- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 08/14/2014 * NYBU1408.14 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
WILLET Great Egret Wood Duck Green-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Ruddy Duck Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Sanderling Semipalm. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-r. Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-b. Dowitcher Long-b. Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope Cliff Swallow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 08/14/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org August 14, 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. Shorebirds continue to be the highlight of reports contributed August 7 through August 14 from the Niagara Frontier Region. August 9, a rare find on the Lake Erie shore at Hanford Bay, in the Chautauqua County Town of Hanover, a juvenile WILLET. The west Ruddy Marsh in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area has been the center of attention for shorebirding. At least 17 species were reported this week. Highlights were SANDERLING, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 28 STILT SANDPIPERS, LONG-B. DOWITCHER and WILSON'S PHALAROPE. Plus, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALM. SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and SHORT-B. DOWITCHER. Also at Ruddy Marsh, 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, juvenile VIRGINIA RAIL calling, 83 GREAT EGRETS, PEREGRINE FALCON and 2 CLIFF SWALLOWS. The Ruddy Marsh dikes are accessed from a parking area on Ditch Road south of Griswold Street. August 13 in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, shorebirds at Goose or Stafford's Pond included 16 STILT SANDPIPERS. At the Batavia Waste Water Plant this week, waterfowl species have increased and included WOOD DUCK, AMERICAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK and RUDDY DUCK. Also small numbers of BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS at the plant. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, August 21. 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
