- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/04/2010
* NYBU1011.04
- Birds mentioned
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[Update - BOS Meeting, Wednesday, Nov 10, 7 PM
at the Buffalo Museum of Science. One of the
Society's favorite presenters, Jean Iron of the
Ontario Field Ornithologists, will discuss the
Birds of James Bay, Ontario. Visitors are always
welcome at BOS meetings.]
CALIFORNIA GULL
THAYER'S GULL
PINE SISKIN
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Egret
Tundra Swan
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Gadwall
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Dunlin
Parasitic Jaeger
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Great Horned Owl
Pileated Woodpecker
Snow Bunting
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 11/04/2010
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org
Thursday, November 4, 2010
The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum
of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave
a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4)
for instructions on how to report sightings. To contact the Science
Museum, call 896-5200.
Highlights of reports received October 28 through November 4 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include CALIFORNIA GULL, THAYER'S GULL and
PINE SISKINS.
Two CALIFORNIA GULLS this week above Niagara Falls. An adult and a
third-winter CALIFORNIA GULL on different days, off the Three Sisters
Islands, on Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New York. THAYER'S GULL and
4 L. BLACK-B. GULLS also at this location. LITTLE GULL and a
RED-NECKED GREBE on the lower Niagara River at the Whirlpool. And,
numbers of BONAPARTE'S GULLS the length of the river.
October 30, PINE SISKINS arrived at feeders in both East Aurora and
Grand Island.
The BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains on October reported 15
duck species, including SURF SCOTER, WHITE-
WINGED SCOTER and BLACK SCOTER, with TUNDRA SWAN, NORTHERN PINTAIL,
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, CANVASBACK and REDHEAD. Also RED-THROATED LOON,
COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE and RED-NECKED GREBE, plus DUNLIN and SNOW
BUNTING migrating over the lake. And in the plains fields, first
report of three ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS.
Also reported on Lake Ontario this week, 1 or 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS,
November 1, off Dietz Road in the Town of Porter.
Other reports this week - From Buffalo, at LaSalle Park, 50
GADWALLS, 30 BUFFLEHEADS and 15 AMERICAN COOTS plus SCAUP and
RING-NECKED DUCK, and a PEREGRINE FALCON at the electric towers by the
Bird Island Pier. In the Tillman Wildlife Management Area in Clarence,
2 GREAT EGRETS, PILEATED WOODPECKER and a two GREAT HORNED OWLS
chasing and calling after sunset.
And for anyone interested in the activities and counts of the BOS,
there will be a BOS meeting this Wednesday, November 10, at 7 PM at
the Buffalo Museum of Science. One of the Society's favorite
presenters, Jean Iron of the Ontario Field Ornithologists, will
discuss the Birds of James Bay, Ontario. Visitors are always welcome
at BOS meetings. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening,
November 11. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may
report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting.
- End Transcript
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