- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/18/2018 * NYBU1810.18 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
WESTERN KINGBIRD CATTLE EGRET Horned Grebe Snow Goose Redhead Surf Scoter Common Merganser Bald Eagle Merlin Sandhill Crane Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Sanderling Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Common Tern Ruby-t. Hummingbird Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush Orange-cr. Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 10/18/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, October 18, 2018 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 message. Highlights of reports received October 4 through October 18 from the Niagara Frontier Region. October 17, in southern Erie County, a rare, vagrant, WESTERN KINGBIRD, at 8765 Genesee Road, between routes 219 and 240 in the Town of Concord. There are less than 20 records of WESTERN KINGBIRDS in 50 years of the BOS archives. In the Iroquois Refuge, a CATTLE EGRET, October 10, at Cayuga Pool, on Route 77. From Chautauqua County, October 4, a lingering RUBY-T. HUMMINGBIRD at a feeder in Forestville. Also, three PINE SISKINS at the same location, October 7. Still in Chautauqua County, at Dunkirk Harbor, both DUNLIN and SANDERLING, with REDHEAD, COMMON MERGANSER, HORNED GREBE, BONAPARTE'S GULL, COMMON TERN and BALD EAGLE. On the Niagara River, off Unity Island in Buffalo, two LITTLE GULLS with 1000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. Nearby at the Bird Island Pier, 7 SURF SCOTERS, KILLDEER, SANDERLING, DUNLIN and LEAST SANDPIPER. Down the Niagara River at Grand Island, 70 COMMON TERNS and a HORNED GREBE. On the island, at Beaver Island State Park, MERLIN, ORANGE-CR. WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER and PALM WARBLER, and a SNOW GOOSE on the park golf course. October 14 at Krull Park in Olcott, eight sparrow species, included FOX SPARROW and LINCOLN'S SPARROW, with CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE- THR. SPARROW and abundant WHITE-CR. SPARROWS. Warblers at Krull Park were ORANGE-CR. WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, PALM WARBLER and YELLOW-R. WARBLER; plus HERMIT THRUSH, EASTERN BLUEBIRD and PILEATED WOODPECKER. During the first week of October, in the Iroquois Refuge marshes, numbers of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, with PECTORAL SANDPIPER and SOLITARY SANDPIPER. Also, six SANDHILL CRANES at Kumpf Marsh. There will be a BOS field trip to the Batavia Waste Water Plant on Sunday, October 21. Meet at 9 AM at the plant office, on Industrial Blvd., off Route 33 on the west side of Batavia. The plant has a history of rare and unique species, especially in the fall. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. 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
