- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/12/2014 * NYBU1406.12 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
D.-crest. Cormorant Great Egret Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Blue-winged Teal Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Osprey Wild Turkey Semipalmated Plover Ruddy Turnstone Dunlin Great Black-b. Gull Caspian Tern Acadian Flycatcher Purple Martin Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Common Raven Yellow-thr. Warbler - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/12/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, June 12, 2014 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. Breeding birds were the highlight of reports received June 5 through June 12 from the Niagara Frontier Region. On the Buffalo waterfront, 17 immature GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS on the outer harbor breakwall; a species not documented in Buffalo on the 2005 Breeding Bird Survey. Also an unexpected pair of LESSER SCAUP along the breakwall. D.-CREST. CORMORANTS continue as breeders on the Niagara River. 279 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS with 79 nests on the Reef Lighthouse above the Peace Bridge, and 625 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS above Niagara Falls, with 36 BL.-CR. NIGHT-HERONS and 24 adult and 5 nestling GREAT EGRETS. CLIFF SWALLOWS nesting on the Peace Bridge - 79 nests but only 20 adult CLIFF SWALLOWS. On the Black Rock Canal, CLIFF SWALLOWS were noted as the most common swallow species this week. In the Iroquois Refuge, PURPLE MARTIN nest box monitors report 101 hatchlings, and 93 nests holding 468 eggs. At Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg, 50 BANK SWALLOWS with 400 nest burrows in the banks of the north creek. OSPREY were reported nesting on private property on the Lake Ontario shore in Orleans County. Allegany State Park is known for numerous breeding warbler species. Despite inclement weather, 14 species in the park on June 8, highlighted by the rare, local breeding YELLOW- THR. WARBLER on Allegany State Park Road One. Also in the park, COMMON RAVEN and ACADIAN FLYCATCHER. June 10, at Rock Point Provincial Park on the Lake Erie shore in Ontario, a rare in June COMMON GOLDENEYE, plus SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, and DUNLIN. Also 1100 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, COMMON MERGANSER, CASPIAN TERN and 2 WILD TURKEYS. At the nearby Mosaic Ponds, an uncommon in summer BLUE-WINGED TEAL. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, June 19. 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 - 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
