[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 17 Apr 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/17/2014 * NYBU1404.17 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BREWER'S BLACKBIRD SANDERLING HOODED WARBLER NORTHERN SHRIKE Common Loon American Bittern Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Green Heron Redhead Ring-necked Duck Long-tailed Duck White-winged Scoter Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle Merlin Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail Sandhill Crane Greater Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Yellow-b. Sapsucker Eastern Kingbird Purple Martin N. Rough-w. Swallow Barn Swallow Common Raven Winter Wren Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Pine Warbler Eastern Towhee Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Lapland Longspur Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/17/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, April 17, 2014 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. Just the highlights of the many reports received April 10 through April 17 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Two record early arrivals - April 14, a SANDERLING at the Wilson Pier on Lake Ontario, one month ahead of the region's earliest record. And in Buffalo, April 16, a HOODED WARBLER at Tifft Nature Preserve, near the north blind, a week earlier than previous records. Almost at the latest date record, a NORTHERN SHRIKE, April 14, singing at Buckhorn Island State Park on Grand Island. The BOS April Count, conducted on the 13th, looks to have been a productive day for species and numbers. Reports were highlighted by a rare BREWER'S BLACKBIRD in the Niagara County Town of Porter, in a pasture on Balmer Road, east of Porter Center Road. Also on the count - GOLDEN EAGLE over Lakeside Cemetery in Hamburg. NORTHERN GOSHAWK reported over North Boston. In the Iroquois Refuge and Areas - COMMON RAVEN on Podunk Road in Shelby, two separate SANDHILL CRANES, 330 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 91 REDHEADS, 4 VIRGINIA RAILS and 2 EASTERN KINGBIRDS. In Genesee County, a pair of breeding plumage LAPLAND LONGSPURS. Two PINE WARBLERS at Amherst State Park. And, 12 FOX SPARROWS at Forest Lawn in Buffalo. High counts in the Iroquois Refuge this week - a record 268 GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Kumpf Marsh, 800 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS on Feeder Road and 158 HORNED GREBES with 6 RED-NECKED GREBES, 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and 4 LONG-TAILED DUCKS at Cayuga Pool. Other reports - PECTORAL SANDPIPERS at several locations and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER plus 500 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. GREEN HERONS at the Berry Road marsh in Pomfret and at Tifft Nature Preserve. In Buffalo, a pair of MERLINS at last year's nest site in the Parkside neighborhood, and 2 VESPER SPARROWS at Forest Lawn. Other arriving species and migrant reports - COMMON LOON, AMERICAN BITTERN, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, CASPIAN TERN, COMMON TERN, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, PEREGRINE FALCON, PURPLE MARTIN, N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, WINTER WREN, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., EASTERN TOWHEE, FIELD SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW and EASTERN MEADOWLARK. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 24. 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 - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 May 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/01/2014 * NYBU1405.01 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- [Sunday, May 1, BOS field trip, with great potential, to Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. Meet at 7:30 AM in the Tifft Nature Preserve parking lot off Fuhrmann Blvd. This will be a half-day hike through the preserve, and visitors are always welcome on BOS trips.] YELLOW-THR. WARBLER CLAY-COL. SPARROW WILLET Horned Grebe Black Vulture Broad-winged Hawk Merlin Black-bellied Plover Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Barred Owl Pileated Woodpecker Common Raven Ruby-cr. Kinglet Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush Cedar Waxwing Blue-headed Vireo Nashville Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler Northern Waterthrush Rose-br. Grosbeak - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/01/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 1, 2014 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 April 26 through May 1 from the Niagara Frontier Region include YELLOW-THR. WARBLER, CLAY-COL. SPARROW and the inrush of spring migrants. April 26, a YELLOW-THR. WARBLER, the second reported this season, at Amherst State Park. Last found in the spruce grove north of the tennis club. Also at Amherst State Park this week - BLUE-HEADED VIREO, HERMIT THRUSH, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, BL. AND W. WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER and BL.-THR. GREEN WARB. Tifft Nature Preserve and other locations added NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH to the list. April 29, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK at a feeder in the Genesee County Town of Bethany. And it appears RUBY-CR. KINGLETS were the most abundant migrant this week. South of Buffalo, May 1, a rare migrant CLAY-COL. SPARROW under the feeders at the Wild Birds Unlimited store on McKinnley Parkway in Blasdell. The WESTERN GREBE on Lake Ontario off Barker Park in Somerset in last week, may have been the same WESTERN GREBE reported April 25, among 100 HORNED GREBES off Johnson Creek in Carlton. April 30, early shorebird migrants highlighted by a rare WILLET, with 6 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, in the Niagara County Town of Wilson, on Hulbert Road north of Youngstown-Wilson Road. From Chautauqua County, April 25 - the hawkwatch at Ripley reported a BLACK VULTURE and over 1500 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. At Dunkirk Harbor, over 2500 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 ICELAND GULLS, 3 L. BLACK-B. GULLS and 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS, plus a dozen HORNED GREBES and numbers of CASPIAN TERNS and COMMON TERNS. Other reports this week - BARRED OWL and COMMON RAVEN calling in the Cattaraugus County Town of Hinsdale. MERLIN near a previous nest site in the Southern Tier City of Olean. Other MERLINS at Tifft Nature Preserve and Amherst State Park. 36 CEDAR WAXWINGS at a feeder in the Village of Springville. And a pair of PILEATED WOODPECKERS, possibly nesting, at Lakeside Beach State Park in Carlton. There will be a BOS field trip, with great potential, to Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, on Sunday, May 4. Meet at 7:30 AM in the Tifft Nature Preserve parking lot off Fuhrmann Blvd. This will be a half-day hike through the preserve, and visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 8. 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 - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 08 May 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/08/2014 * NYBU1405.08 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- YELLOW PALM WARBLER RED-NECKED PHALAROPE ROSS'S GOOSE CLAY-COL. SPARROW EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL Red-shouldered Hawk Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Black Tern Chimney Swift Ruby-t. Hummingbird Yellow-b. Sapsucker Least Flycatcher Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow House Wren Winter Wren Ruby-cr. Kinglet Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Veery Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-thr. Vireo Warbling Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Orange-cr. Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Blackburnian Warbler Yellow-thr. Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush La. Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Scarlet Tanager Rose-br. Grosbeak Vesper Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Bobolink Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/08/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 8, 2014 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. As migration peaks in the Niagara Frontier Region, highlights include warblers, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, ROSS'S GOOSE, CLAY-COL. SPARROW and EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL. Warbler migration stepped up on May 7, with reports of multiple species and high numbers at favored locations including the Lake Ontario shore, Tifft Nature Preserve and Forest Lawn in Buffalo, Amherst State Park, Beaver Island State Park, and Birdsong Park in Orchard Park. At least 23 warbler species were highlighted by two reports of the rare sub-species of PALM WARBLER - the EASTERN or YELLOW PALM WARBLER - one photographed May 4 in the Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan and a second reported May 6 in West Falls, in the Town of Aurora. YELLOW-THR. WARBLER continued at Amherst State Park in the spruce grove north of the tennis club. At Forest Lawn in Buffalo, another YELLOW- THR. WARBLER with a CLAY-COL. SPARROW, at Mirror Lake. LA. WATERTHRUSH, plus a pair of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, at Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park. And May 8, PRAIRIE WARBLER and SCARLET TANAGER at Forest Lawn. A rare in spring, and early, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, May 3 in the Genesee County Town of Elba, in the flooded fields north of Mucklands Road. Other shorebirds this week - BLACK- BELLIED PLOVER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and DUNLIN. May 1, a ROSS'S GOOSE at the Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road north of Route 18. In Niagara County, May 3, both EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL and ORCHARD ORIOLE in a Town of Wilson yard. Multiple yard and feeder reports this week of RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRDS, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS, BALTIMORE ORIOLES and WHITE-CR. SPARROWS. Other reports included CHIMNEY SWIFT, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, BANK SWALLOW, CLIFF SWALLOW, HOUSE WREN, WINTER WREN, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, VEERY, HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and PURPLE FINCH. Also this week - two SANDHILL CRANES over Shelby. Over 400 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at the Bird Island Pier. ICELAND GULL and L. BLACK-B. GULL at Fort Erie, Ontario. GLAUCOUS GULL on Lake Ontario at Johnson Creek. 15 BLACK TERNS at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge. A reported VESPER SPARROW at a feeder at Sunset Beach in Carlton. At Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora, BOBOLINK and EASTERN MEADOWLARK. And, 50 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at Swallow Hollow Trail in the Iroquois Refuge. The May BOS meeting will be on Wednesday, May 14, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. A summary of the October and Christmas Counts will be presented. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 15. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 15 May 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/15/2014 * NYBU1405.15 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- LARK BUNTING HARRIS'S SPARROW WORM-EATING WARBLER SNOWY OWL CATTLE EGRET PURPLE SANDPIPER Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe Black Scoter Surf Scoter Northern Goshawk Broad-winged Hawk Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Short-b. Dowitcher Common Nighthawk Red-headed Wdpkr. Yellow-b. Sapsucker Olive-s. Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Cliff Swallow Veery Swainson's Thrush American Pipit Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-thr. Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Golden-wing. Warbler Orange-cr. Warbler Prairie Warbler Cerulean Warbler Scarlet Tanager Rose-br. Grosbeak Indigo Bunting White-crowned Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Bobolink Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/15/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 15, 2014 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 May 8 through May 15 from the Niagara Frontier Region include LARK BUNTING, HARRIS'S SPARROW, WORM-EATING WARBLER, SNOWY OWL, CATTLE EGRET and PURPLE SANDPIPER. May 14, a well described and extremely rare, male LARK BUNTING at a feeder in Angola, in the Erie County Town of Evans. At Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, May 10, a very rare HARRIS'S SPARROW on the Service Road. The highlight of 30 warbler species reported this week - a WORM-EATING WARBLER on May 12 at Amherst State Park. Other warbler highlights - GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER in a yard on Lake Ontario in Wilson. ORANGE-CR. WARBLERS at several locations. PRAIRIE WARBLER at Forest Lawn in Buffalo. Multiple CERULEAN WARBLERS at breeding locations in the Iroquois Refuge - along Feeder Road near Mohawk Pool and the Onondaga Trail. Also on the trail - ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER. Along with the warblers this week, multiple reports of OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, SCARLET TANAGER, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK, INDIGO BUNTING and PURPLE FINCH. One of the region's very few May records of SNOWY OWL, on the 9th, in Niagara County on Lockport Road near Aiken Road. Also May 9, a lingering PURPLE SANDPIPER at Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New York. May 11, a CATTLE EGRET flying west along the Lake Ontario in Wilson. May 10 in southern Erie County, 6 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS with SOLITARY SANDPIPERS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS on Route 16 north of Genesee Road in Sardinia. In the Lake Ontario Plains, on Niagara-Orleans Countyline south of Route 18, 115 LEAST SANDPIPERS with SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER and SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Arrival of SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER was noted May 13 in the Town of Wilson. Good shorebird habitat at Mohawk Pool in Iroquois Refuge attracted 6 shorebird species this week. Also, AMERICAN PIPITS in the fields with the shorebirds Widespread reports of RED-HEADED WDPKRS. - pairs at Tifft Nature Preserve and in a woodlot on the Lake Erie shore, north of Dunkirk. Single RED-HEADED WDPKRS. along Lake Ontario in Wilson and at a feeder at Sunset Beach. Other reports this week - on Lake Ontario off Wilson, two each of HORNED GREBE and RED-THROATED LOON, 23 SURF SCOTERS and a BLACK SCOTER. NORTHERN GOSHAWK and BROAD-WINGED HAWKS nesting at Golden Hill State Forest in Cattaraugus County. CLIFF SWALLOWS in North Tonawanda. Two reports of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS. BOBOLINKS on the Lake Ontario shore and the fields of Genesee County. Two ORCHARD ORIOLES among 10 BALTIMORE ORIOLES on Silver Road in Bethany. And, a PINE SISKIN in a Wilson yard. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 22. 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 - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 22 May 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/22/2014 * NYBU1405.22 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- SUMMER TANAGER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER LAWRENCE'S WARBLER YELLOW-BR. CHAT WILSON'S PHALAROPE PURPLE SANDPIPER BLACK VULTURE Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe American Bittern Least Bittern Great Egret Long-tailed Duck White-winged Scoter Virginia Rail Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Short-b. Dowitcher Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Whip-poor-will Red-headed Wdpkr. Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-b. Flycatcher Cliff Swallow Common Raven Eastern Bluebird Gray-cheeked Thrush American Pipit Prairie Warbler Clay-col. Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Orchard Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/22/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 22, 2014 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 May 15 through May 22 from the Niagara Frontier Region include SUMMER TANAGER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, LAWRENCE'S WARBLER, YELLOW-BR. CHAT, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, PURPLE SANDPIPER and BLACK VULTURE. A late report from May 8 and 9 - a first year male SUMMER TANAGER, photographed in a yard in the Erie County Town of Elma. Highlights of continuing warbler migration - a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at the Berry Road marsh, outside Fredonia in Chautauqua County. In Cattaraugus County, the rare hybrid LAWRENCE'S WARBLER in a yard on Beech Tree Road near Bigelow Road in Ashford. An unexpected PRAIRIE WARBLER in Niagara County at Fort Niagara State Park. And, two reports of the elusive YELLOW-BR. CHAT - one on the brushy trails at Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park by Lake Ontario, the other a brief appearance in a yard in Angola in Erie County. Shorebird highlights this week - a WILSON'S PHALAROPE with 6 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS and AMERICAN BITTERN in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, at Paddy #2, along Ditch Road at Griswold Street. PURPLE SANDPIPER still lingering at Goat Island above Niagara Falls, with ICELAND GULL and an albino HERRING GULL. In Niagara County, on Youngstown-Wilson Road near Fitch Road - numbers of BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, DUNLIN and a VIRGINIA RAIL. And at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES. A rare May record on the 18th - four BLACK VULTURES on Hulbert Road in the Niagara County Town of Wilson. On the BOS May 18 Count, the northeast corner of Niagara County reported at least 137 species, highlighted by 2 EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS, on private property along the Niagara-Orleans Countyline. Plus, 41 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, 22 warbler species, CLAY-COL. SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, 6 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, ORCHARD ORIOLE and on Lake Ontario - 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 670 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 83 COMMON LOONS, 41 RED-THROATED LOONS and 6 HORNED GREBES. One of the region's later migrants - YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER, May 17 at Beaver Island State Park. Other reports this week - LEAST BITTERNS on either side of Knowlesville Road, at Swallow Hollow Trail and the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area. 80 GREAT EGRETS with 49 nests at the Motor Island heronry on the upper Niagara River. GLAUCOUS GULL at the Wilson Pier on Lake Ontario. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO at Amherst State Park. RED-HEADED WDPKRS. - in a Wilson yard and in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area along Shelby Road. Nesting HAIRY WOODPECKERS in an East Amherst yard. COMMON RAVEN at the River Road power plant in Tonawanda. Nest building CLIFF SWALLOW in the Southern Tier at Golden Hill State Forest. Six AMERICAN PIPITS on Hulbert Road in Wilson. And, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW at Buckhorn Island State Park on Grand Island. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 29. 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 - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 22 May 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/29/2014 * NYBU1405.29 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- TRICOLORED HERON Greater Scaup Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Whimbrel Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Short-b. Dowitcher Iceland Gull Yellow-b. Flycatcher Gray-cheeked Thrush Brown Thrasher Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Cerulean Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler Mourning Warbler Wilson's Warbler Grasshopper Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Bobolink Orchard Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/29/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 29, 2014 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 May 22 through May 29 from the Niagara Frontier Region include TRICOLORED HERON, shorebirds and warblers. May 24 and 25, a very rare TRICOLORED HERON at the mouth of 12 Mile Creek, at Lake Ontario in the Town of Wilson. The heron was in the boat ramp area off Riverview Drive on the west side of the creek. Shorebird migration this week was highlighted by a WHIMBREL on the Lake Erie shore at Pinecrest Point in Port Colbourne, Ontario. Other shorebirds on the Lake Erie beaches in Ontario - abundant DUNLIN, with BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER and SHORT-B. DOWITCHER. In Niagara County, shorebirds in the fields on Youngstown- Wilson Road west of Hulbert Road included a WHITE-R. SANDPIPER with BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, DUNLIN and SHORT-B. DOWITCHER. Warbler migration was still strong on May 22. At least 17 species at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo included late migrating CERULEAN WARBLER and BL. AND W. WARBLER, plus YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER and BLUE-HEADED VIREO. Also on the 22nd, 20 warbler species on a property in Wilson included MOURNING WARBLER, plus PHILADELPHIA VIREO, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and LINCOLN'S SPARROW. Other recent reports - GREATER SCAUP at Tifft Nature Preserve. In Fort Erie, Ontario, two ICELAND GULLS lingering at Stonemill Road, SANDHILL CRANE over Erie Beach and a pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES returned to the parking lot across from Old Fort Erie. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW at the Dunkirk Airport in the Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan. And from Keller Road in the Town of Boston, 3 BROWN THRASHERS, 2 WILSON'S WARBLERS and 6 BOBOLINKS. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 5. 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 - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 05 Jun 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/05/2014 * NYBU1406.05 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- [The final BOS meeting of the season will be on Wednesday, June 11, at 6 PM at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. Bring your dinner for a brief meeting and hike through the preserve] KIRKLAND'S WARBLER (out of region) WHITE-WINGED SCOTER Green Heron Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Osprey Bald Eagle Sharp-sh. Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Peregrine Falcon Sandhill Crane Black Tern Yellow-billed Cuckoo Red-headed Wdpkr. Olive-s. Flycatcher Yellow-b. Flycatcher Cliff Swallow Veery Wood Thrush White-eyed Vireo Chestnut-s. Warbler Magnolia Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Wilson's Warbler Scarlet Tanager - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/05/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, June 5, 2014 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. The highlight of reports received May 29 through June 5 was from just east of the Niagara Frontier Region - a KIRKLAND'S WARBLER at Hamlin Beach State Park on Lake Ontario near Rochester. Found on June 1, the KIRKLAND'S WARBLER is one of the rarest warblers in North America, with a breeding range limited to the State of Michigan; a migrant in New York State is an exceptional find. Highlights back in the region - June 3, an unexpected, female WHITE-WINGED SCOTER at the Batavia Waste Water Plant on pond S1. Near the end of migration, a WILSON'S WARBLER at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo on June 2. Other reports at Tifft this week - RED-HEADED WDPKR., YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, and a nesting pair of OSPREYS. At the Buffalo outer harbor, across from Tifft Nature Preserve, a PEREGRINE FALCON and 23 active CLIFF SWALLOW nests on the Gallagher Beach grain elevator. In the Iroquois Refuge, at Kumpf Marsh, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 2 SANDHILL CRANES, 2 BLACK TERNS, VEERY and SCARLET TANAGER. Along the Onondaga Trail off Sour Springs Road - 4 CERULEAN WARBLERS and WOOD THRUSH. And, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS at both locations. BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS on the Niagara River - four at the Black Rock Canal at Ferry Street in Buffalo, and a single BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON with 2 GREEN HERONS on the West River off Grand Island. During the Allegany State Park Nature Pilgrimage on June 1, 2 migrant OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHERS and at the Camp Allegany site, a WHITE-EYED VIREO. Also this week - BALD EAGLE over Wherle Drive in Amherst. In Cheektowaga, SHARP-SH. HAWK mobbed by sparrows and an unexpected, reported GRASSHOPPER SPARROW on a Cheektowaga property. The final BOS meeting of the season will be on Wednesday, June 11, at 6 PM at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. Bring your dinner for a brief meeting and hike through the preserve. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 12. 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 - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 12 Jun 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/12/2014 * NYBU1406.12 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- D.-crest. Cormorant Great Egret Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Blue-winged Teal Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Osprey Wild Turkey Semipalmated Plover Ruddy Turnstone Dunlin Great Black-b. Gull Caspian Tern Acadian Flycatcher Purple Martin Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Common Raven Yellow-thr. Warbler - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/12/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, June 12, 2014 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. Breeding birds were the highlight of reports received June 5 through June 12 from the Niagara Frontier Region. On the Buffalo waterfront, 17 immature GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS on the outer harbor breakwall; a species not documented in Buffalo on the 2005 Breeding Bird Survey. Also an unexpected pair of LESSER SCAUP along the breakwall. D.-CREST. CORMORANTS continue as breeders on the Niagara River. 279 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS with 79 nests on the Reef Lighthouse above the Peace Bridge, and 625 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS above Niagara Falls, with 36 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS and 24 adult and 5 nestling GREAT EGRETS. CLIFF SWALLOWS nesting on the Peace Bridge - 79 nests but only 20 adult CLIFF SWALLOWS. On the Black Rock Canal, CLIFF SWALLOWS were noted as the most common swallow species this week. In the Iroquois Refuge, PURPLE MARTIN nest box monitors report 101 hatchlings, and 93 nests holding 468 eggs. At Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg, 50 BANK SWALLOWS with 400 nest burrows in the banks of the north creek. OSPREY were reported nesting on private property on the Lake Ontario shore in Orleans County. Allegany State Park is known for numerous breeding warbler species. Despite inclement weather, 14 species in the park on June 8, highlighted by the rare, local breeding YELLOW- THR. WARBLER on Allegany State Park Road One. Also in the park, COMMON RAVEN and ACADIAN FLYCATCHER. June 10, at Rock Point Provincial Park on the Lake Erie shore in Ontario, a rare in June COMMON GOLDENEYE, plus SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, and DUNLIN. Also 1100 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, COMMON MERGANSER, CASPIAN TERN and 2 WILD TURKEYS. At the nearby Mosaic Ponds, an uncommon in summer BLUE-WINGED TEAL. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 19. 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 - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 02 Jul 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 07/02/2014 * NYBU1407.02 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- Common Loon Cattle Egret Black Vulture Peregrine Falcon Upland Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Yellow-billed Cuckoo Acadian Flycatcher Cerulean Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Hooded Warbler Rose-br. Grosbeak Grasshopper Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 07/02/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Wednesday, July 2, 2014 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 the past two weeks, June 19 through July 2, from the Niagara Frontier Region. By the lower Niagara River, BLACK VULTURES were sighted during June over Artpark in Lewiston. June 30, on the Lake Erie shore in Ontario, a CATTLE EGRET near Rock Point Provincial Park in Dunnville, two miles east of the park at Highway 3 and Niece Road. Also, the first note of southbound shorebirds - a LEAST SANDPIPER at Grabel Point in Wainfleet, Ontario. UPLAND SANDPIPERS and 6 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS in the grasslands at the Tillman Wildlife Management Area in Clarence. To reach the grasslands, hike the Shisler Road path south from Tillman Road, past the pond and woods. Scarce ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS on Dublin Road in the Wyoming County Town of Middlebury, and ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, CERULEAN WARBLER and HOODED WARBLER along the Onondaga Trail, off Sour Springs Road in the Iroquois Refuge. June 23, an unexpected, breeding plumage adult COMMON LOON briefly at the Batavia Waste Water Plant. In the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER feeding young on the north side of the Feeder Canal, 250 yards west of Meadville Road. Other reports - In Buffalo - four PEREGRINE FALCONS on the LaSalle Avenue radio tower near the UB nest site, YELLOW- BILLED CUCKOO at Red Jacket Park on Smith Street at the Buffalo River, and a surprising ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK on Woodbridge Avenue in the Parkside district. And, a reported TRUMPETER SWAN over Amor Duells Road at Route 219 in Orchard Park. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, July 10. 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 - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 10 Jul 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 07/10/2014 * NYBU1407.10 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD [June 15] AMERICAN AVOCET CANVASBACK CLAY-COL. SPARROW Common Loon D.-crest. Cormorant Great Egret Common Merganser Osprey Bald Eagle Caspian Tern Common Tern Barred Owl Acadian Flycatcher Cliff Swallow Common Raven Red-br. Nuthatch Brown Creeper Veery Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Magnolia Warbler Pine Warbler Ovenbird Mourning Warbler Hooded Warbler Indigo Bunting Clay-col. Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Bobolink Orchard Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 07/10/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, July 10, 2014 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 July 2 through July 10 from the Niagara Frontier Region include AMERICAN AVOCET, CANVASBACK, CLAY-COL. SPARROW and a late report of YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD. Back on June 15, a YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD was photographed at a feeder in Derby, south of Hamburg. On the Lake Erie shore, July 8, five AMERICAN AVOCETS on Wright Beach at Dunkirk Harbor. AMERICAN AVOCETS have become rare but regular summer visitors to the Lake Erie shore in recent years. In Buffalo, July 7, adult male CANVASBACK, rare in July, at the Small Boat Harbor on Fuhrmann Blvd. Also in Buffalo, off the Erie Basin Marina, 800 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS and 500 COMMON TERNS. On the upper Niagara River, 60 GREAT EGRET nestlings at Motor Island. July 3 on the Lake Ontario shore at Olcott, COMMON LOON and 12 CASPIAN TERNS. In the pines at Krull Park in Olcott, 4 PINE WARBLERS and a RED-BR. NUTHATCH. And in the field to the east of Krull Park, CLAY-COL. SPARROW, 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES and 18 BOBOLINKS. During the past week at Allegany State Park, a camper reported 86 species including 17 warbler species, plus COMMON MERGANSER with 8 young, 4 OSPREY nests, BALD EAGLE, BARRED OWL, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, COMMON RAVEN, RED-BR. NUTHATCH and BROWN CREEPER. At Genesee County Park this week, MOURNING WARBLER at four locations, plus multiple WARBLING VIREO and RED-EYED VIREOS, BROWN CREEPER, VEERY, OVENBIRD, HOODED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and ORCHARD ORIOLE. Also this week - 6 CLIFF SWALLOWS nesting at the Somerset Water Treatment Plant. Another 6 CLIFF SWALLOWS at the Harris Road bridge in Carlton. And an INDIGO BUNTING at a feeder in Cheektowaga. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, July 17. 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 - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 18 Jul 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 07/18/2014 * NYBU1407.18 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- WHITE-WINGED SCOTER FORSTER'S TERN SANDHILL CRANE Black Vulture Ruddy Turnstone Least Sandpiper Short-b. Dowitcher L. Black-b. Gull Cliff Swallow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 07/18/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Friday, July 18, 2014 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 July 10 through July 18 from the Niagara Frontier Region include WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, FORSTER'S TERN and SANDHILL CRANES. In the Niagara Falls gorge, July 12, three WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, two adults and one immature, near the Maid of the Mist landing. Only four previous July records of WHITE-WINGED SCOTER in the BOS archives. Another rare species in July, a FORSTER'S TERN at the Batavia Waste Water Plant on the 13th. This species has now occurred at the plant in July the for three years. SANDHILL CRANES continue recent breeding in the region - July 14, two adults with two young on Casey Road near the Iroquois Refuge headquarters. July 12, two L. BLACK-B. GULLS at the Lewiston power reservoir. One first summer and the other third summer plumage. Also this week - BLACK VULTURES residing year round in the Village of Lewiston. Four BLACK VULTURES roosted at Mohawk and North Second Street. Shorebird on the north shore of Lake Erie in Ontario - 9 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS at the Mosaic Ponds north of Rock Point Park and on the lake shore, small numbers of LEAST SANDPIPERS and RUDDY TURNSTONES. And, on Tonawanda Island in North Tonawanda, 195 CLIFF SWALLOWS. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, July 24. 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 - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 24 Jul 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 07/24/2014 * NYBU1407.24 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- RED-NECKED PHALAROPE STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-B. DOWITCHER Great Egret Redhead Ring-necked Duck Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Wilson's Snipe Yellow-billed Cuckoo Least Flycatcher Cedar Waxwing Red-eyed Vireo Tennessee Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. American Redstart Indigo Bunting Eastern Towhee Orchard Oriole Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 07/24/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, July 24, 2014 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 July 18 through July 24 from the Niagara Frontier Region. At Ruddy Marsh in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, 14 shorebird species on July 20 highlighted by a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE plus 19 STILT SANDPIPERS and 55 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS. Also, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 6 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 350 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, DUNLIN and 4 WILSON'S SNIPE. Ruddy Marsh appears to have attracted and retained the migrant shorebirds - a similar list was reported on the 22nd. July 21 in the northeast Cattaraugus County Town of Yorkshire, first report of migrant TENNESSEE WARBLER, at the Hiliker Road tree farm across from a pond. Also at this spot - BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., AMERICAN REDSTART, RED-EYED VIREO, CEDAR WAXWING and LEAST FLYCATCHER. Elsewhere on Hiliker Road - YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, EASTERN TOWHEE, INDIGO BUNTING and PURPLE FINCH. Other reports this week - ORCHARD ORIOLES nesting in a yard on Bethany Center Road in Genesee County. At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, 16 RUDDY DUCKS, RING-NECKED DUCK, 2 REDHEADS, 4 HOODED MERGANSERS, 26 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and 9 LEAST SANDPIPERS. In Amherst, 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS near Maple Road and Niagara Falls Blvd. At Windmill Marsh in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, 6 VIRGINIA RAILS included a female with 4 young. And an observation from Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island - a GREAT EGRET preying on a SWALLOW taken from a field of cattails. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, July 31. 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 - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 07 Aug 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/07/2014 * NYBU1408.07 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BAIRD'S SANDPIPER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHER LITTLE GULL Greater Scaup Long-tailed Duck White-winged Scoter Bald Eagle Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull L. Black-b. Gull Common Tern Red-headed Wdpkr. Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Common Raven - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 08/07/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, August 7, 2014 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 July 31 through August 7 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Migrant shorebirds featured an adult BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, August 3, in the Orleans County Town of Barre, along Route 31A between Mix and Longbridge Roads. On the north shore of Lake Erie in Ontario, 13 shorebird species this week included 18 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS among over 100 KILLDEER on Poth Road in Dunnville. Other shorebirds along the lakeshore - SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, RUDDY TURNSTONE, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Also, at Rock Point Park, a LONG-TAILED DUCK. In the Southern Tier, August 3, an early OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHER in the Cattaraugus County Town of Hinsdale. August 1, at Fort Niagara State Park, an adult LITTLE GULL with 90 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and 52 COMMON TERNS, plus CLIFF SWALLOWS. And, 2 RED-HEADED WDPKRS. at Fort Niagara this week. Rare summer waterfowl - a female GREATER SCAUP, near Lake Ontario, on 18 Mile Creek at Olcott. And, three WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS continue at Niagara Falls. Other reports this week - at the Lewison Reservoir, 3 immature COMMON RAVENS and 2 sub-adult BALD EAGLES. A second summer L. BLACK-B. GULL at the Lewiston dump. At Tonawanda Island in North Tonawanda, 18 CLIFF SWALLOWS and 90 BANK SWALLOWS. And, undoubtedly they are present, but COMMON NIGHTHAWKS have yet to be reported this summer. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, August 14. 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 - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 14 Aug 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/14/2014 * NYBU1408.14 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- WILLET Great Egret Wood Duck Green-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Ruddy Duck Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-b. Dowitcher Long-b. Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope Cliff Swallow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 08/14/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org August 14, 2014 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 continue to be the highlight of reports contributed August 7 through August 14 from the Niagara Frontier Region. August 9, a rare find on the Lake Erie shore at Hanford Bay, in the Chautauqua County Town of Hanover, a juvenile WILLET. The west Ruddy Marsh in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area has been the center of attention for shorebirding. At least 17 species were reported this week. Highlights were SANDERLING, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 28 STILT SANDPIPERS, LONG-B. DOWITCHER and WILSON'S PHALAROPE. Plus, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and SHORT-B. DOWITCHER. Also at Ruddy Marsh, 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, juvenile VIRGINIA RAIL calling, 83 GREAT EGRETS, PEREGRINE FALCON and 2 CLIFF SWALLOWS. The Ruddy Marsh dikes are accessed from a parking area on Ditch Road south of Griswold Street. August 13 in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, shorebirds at Goose or Stafford's Pond included 16 STILT SANDPIPERS. At the Batavia Waste Water Plant this week, waterfowl species have increased and included WOOD DUCK, AMERICAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK and RUDDY DUCK. Also small numbers of BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS at the plant. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, August 21. 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 - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 21 Aug 2014
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/21/2014 * NYBU1408.21 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- RED-NECKED GREBE GOLDEN EAGLE LONG-B. DOWITCHER RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Osprey Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-b. Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe Common Nighthawk - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 08/21/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, August 21, 2014 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 August 14 through August 21 from the Niagara Frontier Region include RED-NECKED GREBE, GOLDEN EAGLE and shorebirds. August 16, an unlikely RED-NECKED GREBE at Barcelona Harbor, on Lake Erie in the Chautauqua County Town of Westfield. For the month of August, there are only two recent records of RED-NECKED GREBE, both on Lake Ontario. August 14, a probable GOLDEN EAGLE over Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. 17 shorebird species this week at West Ruddy Marsh in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. Highlights were an adult LONG-B. DOWITCHER and a juvenile RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, plus 8 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 23 STILT SANDPIPERS and 22 WILSON'S SNIPE. Also in the marsh - BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and SHORT-B. DOWITCHER. Ruddy Marsh is entered from a parking area on Ditch Road, south of Griswold Street. August 20, a single, juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER on the Wright Park beach, at Dunkirk Harbor, on Lake Erie. Other reports this week - a few COMMON NIGHTHAWKS finally reported - singles over Buffalo and Tonawanda, and two over Amherst. And, an unexpected OSPREY, feeding on a fish, atop a utility pole at Sheridan and Youngs Road in Amherst. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, August 28. 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 - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 26 Jan 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/26/2017 * NYBU1701.26 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- SLATY-BACKED GULL SNOWY OWL JAEGER SPECIES COMMON GRACKLE Tundra Swan Harlequin Duck Black Scoter Surf Scoter Bald Eagle Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Pileated Woodpecker Winter Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Pine Warbler - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/26/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, January 26, 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 January 19 through January 26 from the Niagara Frontier Region. SLATY-BACKED GULL continues to be found intermittently at Niagara Falls. January 21, the gull was above the brink of the falls, viewed from the Ontario side of the rapids. At Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New York, gulls this week included THAYER'S GULL, ICELAND GULL, L. BLACK-B. GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL. Four HARLEQUIN DUCKS were reported in flight, moving upriver from the rapids. At the Three Sisters Islands, WINTER WREN and 4 GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS. In Niagara Falls, Ontario, 2 PINE WARBLERS still at Dufferine Islands Nature Area. First reports of SNOWY OWLS this winter. January 24, 3 or 4 SNOWY OWLS on the Buffalo waterfront, viewed from the Erie Basin Marina tower. The OWLS were on Donnelly's Pier, the outer breakwalls and the Bird Island Pier. Also 3 BLACK SCOTERS and 2 SURF SCOTERS on the waterfront. Another SNOWY OWL on the 24th, with BALD EAGLE and a flyby JAEGER SPECIES, at the mouth of Johnson Creek at Lake Ontario, in Orleans County. Also in Orleans County, 7 TUNDRA SWANS in a small pond at Harris and Lakeshore Roads, and 2 PILEATED WOODPECKERS at Sunset Beach. Other reports - an unexpected COMMON GRACKLE at the feeders at the Wild Bird store on McKinley Parkway in Hamburg. And, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on Paramont Parkway in Tonawanda. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, February 2. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 23 Feb 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 02/23/2017 * NYBU1702.23 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- PINE WARBLER KING EIDER AMERICAN WOODCOCK Red-throated Loon Red-necked Grebe Tundra Swan Trumpeter Swan Cackling Goose American Black Duck Northern Pintail American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Hooded Merganser Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Red-shouldered Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Killdeer L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Flicker Common Raven American Robin Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 02/23/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, February 23, 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. February highlights from the Niagara Frontier Region. Winter birds were quiet during early February. At Krull Park in Olcott, February 18, a PINE WARBLER south of the center gate, and four PINE SISKINS. On the Niagara River at Buffalo, at least one SNOWY OWL, several L. BLACK-B. GULLS, GLAUCOUS GULL, and a pair of BALD EAGLES at Strawberry Island. In the Lake Ontario Plains, several ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and NORTHERN HARRIERS. And up to three TRUMPETER SWANS and 2 CACKLING GEESE at Wilson Harbor. Early spring weather returned migrants in the past two weeks. In Chautauqua County, RED- SHOULDERED HAWK, AMERICAN WOODCOCK and KILLDEER. Widespread reports of TURKEY VULTURE, AMERICAN KESTREL, NORTHERN FLICKER, AMERICAN ROBIN, COMMON GRACKLE and RED-W. BLACKBIRD. At Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge, over 250 TUNDRA SWANS, plus AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, NORTHERN PINTAIL, AMERICAN WIGEON, RING-NECKED DUCK and HOODED MERGANSER. Also in the Iroquois Refuge, a single COMMON RAVEN at the Swallow Hollow Trail. A pair of BALD EAGLES at the Cayuga Pool nest, and four BALD EAGLES at Ring-neck Marsh. GREAT HORNED OWLS calling near Kumpf Marsh. North of the refuge in Shelby, two SHORT-EARED OWLS and a pair of EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS at a nest box. Other February reports - COMMON RAVENS nesting in Bethany in Genesee County and two COMMON RAVENS at the Cassadaga Creek Preserve in Chautauqua County. And, on Lake Ontario at Wilson, female KING EIDER, four RED-THROATED LOONS and seven RED-NECKED GREBES. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 2. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 19 Jan 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/19/2017 * NYBU1701.19 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- SLATY-BACKED GULL Red-throated Loon Snow Goose Pileated Woodpecker Northern Mockingbird Northern Shrike Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/19/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, January 19, 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 January 12 through January 19 from the Niagara Frontier Region. A SLATY-BACKED GULL continues in the region. January 12, the gull was on the Welland Canal, about 10 miles west of Niagara Falls in Ontario. On the 15th, the gull was again at Niagara Falls, at Goat Island and in the rapids above the falls. Other reports this week - RED-THROATED LOON at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. PILEATED WOODPECKER also on Grand Island at the West River Parkway. Blue phase SNOW GOOSE at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in Chautauqua County. In Genesee County, NORTHERN SHRIKE on Molasses Hill Road in Alexander. NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on Cleveland Drive in Tonawanda. And, a small flock of PINE SISKINS at a feeder in Cheektowaga. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, January 26. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 12 Jan 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/12/2017 * NYBU1701.12 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- KING EIDER FISH CROW SANDHILL CRANE TRUMPETER SWAN OREGON JUNCO Tundra Swan Gadwall Harlequin Duck Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Rough-legged Hawk Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Snowy Owl [outside region] Short-eared Owl Horned Lark Eastern Bluebird American Robin Cedar Waxwing Amer. Tree Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Snow Bunting - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/12/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, January 12, 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 January 5 through January 12 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Several highlights from the Ontario side of the BOS region. At Fort Erie, an immature, male KING EIDER, January 5 through at least the 7th, on the upper Niagara River at the Catherine Street parking area. The KING EIDER has also been viewed from Broderick Park, on Unity Island in Buffalo. Also at Catherine Street, five FISH CROWS on the 7th. In Niagara Falls, Ontario, January 5 and 6, 17 SANDHILL CRANES, one of the higher counts in the BOS archives, on Crowland Avenue, south of Ridge Road. And in Port Weller, Ontario, an adult TRUMPETER SWAN has been residing at the marina at Jones Beach. Back in New York State, an immature TRUMPETER SWAN, January 11, on Lake Ontario at the Wilson Pier, in Niagara County. Other reports from the upper Niagara River this week - one LITTLE GULL among 300 BONAPARTE'S GULLS below the Peace Bridge. Five TUNDRA SWANS at the International Railroad Bridge. And along the Bird Island Pier from Broderick Park, a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS continue, with two RUDDY DUCKS, two GADWALLS and seven HOODED MERGANSERS. January 8 in Chautauqua County, a rare OREGON JUNCO in the fields on Center Road in the Town of Sheridan, with DARK-EYED JUNCOS and AMER. TREE SPARROWS, plus SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS. At the Dunkirk Airport, two SHORT-EARED OWLS, and numbers of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, AMERICAN ROBINS, CEDAR WAXWINGS, WHITE-CR. SPARROWS and WHITE-THR. SPARROWS. Also this week - ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the Boston Road exit from Route 219. And, one of the report's frequent contributors, noted a SNOWY OWL and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, outside the region, on the grounds of the Highland Hospital on South Avenue in Rochester. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, January 19. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 23 Mar 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/23/2017 * NYBU1703.23 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- ROSS'S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE SHORT-EARED OWL EASTERN MEADOWLARK Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Tundra Swan Snow Goose Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Turkey Vulture Northern Harrier Red-shouldered Hawk Ring-billed Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-b. Gull Snowy Owl American Robin Northern Shrike - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/23/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 23, 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 16 through March 23 from the Niagara Frontier Region. March 20 in the Lake Ontario Plains, a ROSS'S GOOSE, on Route 18, just east of Niagara- Orleans Countyline Road. On the west side of the countyline road, 14 CACKLING GEESE. Abundant SNOW GEESE in the lake plains and on Lake Ontario - up to 500 on Marshall Road in Yates, and 1200 SNOW GEESE on Lake Ontario at Route 63. Also on the lake, counts of 50, 84 and 128 RED-NECKED GREBES, with HORNED GREBES and small numbers of RED-THROATED LOONS. Also in the Town of Yates, two SHORT-EARED OWLS and NORTHERN SHRIKE along Lower Lake Road. March 18 in Ontario, EASTERN MEADOWLARK with AMERICAN ROBINS on Kottmeier Road in Thorold. Other early spring reports - BLUE-WINGED TEAL at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island and flocks of NORTHERN PINTAILS on Lake Ontario. A pair of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS near the Buffalo Airport in Cheektowaga. And TURKEY VULTURES at multiple locations. Catching up from earlier in March - gulls at Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New York, included THAYER'S GULL, 5 ICELAND GULLS, 7 L. BLACK-B. GULLS, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS and 9 GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS. And, on the Buffalo waterfront, SNOWY OWL viewed from the Erie Basin Marina Tower. Other recent reports - On Hunt Road in Chautauqua County, flocks of TUNDRA SWANS and a NORTHERN HARRIER. And a flock of RING-BILLED GULLS, including various ages and plumages, frequenting a parking lot at Ashland and Portage Roads in Niagara Falls. There will be a BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains, on Saturday, March 25th. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wright's Corners, at Routes 78 and 104, north of Lockport. Bring a lunch for a full day trip, and visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 30. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 16 Mar 2017
- 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 ___ 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 20 Apr 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/20/2017 * NYBU1704.20 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- AMER. WHITE PELICAN LEAST SANDPIPER Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Sandhill Crane Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal House Wren Palm Warbler Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/20/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, April 20, 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 April 13 through April 20 from the Niagara Frontier Region. April 17, on Chautauqua Lake in the Southern Tier, three AMER. WHITE PELICANS in the south basin, off Greenhurst. Also the 17th, in the Elba mucklands, north of Batavia, an early LEAST SANDPIPER with 30 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, plus 2 SANDHILL CRANES and numbers of NORTHERN PINTAILS and GREEN-WINGED TEAL. HOUSE WRENS were reported at two locations this week. And in a Wilson yard on Lake Ontario, PALM WARBLER and a high count of 30 PURPLE FINCHES. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 27. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 09 Mar 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/09/2017 * NYBU1703.09 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- ROSS'S GOOSE GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE SANDHILL CRANE FOX SPARROW LAPLAND LONGSPUR Pied-billed Grebe Tundra Swan Cackling Goose Wood Duck Green-winged Teal American Black Duck Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Gadwall American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser American Coot Horned Lark American Robin Snow Bunting Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/09/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 9, 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 2 through March 9 from the Niagara Frontier Region. In the Iroquois Refuge, a ROSS'S GOOSE at Ring- neck Marsh, February 26 through at least March 6. The ROSS'S GOOSE was with a flock of CANADA GEESE and four CACKLING GEESE, and was also seen on nearby Center Marsh with a blue-phase SNOW GOOSE. March 2, at Kumpf Marsh, on Route 77 in the refuge, four SANDHILL CRANES among over 50 TUNDRA SWANS. Other waterfowl in the Iroquois Refuge and surrounding areas - TUNDRA SWAN, WOOD DUCK, GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, NORTHERN SHOVELER, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN- WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER, PIED-BILLED GREBE and AMERICAN COOT. Also, FOX SPARROWS at two locations in the refuge areas. March 5, two GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE at the gypsum pond, on Hutton Road in the Town of Oakfield. Further north Hutton Road, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, two SNOW BUNTINGS and numerous HORNED LARKS. Other reports - AMERICAN ROBINS, both in flocks and singing in neighborhoods. And, several reported PINE SISKINS at a feeder in Cheektowaga. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 16. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 02 Mar 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/02/2013 * NYBU1703.02 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- Snow Goose Wood Duck Northern Shoveler Ruddy Duck Red-shouldered Hawk Merlin American Coot Killdeer Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report Date: 03/02/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 2, 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 February 23 through March 2 from the Niagara Frontier Region. In the Lake Ontario Plains, February 23, 100 SNOW GEESE on Marshall Road in the Town of Yates. Other spring migrants, five WOOD DUCKS in the Town of Porter, RUDDY DUCK at Wilson Harbor on Lake Ontario, and AMERICAN COOTS and NORTHERN SHOVELERS in the Iroquois Refuge. Also, continuing reports of KILLDEER, RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES. In North Boston, a pair of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS on territory, and a MERLIN on Grand Island. There will be a BOS meeting, Wednesday, March 8, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. A program will be presented on the Birds of the Niagara River and Outer Harbor. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 9. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 03 Aug 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/03/2017 * NYBU1708.03 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- RUFF WILSON'S PHALAROPE AMERICAN AVOCET DICKCISSEL Great Egret Merlin Semipalmated Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Black Tern Red-headed Wdpkr. "Brewster's Warbler" - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 08/03/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, August 3, 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 message. Highlights of reports received the past three weeks from the Niagara Frontier Region. Shorebirds in the fields of the Lake Ontario Plains were highlighted by a female RUFF (REEVE), August 3, at Burgess and Lower Lake Roads in Somerset, and a juvenile WILSON'S PHALAROPE, on the 2nd, at Ellicott Road near Route 104 in Hartland. Other shorebirds at these locations - SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and STILT SANDPIPER. On August 6, there will be a BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains. Meet at 7 AM at the Tops Market in Wrights Corners, on Route 78 near Route 104, north of Lockport. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. July 13, on the Lake Erie shore, 14 AMERICAN AVOCETS at Bennett Beach in Angola. At Dunkirk Harbor, SANDERLINGS and RUDDY TURNSTONES at the Main Street Beach. Also along Lake Erie, a total of five RED- HEADED WDPKRS. at Wendt Beach, Bennett Beach and Evangola State Park. In Chautauqua County, DICKCISSELS have been residing in the field next to the Van Buren Road pond in Pomfret. Recent report from the Iroquois Refuge area - "BREWSTER'S WARBLER" on Shelby-Barre Townline Road, and at Cayuga Pool, 40 BLACK TERNS including many young. Other recent reports - a MERLIN in Buffalo, perched on Potomac Avenue, west of Elmwood Avenue. And in Amherst, a GREAT EGRET at the North Bailey wetland at Ridge Lea Road. The Bird Report will be updated in the coming weeks. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 13 Jul 17
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 07/13/2017 * NYBU1707.13 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- "LAWRENCE'S WARBLER" RED-HEADED WDPKR. MERLIN LEAST SANDPIPER Common Merganser Osprey Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Acadian Flycatcher Common Raven Red-br. Nuthatch Winter Wren Northern Parula Pine Warbler La. Waterthrush Chipping Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 07/13/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, July 13, 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 during the past three weeks from the Niagara Frontier Region. June 28, a rare "LAWRENCE'S WARBLER" feeding young in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, along a trail opposite the DEC fenced area on Podunk Road. In Elma, on a property on Clinton Street, a pair of RED-HEADED WDPKRS. with young, on July 11. A pair of MERLINS have been present for at least a month at Cazenovia Park in South Buffalo. During the last week of June, a camper at Allegany State Park reported an impressive 87 species for the week. Highlights were - COMMON MERGANSER with young at France Brook, five OSPREY nests, GREAT HORNED OWL, BARRED OWL, EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, COMMON RAVEN, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, WINTER WREN and 17 warbler species including LA. WATERTHRUSH, six NORTHERN PARULAS and a PINE WARBLER. Plus, a partially albino CHIPPING SPARROW. There is a quick turnaround for southbound shorebird migrants - July 12, a LEAST SANDPIPER on the beach at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. Also, two adult and two young OSPREY on the nest platform at the park lagoon. The Bird Report will be updated in the coming weeks. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 27 Apr 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/27/2017 * NYBU1704.27 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- Green Heron Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Broad-winged Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen Bonaparte's Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern House Wren Ruby-cr. Kinglet Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Yellow Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Northern Waterthrush Eastern Towhee White-thr. Sparrow Rusty Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/27/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, April 27, 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 April 20 through April 27 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Cool weather early in the week limited warbler reports to YELLOW-R. WARBLER, PINE WARBLER and PALM WARBLER at Forest Lawn and Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. With the sudden warm up in the past two days, YELLOW WARBLER and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, with WARBLING VIREO, at Tifft Nature Preserve. Other recent arrivals and migrants at Tifft Nature Preserve - GREEN HERON, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, COMMON MOORHEN, HOUSE WREN, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, EASTERN TOWHEE, WHITE-THR. SPARROW and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. April 23 at Golden Hill State Forest in Cattaraugus County, BROAD-WINGED HAWK and BLUE- HEADED VIREO. From Dunkirk Harbor on Lake Erie, FORSTER'S TERN on the 24th, among 24 CASPIAN TERNS. Smaller numbers of CASPIAN TERNS also on the Niagara River in Buffalo, at Unity Island, with over 100 COMMON TERNS and one BONAPARTE'S GULL. Also on the Niagara River, 5 BL.-CR. NIGHT- HERONS at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 4. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 11 May 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/11/2017 * NYBU1705.11 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BLACK-NECKED STILT BRANT WORM-EATING WARBLER Green Heron Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Common Tern Black Tern Chimney Swift Ruby-t. Hummingbird Least Flycatcher Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow House Wren Marsh Wren Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Veery Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Mourning Warbler Rose-br. Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Savannah Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Bobolink Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/11/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 11, 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 April 27 through May 11 from the Niagara Frontier Region. An exceptional rarity in the Iroquois Refuge. May 8, a BLACK-NECKED STILT at Kumpf Marsh, at Feeder Road and Route 77. The STILT was relocated May 11 in the adjacent Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, a the South Feeder Marsh or Ducks Unlimited Marsh. Park at the east end of Klossen Road, and hike the marsh dike north, then east to this location. BRANT are best known as Lake Ontario migrants, however, May 7, over 200 BRANT on the Buffalo waterfront, at the sand spit inside Donnelly's Pier. May 8, on the upper the Niagara River, numbers of BRANT on the east branch of the river off Grand Island, and over the north Grand Island bridge. Also on the Niagara River at Beaver Island State Park, 45 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS, and at the park marina, 400 COMMON TERNS. Another 20 BL.- CR. NIGHT-HERONS at Unity Island in Buffalo. The highlight of warbler migration has been a WORM-EATING WARBLER, May 1, at Forest Lawn in Buffalo. Warbler reports have been dampened by near continuous rain early in the month. In Chautauqua County, at the Canadaway Creek WMA, 11 warbler species on May 4 inlcuded 2 MOURNING WARBLERS. All reports combined, only 18 warbler species reported to date. Other migrants and arrivals - GREEN HERON, CHIMNEY SWIFT, RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, BANK SWALLOW, CLIFF SWALLOW, HOUSE WREN, MARSH WREN, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, VEERY, HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, SAVANNAH SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, INDIGO BUNTING, BOBOLINK, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, PURPLE FINCH, and, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS have graced feeders in Clarence and North Boston. Shorebird migration is ramping up. Abundant GREATER YELLOWLEGS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Kumpf Marsh, with PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and DUNLIN. Also BLACK TERNS at Kumpf Marsh and Cayuga Pool. And, SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS at several locations. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 18. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 08 Jun 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/08/2017 * NYBU1706.08 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BROWN PELICAN WILSON'S PHALAROPE American Bittern Least Bittern Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Trumpeter Swan Bald Eagle Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Dunlin Short-b. Dowitcher L. Black-b. Gull Black Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Whip-poor-will Alder Flycatcher Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Northern Mockingbird Cedar Waxwing Yellow-thr. Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Cerulean Warbler Canada Warbler Yellow-br. Chat - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/08/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, June 8, 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 June 1 through June 8 from the Niagara Frontier Region. The BROWN PELICAN on the upper Niagara River was last reported June 4, off Black Rock Park in Buffalo. Shorebird migrants are still present. In Niagara County, a WILSON'S PHALAROPE from May 31 to June 2, along Wilson-Youngstown Road, west of Fitch Road, in Wilson. In the Town of Somerset, at Lower Lake and Burgess Roads - 12 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 285 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS, 1 WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, 5 DUNLIN, 7 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS, numbers of KILLDEER and SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and a L. BLACK-B. GULL. In Ontario, shorebirds at the Mosaic Ponds, north of Rock Point Provincial Park in Dunnville, included BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 20 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPER and a probable BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. Also in Ontario, heard at the Wainfleet Bog along Wilson Road, at least 6 WHIP-POOR-WILLS, YELLOW-BR. CHAT, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. Later migrants on June 3 - GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH and CANADA WARBLER in a Town of Wilson yard. Summer residents in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, along Owens Road, ALDER FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO and two CERULEAN WARBLERS. At Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge, 2 AMERICAN BITTERNS, LEAST BITTERN, 15 BLACK TERNS, 14 BL.-CR. NIGHT- HERONS and 2 TRUMPETER SWANS. Also this week - CEDAR WAXWING feeding on berries in a Cheektowaga yard. NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on River Road in North Tonawanda. And in the Lake Ontario Plains, a probable sub- adult BALD EAGLE taking prey from two adult BALD EAGLES. The final BOS meeting of the season will be the annual picnic at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, at 6 PM on Wednesday, June 14. Bring your meal and expect an evening hike through the preserve. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 22 Jun 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/22/2017 * NYBU1706.22 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BLACK-NECKED STILT DICKCISSEL UPLAND SANDPIPER Pied-billed Grebe American Bittern Great Egret Bald Eagle Ruffed Grouse Virginia Rail American Woodcock Black Tern Acadian Flycatcher Northern Mockingbird Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Cerulean Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Hooded Warbler Scarlet Tanager Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Bobolink Eastern Meadowlark - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/22/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, June 22, 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 June 15 through June 22 from the Niagara Frontier Region. The BLACK-NECKED STILT in the Iroquois Refuge was refound at Kumpf Marsh, June 17 on a BOS field trip. The STILT has been seen intermittently at Kumpf and South Spring Marsh since early May. Reported again on the 21st, the bird is well-concealed in the marsh's tall grasses. Also on the BOS trip - PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area on the dike between Meadville and Sprout Marshes. BALD EAGLE, BLACK TERN, AMERICAN BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL and PIED-BILLED GREBE at Cayuga Pool. Abundant GREAT EGRETS at Cinnamon Marsh. Two ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS in the hemlocks on the Onondaga Trail, with SCARLET TANAGER, OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, HOODED WARBLER and BL.- THR. GREEN WARB. CERULEAN WARBLER at Swallow Hollow Trail, and BOBOLINKS and EASTERN MEADOWLARKS along Roberts Road. July 18, in Pelham, on the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, three DICKCISSELS in the Fenwick area, at the curve at 15th and Moyer Streets. Recent reports from the Tillman Wildlife Management Area in Clarence included UPLAND SANDPIPER, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, BOBOLINK and EASTERN MEADOWLARK. The next BOS field trip will be to the Tillman Area, on Saturday, July 2. Meet at Schisler and Tillman Roads at 7:30 AM for a half day, three mile hike through the area. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. From Allegany County, RUFFED GROUSE with young, on both Gleason Road in the Town of Belfast, and the east side of Hanging Bog WMA in New Hudson. And, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS are regulars along Fuhrmann Blvd. on the Buffalo waterfront and at the Penn-Dixie quarry in Hamburg. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 29. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 May 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/25/2017 * NYBU1705.25 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BLACK-NECKED STILT HUDSONIAN GODWIT WHIMBREL AMER. WHITE PELICAN Peregrine Falcon Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Dunlin Short-b. Dowitcher Red-headed Wdpkr. Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Pine Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow Orchard Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/25/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 25, 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 May 18 through May 25 from the Niagara Frontier Region. The very rare BLACK-NECKED STILT at the Iroquois Refuge was refound on May 23 at Kumpf Marsh, at Route 77 and Feeder Road. Also very rare, especially in spring - HUDSONIAN GODWIT, May 20, along Youngstown- Wilson Road, just west of Fitch Road in the Niagara County Town of Wilson. Other shorebirds at this location - SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, DUNLIN and 2 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS. WHIMBREL are migrating on the north shore of Lake Erie. May 23, three WHIMBRELS on the lakeshore in Fort Erie, Ontario, with RUDDY TURNSTONES and SANDERLINGS. An unexpected location for SANDERLING - the wetland at Ridge Lea and Bailey Avenue in Amherst on the 23rd, with continuing SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and LEAST SANDPIPERS. SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS are now being reported at the Mosaic Ponds, north of Rock Point Park in Ontario, and an AMER. WHITE PELICAN was still at the ponds on the 24th. ORCHARD ORIOLES around the Lake Erie shores - Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg at the south end of Woodlawn Avenue, and in Ontario at Old Fort Erie, Morgan's Point and the Mosaic Ponds. Warblers were widely reported, with BLACKPOLL WARBLERS joining the migrants on the 18th. Of note, two PINE WARBLERS near the monument at Old Fort Erie. Also this week - RED-HEADED WDPKR. at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. In Buffalo, a reported PEREGRINE FALCON at the Veteran's Hospital, and at Forest Lawn, SWAINSON'S THRUSH and GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. And, LINCOLN'S SPARROWS at several locations. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 1. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Jun 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/01/2017 * NYBU1706.01 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BROWN PELICAN PIPING PLOVER FRANKLIN'S GULL BLACK-NECKED STILT RED-NECKED PHALAROPE WILSON'S PHALAROPE Whimbrel Red Knot Barred Owl Common Nighthawk Whip-poor-will Red-headed Wdpkr. Yellow-b. Sapsucker Yellow-b. Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Prothonotary Warbler Yellow-br. Chat Lincoln's Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/01/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, June 1, 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 May 25 through June 1 from the Niagara Frontier Region. An immature BROWN PELICAN on the upper Niagara River off Riverside in Buffalo was the big story of the week. Present since at least May 28, the pelican has been observed from Aqua Lane and Black Rock Park, also known as the Ontario Street Boat Launch. Unlike the rare but annually occurring AMER. WHITE PELICAN, there are only four previous records of BROWN PELICAN in the past 45 years. Back on May 22, an endangered PIPING PLOVER in the Niagara County Town of Somerset, in a field at Lower Lake and Burgess Roads. On the 25th, a FRANKLIN'S GULL at the same location. Other shorebird highlights this week - two RED- NECKED PHALAROPES with the BLACK-NECKED STILT at Kumpf Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge. WILSON'S PHALAROPE along Youngstown-Wilson Road, west of Fitch Road in Niagara County. At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, five WHIMBRELS departed from the first pond. And five RED KNOTS, briefly stopped at the Erie Basin Marina in Buffalo. Elusive YELLOW-BR. CHAT heard at Wilson- Tuscaurora State Park in Niagara County, and another YELLOW-BR. CHAT and eight WHIP-POOR- WILLS heard after sunset on Wilson Road, at the Wainfleet Bog in Ontario. The Onondaga Trail at Sour Springs Road in the Iroquois Refuge is one the unique habitats in the refuge. On the 23rd, several each of BARRED OWL, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER and ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, plus migrant LINCOLN'S SPARROW and numbers of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS. Other reports this week - three PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area Meadville Road Marshes. YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER at Forest Lawn in Buffalo. RED- HEADED WDPKR. at the Seneca Manor in West Seneca. And, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH and VEERY heard during night migration over Tonawanda. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 8. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 15 Jun 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/15/2017 * NYBU1706.15 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- LAUGHING GULL Least Bittern Merlin Acadian Flycatcher Winter Wren Blue-headed Vireo Bl.-thr. Green Warb. La. Waterthrush Hooded Warbler - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/15/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, June 15, 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. LAUGHING GULLS were the highlight of reports received June 8 through June 15 from the Niagara Frontier Region. June 8, two adult LAUGHING GULLS were reported on the breakwall at Point Breeze, at the mouth of Oak Orchard Creek at Lake Ontario in Orleans County. June 10 at Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park, LA. WATERTHRUSH and three WINTER WRENS in the Eternal Flame area of the park, with 2 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS, 2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 3 HOODED WARBLERS and BL.-THR. GREEN WARB. The BOS picnic meeting and hike at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo the evening of June 14, checklisted 40 species highlighted by a LEAST BITTERN flying over the north marshes. And, in the City of Tonawanda, a MERLIN was photographed. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 22. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 18 May 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/18/2017 * NYBU1705.18 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- SUMMER TANAGER BLACK-NECKED STILT AMER. WHITE PELICAN American Bittern Great Egret Ruddy Duck Merlin Virginia Rail Sora Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Short-b. Dowitcher Black Tern Red-headed Wdpkr. Acadian Flycatcher Blue Jay Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-thr. Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Blackburnian Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Cerulean Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Bobolink Rusty Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/18/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 18, 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 May 11 through May 18 from the Niagara Frontier Region. May 13 at Forest Lawn in Buffalo, a male SUMMER TANAGER on the ridge over the maintenance area. The BLACK-NECKED STILT in the Iroquois Refuge and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area was last reported May 11 at both Kumpf and South Feeder Marshes. Also in the marshes - 6 AMERICAN BITTERNS, 8 SORA, 11 VIRGINIA RAILS, 3 BLACK TERNS, 300 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and on Cayuga Pool, 15 RUDDY DUCKS. In Ontario, May 14, an AMER. WHITE PELICAN continues at the Mosaic Ponds, north of Rock Point Provincial Park in Dunnville. The pelican was viewed from Canal Bank Road, and has been present since April 30. Shorebirds at Mosaic included SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 2 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS, 70 DUNLIN and 20 LEAST SANDPIPERS. Warbler migration broke open this week. At least 24 species reported from Forest Lawn, Tifft Nature Preserve and Rock Point Park. CANADA WARBLER at both Tifft Nature Preserve and Forest Lawn, CAPE MAY WARBLER at Forest Lawn and Rock point, and no reports yet of the late migrant BLACKPOLL WARBLER. Other highlights at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER on the 17th and abundant, over 75, YELLOW WARBLERS. At Rock Point Park - YELLOW-THR. VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and WHITE-CR. SPARROW. In Amherst, a small wetland at North Bailey and Ridge Lea Roads, wedged between office buildings and I-290 - numbers of SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER and GREAT EGRET. In Chautauqua County, DUNLIN and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER in the fields opposite the Sheridan Cemetery on Center Road. Other reports this week - In Evans, a pair of RED-HEADED WDPKRS. returned to Angola-on-the- Lake. Female BOBOLINKS arrived in Cattaraugus County, two weeks after the first male BOBOLINKS. A pair of MERLINS in North Buffalo. GREAT EGRET in a neighborhood pond in Lancaster. Night migrants heard over Tonawanda - VEERY, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH and WOOD THRUSH. Also migrant flock of 21 BLUE JAYS in Tonawanda. And a RED-TAILED HAWK mobbed by crows at the Veteran's Hospital in Buffalo. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 25. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 14 Sep 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 09/14/2017 * NYBU1709.14 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- [The BOS will be hosting the annual New York State Ornithological Association Conference November 10 through 12, in Niagara Falls, New York. Multiple field trips, speakers, researchers, vendors, banquets and hotel discounts are all part of the conference features. Everyone is invited - learn more and register on the BOS website.] LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE WHIMBREL Eared Grebe Great Egret Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Red Knot Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Common Nighthawk Olive-s. Flycatcher Yellow-b. Flycatcher Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 09/14/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, September 14, 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 message. Highlights of reports received from late August through mid-September from the Niagara Frontier Region. August 31, a migrant, banded, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE at Times Beach Nature Preserve on the Buffalo waterfront. The LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE is an endangered species in New York State. Shorebirds have been another highlight on the Buffalo waterfront. A WHIMBREL has been lingering between the Bell and Seaway Slips along Fuhrmann Blvd since September 5. Other recent shorebirds in this area included a flyby BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, SANDERLING, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER and BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. On the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo, RUDDY TURNSTONE and SANDERLINGS. Shorebirds continue in the Lake Ontario Plains of Niagara County. WHIMBREL on two dates at Lower lake and Burgess Roads in Somerset, and on Ellicott Road, 12 species included juveniles of LONG-B. DOWITCHER, SHORT-B. DOWITCHER and STILT SANDPIPER, plus BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. September 1 at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, a WILSON'S PHALAROPE. Also, EARED GREBES at the plant on several dates. Back on August 23, a juvenile RED KNOT at Dunkirk Harbor on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County. And at the small wetland at North Bailey and Ridge Lea in Amherst, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, numerous KILLDEER and a GREAT EGRET. A total of 20 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS this month at the south end of Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, with a maximum of eight on September 10. Two COMMON NIGHTHAWKS over Tonawanda on the 2nd. Warbler migration has been modest - reports of 10 to 12 species at some locations. YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER and OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHER at Forest Lawn in Buffalo. And WOOD THRUSH and SWAINSON'S THRUSH have been heard during night migration. The BOS will be hosting the annual New York State Ornithological Association Conference November 10 through 12, in Niagara Falls, New York. Multiple field trips, speakers, researchers, vendors, banquets and hotel discounts are all part of the conference features. Everyone is invited - learn more and register on the BOS website. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, September 21. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 28 Sep 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 09/28/2017 * NYBU1709.28 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- [The BOS will be hosting the annual New York State Ornithological Association Conference November 10 through 12, in Niagara Falls, New York. Multiple field trips, speakers, researchers, vendors, banquets and hotel discounts are all part of the conference features. Everyone is invited - learn more and register on the BOS website before October 1 for the lowest registration fee.] NORTHERN WHEATEAR (September 22) American Bittern Least Bittern Cackling Goose Virginia Rail Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Long-b. Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe Pileated Woodpecker Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Brown Thrasher Tennessee Warbler Orange-cr. Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler American Redstart Common Yellowthroat Clay-col. Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 09/28/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, September 28, 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 the past two weeks, September 14 through September 28, from the Niagara Frontier Region. September 22, one the rarest vagrants in the region, a NORTHERN WHEATEAR, in a yard on Mezzio Road in the Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan. The nearest NORTHERN WHEATEARS breed in the eastern Canadian arctic, and migrate across the Atlantic Ocean to Africa. In the past 52 years, there are three previous records of the species in the BOS archives, and astonishingly, all records have occurred between September 21 and September 27. From Niagara County, September 26, two CLAY- COL. SPARROWS still at one their rare breeding sites in the region - Krull Park in Olcott. The CLAY-COL. SPARROWS were one of seven sparrow species in the park, including a migrant LINCOLN'S SPARROW. Also at Krull Park recently, BROWN THRASHER, ORANGE-CR. WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, plus a CACKLING GOOSE among 500 CANADA GEESE. In the Iroquois Refuge, good numbers of shorebirds at Kumpf Marsh, next to Cayuga Pool on Route 77. September 24, three LONG-B. DOWITCHERS plus BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER and WILSON'S SNIPE. Also, 2 SANDHILL CRANES, AMERICAN BITTERN and VIRGINIA RAIL. Amid shopping centers and I-290, in the wetland at North Bailey and Ridge Lea Road in Amherst, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. September 17 at Rock Point Provincial Park in Dunnville, Ontario, 10 species of migrant warblers, and SANDERLINGS on the park's Lake Erie shore. Other recent reports - two LEAST BITTERNS at Dunkirk Harbor. Night migrants heard over Buffalo and Tonawanda, VEERY, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and SWAINSON'S THRUSH. And a real surprise in the Elmwood Village in Buffalo, a PILEATED WOODPECKER in a yard on Elmwood Ave. The BOS will be hosting the annual New York State Ornithological Association Conference November 10 through 12, in Niagara Falls, New York. Multiple field trips, speakers, researchers, vendors, banquets and hotel discounts are all part of the conference features. Everyone is invited - learn more and register on the BOS website before October 1 for the lowest registration fee. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, October 5. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 02 Nov 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/02/2017 * NYBU1711.02 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- SABINE'S GULL HARLEQUIN DUCK RED PHALAROPE NORTHERN SHRIKE AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER Long-tailed Duck Surf Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Rough-legged Hawk Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Sanderling Dunlin Parasitic Jaeger Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Great Horned Owl N. Rough-w. Swallow Barn Swallow Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush American Pipit Eastern Towhee Fox Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Snow Bunting - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/02/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, November 2, 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 October 26 through November 2 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Winter weather hit the Niagara River this week and started the gull study season. October 30, a juvenile SABINE'S GULL in the Niagara Falls gorge and possible the same gull on the 31st at the lower river whirlpool. LITTLE GULLS along the lower river at the falls, whirlpool, Lewiston and Fort Niagara State Park, with large numbers of BONAPARTE'S GULLS. A second hand report of four HARLEQUIN DUCKS in the rapids above the falls, viewed from the Three Sisters Islands at Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New York. Eight swallows also above the falls, including N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOW and BARN SWALLOW. October 30, at the source of the Niagara River in Buffalo, two to three PHALAROPES, likely RED PHALAROPES, off Mather Park at Fort Erie, Ontario, viewed across the river from Rotary Park in Buffalo. Also at the river source, SURF SCOTER, LONG-TAILED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD and COMMON GOLDENEYE, and at the Bird Island Pier, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, SANDERLING, DUNLIN and SNOW BUNTING. On the BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains, October 28, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS at two locations, NORTHERN SHRIKE on Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road, and at a farm pond on Johnson Creek Road, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER with KILLDEER and AMERICAN PIPITS. Lake watching on the trip found 19 BRANT at Shadigee in Yates. Also on the lake, NORTHERN SHOVELER, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER, LONG-TAILED DUCK, RED-THROATED LOON, COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE and RED-NECKED GREBE. October 26, on Lake Ontario at the Point Breeze jetty, three reported PARASITIC JAEGERS among hundreds of BONAPARTE'S GULLS. Flocks of DUNLIN also noted along the lake shore. Other recent reports - on Halloween in Amherst, two GREAT HORNED OWLS calling near Main Street in Snyder. And, several reports included EASTERN BLUEBIRD, HERMIT THRUSH, EASTERN TOWHEE, FOX SPARROW and WHITE-THR. SPARROW. The Bird Report will be updated in the coming weeks. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Dec 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/01/2017 * NYBU1712.01 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Harlequin Duck Peregrine Falcon Sanderling Phalarope species Franklin's Gull Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Black-leg. Kittiwake Common Tern Snowy Owl Common Raven Eastern Bluebird American Robin White-thr. Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/01/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Friday, December 1, 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 November reports from the Niagara Frontier Region, primarily from the Niagara River. At the source of the river in Buffalo, at least four SNOWY OWLS between the Erie Basin Marina and the offshore Donnelly's Pier. Also at the marina, ICELAND GULL, plus COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, SANDERLING, and L. BLACK-B. GULL. Nearby on the Buffalo River, four BL.-CR. NIGHT- HERONS. Off Unity Island in Buffalo's Black Rock section, one or two FRANKLIN'S GULLS during the month, among a flock of BONAPARTE'S GULLS at the railroad bridge and north end of the island. Also COMMON LOON and RED-NECKED GREBE at Unity Island. Early in the month, four PHALAROPES at the Small Boat Harbor in Buffalo, and seven COMMON TERNS lingering at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. At Niagara Falls, November 26, a juvenile BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE below the Horseshoe Falls, viewed from Ontario. Four, male HARLEQUIN DUCKS above the falls near the stranded barge, and a GLAUCOUS GULL off the Three Sisters Islands at Goat Island. On the lower Niagara River, 10 ICELAND GULLS at the power plants. Other reports in November - From Buffalo, PIE- BILLED GREBE and WOOD DUCK at Delaware Park Lake, and two COMMON RAVENS and a PEREGRINE FALCON at the Richardson Complex on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. PINE SISKIN, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, AMERICAN ROBIN and DARK-EYED JUNCO in a yard near the Buffalo airport. And, a flock of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at Sprague Brook Park in southern Erie County. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, December 7. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 10 May 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/10/2018 * NYBU13mm.dd - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BELL'S VIREO SNOWY OWL FISH CROW Black-bellied Plover Yellowlegs Sanderling American Woodcock Wilson's Phalarope Glaucous Gull Black-billed Cuckoo Ruby-t. Hummingbird Red-headed Wdpkr. Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Eastern Bluebird Veery Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher White-eyed Vireo Yellow-thr. Vireo Warbling Vireo "Brewster's Warbler" Orange-cr. Warbler Rose-br. Grosbeak Lincoln's Sparrow Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/10/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 10, 2018 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 May 3 through May 10 from the Niagara Frontier Region. A new species for the BOS region - May 10, on the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, a BELL'S VIREO, singing on the east pier of the Welland Canal at Port Weller. At least three SNOWY OWLS still on the breakwalls off the Buffalo waterfront this week. And, GLAUCOUS GULL at the Erie Basin Marina. On the west side of Buffalo, a territorial pair of FISH CROWS at Grant Street and Route 198. May 6, and early duo of SANDERLINGS at Eagle Bay, on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County. In Niagara County, WILSON'S PHALAROPE with a dozen YELLOWLEGS on Youngstown-Wilson Road, and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, also with a dozen YELLOWLEGS, on Hulbert Road. On Grand Island, AMERICAN WOODCOCK at the Saint Martins Church property. Migrant highlights this week included WHITE- EYED VIREO at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, with 2 RED-HEADED WDPKRS., BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and 6 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS. ORANGE-CR. WARBLER and "BREWSTER'S WARBLER" at Forest Lawn in Buffalo. And, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER in Orchard Park. Other reports this week included RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and PURPLE FINCH. At feeders, PINE SISKINS in North Boston, and ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS at several locations. And, two pair of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at nest boxes at Sunset Beach, on Lake Ontario. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 17. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 17 May 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/17/2018 * NYBU1805.17 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD RED-THROATED LOON WILSON'S PHALAROPE Bald Eagle Dunlin American Woodcock Black-billed Cuckoo Ruby-t. Hummingbird Red-headed Wdpkr. Olive-s. Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Purple Martin Tree Swallow N. Rough-w. Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-thr. Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-cr. Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Blackburnian Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Indigo Bunting Lincoln's Sparrow Orchard Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/17/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 17, 2018 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 May 10 through May 17 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Mid-May migration peak provided reports of at least 24 warbler species this week. Highlights included a GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, and an ORANGE-CR. WARBLER on Crick's Run in Allegany State Park. May 12, a female YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD was reported in the Iroquois Refuge on the Swallow Hollow Trail. May 10, a rare, closeup sighting of a breeding plumage RED-THROATED LOON on the Buffalo River and the adjacent Erie Basin Marina. In the Lake Ontario Plains, May 15, a WILSON'S PHALAROPE, at Lower Lake and Burgess Roads in Somerset. ORCHARD ORIOLES at several locations included a pair, attracted to a jelly feeder, in Derby. At Beaver Island State Park, five swallow species plus PURPLE MARTIN, and three DUNLIN on the park beach. Night migrant thrushes heard over Tonawanda and Buffalo - VEERY, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH and WOOD THRUSH. Other reports this week - AMERICAN WOODCOCK, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD, RED- HEADED WDPKR., OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHER, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, YELLOW-THR. VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, RED- EYED VIREO, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, SCARLET TANAGER and INDIGO BUNTING. And, BALD EAGLES continue to feed on salmon at the mouth of Johnson Creek, at Lake Ontario in Orleans County. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 31 May 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/31/2018 * NYBU1805.31 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Whimbrel Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Short-b. Dowitcher Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Whip-poor-will Merlin Eastern Wood-Pewee Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Wood Thrush Cedar Waxwing Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Chestnut-s. Warbler Magnolia Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Blackburnian Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler American Redstart Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Rose-br. Grosbeak Eastern Towhee Lincoln's Sparrow Yellow-h. Blackbird Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/31/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 31, 2018 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 message. Highlights of reports received May 17 through May 31 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Still a good count of migrant warblers at Forest Lawn in Buffalo on May 20. Sixteen species included TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, BL.- THR. BL. WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., CANADA WARBLER and WILSON'S WARBLER, plus BLUE-HEADED VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and GRAY- CHEEKED THRUSH. PHILADELPHIA VIREO also reported at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. A fallout of shorebird migrants occurred on May 22. At the Port Dalhousie piers, on Lake Ontario in Saint Catharine's, Ontario, 1200 DUNLINS, 65 WHIMBRELS and 7 RED KNOTS, plus SHORT-B. DOWITCHER, SANDERLING, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER. The same date in Niagara County, 11 shorebird species. Highlights at Burgess and Lower Lake Roads - 11 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 10 SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS, with RUDDY TURNSTONE, DUNLIN, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and peep sandpipers. May 26, the BOS WHIP-POOR-WILL Field Trip to the Wainfleet Bog Sanctuary, on the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, reported four calling WHIP-POOR-WILLS after sunset at Wilson and Garringers Roads. Also on the evening trip, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW- BILLED CUCKOO, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, ALDER FLYCATCHER, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, VEERY, WOOD THRUSH, 21 CEDAR WAXWINGS, EASTERN TOWHEE and 3 ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS. At feeders - May 18, a reported YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD at Sunset Beach, on Lake Ontario in Orleans County. A PINE SISKIN still at a feeder in North Boston on May 20. And, MERLINS are nesting in a North Buffalo neighborhood. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 26 Apr 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/26/2018 * NYBU1804.26 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- SNOWY OWL COMMON LOON Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant Turkey Vulture Osprey Sharp-sh. Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Golden Eagle American Kestrel Virginia Rail Common Gallinule Sandhill Crane Barred Owl Chimney Swift Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Ruby-cr. Kinglet Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher Yellow-r. Warbler Pine Warbler Vesper Sparrow Fox Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/26/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, April 26, 2018 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 message. Highlights of reports received April 19 through April 26 from the Niagara Frontier Region. The SNOWY OWL spectacular on the Buffalo waterfront looks to have peaked on April 20, when at least 47 SNOWY OWLS were counted in a two mile stretch of the harbor breakwalls and drift ice. Other evening counts this week were 37, 28 and 17. COMMON LOON and HORNED GREBE fallouts continued earlier this week. At Bond Lake Park in Lewiston, 30 COMMON LOONS and one each of RED- THROATED LOON and HORNED GREBE. Multiple COMMON LOONS at the Reinstein Preserve in Cheektowaga. Seven COMMON LOONS with a HORNED GREBE on the pond south of the Williamsville North High School. Six COMMON LOONS on one of the ponds at Beaver Island State Park. Two COMMON LOONS on a Swann Road pond in Porter, and on Mirror Lake at Forest Lawn in Buffalo, three HORNED GREBES. A hawkflight over Fort Niagara State Park on April 22 was highlighted by GOLDEN EAGLE and NORTHERN GOSHAWK, with numbers of TURKEY VULTURES, SHARP-SH. HAWKS, COOPER'S HAWKS, RED- TAILED HAWKS, and OSPREYS, plus 3 SANDHILL CRANES. From Cattaraugus County in the Southern Tier - AMERICAN KESTRELS on eggs, BROAD-WINGED HAWK at Golden Hill State Forest, and a note that TREE SWALLOWS were late to arrive this spring. Other reports - a pair of BARRED OWLS at the Reinstein Preserve. At Tifft Nature Preserve, 5 VIRGINIA RAILS, COMMON GALLINULE and PINE WARBLER. VIRGINIA RAIL also on Sour Springs Road in the Iroquois Refuge. 75 COMMON TERNS and a CASPIAN TERN on the Buffalo waterfront. 30 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS on Lake Ontario at Point Breeze. VESPER SPARROW at Beaver Island State Park. And multiple reports of CHIMNEY SWIFT, EASTERN PHOEBE, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER and FOX SPARROW. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 3. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 03 May 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/03/2018 * NYBU1805.03 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- AMER. WHITE PELICAN Common Loon Horned Grebe American Bittern Great Egret Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-sh. Hawk Cooper's Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Virginia Rail Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Black Tern Eastern Screech-Owl Snowy Owl Barred Owl Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Cliff Swallow Fish Crow Common Raven House Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush La. Waterthrush Rose-br. Grosbeak Chipping Sparrow Clay-col. Sparrow Field Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Baltimore Oriole Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/03/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 3, 2018 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 April 26 through May 3 from the Niagara Frontier Region. The snow stopped, and migration opened up this week. At least 16 warbler species. Highlights were two LA. WATERTHRUSHES in a woods in the Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan. A female BLACKPOLL WARBLER, usually a later migrant, at Golden Hill State Park on the Lake Ontario shore. On property in Elma, NORTHERN PARULA and CAPE MAY WARBLER. Other warblers - OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, BL. AND W. WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER and BL.-THR. GREEN WARB. Also reported this week - GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, CLIFF SWALLOW, HOUSE WREN, WINTER WREN, MARSH WREN, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, abundant WHITE-THR. SPARROWS, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. In addition to many of the listed migrants, at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo - 5 COMMON LOONS, 9 HORNED GREBES, AMERICAN BITTERN, GREAT EGRET, VIRGINIA RAIL, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and numbers of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. April 29, an AMER. WHITE PELICAN, at sunset, off the Small Boat Harbor on the Buffalo waterfront. Five SNOWY OWLS still on the waterfront breakwalls. In Niagara County, one or two FISH CROWS at the Wilson Pier on Lake Ontario. CLAY-COL. SPARROW in a Wilson yard, and at a previous breeding area at Krull Park in Olcott. And, a hawk flight over Wilson Road on the first included 1000 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, plus TURKEY VULTURE, OSPREY, BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN HARRIER, SHARP-SH. HAWK, COOPER'S HAWK, RED-TAILED HAWK and AMERICAN KESTREL. From the Iroquois Refuge, 10 BLACK TERNS at Cayuga Pool and at Kumpf Marsh, numbers of GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, three LEAST SANDPIPERS and a BONAPARTE'S GULL. North of the refuge, five PINE SISKINS at a feeder in Shelby. COMMON RAVENS in the Southern Tier at Golden Hill State Forest with calling BARRED OWL and EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, and two COMMON RAVENS in the Lake Ontario Plains, at Lakeside Beach State Park. There will be a BOS meeting, this Wednesday, May 9, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. A program will be presented on Birding Cayuga Lake - the Montezuma NWR and Cayuga County. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 10. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 26 Oct 2017
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/26/2017 * NYBU1710.26 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD PURPLE SANDPIPER Ruffed Grouse Sandhill Crane Spotted Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Parasitic Jaeger Jaeger species Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Forster's Tern Barred Owl Common Raven Eastern Bluebird Swainson's Thrush Clay-col. Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 10/26/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, October 26, 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 October reports from the Niagara Frontier Region. A new species for the BOS region - October 20, an ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was photographed at a feeder in the Orleans County Town of Shelby, north of the Iroquois Refuge. A species from the Pacific coast of North America, this would be only the third record for New York State. October 24, on the Bird Island Pier at the source of the Niagara River in Buffalo, an early PURPLE SANDPIPER, with RUDDY TURNSTONE, SPOTTED SANDPIPER and numbers of SANDERLINGS. During strong oCTOBER winds off Lake Erie, two to four JAEGERS were reported on three different days. The JAEGERS were observed from Hamburg Town Park, and Rotary Park at the West Side Rowing Club in Buffalo. October 16, a first report of PINE SISKIN, at the Wild Birds Unlimited store feeders in Blasdell. PINE SISKIN was also reported several days later in Allegany State Park, on Wolf Run Trail, along with COMMON RAVEN, BARRED OWL and RUFFED GROUSE. In the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, October 12, seven SANDHILL CRANES over Klossen Marsh, flying toward the Iroquois Refuge. On Lake Ontario, a very large movement of BONAPARTE'S GULLS on the 19th. Over 7000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were counted flying west past Fort Niagara State Park, with 5 LITTLE GULLS and a PARASITIC JAEGER. On the lower Niagara River at Lewiston, 700 BONAPARTE'S GULLS with one unexpected FORSTER'S TERN on the same date. Other October reports - a migrant LINCOLN'S SPARROW lingered for a week in the Cattaraugus County Town of Hinsdale. Two CLAY-COL. SPARROWS reported in a Sanborn yard in Niagara County. Fourteen night migrant SWAINSON'S THRUSHES were heard over Tonawanda. And, in Williamsville, an EASTERN BLUEBIRD along Mill Street at Amherst State Park. There will be a BOS field trip this Saturday, October 28, to the Lake Ontario Plains. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wrights Corners, at Routes 78 and 104, north of Lockport. Bring a lunch for a full day trip. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. The Bird Report will be updated in the coming weeks. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 Jan 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/25/2018 * NYBU1801.25 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- Horned Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant Tundra Swan Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Wilson's Snipe Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Black-leg. Kittiwake Snowy Owl Red-headed Wdpkr. Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Horned Lark Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird Eastern Towhee Song Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/25/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, January 25, 2018 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 during January from the Niagara Frontier Region. SNOWY OWLS have been reported not only on the Buffalo waterfront, but also in the Village of Depew, City of Tonawanda, Town of Eden, and atop an abandoned store at the Boulevard Mall in Amherst. The SNOWY OWLS on the waterfront have often been viewed from the Erie Basin Marina tower. Up to seven on the distant piers and ice cover at the Niagara River source. Also SNOWY OWLS on drifting ice floes off Grand Island and Fort Niagara State Park. Other Niagara River reports - NORTHERN HARRIER hunting waterfowl at the offshore Donnelley's Pier. BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE, early in the month, off Fort Erie, Ontario. GLAUCOUS GULL at the Erie Basin. GLAUCOUS GULL and ICELAND GULL at Fort Niagara State Park. TUNDRA SWANS wintering around Grand Island. Up to six BALD EAGLES at Strawberry Island. And, single HORNED GREBES and D.-CREST. CORMORANTS scattered along the Niagara. In the Lake Ontario Plains of Niagara County, flocks of SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS with a few LAPLAND LONGSPURS. At Krull Park in Olcott, eight EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and NORTHERN FLICKER. RED-HEADED WDPKR. and two NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS at Fort Niagara State Park. Also, SNOW BUNTINGS reported at the Buffalo Airport. Always surprising in winter, a WILSON'S SNIPE, in late December, in a wet field in the Cattaraugus County Town of Humphrey. Also reported during January, a flock of AMERICAN ROBINS on Sour Springs Road in the Iroquois Refuge and NORTHERN FLICKER in Buffalo. And at feeders, a male RED-W. BLACKBIRD and EASTERN BLUEBIRD in Clarence Center. PILEATED WOODPECKER, EASTERN TOWHEE, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, RED-W. BLACKBIRD and COMMON GRACKLE in North Boston. And a SONG SPARROW in Hamburg. The Bird Report will be updated in February. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 22 Feb 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 02/22/2018 * NYBU1802.22 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Tundra Swan GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE Green-winged Teal American Black Duck Mallard Northern Pintail Gadwall American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Merlin Peregrine Falcon AMERICAN WOODCOCK Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Mourning Dove Eastern Screech-Owl Snowy Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Yellow-b. Sapsucker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Horned Lark Red-br. Nuthatch Brown Creeper Cedar Waxwing White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird American Goldfinch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 02/22/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday February 22, 2018 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 February reports from the Niagara Frontier Region. Waterfowl and blackbirds lead the transition toward spring. On the Niagara peninsula of Ontario, a record size flock of over 30, rare, GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE, east of Port Colbourne, on Miller and White Roads. Other arriving waterfowl included 190 TUNDRA SWANS on Maple Road in the Town of Wilson. In the Lake Ontario Plains and Iroquois Refuge, GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, MALLARD, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK and HOODED MERGANSER. Also in the Lake Ontario Plains, 33 LAPLAND LONGSPURS with HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS on Dickersonville Road in Porter, and SHORT- EARED OWLS in Orleans County. Small flocks of COMMON GRACKLES and RED-W. BLACKBIRDS widely reported during the past week. February 21, a real surprise at Dunkirk Harbor, an AMERICAN WOODCOCK in a patch of phragmites. SNOWY OWLS continue on the Buffalo waterfront. Up to six counted on the ice and structures off the Erie Basin Marina tower. Also, PEREGRINE FALCON, GLAUCOUS GULL and RUDDY DUCK at the marina. On the upper Niagara River, 50 TUNDRA SWANS, ICELAND GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL and multiple BALD EAGLES. Other recent reports - two reports of calling EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS. BARRED OWL in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. MERLIN and abundant AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES and MOURNING DOVES in a sunflower plantation on Lockport Town Road south of Route 104. Another MERLIN report from Blasdell. PEREGRINE FALCONS at a nest site on the UB South Campus McKay Tower. Juvenile BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON at Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg. YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER on the ridge at Forest Lawn in Buffalo. PILEATED WOODPECKER at Sunset Beach on Lake Ontario. 51 CEDAR WAXWINGS at Mallard Overlook in the Iroquois Refuge. And at feeders - NORTHERN FLICKER and 6 BROWN- HEADED COWBIRDS in North Boston. RED-BR. NUTHATCH and BROWN CREEPER in Concord. WHITE- CR. SPARROW in Sanborne and WHITE-THR. SPARROWS at several feeders. And, a reported RED-HEADED WDPKR. at a Cheektowaga feeder. The Bird Report will be updated in later February. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 21 Jun 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/21/2018 * NYBU1806.21 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- SNOWY EGRET D.-crest. Cormorant Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Upland Sandpiper Black Tern Pileated Woodpecker Acadian Flycatcher Purple Martin Pine Warbler Cerulean Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Rose-br. Grosbeak Grasshopper Sparrow Baltimore Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/21/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, June 21, 2018 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 message. Highlights of June reports from the Niagara Frontier Region. June 18, a SNOWY EGRET, at the north end of the Heritage Boardwalk at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. At the Tillman Wildlife Management Area in Clarence, at least three UPLAND SANDPIPERS, and several GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS. Reports from the Iroquois Refuge and surrounding areas - a singing PROTHONOTARY WARBLER on the Kanyoo Trail, and 4 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS on Meadville Road. CERULEAN WARBLERS at the Sour Springs Road bridge and Ring-neck Marsh. PINE WARBLER on the Owens Road trail. Four ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS on the Onondaga Trail. And BLACK TERNS and BALD EAGLES at Cayuga Pool. Raptors in the City of Buffalo - one, possibly two, nesting families of MERLINS. And a COOPER'S HAWK nest with three young. In the Southern Tier, AMERICAN KESTRELS fledging from a nest box in the Cattaraugus County Town of Hinsdale. At the Batavia Waste Water Plant - 24 newly installed PURPLE MARTIN gourd houses are fully occupied, yielding at least 100 nestlings. In Orleans County, at Sunset Beach on Lake Ontario - nesting RED-TAILED HAWK, PILEATED WOODPECKER, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Nearby at the mouth of Johnson Creek, BALD EAGLES continue to feed on salmon carcasses. And at Point Breeze, 18 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, and a reported, and possibly injured, SNOWY OWL on the jetty. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 09 Aug 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/09/2018 * NYBU1808.09 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- AMERICAN AVOCET SEDGE WREN Cooper's Hawk Merlin Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Upland Sandpiper Whimbrel Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-b. Dowitcher Cliff Swallow Northern Parula La. Waterthrush - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 08/09/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, August 9, 2018 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 July and early August reports from the Niagara Frontier Region. Southbound shorebird migrants provide birding subjects while local birds are breeding. July 27, a flock of 27 AMERICAN AVOCETS were photographed over Lake Erie, passing Ottaway Park, just north of Barcelona Harbor in Chautauqua County. At Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg, and the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo, recent shorebirds - KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER and LEAST SANDPIPER. The same species plus SEMIPALMATED PLOVER along the Lake Ontario in Niagara and Orleans Counties, plus four WHIMBREL at Olcott, STILT SANDPIPER at Lakeside Beach State Park, and two BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS in a field at Johnson Creek and Lower Lake Road in Somerset. Single SHORT-B. DOWITCHERS at the Van Buren Road pond in Pomfret, and on the Canadian shore of Lake Erie at Windmill Point. July 18, an UPLAND SANDPIPER at Kumpf Marsh, on Route 77 in the Iroquois Refuge. During early July, a rare SEDGE WREN in Orleans County, on the east side of Foss Road, north of Route 18. Also in Orleans County, a nesting colony of 20 reported CLIFF SWALLOWS at a farm pond, and COOPER'S HAWK nesting in a horse chestnut tree on Kendrick Road. Nesting falcons and hawks during July in Buffalo - MERLINS at two locations, yielding three and five fledglings, and COOPER'S HAWKS with three young. And during the last week of June, a week of camping in Allegany State Park recorded 77 species, including 16 warbler species, highlighted by three LA. WATERTHRUSHES and four NORTHERN PARULAS. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 06 Sep 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 09/06/2018 * NYBU1809.06 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- BUFF-BR. SANDPIPER AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER RED KNOT BAIRD'S SANDPIPER Ring-necked Duck Cooper's Hawk Sandhill Crane Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dowitcher species American Woodcock Black Tern Common Nighthawk Yellow-b. Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 09/06/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, September 6, 2018 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. A double report this week to catch up after technical issues earlier this summer. First, highlights of August and early September reports from the Niagara Frontier Region. Recent shorebird reports from the Niagara peninsula of Ontario were highlighted by two BUFF-BR. SANDPIPERS, September 5, on Quarry Road in Wainfleet. Other shorebird species on the peninsula - AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, abundant KILLDEER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER and AMERICAN WOODCOCK. On the Buffalo waterfront - AMERICAN GOLDEN- PLOVER and RUDDY TURNSTONE at the Erie Basin Marina. At the far end of the Bird Island Pier, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER on August 31, and a juvenile RED KNOT on the 28th and 31st. Also on the pier, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER and LEAST SANDPIPER. Inland, at Klossen Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge, 4 DOWITCHER SPECIES with GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and AMERICAN WOODCOCK, plus two SANDHILL CRANES and 30 EASTERN KINGBIRDS. Also in the Iroquois Refuge area in August, 9 SANDHILL CRANES with two juveniles on Fletcher-Chapel Road in Shelby, and a flock of 80 BOBOLINKS. Other late August migrants - eight COMMON NIGHTHAWKS over Buffalo. At Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, YELLOW-B. FLYCATCHER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER and YELLOW-R. WARBLER. CAPE MAY WARBLER in Amherst in Eggerstville. Also in Amherst, COOPER'S HAWKS nested at two locations in residential Snyder. And in early August, a rare BLACK TERN and unexpected RING-NECKED DUCK at Winters Pond in Langford, in southern Erie County. The first BOS meeting of the season will be on Wednesday, September 12, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Members will present photos of recent birding experiences. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. - RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/09/2018 * NYBU1808.09 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- AMERICAN AVOCET SEDGE WREN Cooper's Hawk Merlin Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Upland Sandpiper Whimbrel Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-b. Dowitcher Cliff Swallow Northern Parula La. Waterthrush - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 08/09/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, August 9, 2018 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 July and early August reports from the Niagara Frontier Region. Southbound shorebird migrants provide birding subjects while local birds are breeding. July 27, a flock of 27 AMERICAN AVOCETS were photographed over Lake Erie, passing Ottaway Park, just north of Barcelona Harbor in Chautauqua County. At Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg, and the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo, recent shorebirds - KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER and LEAST SANDPIPER. The same
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 08 Mar 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/08/2018 * NYBU1803.08 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE ROSS'S GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON Cackling Goose Great Blue Heron Tundra Swan Northern Pintail Canvasback Ring-necked Duck Hooded Merganser Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Peregrine Falcon Sandhill Crane Killdeer American Woodcock Snowy Owl Pileated Woodpecker American Robin Northern Shrike Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle American Goldfinch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/08/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 8, 2018 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 February 22 through March 8 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Waterfowl migration is in full motion, highlighted by a count of 23 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE, February 27, on Posson Road, north of the Iroquois Refuge in the Town of Shelby. February 22 through 26, seven GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE in the Niagara County Town of Somerset, at Johnson Creek Road and Townline Road. Also at the Somerset location, a ROSS'S GOOSE on the same dates, with a CACKLING GOOSE and seven waterfowl species including over 100 TUNDRA SWANS. February 28, another ROSS'S GOOSE at Kumpf Marsh, on Lewiston Road in the Iroquois Refuge. Two SANDHILL CRANES also at Kumpf marsh and a NORTHERN SHRIKE in the refuge area. On the south of Lewiston Road in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, a rare and early EURASIAN WIGEON at Feeder Marsh on March 3 and 4. Other waterfowl reports - flocks of TUNDRA SWANS along the Lake Ontario shore. Over 50 TUNDRA SWANS on the Niagara River at Strawberry Island. Large flocks of CANVASBACKS on the Niagara at Gratwick Park in Tonawanda. In the Southern Tier, on Swamp Road in Cattaraugus County, abundant NORTHERN PINTAILS with RING- NECKED DUCKS, HOODED MERGANSER and SCAUP, plus a flock of KILLDEER. February 24, the arrival of AMERICAN WOODCOCK was noted on Grand Island - the woodcock was heard in the early morning next to the Fantasy Island park. GREAT BLUE HERONS have begun nesting activities at the colony on Motor Island in the upper Niagara River. Multiple BALD EAGLES continue nearby at Strawberry Island. Recent SNOWY OWL reports - the Point Breeze pier on Lake Ontario at Oak Orchard Creek, along Route 18 in Niagara County, and South Woods Road in Shelby. Other reports - PEREGRINE FALCON at the north Grand Island bridge. PILEATED WOODPECKER at a suet feeder in Medina. Single AMERICAN ROBINS arriving at many locations. And at feeders, RED-W. BLACKBIRDS, COMMON GRACKLES, AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES and hunting COOPER'S HAWKS. There will be a BOS on Wednesday, March 14, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. A program on bird feeding will be presented by Wild Birds Unlimited. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 05 Apr 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/05/2018 * NYBU1804.05 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Egret Cackling Goose Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Golden Eagle Wilson's Snipe Iceland Gull Snowy Owl Horned Lark Red-br. Nuthatch Winter Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Northern Mockingbird Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Lapland Longspur Eastern Meadowlark Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/05/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, April 5, 2018 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 29 through April 5 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Another week with more weather resistant migrants. WILSON'S SNIPE, VESPER SPARROW and SAVANNAH SPARROW in the Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan. Along Crick's Run in Allegany State Park, a singing WINTER WREN. March 31, on the BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains - EASTERN MEADOWLARK with NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on Hosmer Road. Five LAPLAND LONGSPURS, including one in near breeding plumage, with HORNED LARKS on Marshall Road. On Lake Ontario at Barker Park in Somerset, RED-THROATED LOON, COMMON LOON, RED- NECKED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, GREAT EGRET and ICELAND GULL. And, small numbers of CACKLING GEESE at two locations in the lake plains. Also March 31, a BARROW'S GOLDENEYE among a dozen COMMON GOLDENEYES on Lake Ontario at the mouth of Johnson's Creek. A SNOWY OWL has been residing for a month on Walden Avenue in Alden. SNOWY OWLS still on the ice-packed Buffalo waterfront. Ten waterfowl species at Gouinlocks Pond, on Sage Road in Attica, included nine HORNED GREBES. Also, a GOLDEN EAGLE over the Town of Attica. And, in the Southern Tier, a flock of PINE SISKINS with RED-BR. NUTHATCHES and GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET at Golden Hill State Forest in Cattaraugus County. The next BOS meeting will be on Wednesday, April 11, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. A program on habitat restoration in the state of Tennessee will be presented. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 12. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 12 Apr 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/12/2018 * NYBU1804.12 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD FISH CROW Common Loon Horned Grebe Trumpeter Swan Snow Goose Brant Osprey Sora Wilson's Snipe Snowy Owl Eastern Phoebe Purple Martin Barn Swallow American Crow Common Raven Eastern Bluebird Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Baltimore Oriole Pine Siskin American Goldfinch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/12/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, April 12, 2018 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 April 5 through April 12 from the Niagara Frontier Region. April 10, a very rare, and male, YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD at a feeder in Appleton, near Olcott, at West Somerset and Hess Roads. FISH CROWS on the west side of Buffalo - five to ten FISH CROWS mingled with AMERICAN CROWS at Elmwood Avenue and North Street. A BRANT continues in a flock of CANADA GEESE and one SNOW GOOSE at an unexpected location - Winter Pond in North Collins. Also unexpected, an EASTERN MEADOWLARK at Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg. And, a surprisingly early BALTIMORE ORIOLE at Sunset Beach, on Lake Ontario in Orleans County. Arrivals in the last few days - SORA at the Berry Road marsh south of Dunkirk. OSPREYS at two nest sites on Grand Island. PURPLE MARTIN also on Grand Island, at colony boxes on the West River. Also reported - WILSON'S SNIPE, EASTERN PHOEBE, BARN SWALLOW, EASTERN TOWHEE, CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW and WHITE-THR. SPARROW. Other reports - SNOWY OWL at Cambria Town Park. COMMON LOONS with HORNED GREBES at Bond Lake Park in Lewiston and at Alpine Quarry in Orchard Park. HORNED GREBE also on Ellicott Creek. COMMON RAVEN and TRUMPETER SWAN at the wetlands on Porter Center Road in Niagara County. Another TRUMPETER SWAN at Wilson Harbor on Lake Ontario. EASTERN BLUEBIRDS nesting at Sunset Beach. At the sunflower fields on Lockport Townline Road, VESPER SPARROW and 40 AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES. And, small flocks of PINE SISKINS at several locations. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 19. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 19 Apr 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/19/2018 * NYBU1804.19 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- SNOWY OWL COMMON LOON FOX SPARROW Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant American Bittern Wood Duck Red-br. Merganser Virginia Rail Greater Yellowlegs American Woodcock Bonaparte's Gull Glaucous Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern Red-bellied Wdpkr. Yellow-b. Sapsucker Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Purple Martin Tree Swallow N. Rough-w. Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Hermit Thrush Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Yellow-r. Warbler Pine Warbler Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/19/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, April 19, 2018 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 April 12 through April 19 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Snow, ice and rain grounded and exposed many migrants this week. Whether migrant fallouts or a concentration of lingering winter birds, a record count of 22 to 26 SNOWY OWLS on the Buffalo waterfront. The owls were viewed at dusk from the former Small Boat Harbor, now Buffalo Harbor State Park, on April 17 and 18. Also on the waterfront and across the region, a fallout of COMMON LOONS. Seventy COMMON LOONS and one RED-THROATED LOON inside the breakwall at the Small Boat Harbor, 30 COMMON LOONS with 40 HORNED GREBES and one RED-NECKED GREBE at Tifft Nature Preserve and five COMMON LOONS on a small pond south of the Williamsville North High School. Single COMMON LOONS reported from Buffalo to Genesee County, and three grounded COMMON LOONS rescued from roadways on Grand Island. More fallouts included 14 FOX SPARROWS at Forest Lawn in Buffalo and 18 EASTERN PHOEBES at Tifft Nature Preserve. Other reports included YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, RED-BELLIED WDPKR., NORTHERN FLICKER, PURPLE MARTIN, TREE SWALLOW, N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOW, BANK SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, PINE WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, EASTERN TOWHEE, CHIPPING SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, PURPLE FINCH and PINE SISKIN. On the waterfront and Niagara River - GLAUCOUS GULL, COMMON TERN, CASPIAN TERN and flocks of BONAPARTE'S GULLS and RED-BR. MERGANSERS. At Dunkirk Harbor - FORSTER'S TERN, 250 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 750 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS. Also this week - AMERICAN BITTERN and VIRGINIA RAIL at Tifft Nature Preserve. COMMON MOORHEN at the Berry Road Marsh in Chautauqua County. GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Kumpf marsh in the Iroquois Refuge. AMERICAN WOODCOCK at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. And, pairs of WOOD DUCKS on a yard pond in North Tonawanda. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 26. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 29 Mar 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/29/2018 * NYBU1803.29 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- Pied-billed Grebe Great Blue Heron Great Egret Gr. White-fr. Goose Cackling Goose Black Scoter Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk Chukar Sandhill Crane Killdeer Little Gull Snowy Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Tree Swallow Purple Finch Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/29/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 29, 2018 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 22 through March 29 from the Niagara Frontier Region. GREAT EGRETS returned to the region this week. At least five pair on nest with the GREAT BLUE HERONS at Motor Island in the upper Niagara River. Single GREAT EGRET on Johnson's Creek at Lake Ontario in Carlton. March 26, 20 TREE SWALLOWS in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. In the Southern Tier, SHORT-EARED OWL and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK in the Cattaraugus County Town of Hinsdale. Two SNOWY OWLS on the outer harbor breakwall in Buffalo. Also at the harbor, BLACK SCOTER at the Bell Slip. On the lower Niagara River, two reports of LITTLE GULL at Lewiston. From Grand Island, PILEATED WOODPECKER at Buckhorn Island State Park, PIED-BILLED GREBE at Beaver Island State Park and a CHUKAR, likely an escaped game bird, at a Grand Island feeder. GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE still at several locations. One at the Gypsum Ponds in Oakfield, two at Murdock Road and Route 18 in Yates, three at Burgess and Lower Lake Road in Somerset, and at least four GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE still at Kumpf Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge. CACKLING GEESE also at several locations in the Lake Ontario Plains. Other reports - two SANDHILL CRANES on Fletcher Chapel Road in Shelby. BALD EAGLE over the Village of Depew. PINE SISKIN at two locations. PURPLE FINCH in Wilson. And, continued reports of TURKEY VULTURES, KILLDEER and NORTHERN FLICKERS. There will be a BOS field trip this Saturday, March 31, to the Lake Ontario Plains of Niagara and Orleans Counties. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wrights Corners, at Routes 78 and 104, north of Lockport. Bring a lunch for a full day trip. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 22 Mar 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/22/2018 * NYBU1803.22 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- EURASIAN WIGEON GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE BOHEMIAN WAXWING ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK Great Blue Heron Tundra Swan Ring-necked Duck Bald Eagle American Kestrel American Coot Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Snowy Owl Cedar Waxwing - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/22/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 22, 2018 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 8 through March 22 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Waterfowl were highlighted by EURASIAN WIGEON at two locations in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area on March 11 - Feeder Marsh and Meadville Marsh. March 11 to 18, up to 6 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE at Kumpf Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge. In Oakfield, near the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, 5 CACKLING GEESE on the 11th. At Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge, abundant RING-NECKED DUCKS and AMERICAN COOT. And, 525 TUNDRA SWANS at Meadville Marsh. SNOWY OWLS still on the Lake Erie ice off the Erie Basin Marina in Buffalo. SNOWY OWLS also around the Iroquois Refuge - in Oakfield, and at South Wood Road in Shelby. March 22, in a yard near the Lake Ontario shore in Wilson, one BOHEMIAN WAXWING among 100 CEDAR WAXWINGS. Another Lake Ontario shoreline report - a reported male ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK, March 17 through March 20, at a feeder at Sunset Beach in Orleans County. Other recent reports - in the Southern Tier, AMERICAN KESTREL returned to a nest site in the Cattaraugus County Town of Hinsdale. Two adult BALD EAGLES migrating over I-990 in Amherst. On the upper Niagara River, ICELAND and GLAUCCOUS GULLS. And, a BALD EAGLE appeared to flush the GREAT BLUE HERONS from their nests on Motor Island. A few days later, six pairs of herons had returned to the rookery. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 18 Oct 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/18/2018 * NYBU1810.18 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- WESTERN KINGBIRD CATTLE EGRET Horned Grebe Snow Goose Redhead Surf Scoter Common Merganser Bald Eagle Merlin Sandhill Crane Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Sanderling Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Common Tern Ruby-t. Hummingbird Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush Orange-cr. Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 10/18/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, October 18, 2018 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 message. Highlights of reports received October 4 through October 18 from the Niagara Frontier Region. October 17, in southern Erie County, a rare, vagrant, WESTERN KINGBIRD, at 8765 Genesee Road, between routes 219 and 240 in the Town of Concord. There are less than 20 records of WESTERN KINGBIRDS in 50 years of the BOS archives. In the Iroquois Refuge, a CATTLE EGRET, October 10, at Cayuga Pool, on Route 77. From Chautauqua County, October 4, a lingering RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD at a feeder in Forestville. Also, three PINE SISKINS at the same location, October 7. Still in Chautauqua County, at Dunkirk Harbor, both DUNLIN and SANDERLING, with REDHEAD, COMMON MERGANSER, HORNED GREBE, BONAPARTE'S GULL, COMMON TERN and BALD EAGLE. On the Niagara River, off Unity Island in Buffalo, two LITTLE GULLS with 1000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. Nearby at the Bird Island Pier, 7 SURF SCOTERS, KILLDEER, SANDERLING, DUNLIN and LEAST SANDPIPER. Down the Niagara River at Grand Island, 70 COMMON TERNS and a HORNED GREBE. On the island, at Beaver Island State Park, MERLIN, ORANGE-CR. WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER and PALM WARBLER, and a SNOW GOOSE on the park golf course. October 14 at Krull Park in Olcott, eight sparrow species, included FOX SPARROW and LINCOLN'S SPARROW, with CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE- THR. SPARROW and abundant WHITE-CR. SPARROWS. Warblers at Krull Park were ORANGE-CR. WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, PALM WARBLER and YELLOW-R. WARBLER; plus HERMIT THRUSH, EASTERN BLUEBIRD and PILEATED WOODPECKER. During the first week of October, in the Iroquois Refuge marshes, numbers of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, with PECTORAL SANDPIPER and SOLITARY SANDPIPER. Also, six SANDHILL CRANES at Kumpf Marsh. There will be a BOS field trip to the Batavia Waste Water Plant on Sunday, October 21. Meet at 9 AM at the plant office, on Industrial Blvd., off Route 33 on the west side of Batavia. The plant has a history of rare and unique species, especially in the fall. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 Oct 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/25/2018 * NYBU1810.25 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- EURASIAN WIGEON GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE LAPLAND LONGSPUR FRANKLIN'S GULL Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Tundra Swan Snow Goose Brant Cackling Goose Canvasback Redhead Greater Scaup Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Ruddy Duck Greater Yellowlegs White-r. Sandpiper Dunlin Little Gull Great Horned Owl Chimney Swift Tree Swallow American Pipit Northern Shrike Rusty Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 10/25/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, October 25, 2018 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 message. Highlights of reports received October 18 through October 25 from the Niagara Frontier Region. October 21, a EURASIAN WIGEON in the Iroquois Refuge. Found on a hike along Mohawk Pool, off Feeder Road north of Route 77. The wigeon was an example of the seldom seen transition plumage, with rufous flanks. The same date, at the Gypsum Ponds in nearby Oakfield, three GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE and more than 15 CACKLING GEESE, with RUDDY DUCK, 8 DUNLIN and 3 WHITE-R. SANDPIPERS. Also in the Iroquois Refuge and surrounding areas, small numbers of TREE SWALLOWS and GREATER YELLOWLEGS. 20 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS on Sour Springs Road, and a pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS calling on Meadville Road. Other incoming waterfowl - four BRANT at Wilkeson Point on the Buffalo waterfront. Also an exotic BLACK SWAN on the waterfront. On the upper Niagara River, 10 species among over 1500 waterfowl at the viewing area on the Robert Moses Parkway in Niagara Falls, included CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD, GREATER SCAUP and RUDDY DUCK, plus 10 HORNED GREBES and a RED-NECKED GREBE. RED- NECKED GREBE and COMMON LOON also on the Niagara off Grand Island. At the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo, an unexpected LAPLAND LONGSPUR, plus LITTLE GULL, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and BLACK SCOTER. Below Niagara Falls, three LITTLE GULLS. October 22 in the Lake Ontario Plains, a FRANKLIN'S GULL on the grass at the Somerset Waste Water Plant at Lower Lake and Quaker Roads. NORTHERN SHRIKE on Lower Lake Road near Johnson Creek Road, 19 late CHIMNEY SWIFTS on Marshall Road, and AMERICAN PIPITS at several locations. And, on Lake Ontario, SNOW GOOSE and two TUNDRA SWANS. There will be a BOS Field Trip to the Lake Ontario Plains on Saturday, October 27. Meet at 8 AM at the Wrights Corners Tops Market at Routes 78 and 104, north of Lockport. Bring a lunch for a full day trip. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Nov 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/01/2018 * NYBU1811.01 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- WESTERN KINGBIRD Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Long-tailed Duck Killdeer White-r. Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Wilson's Snipe Short-eared Owl Pine Warbler Amer. Tree Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Common Redpoll Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/01/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, November 1, 2018 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 October 25 through November 1 from the Niagara Frontier Region. A WESTERN KINGBIRD, first reported October 17, was still present on October 25, in a field at 8765 Genesee Road, between Routes 219 and 240, in the southern Erie County Town of Concord. Please note this is a narrow road with high speed traffic. COMMON REDPOLLS along the Lake Ontario shore. October 31, eleven or more at Wilson-Tuscaurora State Park. Also along the lake shore, a flock PINE SISKINS, and single, calling EVENING GROSBEAKS. Another Lake Ontario highlight, a SHORT-EARED OWL flying in off the water at Golden Hill State Park in Somerset. On the lake, LONG- TAILED DUCKS were the most common waterfowl, with numbers of COMMON LOON, RED-THROATED LOON, HORNED GREBE and RED-NECKED GREBE. October 26, a LAPLAND LONGSPUR in a wet field on the south side of Dunning Road, west of South Transit in Lockport. Shorebirds at this location were - 43 KILLDEER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and 15 WILSON'S SNIPE. Feeder and yard reports this week - 16 species at a feeder in North Boston. And, in a yard in Forestville in Chautauqua County, a juvenile PINE WARBLER, 9 SNOW BUNTINGS and 3 AMER. TREE SPARROWS. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 08 Nov 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/08/2018 * NYBU1811.08 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- SNOWY OWL PARASITIC JAEGER CATTLE EGRET SABINE'S GULL BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE LITTLE GULL - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/08/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, November 8, 2018 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 November 1 through November 8 from the Niagara Frontier Region. On the Buffalo waterfront, November 3, a SNOWY OWL on the breakwall off Buffalo Harbor State Park, formerly the Small Boat Harbor. Also on the 3Road, on Lake Erie at Hamburg Town Park, an adult, dark phase PARASITIC JAEGER. And further south on Lake Erie, a CATTLE EGRET, November 12, at Dunkirk Harbor, on the docks west of the main pier. Catching up on late October gull reports from the source of the Niagara River at Buffalo - SABINE'S GULL, adult and juvenile BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE and two LITTLE GULLS. There will be a BOS meeting, Wednesday, November 14, at the Buffalo Museum of Science, at 7 PM. The program will be a travelogue of a birding trip to the east African country of Uganda. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, November 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 04 Oct 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/04/2018 * NYBU1810.04 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- CLAY-COL. SPARROW Brant Cackling Goose Lesser Scaup Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe Forster's Tern Yellow-b. Sapsucker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Red-br. Nuthatch Winter Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Ruby-cr. Kinglet Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Gray Catbird Blue-headed Vireo Tennessee Warbler Orange-cr. Warbler Nashville Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Hooded Warbler White-thr. Sparrow Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 10/04/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, October 4, 2018 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 late September through early October from the Niagara Frontier Region. Back on September 24, an unexpected location for a rare CLAY-COL. SPARROW, Times Beach Nature Preserve on the Buffalo waterfront. September 29, a FORSTER'S TERN on Lake Erie at Dunkirk Harbor. Also, LESSER SCAUP in the harbor. In Buffalo, a single BRANT has been residing at Black Rock Canal Park on the upper Niagara River. And a CACKLING GOOSE, first found at the Erie Basin Marina, was relocated at nearby LaSalle Park on September 30. Shorebirds appear to have tapered down to SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS and SOLITARY SANDPIPER on the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario. In the Iroquois Refuge area, at the marsh at Griswold Road and Route 77 on September 28, six shorebird species - SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER and WILSON'S SNIPE. Landbird migrants were on the move October 3. Thirty-five species at Golden Hill State Park, on Lake Ontario in Niagara County, included YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN- CR. KINGLET, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, PURPLE FINCH, abundant WHITE-THR. SPARROWS, BLACKPOLL WARBLER and BL.-THR. GREEN WARB. Also by Lake Ontario, in a Wilson yard, HOODED WARBLER and ORANGE-CR. WARBLER, plus BLACKPOLL WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER and TENNESSEE WARBLER. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 20 Sep 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 09/20/2018 * NYBU13mm.dd - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- NORTHERN WHEATEAR WILLET Red-shouldered Hawk Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Forster's Tern Barred Owl Pileated Woodpecker - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 09/20/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, September 20, 2018 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 September 6 through September 20 from the Niagara Frontier Region. September 18, a very rare vagrant, a NORTHERN WHEATEAR, on the dikes at the Batavia Waste Water Plant. There are only three of four records of NORTHERN WHEATEAR during the last 50 years in the BOS archives. The WHEATEAR is a unique trans-Atlantic migrant, with a history of landing in the region during the last two weeks of September. Shorebird migration continues into September. On the Buffalo waterfront, September 6 through at least the 14th, a WILLET at the seaway slip off Outer Harbor Drive. Also in the outer harbor area, two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, two BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and numbers of SANDERLINGS. FORSTER'S TERNS were reported September 13 on the Buffalo area waterfront. Two on the beach at Hamburg Town Park, and one at LaSalle Park. On the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario in September, at least 11 shorebird species in the fields and sod farms of Wainfleet and Dunnville. Species included AMERICAN GOLDEN- PLOVER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, abundant KILLDEER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Other recent reports - two lingering HUMMINGBIRDS in North Boston, with RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, BARRED OWL and PILEATED WOODPECKER. There will be a BOS field trip this Sunday, September 23, to Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. Meet at 8 AM at the footbridge beyond the visitors center. Visitors are always welcome on BOS field trips. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 15 Nov 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/15/2018 * NYBU1811.15 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- SNOWY OWL EVENING GROSBEAK Tundra Swan Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Merlin Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Great Horned Owl N. Rough-w. Swallow Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/15/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, November 15, 2018 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 November 8 through November 15 from the Niagara Frontier Region. One to two SNOWY OWLS continue on the waterfront breakwalls at Buffalo Harbor State Park. Another SNOWY OWL this week on Lake Ontario at the Point Breeze jetty in Orleans County. PARASITIC JAEGER also at Point Breeze. Back on November 6, three EVENING GROSBEAKS at a feeder in the Town of Colden. Small numbers of PINE SISKINS and COMMON REDPOLLS also at several backyard feeders. November 12, in Chautauqua County, a lingering EASTERN PHOEBE and a resident RED-HEADED WDPKR. at Saint Hyacinth Cemetery, on Route 5 in Dunkirk. Another resident RED-HEADED WDPKR. at Fort Niagara State Park at Lake Ontario. From the Niagara River - above Niagara Falls, at Goat Island, over 250 N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOWS, plus one opportunistic MERLIN. On the upper Niagara, TUNDRA SWANS - 135 at Beaver Island State Park and 82 off the Robert Moses waterfowl viewing area in Niagara Falls. And on the lower river at Lewiston, LITTLE GULL among the BONAPARTE'S GULLS. In the Village of Lewiston, a single BLACK VULTURE with local TURKEY VULTURES. And, at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, a calling pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 17 Jan 2019
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/17/2019 * NYBU1901.17 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- Tundra Swan Cackling Goose Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Snowy Owl Common Raven Winter Wren Gray Catbird Northern Shrike White-cr. Sparrow Snow Bunting Rusty Blackbird Common Redpoll Evening Grosbeak - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/17/2019 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, January 17, 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 message. Highlights of reports late December through mid-January from the Niagara Frontier Region. At least six SNOWY OWLS on the Buffalo waterfront, including one SNOWY OWL in downtown Buffalo, residing on the ECC Campus building on South Division Street. On the upper Niagara River, a flock of 500 BONAPARTE'S GULLS off Unity Island, with numerous individuals with full black hoods, and two LITTLE GULLS among the BONAPARTE'S GULLS. On the river at Grand Island, 225 TUNDRA SWANS. At the Grand Island state parks, GRAY CATBIRD at Beaver Island, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD at Buckhorn Island. EVENING GROSBEAKS still in the region. One report of three at a feeder in West Valley, and several EVENING GROSBEAKS in Orchard Park. Late December in Wyoming County - 70 COMMON REDPOLLS on Vernal Road in Attica and 12 COMMON REDPOLLS on Peaviner Road in Alexander. Flocks of up to 110 SNOW BUNTINGS in Bethany. Recently, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS at two locations in Wyoming County, and a flock a eight WHITE- CR. SPARROWS on McLernon Road in Bethany. In the Lake Ontario Plains, single NORTHERN SHRIKES in Porter and Yates. COMMON RAVEN on Hess Road in Newfane. And a CACKLING GOOSE on Lake Ontario at the short pier in Wilson. Other reports - ICELAND GULL at Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg. Two PEREGRINE FALCONS at the Bird Island Pier and a single PEREGRINE FALCON at the Richardson Towers. Red-phase EASTERN SCREECH-OWL in Eden. And, WINTER WREN at Tifft Nature Preserve. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 14 Dec 2018
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/14/2018 * NYBU1812.18 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- TUFTED DUCK PINE GROSBEAK EVENING GROSBEAK Tundra Swan Harlequin Duck Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Red-shouldered Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Dunlin Little Gull Snowy Owl Red-headed Wdpkr. Pileated Woodpecker Common Raven Ruby-cr. Kinglet American Robin American Pipit Orange-cr. Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler American Redstart Song Sparrow Snow Bunting - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/14/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Friday, December 14, 2018 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 from late November through December 14 from the Niagara Frontier Region. November 18, a rare, female, TUFTED DUCK was found at the source of the Niagara River at the far end of the Bird Island Pier, viewed from LaSalle Park in Buffalo. The TUFTED DUCK was still present on December 10. In addition to the TUFTED DUCK on the Buffalo waterfront - three SNOWY OWLS on the offshore breakwalls and structures, several LITTLE GULLS along Unity Island, and a DUNLIN at the new mudflats at the north end of Unity Island. November 23, a rarely reported PINE GROSBEAK in the Niagara County Village of Wilson. A female of the species was feeding in a fruit tree with AMERICAN ROBINS at Shore Drive. EVENING GROSBEAKS, seemingly absent for a generation, have been reported in the Southern Tier Counties - 10, and then 20, EVENING GROSBEAKS at a feeder in the Cattaraugus County Town of Ashford, and eight EVENING GROSBEAKS in the Chautauqua County Town of Arkwright. November 18 at Rock Point Provincial Park in Ontario, a rare November record of AMERICAN REDSTART, with ORANGE-CR. WARBLER and several YELLOW-R. WARBLERS, plus 10 RUBY-CR. KINGLETS, AMERICAN PIPIT, SNOW BUNTING, and a PEREGRINE FALCON on Mohawk Island. On Foss Road in Orleans County, SNOWY OWL, 100 AMERICAN ROBINS, 200 SNOW BUNTINGS and two BLACK VULTURES feeding with six TURKEY VULTURES. BLACK VULTURES continue their residences to the west, in the Village of Lewiston. At Niagara Falls, December 9, two HARLEQUIN DUCKS off the Three Sisters Islands on Goat Island. Other reports - SNOWY OWL on the Point Breeze pier at Oak Orchard Creek and Lake Ontario. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and COMMON RAVEN at Cassadaga lake in Chautauqua County. A dark- phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the Orchard Park exit of Route 219. Sixteen TUNDRA SWANS on Lake LaSalle on the UB north campus, and 110 TUNDRA SWANS off Knowlesville Road in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area. And at feeders - PILEATED WOODPECKER and RED- HEADED WDPKR. at Sunset Beach on Lake Ontario, and in North Boston, two SONG SPARROWS and five woodpecker species including PILEATED WOODPECKER. Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and happy holidays. My thanks to the callers and contributors to the report. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you. - 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 28 Mar 2019
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/28/2019 * NYBU1903.28 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- FISH CROW EURASIAN WIGEON GREAT EGRET Red-throated Loon Red-necked Grebe Tundra Swan Cackling Goose Wood Duck Green-winged Teal Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Gadwall American Wigeon Redhead Ring-necked Duck Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Merlin American Coot American Woodcock L. Black-b. Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Tree Swallow Eastern Bluebird Rusty Blackbird Common Redpoll - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/28/2019 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 28, 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 message. Highlights of reports received March 21 through March 28 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Rare FISH CROWS in the City of Buffalo. March 23, two FISH CROWS among AMERICAN CROWS at Symphony Circle on the city's west side. FISH CROWS have begun to establish a rare presence on both sides of the Niagara River in recent years. March 24, EURASIAN WIGEON in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, at Klossen Marsh, on the southeast side of Meadville Road. RUSTY BLACKBIRDS also on Meadville Road, and a single CACKLING GOOSE nearby at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge. TREE SWALLOWS also arrived in the refuge areas this week. Waterfowl included TUNDRA SWAN, WOOD DUCK, GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK and AMERICAN COOT. Also, EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in the Iroquois Refuge. Two GREAT EGRETS returned to the upper Niagara River heronry at Motor Island on March 25. AMERICAN WOODCOCKS are back and calling around Grand Island. One was heard before dawn, near the Heron Point Apartments on Grand Island Blvd. The Hamburg Hawkwatch began daily coverage of flights over Lakeside Cemetery this month. During the first two weeks - almost 2000 TURKEY VULTURES, plus 8 BALD EAGLES, 25 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 69 RED-TAILED HAWKS, one ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and 3 MERLINS. As of March 25, no reports of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. Visitors are welcome at the hawkwatch, off Camp Road in Hamburg. Other raptor reports - COOPER'S HAWK with prey on Pine Avenue in Niagara Falls. NORTHERN HARRIER at the BOCES Center in West Seneca. MERLIN over Sheridan and Bailey in Amherst. And, a gray-phase EASTERN SCREECH-OWL in a nest box in Pendleton. On Lake Ontario at Point Breeze, RED-NECKED GREBE, RED-THROATED LOON and L. BLACK-B. GULL. TUNDRA SWANS at several locations, and in Carlton, two COMMON REDPOLLS migrating past Lakeside Beach State Park. There will be a BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains, Saturday, March 30. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wrights Corners, north of Lockport, at Routes 78 and 104. Bring a lunch for a full day trip. And as always, visitors are welcome on BOS field trips. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 21 Mar 2019
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/21/2019 * NYBU1903.21 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE HARLEQUIN DUCK BOHEMIAN WAXWING EASTERN TOWHEE Tundra Swan Lesser Scaup Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Wild Turkey Killdeer Bonaparte's Gull Snowy Owl Pileated Woodpecker Winter Wren American Robin Northern Mockingbird Cedar Waxwing Northern Shrike Red-w. Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/21/2019 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org March 21, 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 late winter and early spring reports from the Niagara Frontier Region. During February, an exceptional count of 21 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE, at Oak Orchard Creek in Waterport, in Orleans County. At Niagara Falls, three male HARLEQUIN DUCKS wintered above the falls off the Three Sisters Islands, and were still present on March 7. Up to 140 TUNDRA SWANS on Lake Ontario at Point Breeze during January. In February, early TUNDRA SWANS in Wilson, and a single reported TUNDRA SWAN over Lake Erie at Derby. February 27, in Chautauqua County, a BOHEMIAN WAXWING among 110 CEDAR WAXWINGS on Temple Road in Fredonia. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK wintered on Lake Road near Maple Road in Wilson. Late February, a RED- SHOULDERED HAWK returned to a nest site in North Boston. February 9, a TURKEY VULTURE, either an early migrant or a wandering resident, over the Town of Tonawanda. Small numbers of SNOWY OWLS along the ice-jammed Buffalo waterfront, and a single SNOWY OWL on Route 219 at the Milestrip exit. On the uper Niagara River, wintering BONAPARTE'S GULLS, with unexplained full black hoods, off Unity Island, and up to ten BALD EAGLES at Strawberry Island. Backyard and feeder highlights in late January - NORTHERN SHRIKE in a Hamburg yard, and EASTERN TOWHEE at a feeder in Blasdell, and another towhee at a peanut butter feeder on Grand Island. Flocks of WILD TURKEYS were widely reported, including 11 at the south Grand Island bridges, and 72 in a Medina yard. Now into March, many early spring migrants. EASTERN MEADOWLARK and KILLDEER at the Dunkirk Airport. A LESSER SCAUP on Ellicott Creek at the UB Campus. Multiple reports of TURKEY VULTURES, AMERICAN ROBINS, COMMON GRACKLES and RED-W. BLACKBIRDS. And, a singing WINTER WREN in Eggertsville. Other reports - PILEATED WOODPECKER in the Village of Williamsville, and a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD in the Genesee County Town of Alexander. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 11 Apr 2019
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/11/2019 * NYBU1904.11 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- 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 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 09 May 2019
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/09/2019 * NYBU1905.09 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- WORM-EATING WARBLER YELLOW-THR. WARBLER FISH CROW GOLDEN EAGLE EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL Peregrine Falcon Greater Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Ruby-t. Hummingbird Red-headed Wdpkr. Least Flycatcher Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Cliff Swallow Red-br. Nuthatch House Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Ruby-cr. Kinglet Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Golden-wing. Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Scarlet Tanager Rose-br. Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Eastern Towhee Lincoln's Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch Evening Grosbeak - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/09/2019 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 9, 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 message. Highlights of reports May 2 through May 9 from the Niagara Frontier Region. No lack of migrants this week. At least 23 warbler species highlighted by a WORM-EATING WARBLER, May 4, in the City of Buffalo, at the Lakefront Drive complex next to the Erie Basin Marina. And, a YELLOW-THR. WARBLER, on the 8th, at Amherst State Park. Other warblers of note - GOLDEN-WING. WARBLER at Beaver Island State Park and PRAIRIE WARBLER at two locations - Lake Erie State Park in Chautauqua County, and Forest Lawn in Buffalo. And PALM WARBLERS and YELLOW-R. WARBLERS were counted in exceptional numbers. Reports this week came from the Ellicott Creek Bike Trail, Cazenovia Park, Tifft Nature Preserve, Forest Lawn, Lake Erie State Park, Fort Niagara State Park, Beaver Island State Park, Amherst State Park and many backyards. In addition to the warblers - reports of SOLITARY SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD, RED-HEADED WDPKR., LEAST FLYCATCHER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, CLIFF SWALLOW, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, HOUSE WREN, WINTER WREN, MARSH WREN, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, VEERY, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, EASTERN TOWHEE, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, abundant WHITE-THR. SPARROWS, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, SCARLET TANAGER, INDIGO BUNTING, PURPLE FINCH and multiples of ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS and BALTIMORE ORIOLES. Two backyard feeders hosted both ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK and EVENING GROSBEAK. EVENING GROSBEAKS also on Bear Road in the Town of Wales. And ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS feeding on suet in Sanborn. Highlights in Buffalo - in Allentown, a flyover FISH CROW and unexpected three RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, At Forest Lawn, a migrant GOLDEN EAGLE with a PEREGRINE FALCON, and a closely studied EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL. There will be a BOS field trip this Saturday, May 11, at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. Meet at 7:30 AM on the deck at the Visitor Center. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 19 Apr 2019
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/19/2019 * NYBU1904.19 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL EVENING GROSBEAK D.-crest. Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Red-br. Merganser Osprey Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Merlin Peregrine Falcon Wild Turkey Bonaparte's Gull Herring Gull Snowy Owl Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Common Raven Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Winter Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Ruby-cr. Kinglet Hermit Thrush Pine Warbler Eastern Towhee Savannah Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/19/2019 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Friday, April 19 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 April 11 through April 19 from the Niagara Frontier Region. The BOS April Count was conducted on April 14. Despite a rain-soaked day, the section including the upper Niagara River and Lake Erie from Tonawanda to Buffalo and Hamburg, tallied an impressive 12,000 individuals of 96 species. Fifteen waterfowl species included 1200 RED-BR. MERGANSERS. Also on the Niagara River - 1200 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 114 HERRING GULLS, 700 D.- CREST. CORMORANTS, 134 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 61 GREAT EGRETS, 7 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS and a single SNOWY OWL. Landbirds in this populated section - PILEATED WOODPECKER, MERLIN, PEREGRINE FALCON, EASTERN PHOEBE, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, CAROLINA WREN, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, 29 HERMIT THRUSHES, EASTERN TOWHEE and PINE WARBLER. April 18, at the Hamburg Hawkwatch, at the Williams Ballfield in Hamburg, an EASTERN WHIP- POOR-WILL was photographed resting on the ground. In the Southern Tier, April 17, at Hanging Bog WMA in Allegany County, 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS, territorial BROAD-WINGED HAWK and RED- SHOULDERED HAWK, COMMON RAVEN, WINTER WREN and PINE WARBLER. Other reports - COMMON RAVEN also at the former steel plant on Route 5 in Lackawanna. MERLINS at three potential breeding locations in Buffalo. An OSPREY carrying a fish over the Orchard Park Country Club. Flocks of 10 to 20 WILD TURKEYS at four locations in Orleans County in the Lake Ontario Plains. A migrant EASTERN MEADOWLARK on the soccer field at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. And a SAVANNAH SPARROW at a feeder in Cheektowaga. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 02 May 2019
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/02/2019 * NYBU1903.02 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- AMERICAN AVOCET American Bittern Green Heron Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Broad-winged Hawk Sora Common Gallinule Spotted Sandpiper Caspian Tern Yellow-b. Sapsucker Northern Flicker Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow House Wren Marsh Wren Veery Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Blue-headed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Cape May Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Rose-br. Grosbeak Eastern Towhee Field Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Baltimore Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/02/2019 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 2, 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 April 25 through May 2 from the Niagara Frontier Region. April 28, on Lake Erie at Dunkirk Harbor, two AMERICAN AVOCETS on the Main Street beach at Roberts Road. The weather has been cold and wet, but migration is quickly breaking through the region. Sixteen warbler species were reported in the past two days. May 1, at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, a rich list of 66 species included seven warbler species with a high count of seven NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES. Also at Tifft Nature Preserve, AMERICAN BITTERN, GREEN HERON, SORA, COMMON GALLINULE, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, CASPIAN TERN, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, BLUE- HEADED VIREO, HOUSE WREN, MARSH WREN, VEERY, WOOD THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, EASTERN TOWHEE, FIELD SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW and WHITE-CR. SPARROW. Across the road from Tifft, at Gallagher Beach on the Outer Harbor, CLIFF SWALLOW and BANK SWALLOW, plus BROAD-WINGED HAWK, GREATER SCAUP, LESSER SCAUP and RUDDY DUCK. Other reports this week - at Amherst State Park, five PINE WARBLERS plus BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER, and BL.-THR. GREEN WARB. North to Fort Niagara State Park - OVENBIRD, CAPE MAY WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and BL.-THR. BL. WARBLER. Also, several reports of backyard ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS, BALTIMORE ORIOLES and NORTHERN FLICKERS. There will be a BOS meeting, this Wednesday, May 8, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Dr. Gregg Cunningham of Saint John Fisher's College will present research on how birds use their sense of smell to forage, socialize and navigate. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 25 Apr 2019
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/25/2019 * NYBU1904.25 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- PROTHONOTARY WARBLER EVENING GROSBEAK Common Loon Green Heron Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Ruddy Duck Osprey Caspian Tern Common Tern Yellow-b. Sapsucker Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Ruby-cr. Kinglet Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Brown Thrasher Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Pine Warbler Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/25/2019 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, April 25, 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 April 18 through April 25 from the Niagara Frontier Region. April 24 at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, the earliest record of PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in region. This rare warbler was found on the Beth Pond island. Tifft Nature Preserve was also the location of an early PROTHONOTARY WARBLER on April 26 in the 1980s. Also at Tifft Nature Preserve - GREEN HERON, 10 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS, RUDDY DUCK, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO and BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER. At Forest Lawn in Buffalo, April 22, a BL.-THR. GREEN WARB. with BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, WINTER WREN and multiple BROWN CREEPERS, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS and RUBY-CR. KINGLETS. Nearby at Delaware Park, CASPIAN TERN, BROWN THRASHER and PINE WARBLER. EASTERN TOWHEE and YELLOW-R. WARBLER also at several locations. During the past week, in the Cattaraugus County Town of Ashford, up to eight EVENING GROSBEAKS at a feeder on Beech Tree Road. Other recent reports - COMMON LOONS - 15 on the Niagara River at Beaver Island State Park, multiple migrant loons over the Town of Tonawanda, and a single COMMON LOON on a backyard pond in Clarence. On the upper Niagara River, 200 COMMON TERNS at the foot of Hertel Avenue, with one OSPREY. And at Beaver Island State Park, a flock of 32 CHIPPING SPARROWS. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 27 Feb 2020
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 02/27/2020 * NYBU2002.27 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- RED-W. BLACKBIRD NORTHERN FLICKER WINTER WREN COMMON RAVEN Pied-billed Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant Great Blue Heron Tundra Swan Northern Pintail American Wigeon Lesser Scaup Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Purple Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Snowy Owl Horned Lark Song Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 02/27/2020 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, February 27, 2020 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 message. Highlights of February reports from the Niagara Frontier Region. The month is ending with several reports of RED-W. BLACKBIRDS across the region. NORTHERN FLICKERS were also noted. A WINTER WREN, mid-month, at Amherst State Park, and wintering SONG SPARROWS and WHITE- THR. SPARROWS. An example of the expanding distribution of COMMON RAVENS - February 23, a single RAVEN along the New York State Thruway in Lancaster. On the Buffalo waterfront, SNOWY OWL through the month at the Small Boat Harbor, and PURPLE SANDPIPER on the offshore Donnelly's Pier sandspit, viewed from the Erie Basin Marina. Gulls on the waterfront included GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL and L. BLACK-B. GULL. On the upper Niagara River, small flocks of BONAPARTE's GULLS. Along the Niagara in Tonawanda, BALD EAGLES at the Strawberry Island nest, 20 GREAT BLUE HERONS standing on nest at the Motor Island heronry. Waterfowl included TUNDRA SWAN, AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN PINTAIL, LESSER SCAUP, HOODED MERGANSER and RUDDY DUCK, plus PIED-BILLED GREBE, numbers of D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, and a PEREGRINE FALCON on the crane boom dowriver from the Tonawanda power plant . And in the Lake Ontario Plains of Niagara and Orleans Counties, BALD EAGLE, several ROUGH- LEGGED HAWKS and numbers of HORNED LARKS. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 05 Mar 2020
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/05/2020 * NYBU2003.05 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- WESTERN GREBE Tundra Swan Mute Swan Gr. White-fr. Goose Snow Goose Cackling Goose Wood Duck Northern Pintail Gadwall American Wigeon Canvasback White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Common Merganser Red-br. Merganser Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk Killdeer Snowy Owl Horned Lark Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/05/2020 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 5, 2020 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 February 27 through March 5 from the Niagara Frontier Region. From the Ontario side of the Niagara River, March 4 and 5, a very rare WESTERN GREBE at the marina in Niagara-on-the-Lake. On the Buffalo waterfront, SNOWY OWL continued through the week at Buffalo Harbor State Park, formerly the Small Boat Harbor. Also an adult BALD EAGLE on the ice at the harbor. Early spring arrivals included a night-calling KILLDEER over Buffalo on March 4. Small numbers of COMMON GRACKLES and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS added to the more numerous RED-W. BLACKBIRDS this week. A pair of RED-W. BLACKBIRDS at a feeder in Cheektowaga. February 29, at the Lyndonville Pond on Route 63 in Orleans County, six GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE and three CACKLING GEESE among 1600 CANADA GEESE, plus two each of NORTHERN PINTAIL, COMMON MERGANSER and WOOD DUCK. Also in Orleans County, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continues at Marshall and Lakeshore Road. In the Lake Ontario Plains of Orleans County, SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS, and at Niagara- Orleans Countyline north of Route 18, six LAPLAND LONGSPURS. Waterfowl along the Lake Ontario shore - MUTE SWAN, TUNDRA SWAN, GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, CANVASBACK, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, COMMON GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON MERGANSER and RED-BR. MERGANSER. March 5, in Ransomville in Niagara County, a farm field filled with hundreds of TUNDRA SWANS. Flyover SNOW GEESE and TUNDRA SWANS were noted at widespread locations in the region this week. One hundred miles east of Western New York, over 100,000 SNOW GEESE in the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. On Wednesday, March 11, at 7 PM, the annual Vaughan Lecture will be presented at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Dr. Patricia Wright of Stony Brook University will speak on the extinct Elephant Bird of Madagascar. The lecture is open to the public, but visitors must pre-register for free admission on the museum website sciencebuff.org. Note - BOS members are all pre-registered. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 30 Jan 2020
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/30/2020 * NYBU2001.30 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- SLATY-BACKED GULL BLACK-HEADED GULL BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe White-winged Scoter Purple Sandpiper Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull/Thayer's Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Snowy Owl Fish Crow American Crow Carolina Wren - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/30/2020 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, January 30, 2020 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. January highlights from the Niagara Frontier Region. Gulls have been plentiful on the Niagara River this season. Highlighted by at least one SLATY- BACKED GULL in the area. Most recent reportly above Niagara Falls, off the Three Sisters Islands during January. A BLACK-HEADED GULL and one to two BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKES have been at the lower river Whirlpool, and were noted passing Niagara-on- the-Lake, Ontario, during the evening fly-out of gulls to Lake Ontario. Also, multiple LITTLE GULLS on the lower river, included at least 16 LITTLE GULLS during one evening fly-out, with large numbers of BONAPARTE'S GULLS. L. BLACK-B. GULLS, GLAUCOUS GULLS and ICELAND GULLS, including the THAYER'S GULL form, at the falls. On the Buffalo waterfront, viewed from the Erie Basin Marina, PURPLE SANDPIPERS, depending on the water levels, at the Donnely's Pier sandspit. And, several SNOWY OWLS on the offshore structures off the the marina and the outer harbor. At Forest Lawn in Buffalo, two FISH CROWS, heard and seen, among the roosts of AMERICAN CROWS. A recent waterfowl survey at Fort Niagara State Park on Lake Ontario, reported 75 RED-THROATED LOONS, single HORNED GREBE and RED-NECKED GREBE, and 1200 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. And, several CAROLINA WRENS in January - at a suet feeder in West Seneca, in North Buffalo, and at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. 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
[Ontbirds] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 19 Mar 2020
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/19/2020 * NYBU2003.19 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org --- WESTERN GREBE (March 6) Red-necked Grebe Great Blue Heron Gr. White-fr. Goose Snow Goose Ross's Goose Cackling Goose Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Sandhill Crane Killdeer Lesser Yellowlegs Pectoral Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Great Horned Owl Nor. Saw-whet Owl Common Raven Red-br. Nuthatch Brown Creeper Marsh Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Eastern Bluebird American Pipit Pine Warbler Amer. Tree Sparrow Field Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/19/2020 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 19, 2020 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 March 5 through March 19 from the Niagara Frontier Region. A very rare WESTERN GREBE was still present with several RED-THROATED LOONS on the Niagara River at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, on March 6. Migrant shorebirds - March 15, in the wet fields of the Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan, the expected first migrant PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and two unexpected, early LESSER YELLOWLEGS, plus three WILSON'S SNIPE, and multiple KILLDEER. Also in Sheridan, AMERICAN PIPIT and returning FIELD SPARROWS overlapping with wintering AMER. TREE SPARROWS. AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were heard before dawn on March 12, along Baseline Road on Grand Island. Early March, at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, ROSS'S GOOSE, 3 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE, 4 CACKLING GEESE, and at least 14 other waterfowl species. In the Lake Ontario Plains, including the areas around the Niagara-Orleans Countyline, a total of 23 CACKLING GEESE and 2 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE, plus two COMMON RAVENS. At Yates Town Park, PINE WARBLER, and on Lake Ontario, several RED- NECKED GREBES. >From the Iroquois Refuge and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, two SANDHILL CRANES at Cayuga Pool and BALD EAGLES on nest at Cayuga Pool and Ring-neck Marsh. March 12, a likely overwintering MARSH WREN on Meadville Road. At the Gypsum Pond in Oakfield, 18 CACKLING GEESE and three SNOW GEESE. Other recent reports - NOR. SAW-WHET OWL at the Farmersville State Forest in Cattaraugus County. GREAT HORNED OWL calling in the Iroquois Refuge. RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS returing and calling on territories in North Boston and the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. Migrant COOPER'S HAWKS and RED-TAILED HAWKS over the Town of Tonawanda. 50 GREAT BLUE HERONS at the the Motor Island heronry on the upper Niagara River. EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at nest boxes. At Forest Lawn in Buffalo, BROWN CREEPER, RED-BR. NUTHATCH and GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET. A reported RED-HEADED WDPKR. at a feeder near the Buffalo Airport. And, BONAPARTE'S GULL, ICELAND GULL and L. BLACK-B. GULL still on the Buffalo waterfront. 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