- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 12/14/2018
* NYBU1812.18
- Birds mentioned
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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.
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