- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/11/2019 * NYBU1904.11 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to [email protected] -------------------------------------------
SWAINSON'S HAWK OREGON JUNCO Hooded Merganser Bald Eagle Wilson's Snipe Yellow-b. Sapsucker Eastern Phoebe Purple Martin Brown Creeper Golden-cr. Kinglet Ruby-cr. Kinglet Northern Mockingbird Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Brown-headed Cowbird Purple Finch Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/11/2019 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, April 11, 2019 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 March 28 through April 11 from the Niagara Frontier Region. The Hamburg Hawkwatch recorded a first for the site - a SWAINSON'S HAWK, around noon on April 8. An exceptionally rare species for the region, the SWAINSON'S HAWK was among a small flock of TURKEY VULTURES. Broad-winged Hawks have not yet been reported at this location. The watch is conducted daily at Lakeside Cemetery, off Camp Road in Hamburg. Visitors are always welcome. Doubly rare - not just one, but two OREGON JUNCOS in one yard, on April 9 in the Niagara County Town of Wilson. Other reports from the Lake Ontario Plains of Niagara County - WILSON'S SNIPE, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, BROWN CREEPER, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, EASTERN TOWHEE, CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, PURPLE FINCH and PINE SISKIN. A similar species list from Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo included HOODED MERGANSER, and 7 EASTERN PHOEBES. FOX SPARROWS have also been reported in a Hamburg yard and at Beaver Island State Park. Another sign of spring - PURPLE MARTINS and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS at several locations. Good viewing for BALD EAGLES - a nest with young in the Iroquois Refuge at Ring-necked Marsh. And, a pair of adult BALD EAGLES have been regulars at the mouth of Johnson Creek at Lake Ontario, feeding on salmon carcasses. 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 [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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
