- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/07/2011
* NYBU1104.07
- Birds mentioned
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KING EIDER
EURASIAN WIGEON
BRANT
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
PINE WARBLER
CASPIAN TERN
EASTERN TOWHEE
Horned Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Bl.-cr. Night-Heron
Brant
Green-winged Teal
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk RUFOUS-MORPH
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 04/07/2011
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, April 7, 2011
The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum
of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave
a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4)
for instructions on how to report sightings. To contact the Science
Museum, call 896-5200.
Highlights of reports received March 31 through April 7 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include KING EIDER, EURASIAN WIGEON, BRANT,
NORTHERN GOSHAWK, PINE WARBLER, CASPIAN TERN and EASTERN TOWHEE.
April 3, on the Buffalo waterfront, 3 KING EIDERS were relocated in
the harbor between the Bell Slip and the breakwall. Other abundant
waterfowl in the harbor included AMERICAN WIGEON, GREEN-WINGED TEAL,
CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, GREATER SCAUP, LESSER SCAUP, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER,
LONG-
TAILED DUCK and RUDDY DUCK.
EURASIAN WIGEON was reported at two locations in the Alabama Swamps
areas. April 2, a male still in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management
Area at Goose Pond on Albion Road. April 3, another male EURASIAN
WIGEON and a probable hybrid EURASIAN X AMERICAN WIGEON in the
Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area; found on Klossen Marsh, on the
south side of the dike running east of Meadville Road near Owen Road.
April 2, a BRANT in the Orleans County Town of Gaines, on Gaines
Basin Road, just south of Route 104. A rare rufous-
morph RED-TAILED HAWK also on Gaines Basin Road, north of Bacon Road.
Rare and elusive NORTHERN GOSHAWKS at two locations this week - on
Coomer Road near Ide Road in the Niagara County Town of Newfane, and
at a feeder in Orchard Park.
Early April arrivals this week included a PINE WARBLER at a feeder
in the Town of Colden, EASTERN TOWHEE in the Allegany County Town of
Alfred, and CASPIAN TERN on Lake Erie at Dunkirk Harbor. Also of note
- in Allegany State Park, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKERS and PURPLE FINCHES on
the Wolf Run trail.
On the upper Niagara River, 52 GREAT EGRETS roosting on both Motor
Island and Strawberry Island. BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS on the river
included 95 above the Horseshoe Falls and 32 at Motor Island, with
many GREAT BLUE HERONS.
Also on the Niagara River, BALD EAGLE on nest on Navy Island. 135
BONAPARTE'S GULLS and one LITTLE GULL at Rich's Marina in Riverside.
L. BLACK. GULL at Goat Island. Three LITTLE GULLS at Lewiston. And,
about 200 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS at the Peace Bridge and above Niagara
Falls.
Other reports this week - an unexpected BONAPARTE'S GULL with 2
HORNED GREBES and 5 BUFFLEHEADS on a pond on Francis Road in the
Genesee County Town of Bethany. OSPREY nesting activity on River Road
in Tonawanda, the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area and Allegany
State Park. Also in Allegany State Park, 5 BALD EAGLES at Quaker Lake.
In a Town of Aurora yard, 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS and a flyover BALD
EAGLE. Flocks of 20 to 50 COMMON REDPOLLS at four locations, with
single HOARY REDPOLLS in the Bethany and Orchard Park flocks.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 14. 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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