- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/16/2012
* NYBU1202.16
- Birds mentioned
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CALIFORNIA GULL
HARLEQUIN DUCK
KING EIDER
SNOWY OWL
EASTERN TOWHEE
RED-W. BLACKBIRD
Great Blue Heron
Tundra Swan
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Little Gull
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Short-eared Owl
Hairy Woodpecker
Horned Lark
Brown Creeper
Northern Shrike
Eastern Bluebird
Amer. Tree Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 02/16/2012
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, February 16, 2012
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.
Highlights of reports received February 9 through February 16 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include CALIFORNIA GULL, HARLEQUIN DUCK,
KING EIDER, SNOWY OWL, EASTERN TOWHEE and RED-W. BLACKBIRD.
February 13, an adult CALIFORNIA GULL on the lower Niagara River, on
the rocks directly below Devil's Hole State Park in Lewiston. Further
downriver at the power plants, reports of 25 to 40 ICELAND GULLS on
the 12th and 13th.
At Niagara Falls, off Goat Island, two female HARLEQUIN DUCKS on a
small island above the Canadian Falls, and 7 L. BLACK-B. GULLS.
February 10, a male KING EIDER still on the Welland Canal at Port
Weller, Ontario.
Also the 10th, SNOWY OWL continues in a farm yard on Marshall Road
in the Orleans County Town of Yates. February 9, three each of
SHORT-EARED OWL and NORTHERN HARRIER on Molasses Hill Road on the
Alexander-Bethany Townline in Genesee County.
February 11, a rare in winter EASTERN TOWHEE with AMER. TREE
SPARROWS and DARK-EYED JUNCOS on Francis Road in Bethany.
Five RED-W. BLACKBIRDS, actual spring migrants, arrived February 15
at Fletcher and Two Mile Creek Roads in Tonawanda. February 8, 8
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS on Pleasantview
Drive in Lancaster.
Other recent reports - on the upper Niagara River, 32 GREAT BLUE
HERONS on Strawberry Island and a LITTLE GULL plus over 200 TUNDRA
SWANS at Motor Island. Falcons in Buffalo - MERLIN on Shirley Avenue
and two PEREGRINE FALCON near the nest box on the Winspear Avenue
chimney on the UB Main Street Campus. TURKEY VULTURE, NORTHERN SHRIKE
and HORNED LARKS in Bethany, and another NORTHERN SHRIKE and a flock
of 48 DARK-EYED JUNCOS at Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area in Wyoming
County. HAIRY WOODPECKER, uncommon in the city, on Woodbridge Avenue
in Buffalo. And BROWN CREEPERS in the Chautauqua County Town of Clymer
and at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, with AMER. TREE
SPARROWS and WHITE-
THR. SPARROW.
The Bird Report will not be updated until Thursday evening, March 1.
Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report
sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting.
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