- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/26/2012
* NYBU1204.26
- Birds mentioned
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NORTHERN PARULA
YELLOW WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
LEAST SANDPIPER
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Green Heron
Bald Eagle
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilson's Snipe
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Short-eared Owl
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Black-cap. Chickadee [nestlings]
Red-br. Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Yellow-r. Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Amer. Tree Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 04/26/2012
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 26, 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 April 19 through April 26 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include WARBLERS, VIREOS, LEAST SANDPIPER and
LAPLAND LONGSPUR.
Warbler migration begins with several early arrivals - YELLOW
WARBLER with a VESPER SPARROW April 20 at Buckhorn Island State Park
on Grand Island, NORTHERN PARULA April 22 and 23 in West Seneca, and
NASHVILLE WARBLER on the 22nd at Forest Lawn in Buffalo. Other widely
reported warblers - YELLOW-R. WARBLER, PINE WARBLER and PALM WARBLER.
From Allegany County, first report of BLUE-HEADED VIREO, April 20 at
Phillips Creek State Land on Route 244 in the Town of Ward. Also,
WARBLING VIREO April 25 at an unspecified location.
Another early arrival - LEAST SANDPIPER, April 22 in the Oak Orchard
Wildlife Management Area at the North Marsh, bounded by East Shelby
and Podunk Roads. Also in the North Marsh - numbers of GREATER
YELLOWLEGS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 32 WILSON'S SNIPE.
A visual treat April 21 and 22, 8 LAPLAND LONGSPURS including 5
breeding plumage males, on Hulbert Road north of Youngstown-Wilson
Road in the Town of Wilson. AMERICAN PIPITS, HORNED LARKS and SAVANNAH
SPARROWS also at Hulbert Road and several other locations.
Winter vistors still in the region - on Lake Ontario, ICELAND GULL
off Johnson Creek Road in Somerset and GLAUCOUS GULL at the Village of
Wilson. Two or more SHORT-EARED OWLS continue on Molasses Hill Road in
the Town of Alexander. AMER. TREE SPARROW at Tifft Nature Preserve in
Buffalo. And, 10 to 30 PINE SISKINS at a Thrall Road feeder in Cambria.
Other reports this week - BALD EAGLE over a Town of Tonawanda yard.
GREEN HERON on the West River Parkway on Grand Island. Multiple
reports of PURPLE MARTIN, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, BROWN CREEPER, HOUSE WREN,
RUBY-CR. KINGLET, BL.-
GR. GNATCATCHER, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, EASTERN TOWHEE,
FIELD SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, RUSTY BLACKBIRD and
PURPLE FINCH. And, in Alden, a likely earliest state record of
nestling BLACK-CAP. CHICKADEES.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 3. 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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