[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Mar 2012
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/01/2012 * NYBU1203.01 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit email to dfsuggs localnet com --- BARROW'S GOLDENEYE GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE KING EIDER SNOWY OWL BRANT COMMON RAVEN Snow Goose Northern Pintail Lesser Scaup Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Short-eared Owl Northern Shrike Northern Cardinal Eastern Towhee Field Sparrow Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/01/2012 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 1, 2012 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Just the highlights of the many reports received during the past two weeks, February 16 to March 1, include BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE, KING EIDER, SNOWY OWL, BRANT and COMMON RAVEN. A rare find on the upper Niagara River, February 25, a female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at the Niagara Parkway and Central Avenue in Fort Erie, Ontario. The distinct field mark of an all orange bill was noted. Many species of arriving waterfowl in the Iroquois Refuge and surrounding areas were highlighted by 4 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE, March 1, on Hemlock Ridge Road west of Shelby-Barre Townline, among several thousand CANADA GEESE, 29 NORTHERN PINTAILS and a SNOW GOOSE. SNOW GOOSE reports were highlighted by a flock of 2000 over Golden Hill State Park at Lake Ontario in Somerset. Also flocks of 175 and 150 SNOW GEESE in the Town of Barre and the Iroquois Refuge. February 26, a male KING EIDER was still on the Welland Canal at Port Weller in Saint Catharines, Ontario. SNOWY OWL at the canal on February 19. In Buffalo, an unexpected BRANT, February 28, off the Erie Basin Marina. More unexpected, a COMMON RAVEN, February 18, at the power plant on River Road in Tonawanda. At the nearby Mid River Marina, 5 LESSER SCAUP and a BALD EAGLE. SHORT-EARED OWLS and NORTHERN HARRIERS continue to winter on Molasses Hill Road in Alexander and Posson Road in Shelby. Only recent reports of ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS - at two locations in Shelby. NORTHERN SHRIKES in Bethany, Middlebury and on Casey Road in the Iroquois Refuge. And, 5 BALD EAGLES in refuge areas. Also during the past two weeks, small numbers of RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES, and flocks of up to 150 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS at several locations. At feeders - EASTERN TOWHEE in Bethany, FIELD SPARROW in Alexander and 12 NORTHERN CARDINALS in Hamburg. And a pair of active PEREGRINE FALCONS by the nest box on the Winspear Avenue chimney on the UB Campus in Buffalo.The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 8. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] RBA Buffalo Bird Report 01 Mar 2012
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/01/2012 * NYBU1203.01 - Birds mentioned --- Please submit email to dfsuggs localnet com --- BARROW'S GOLDENEYE GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE KING EIDER SNOWY OWL BRANT COMMON RAVEN Snow Goose Northern Pintail Lesser Scaup Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Short-eared Owl Northern Shrike Northern Cardinal Eastern Towhee Field Sparrow Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/01/2012 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 1, 2012 The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Just the highlights of the many reports received during the past two weeks, February 16 to March 1, include BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE, KING EIDER, SNOWY OWL, BRANT and COMMON RAVEN. A rare find on the upper Niagara River, February 25, a female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at the Niagara Parkway and Central Avenue in Fort Erie, Ontario. The distinct field mark of an all orange bill was noted. Many species of arriving waterfowl in the Iroquois Refuge and surrounding areas were highlighted by 4 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE, March 1, on Hemlock Ridge Road west of Shelby-Barre Townline, among several thousand CANADA GEESE, 29 NORTHERN PINTAILS and a SNOW GOOSE. SNOW GOOSE reports were highlighted by a flock of 2000 over Golden Hill State Park at Lake Ontario in Somerset. Also flocks of 175 and 150 SNOW GEESE in the Town of Barre and the Iroquois Refuge. February 26, a male KING EIDER was still on the Welland Canal at Port Weller in Saint Catharines, Ontario. SNOWY OWL at the canal on February 19. In Buffalo, an unexpected BRANT, February 28, off the Erie Basin Marina. More unexpected, a COMMON RAVEN, February 18, at the power plant on River Road in Tonawanda. At the nearby Mid River Marina, 5 LESSER SCAUP and a BALD EAGLE. SHORT-EARED OWLS and NORTHERN HARRIERS continue to winter on Molasses Hill Road in Alexander and Posson Road in Shelby. Only recent reports of ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS - at two locations in Shelby. NORTHERN SHRIKES in Bethany, Middlebury and on Casey Road in the Iroquois Refuge. And, 5 BALD EAGLES in refuge areas. Also during the past two weeks, small numbers of RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES, and flocks of up to 150 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS at several locations. At feeders - EASTERN TOWHEE in Bethany, FIELD SPARROW in Alexander and 12 NORTHERN CARDINALS in Hamburg. And a pair of active PEREGRINE FALCONS by the nest box on the Winspear Avenue chimney on the UB Campus in Buffalo.The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 8. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
