- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 02/14/2013 * NYBU1302.14 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
SLATY-BACKED GULLS SNOWY OWL GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE COMMON RAVEN Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Tundra Swan Snow Goose Lesser Scaup White-winged Scoter Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon Wild Turkey Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Snow Bunting Common Redpoll - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 02/14/2013 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, February 14, 2013 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 7 through February 14 from the Niagara Frontier Region include two SLATY-BACKED GULLS, SNOWY OWL, GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE and COMMON RAVEN. At least two SLATY-BACKED GULLS continue on the Niagara River this winter. One adult with a distinct all dark bill was reported again, February 9, at the Lewiston Reservoir on the lower Niagara River. On February 10 and 11, a different adult SLATY-BACKED GULL at Donnelly's Pier and surrounding harbor waters, observed from the Erie Basin Marina Tower in Buffalo. This individual may be the same SLATY-BACKED GULL recently reported on the lower river off the Lewiston docks. February 9, ICELAND GULLS and GLAUCOUS GULLS in record and near-record numbers on the lower Niagara River areas. A total of 52 ICELAND GULLS, including 24 at the Lewiston Reservoir, eclipsing the region's record of 28; and just under the record of 41, 38 GLAUCOUS GULLS including 19 at the Modern Landfill in Niagara Falls. Numbers of both white- winged gulls also reported on the upper river this week. A distant SNOWY OWL on the Lewiston Reservoir ice, observed from the sledding hill off Witmer Road, also on February 9. At Dunkirk Harbor this week, 4 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE, 4 CACKLING GEESE and a SNOW GOOSE, plus BALD EAGLE and BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERON. In southern Erie County, February 10, at Route 219 and Boston Hill Road, two COMMON RAVENS. In addition to the abundant waterfowl at the source of the Niagara River between the ice boom and Peace Bridge - At the Mid-river Marina on River Road in Tonawanda, a single RUDDY DUCK and a small flock of LESSER SCAUP. At the Tonawanda Docks by Tonawanda Island, a single LESSER SCAUP and 12 HOODED MERGANSERS. CANVASBACKS and REDHEADS have been favoring the west branch of the Niagara River off Grand Island. And on the lower Niagara River, 6 TUNDRA SWANS and 162 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS at Davis State Park. Other reports this week - the increase of WILD TURKEYS in the Lake Ontario Plains was noted in a report of 35 WILD TURKEYS on Waterport Road in the Orleans County Town of Carlton. On the Grand Island bridges, reports continue of a single PEREGRINE FALCON on the north bridge, and two PEREGRINE FALCONS on the south bridge. COMMON REDPOLLS still at many feeders and parks. And, on Squaw Island in Buffalo, 20 SNOW BUNTINGS. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, February 21. 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/ --
