- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/24/2011
* NYBU1102.24
- Birds mentioned
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HARLEQUIN DUCK
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Killdeer
Short-eared Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Pileated Woodpecker
Horned Lark
Red-br. Nuthatch
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Shrike
White-thr. Sparrow
White-cr. Sparrow
Red-w. Blackbird
Common Grackle
Common Redpoll
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 02/24/2011
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, February 24, 2011
Thanks to the Science Museum for the repair of the phone line.
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 through February 24 from the Niagara
Frontier Region include HARLEQUIN DUCKS and a brief glimpse of spring
migrants.
At Dunkirk Harbor, two HARLEQUIN DUCKS still present on February 22.
February 17 through 20, widespread reports of some of the real first
signs of spring - TURKEY VULTURES, RED-W. BLACKBIRDS and COMMON
GRACKLES. Also, BELTED KINGFISHER returned to Ellicott Creek in the
Village of Williamsville, and a KILLDEER
over the Town of Colden. Several large flocks of AMERICAN ROBINS
were also reported - likely concentrations of wintering birds, not
returning breeding birds.
BALD EAGLES continue around the upper Niagara River islands and
GREAT BLUE HERONS have been standing on nests at the Motor Island
heronry. BALD EAGLES also by the nest at Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois
Refuge.
Recent reports from Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo included a GRAY
CATBIRD, present since late January, plus NORTHERN SHRIKE, HORNED
LARK, RED-BR. NUTHATCH, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, WHITE-THR. SPARROW,
WHITE-CR. SPARROW and at least 3 COMMON REDPOLLS. Other COMMON
REDPOLLS - counts of 30 at feeders in both the Towns of Shelby and
Orchard Park.
Other recent reports - an unexpected NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on
Buffalo's east side at Howard and Jefferson Avenue. RED-
SHOULDERED HAWK apparently residing on Center Road near Bailey Road,
south of East Aurora. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK near Posson Road in Shelby.
SHORT-EARED OWL on Wruck Road at Townline Road in Royalton. And a
PILEATED WOODPECKER at Meadville and Owens Road in the Tonawanda
Wildlife Management Area.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 3. 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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