- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 06/06/2019 * NYBU1906.06 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK AMER. WHITE PELICAN Least Bittern Sandhill Crane Red Knot American Woodcock Black Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Pileated Woodpecker Olive-s. Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Cliff Swallow American Redstart Ovenbird Hooded Warbler - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 06/06/2019 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org June 6, 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 message. Highlights of reports received May 30 through June 6 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Two locations for very rare BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS this week. June 1, a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK was seen in-flight over Buffalo Harbor State Park, formerly the Small Boat Harbor. The WHISTLING DUCK appeared to drop into Tifft Nature Preserve, but has not been re-located. June 5, a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK was photographed at the Town of Clarence Town Hall pond on Goodrich Road. This WHISTLING DUCK was not found on the 6th. An AMER. WHITE PELICAN continues in the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge. June 3, the pelican was reported at Kumpf Marsh and nearby at Mohawk Pool, to the east of the bend in the Feeder Road, north of Route 77. Other Iroquois Refuge and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area reports - two SANDHILL CRANE on Route 77 east of Griswold Road. Over 15 BLACK TERNS at Cayuga Pool. On Owen Road, YELLOW- BILLED CUCKOO, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, OVENBIRD, and multiple AMERICAN REDSTARTS and HOODED WARBLERS. And, a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at the Cedar Street bridge. From Dunkirk Harbor, on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County, a single RED KNOT, June 3, on the Main Street beach and the stone inner breakwall. On Grand Island, at Beaver Island State Park, a LEAST BITTERN in the East River Marsh, viewed from the south end of East River Road, and seven CLIFF SWALLOW nests on the Park Road bridge over the lagoon on the west side of Beaver Island State Park. Also on Grand Island, AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were heard before dawn on Grand Island Blvd., near the Dunkin Donuts shop. Other reports - Two OLIVE-S. FLYCATCHERS at Amherst State Park. A PILEATED WOODPECKER in a West Seneca yard, and a single COMMON NIGHTHAWK over the University District in Buffalo. Two BOS field trips this Saturday, June 8. The re-scheduled Whip-poor-will trip to the Wainfleet Bog in Ontario will meet at 8 PM at Wilson and Garringer Roads in Wainfleet, about 40 minutes from the Peace Bridge in Buffalo. During the morning on the 8th, a half-day field trip to search for uncommon CLAY-COL. SPARROWS at Krull Park in Olcott. Meet at 7:30 AM at the soccer field on Route 18, east of Route 78. And the final BOS meeting of the season will be on Wednesday, June 12 - a picnic and hike at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. Meet at 6 PM with your picnic meal for a brief meeting followed by an evening hike through the preserve. As always, visitors are welcome at meetings and on field trips. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
