- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/02/2016 * NYBU1606.02 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
SANDHILL CRANE EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL Merlin Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Alder Flycatcher Golden-cr. Kinglet Blue-winged Warbler Magnolia Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Pine Warbler Blackpoll Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Mourning Warbler Wilson's Warbler Bobolink Orchard Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/02/2016 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, Ontariobirds-l, Geneseebirds-l Thursday, June 2, 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 report. Highlights of reports received May 26 through June 2 from the Niagara Frontier Region. June 1, an unexpected SANDHILL CRANE at the Lakeside Turf Farms at County and Goodrich Roads in Clarence. WHIP-POOR-WILLS are summer specialties on the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario. May 28, at least 3 WHIP-POOR-WILLS on Erie Peat Road, by the Wainfleet Bog area. Also by the bog, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, ALDER FLYCATCHER, 2 MOURNING WARBLERS, OVENBIRD, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER and AMERICAN REDSTART. Continuing at the Niagara River by Old Fort Erie in Ontario, two males and one female ORCHARD ORIOLE, and a singing male PINE WARBLER. Another ORCHARD ORIOLE nearby at Windmill Point. Trailing edge of migrant warblers at Amherst State Park on May 28 - 7 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB. and WILSON'S WARBLER. Plus, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO by Ellicott Creek, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and BOBOLINK in the meadow, and an unexpected GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET in the evergreens by the St. Mary's building. In Cattaraugus County, MERLINS nesting by the Allegany River near Gargoyle Park in the Town of Allegany. The last BOS meeting of the season will be the picnic meeting at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, at 6 PM on Wednesday, May 8. Bring your dinner, and plan for an evening hike through the preserve. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 9. 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