, 23 GREAT EGRETS and 52
BL.-CR. NIGHT-
HERONS, plus 74 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS. Also, 3 L. BLACK-B. GULLS at
the falls.
Three to four BLACK VULTURES still on the lower Niagara River at
Lewiston on March 31.
In the Ontario waters of the upper Niagara River, BALD EAGLES have
nested on Navy Island. Two nestlings were visible in the nest on March
31, observed from the water intakes on the Robert Moses Parkway in
Niagara Falls. EASTERN BLUEBIRDS nesting in the boxes at Knox State
Park in East Aurora.
Other reports - 1200 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Beaver Island State Park.
And AMERICAN WOODCOCKS calling and flying at dusk in the Southern Tier
Town of Harmony, and at the BOS Sanctuary on Grand Island.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 12. 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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