- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/18/2014 * NYBU1412.18 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to [email protected] -------------------------------------------
WESTERN KINGBIRD ROSS'S GOOSE Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Tundra Swan Trumpeter Swan Redhead Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-br. Merganser Ruddy Duck Merlin Peregrine Falcon Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Tufted Titmouse Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird Northern Shrike White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/18/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, December 18, 2014 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. Press the pound key to report sightings before the end of this report. Highlights of reports received December 11 through December 18 from the Niagara Frontier Region. The BOS Christmas Count, centered on Grand Island and including the Ontario side of the Niagara River, was conducted on December 14. The reported highlight was a WESTERN KINGBIRD, south of Chippawa, Ontario, at Stanley Avenue and Logan Road. The WESTERN KINGBIRD was not found the next day. Other count reports from the Niagara River - an unusual location and number - 19 RED-THROATED LOONS between Chippawa Creek and Navy Island on the upper river. Also, 4 COMMON LOONS, 14 HORNED GREBES, 28 LESSER SCAUP and 5 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, plus numbers of TUNDRA SWANS, REDHEADS, GREATER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER, RED-BR. MERGANSER, and one RUDDY DUCK. Off the river in the Fort Erie and Niagara Falls areas - PEREGRINE FALCON, MERLIN, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, AMERICAN ROBIN, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, WHITE-THR. SPARROW and at the same location as the WESTERN KINGBIRD, a single WHITE-CR. SPARROW. For the count on Grand Island, the ROSS'S GOOSE and wing- tagged TRUMPETER SWAN were still present at the Beaver Island State Park beach, a GREAT HORNED OWLS and EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS were heard on the island. On December 16, the TRUMPETER SWAN was present, but the ROSS'S GOOSE was not found at the park beach. Also this week - at the BOS eastern boundary, a SNOWY OWL on Bank Street, north of the Batavia-Stafford Townline, and two GREAT HORNED OWLS at the Batavia Waste Water Plant. Another GREAT HORNED OWL on Meadville Road in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, and NORTHERN SHRIKE at Cayuga Pool. And in Buffalo, an unexpected TUFTED TITMOUSE at a feeder on Woodbridge Ave in the North Park district. Seasons Greetings, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all, and my sincere thanks to the contributors to the Bird Report. Next update will be Thursday, January 8 in the new year, unless an rare report is received from holiday birding efforts. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you again for calling and reporting. - End Transcript _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
