- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/27/2015 * NYBU1508.27 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to [email protected] -------------------------------------------
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER UPLAND SANDPIPER American Kestrel Chukar Killdeer Ruddy Turnstone Black-billed Cuckoo Horned Lark Chestnut-s. Warbler Magnolia Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler Canada Warbler Orchard Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 08/27/2015 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, August 27, 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. Highlights of reports received August 20 through August 27 from the Niagara Frontier Region. AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS this week - up to four in the Genesee County Town of Oakfield, along Macomber Road between Ham and Lewiston Roads. Also abundant KILLDEER and small numbers of HORNED LARKS in the same fields. August 23, UPLAND SANDPIPER, north of the Iroquois Refuge, at Posson and Fletcher Chapel Roads in Shelby. And, an ORCHARD ORIOLE in the hedges along Posson Road. Also the 23rd, a count of 11 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS over a yard in the Town of Tonawanda. On Grand Island, migrant warblers increased this week at Beaver Island State Park - BL. AND W. WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, BL.-THR. BL. WARBLER and 2 CANADA WARBLERS, plus BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. On the Beaver Island State Park beach, a RUDDY TURNSTONE on August 25. Just east of downtown Buffalo, AMERICAN KESTRELS fledged young at Broadway and Iroquois Place. And, don't be surprised by released CHUKAR partridges in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. There will be a BOS shorebird field trip on Sunday, August 30, along the north shore of Lake Erie in Ontario. Meet at 7 AM at Vermont and Busti, near the Peace Bridge in Buffalo. Car pooling is planned, bring a lunch and border crossing documents, and expect parking fees at one of the destinations - Rock Point Provincial Park. Visitors are always welcome on BOS field trips. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, September 3. 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
