- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/25/2018 * NYBU1801.25 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
Horned Grebe D.-crest. Cormorant Tundra Swan Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Wilson's Snipe Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Black-leg. Kittiwake Snowy Owl Red-headed Wdpkr. Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Horned Lark Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird Eastern Towhee Song Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/25/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, January 25, 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 report. Highlights of reports received during January from the Niagara Frontier Region. SNOWY OWLS have been reported not only on the Buffalo waterfront, but also in the Village of Depew, City of Tonawanda, Town of Eden, and atop an abandoned store at the Boulevard Mall in Amherst. The SNOWY OWLS on the waterfront have often been viewed from the Erie Basin Marina tower. Up to seven on the distant piers and ice cover at the Niagara River source. Also SNOWY OWLS on drifting ice floes off Grand Island and Fort Niagara State Park. Other Niagara River reports - NORTHERN HARRIER hunting waterfowl at the offshore Donnelley's Pier. BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE, early in the month, off Fort Erie, Ontario. GLAUCOUS GULL at the Erie Basin. GLAUCOUS GULL and ICELAND GULL at Fort Niagara State Park. TUNDRA SWANS wintering around Grand Island. Up to six BALD EAGLES at Strawberry Island. And, single HORNED GREBES and D.-CREST. CORMORANTS scattered along the Niagara. In the Lake Ontario Plains of Niagara County, flocks of SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS with a few LAPLAND LONGSPURS. At Krull Park in Olcott, eight EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and NORTHERN FLICKER. RED-HEADED WDPKR. and two NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS at Fort Niagara State Park. Also, SNOW BUNTINGS reported at the Buffalo Airport. Always surprising in winter, a WILSON'S SNIPE, in late December, in a wet field in the Cattaraugus County Town of Humphrey. Also reported during January, a flock of AMERICAN ROBINS on Sour Springs Road in the Iroquois Refuge and NORTHERN FLICKER in Buffalo. And at feeders, a male RED-W. BLACKBIRD and EASTERN BLUEBIRD in Clarence Center. PILEATED WOODPECKER, EASTERN TOWHEE, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, RED-W. BLACKBIRD and COMMON GRACKLE in North Boston. And a SONG SPARROW in Hamburg. The Bird Report will be updated in February. 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
