- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/19/2016 * NYBU1605.19 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
AMER. WHITE PELICAN EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL WORM-EATING WARBLER YELLOW-THR. WARBLER HARLEQUIN DUCK Merlin Common Nighthawk Red-headed Wdpkr. Least Flycatcher Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Tree Swallow N. Rough-w. Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Veery Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-thr. Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Golden-wing. Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-cr. Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Rose-br. Grosbeak Lincoln's Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/19/2016 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Distribution: Birdeast-l, NYSBirds-l, Ontbirds-l, Geneseebirds-l Thursday, May 19, 2016 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 message. Highlights of reports received May 12 through May 19 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Peak migration period and timley cold fronts during the weekend produced some exceptional reports. May 15, at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, roosting in one tree at the marsh shoreline - 72 TREE SWALLOWS, 38 N. ROUGH- W. SWALLOWS, 12 BARN SWALLOWS, 3 BANK SWALLOWS, CLIFF SWALLOW, and both COMMON NIGHTHAWK and EASTERN WHIP-POOR- WILL. On the 15th in Buffalo, an AMER. WHITE PELICAN, flying low toward the Niagara River, over the Kleinhans Music Hall neighborhood. Overall, 27 warbler species were reported this week, including 25 species At Forest Lawn in Buffalo. Highlights at Forest Lawn were WORM-EATING WARBLER and YELLOW-THR. WARBLER. Other recent reports from Forest Lawn - MERLIN, LEAST FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, SCARLET TANAGER, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and PURPLE FINCH. Two uncommon migrant warblers at Veteran's park, on Lockport Road in the Town of Niagara - GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER and CERULEAN WARBLER. At Amherst State Park, 17 warbler species plus GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO and PURPLE FINCH. May 18, two pairs of HARLEQUIN DUCKS still in the rapids above Niagara Falls, viewed from the Three Sisters Islands on Goat Island. In the Goat Island woods, 16 warbler species included CANADA WARBLER, plus PHILADELPHIA VIREO. Also this week, RED-HEADED WDPKR. at a suet feeder in the Village of Wilson. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 26. 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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
