- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/21/2019 * NYBU1903.21 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE HARLEQUIN DUCK BOHEMIAN WAXWING EASTERN TOWHEE Tundra Swan Lesser Scaup Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Wild Turkey Killdeer Bonaparte's Gull Snowy Owl Pileated Woodpecker Winter Wren American Robin Northern Mockingbird Cedar Waxwing Northern Shrike Red-w. Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/21/2019 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org March 21, 2019 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 late winter and early spring reports from the Niagara Frontier Region. During February, an exceptional count of 21 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE, at Oak Orchard Creek in Waterport, in Orleans County. At Niagara Falls, three male HARLEQUIN DUCKS wintered above the falls off the Three Sisters Islands, and were still present on March 7. Up to 140 TUNDRA SWANS on Lake Ontario at Point Breeze during January. In February, early TUNDRA SWANS in Wilson, and a single reported TUNDRA SWAN over Lake Erie at Derby. February 27, in Chautauqua County, a BOHEMIAN WAXWING among 110 CEDAR WAXWINGS on Temple Road in Fredonia. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK wintered on Lake Road near Maple Road in Wilson. Late February, a RED- SHOULDERED HAWK returned to a nest site in North Boston. February 9, a TURKEY VULTURE, either an early migrant or a wandering resident, over the Town of Tonawanda. Small numbers of SNOWY OWLS along the ice-jammed Buffalo waterfront, and a single SNOWY OWL on Route 219 at the Milestrip exit. On the uper Niagara River, wintering BONAPARTE'S GULLS, with unexplained full black hoods, off Unity Island, and up to ten BALD EAGLES at Strawberry Island. Backyard and feeder highlights in late January - NORTHERN SHRIKE in a Hamburg yard, and EASTERN TOWHEE at a feeder in Blasdell, and another towhee at a peanut butter feeder on Grand Island. Flocks of WILD TURKEYS were widely reported, including 11 at the south Grand Island bridges, and 72 in a Medina yard. Now into March, many early spring migrants. EASTERN MEADOWLARK and KILLDEER at the Dunkirk Airport. A LESSER SCAUP on Ellicott Creek at the UB Campus. Multiple reports of TURKEY VULTURES, AMERICAN ROBINS, COMMON GRACKLES and RED-W. BLACKBIRDS. And, a singing WINTER WREN in Eggertsville. Other reports - PILEATED WOODPECKER in the Village of Williamsville, and a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD in the Genesee County Town of Alexander. 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
