- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/05/2015 * NYBU1511.05 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to [email protected] -------------------------------------------
[BOS meeting this Wednesday, November 11, 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. The program will be a presentation on the birds of Eastern Australia. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings.] BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE RED PHALAROPE SABINE'S GULL PARASITIC JAEGER Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Red-br. Merganser Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Red-shouldered Hawk Purple Sandpiper Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Belted Kingfisher Pileated Woodpecker Ruby-cr. Kinglet Snow Bunting Red-w. Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/05/2015 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, November 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. Highlights of reports received October 29 through November 5 from the Niagara Frontier Region. High winds along the length of Lake Erie herded uncommon and rare species to the mouth of the Niagara River. October 29, four JAEGERS, including 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS, between Buffalo and Fort Erie, Ontario. At the north end of the Black Rock Canal at Unity Island [formerly Squaw Island], 2 RED PHALAROPES and a SABINE'S GULL. Another SABINE'S GULL in the Niagara Falls gorge, and LITTLE GULLS at several places on the upper and lower river. Another wind delivery, November 1, a rarely recorded adult BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE, with at least 3 LITTLE GULLS, off Unity Island. October 30, on Lake Ontario, first report this season of PURPLE SANDPIPER; a brief stop on the Wilson Pier in Niagara County. Also along the lakeshore, increasing numbers of RED- BR. MERGANSER, COMMON GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD and BONAPARTE'S GULL, plus a few SNOW BUNTINGS. In the Village of Lewiston in Niagara County, two BLACK VULTURES roosting with TURKEY VULTURES on 4th Street. Other reports - RUSTY BLACKBIRD with RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES in a Hamburg yard. At Birdsong Park in Orchard Park, BELTED KINGFISHER, PILEATED WOODPECKER and RUBY-CR. KINGLET. And, a migrant RED-SHOULDERED HAWK over the Town of Tonawanda. There will be a BOS meeting this Wednesday, November 11, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. The program will be a presentation on the birds of Eastern Australia. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, November 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
