- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/23/2017 * NYBU1703.23 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
ROSS'S GOOSE CACKLING GOOSE SHORT-EARED OWL EASTERN MEADOWLARK Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Tundra Swan Snow Goose Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Turkey Vulture Northern Harrier Red-shouldered Hawk Ring-billed Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-b. Gull Snowy Owl American Robin Northern Shrike - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/23/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 23, 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 March 16 through March 23 from the Niagara Frontier Region. March 20 in the Lake Ontario Plains, a ROSS'S GOOSE, on Route 18, just east of Niagara- Orleans Countyline Road. On the west side of the countyline road, 14 CACKLING GEESE. Abundant SNOW GEESE in the lake plains and on Lake Ontario - up to 500 on Marshall Road in Yates, and 1200 SNOW GEESE on Lake Ontario at Route 63. Also on the lake, counts of 50, 84 and 128 RED-NECKED GREBES, with HORNED GREBES and small numbers of RED-THROATED LOONS. Also in the Town of Yates, two SHORT-EARED OWLS and NORTHERN SHRIKE along Lower Lake Road. March 18 in Ontario, EASTERN MEADOWLARK with AMERICAN ROBINS on Kottmeier Road in Thorold. Other early spring reports - BLUE-WINGED TEAL at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island and flocks of NORTHERN PINTAILS on Lake Ontario. A pair of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS near the Buffalo Airport in Cheektowaga. And TURKEY VULTURES at multiple locations. Catching up from earlier in March - gulls at Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New York, included THAYER'S GULL, 5 ICELAND GULLS, 7 L. BLACK-B. GULLS, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS and 9 GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS. And, on the Buffalo waterfront, SNOWY OWL viewed from the Erie Basin Marina Tower. Other recent reports - On Hunt Road in Chautauqua County, flocks of TUNDRA SWANS and a NORTHERN HARRIER. And a flock of RING-BILLED GULLS, including various ages and plumages, frequenting a parking lot at Ashland and Portage Roads in Niagara Falls. There will be a BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains, on Saturday, March 25th. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wright's Corners, at Routes 78 and 104, north of Lockport. Bring a lunch for a full day trip, and visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 30. 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
