- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 02/05/2015 * NYBU1502.05 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to [email protected] ------------------------------------------- [The next BOS meeting will be at 7 PM, Wednesday, February 11 at the Buffalo Museum of Science. A program on the results and analysis of the BOS April and May Counts will be presented. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings.]
FISH CROW D.-crest. Cormorant American Black Duck Canvasback Redhead Greater Scaup Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-br. Merganser Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon American Coot Great Black-b. Gull Snowy Owl Eastern Bluebird American Robin Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 02/05/2015 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, February 5, 2015 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. FISH CROWS were the highlight of reports received January 29 through February 5 from the Niagara Frontier Region. During early February, at least two FISH CROWS, heard and seen in Fort Erie, Ontario, in the area of Gilmore Road and Jennet Street, a short distance from the Niagara River. February 1, a report that a SNOWY OWL has been at Bear Ridge Road and Killian Road in the Town of Pendleton for a week. The open waters of Dunkirk Harbor are supporting winter waterfowl - February 3, 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, plus numbers of AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, GREATER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER, RED-BR. MERGANSER and AMERICAN COOT. Also in the harbor, 2 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, over 100 GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS and 13 BALD EAGLES, including five adults. Waterfowl this week on the east Niagara River, between North Tonawanda and Grand Island, included over 1900 CANVASBACKS and on the Little River at Tonawanda Island, 30 HOODED MERGANSERS. Other Niagara River reports - at the north end of Squaw Island, a female SURF SCOTER, a pair of BALD EAGLES on the Strawberry Island nest, two PEREGRINE FALCONS off the West Side Rowing Club in Buffalo, and another BALD EAGLE on the Reef Lighthouse. Also this week - 6 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at the Buffalo Ski Club in the Town of Colden. 10 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS on Mapleton Road in North Tonawanda. EASTERN BLUEBIRDS also attracted to a sunflower chip feeder in East Amherst. An AMERICAN ROBIN feeding on mealworms at the same location. At other feeders - a PINE SISKIN at a feeder at the Buffalo Airport. And another PINE SISKIN with 3 COMMON REDPOLLS at a feeder in Medina. The next BOS meeting will be Wednesday, February 11 at the Buffalo Museum of Science. A program on the results and analysis of the BOS April and May Counts will be presented. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, February 12. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you 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
