[nysbirds-l] Northern Shrike at Fort Tilden

2016-03-03 Thread Joseph O'Sullivan 
I spotted a first winter Northern Shrike at the road between the Riis Park
Golf Course and Fort Tilden, suoth of the fire house and north of the
beach. I saw it last perched in a tree then flying west into Fort Tilden
around 5:00 this afternoon.

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[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 03 Mar 2016

2016-03-03 Thread David Suggs 
- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/03/2016
* NYBU1603.03
- Birds mentioned

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  PINE WARBLER
  GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
  Tundra Swan
  Cackling Goose
  Northern Pintail
  American Wigeon
  Black Scoter
  Surf Scoter
  White-winged Scoter
  Bald Eagle
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  Peregrine Falcon
  Long-eared Owl
  Red-headed Wdpkr.
  Pileated Woodpecker
  Horned Lark
  Red-br. Nuthatch
  Brown Creeper
  Golden-cr. Kinglet
  Eastern Bluebird
  American Robin
  Cedar Waxwing
  Snow Bunting
  Red-w. Blackbird
  Purple Finch
  Pine Siskin

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  Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
  Date: 03/03/2016
  Number:   716-896-1271
  To Report:Same
  Compiler: David F. Suggs
  Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
  Website:  www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org

  Thursday, March 3, 2016

  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, February 26 through March
  3, from the Niagara Frontier Region.

  February 26, a PINE WARBLER has survived the winter at a
  feeder in Sandusky, in Cattaraugus County, including nights
  with temperatures below -20 F.

  On Lake Erie, February 29 at Dunkirk Harbor, four GR. WHITE-
  FR. GEESE and three CACKLING GEESE.

  March 1, on Lake Ontario at Olcott, an immature male SURF
  SCOTER, female BLACK SCOTER and numbers of WHITE-WINGED
  SCOTERS at the west pier. The SURF SCOTER and BLACK SCOTER
  have been present since February 24.

  Early spring breeders this week - in the Cattaraugus County
  Town of Ashford, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK over territory and
  EASTERN BLUEBIRD singing at a nest box. BALD EAGLES on nest
  at Strawberry Island in the upper Niagara River and at
  Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge. Widespread flocks of
  RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and individual RED-W. BLACKBIRDS calling
  on territory.

  Flocks of TUNDRA SWANS over Lancaster and along Lake
  Ontario, and NORTHERN PINTAILS and AMERICAN WIGEON on the
  Niagara River.

  Continuing reports of winter flocks of AMERICAN ROBINS. Also
  AMERICAN ROBINS with CEDAR WAXWINGS at Elma Town Park.

  At a feeder in Ashford, four PINE SISKINS and two PURPLE
  FINCHES. And five PINE SISKINS with BROWN CREEPER, GOLDEN-
  CR. KINGLET and RED-BR. NUTHATCH at Krull Park in Olcott.

  Other recent reports - SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS
  on Gorton Road in the Town of Pembroke. PEREGRINE FALCON
  may be a regular on a tall building on the Fredonia SUNY
  Campus. LONG-EARED OWL in the Niagara County Town of
  Somerset. And at Sunset Beach on Lake Ontario in Orleans
  County, a RED-HEADED WDPKR. and a pair of PILEATED
  WOODPECKERS.

  There will be a BOS this Wednesday, March 9, at 7 PM at the
  Buffalo Museum of Science.

  The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 10.
  Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may
  report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and
  reporting.

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[nysbirds-l] Oak Beach & Sunken Meadow State Park Birds (Suffolk Co.)

2016-03-03 Thread Ken Feustel 
The Eared Grebe was present at about 8:45AM this morning, as viewed from the 
Senior Citizen parking lot on Oak Beach Road. The bird was actively feeding 
near the Sore Thumb, gradually making its way east to our location. Sue and I 
and Pat Palladino enjoyed good lucks at the bird as it joined a pair of Horned 
Grebes, allowing direct comparison and photographs. From there Sue and I 
traveled north to Sunken Meadow State Park, where we went to see the rafts of 
waterfowl that have been present at the mouth of the Nissequogue River since 
late January. On our way down the beach an Immature Bald Eagle flew east over 
the mouth of the river, flushing not only thousands of ducks (mostly Greater 
Scaup), but thousand of gulls feeding on the low tide in the mussel beds at the 
mouth of the river. We scoped through the gulls, locating a first winter 
Glaucous Gull as well as a second/third winter Lesser Black-backed Gull. 

Good Birding,

Ken Feustel
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/

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