- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/01/2017 * NYBU1712.01 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Harlequin Duck Peregrine Falcon Sanderling Phalarope species Franklin's Gull Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Black-leg. Kittiwake Common Tern Snowy Owl Common Raven Eastern Bluebird American Robin White-thr. Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/01/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Friday, December 1, 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 November reports from the Niagara Frontier Region, primarily from the Niagara River. At the source of the river in Buffalo, at least four SNOWY OWLS between the Erie Basin Marina and the offshore Donnelly's Pier. Also at the marina, ICELAND GULL, plus COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, SANDERLING, and L. BLACK-B. GULL. Nearby on the Buffalo River, four BL.-CR. NIGHT- HERONS. Off Unity Island in Buffalo's Black Rock section, one or two FRANKLIN'S GULLS during the month, among a flock of BONAPARTE'S GULLS at the railroad bridge and north end of the island. Also COMMON LOON and RED-NECKED GREBE at Unity Island. Early in the month, four PHALAROPES at the Small Boat Harbor in Buffalo, and seven COMMON TERNS lingering at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. At Niagara Falls, November 26, a juvenile BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE below the Horseshoe Falls, viewed from Ontario. Four, male HARLEQUIN DUCKS above the falls near the stranded barge, and a GLAUCOUS GULL off the Three Sisters Islands at Goat Island. On the lower Niagara River, 10 ICELAND GULLS at the power plants. Other reports in November - From Buffalo, PIE- BILLED GREBE and WOOD DUCK at Delaware Park Lake, and two COMMON RAVENS and a PEREGRINE FALCON at the Richardson Complex on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. PINE SISKIN, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, AMERICAN ROBIN and DARK-EYED JUNCO in a yard near the Buffalo airport. And, a flock of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at Sprague Brook Park in southern Erie County. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, December 7. 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
