Excellent day of birding with Alec Humann today. We hope to get the Lark Sparrow in Kendall and head back towards Buffalo. Stops and approximate times: Baseline Rd - Grand Island 8:30 am 1 Eastern Screech Owl Lake Rd - Barker 9:45 am 1 Northern Shrike Lakeshore Rd - Kendall 3 Blue Jays 3 American Crows 6 American Robins 1 Lark Sparrow - life bird for me - offered excellent views when it finally came into view 2 Dark-eyed Juncos 4 House Finches 7 House Sparrows (Alec heard Eastern Bluebirds - I didn't) Hamlin Beach State Park 11:20 am 900 Canada Geese 2 Bufflehead 1 Common Goldeneye 6 Red-breasted Mergansers 1 Horned Grebe 50 Gulls (out a little far for my binoculars, and not quite what we were looking for) 2 Downy Woodpeckers 13 American Crows 1 Horned Lark 2 Black-capped Chickadees 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 250 Common Redpoll - 1 group at the east end of the park (Yanty Creek area) of 150 birds, 1 group at the west end of the park of 100 birds. Another life bird for me. Route 18 at Route 63 - Lyndonville 1:00 pm 1 American Kestrel 1 Northern Shrike Marshall Rd - Lyndonville 1:10 pm 2700 Snow Geese - I have never seen this many! I recall thinking as a kid that 2 dozen was something else! Perhaps 5% were Blue Geese. In corn stubble near the lake on the west side of the road. 1 Cackling Goose - stood out from Snows and was noticeable smaller. 2 Northern Harriers - across the road from the Snows 8 Rock Pigeons 1 Snowy Owl - on post near the cow barn, we initially went past the owl and headed right for the geese. Excellent views, although most of the time the birds was looking away from the road. Young male bird. 2 American Crows Golden Hill State Park 1:40 pm 4 Canada Geese 3 Black-capped Chickadees Not much activity here Lower Lake Rd - Barker 2:00 pm 1 American Kestrel 18 American Goldfinches Wilson Tuscarora Stare Park 1 American Tree Sprarrow 17 Dark-eye Juncos We had hoped to get a look at some Bohemian Waxwings, but no such luck! Joe Fell Buffalo, NY
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