- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/11/2017 * NYBU1705.11 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
BLACK-NECKED STILT BRANT WORM-EATING WARBLER Green Heron Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Common Tern Black Tern Chimney Swift Ruby-t. Hummingbird Least Flycatcher Gr. Cr. Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow House Wren Marsh Wren Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Veery Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Mourning Warbler Rose-br. Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Savannah Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Bobolink Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/11/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, May 11, 2017 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 April 27 through May 11 from the Niagara Frontier Region. An exceptional rarity in the Iroquois Refuge. May 8, a BLACK-NECKED STILT at Kumpf Marsh, at Feeder Road and Route 77. The STILT was relocated May 11 in the adjacent Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, a the South Feeder Marsh or Ducks Unlimited Marsh. Park at the east end of Klossen Road, and hike the marsh dike north, then east to this location. BRANT are best known as Lake Ontario migrants, however, May 7, over 200 BRANT on the Buffalo waterfront, at the sand spit inside Donnelly's Pier. May 8, on the upper the Niagara River, numbers of BRANT on the east branch of the river off Grand Island, and over the north Grand Island bridge. Also on the Niagara River at Beaver Island State Park, 45 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS, and at the park marina, 400 COMMON TERNS. Another 20 BL.- CR. NIGHT-HERONS at Unity Island in Buffalo. The highlight of warbler migration has been a WORM-EATING WARBLER, May 1, at Forest Lawn in Buffalo. Warbler reports have been dampened by near continuous rain early in the month. In Chautauqua County, at the Canadaway Creek WMA, 11 warbler species on May 4 inlcuded 2 MOURNING WARBLERS. All reports combined, only 18 warbler species reported to date. Other migrants and arrivals - GREEN HERON, CHIMNEY SWIFT, RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GR. CR. FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, BANK SWALLOW, CLIFF SWALLOW, HOUSE WREN, MARSH WREN, BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, VEERY, HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, SAVANNAH SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, WHITE-CR. SPARROW, INDIGO BUNTING, BOBOLINK, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, PURPLE FINCH, and, ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS have graced feeders in Clarence and North Boston. Shorebird migration is ramping up. Abundant GREATER YELLOWLEGS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Kumpf Marsh, with PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and DUNLIN. Also BLACK TERNS at Kumpf Marsh and Cayuga Pool. And, SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS at several locations. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 18. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
