- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 09/08/2016 * NYBU1609.08 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Great Egret Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Merlin Wild Turkey Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Dowitcher species Wilson's Snipe Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Marsh Wren Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Blackpoll Warbler - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 09/08/2016 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, September 8, 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. Shorebirds were the highlight of reports received September 1 through September 8 from the Niagara Frontier Region. September 3, a BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER in the fields on Fletcher- Chapel Road in the Orleans County Town of Shelby, just north of the Iroquois Refuge. Also the 3rd, at the Meadville Marsh in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, 41 species included 12 shorebird species, highlighted by a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and 8 STILT SANDPIPERS. Plus BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, WILSON'S SNIPE, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Also at the marsh, which is viewed from the Lewiston Road overlook between Griswold and Meadville Roads, 72 GREAT EGRETS flying to roost, 5 BL.- CR. NIGHT-HERONS, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, MERLIN, MARSH WREN, WOOD THRUSH and GRAY CATBIRD. On September 5, additions to the marsh were two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS and a DOWITCHER SPECIES; the RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was last reported on the 4th. Nearby at the marshes at Griswold and Lewiston Roads, four shorebird species and COMMON NIGHTHAWK. Shorebirds continue at the landfill wetlands on Porter Center Road in Niagara County - ten species on September 2 highlighted by STILT SANDPIPER and DOWITCHER SPECIES. Also this week - at Bond Lake Park in Lewiston, YELLOW- BILLED CUCKOO and BLACKPOLL WARBLER. And at the Penn Dixie site in Hamburg, WILD TURKEY with numerous young. The first BOS meeting of the season will be on Wednesday, September 14, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. The program will include a presentation on a new BOS sponsored publication, and member's summer birding highlights. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, September 15. 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 (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
