- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/16/2017 * NYBU1703.16 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
RING-BILLED GULL X BLACK-HEADED GULL SANDHILL CRANE Horned Lark Red-br. Nuthatch Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/16/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 16, 2017 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 9 through March 16 from the Niagara Frontier Region. March 9 and 10, a distinctive, hybrid gull at Goat Island, in Niagara Falls, New York. Possibly a RING-BILLED GULL X BLACK-HEADED GULL, the bird's plummage includes a full black hood, plus a red bill with a black ring. The gull was roosting in the southern parking lot, and on the rocks off the Three Sisters Islands. During the past two weeks in Genesee County, 14 SANDHILL CRANES have endured 60 mph winds and a massive snow storm, at Route 98 and Peaviner Road in the Town of Alexander. From Houghton, in Allegany County, FOX SPARROW at a feeder with three PINE SISKINS and a RED- BR. NUTHATCH. Also this week, SONG SPARROWS at several feeders, and a HORNED LARK by the Buffalo Airport in Cheektowaga. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 23. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
