- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/11/2011
* NYBU1102.10
- Birds mentioned
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HOARY REDPOLL
YELLOW-R. WARBLER
RED-THROATED LOON
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Tundra Swan
Greater Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Little Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Short-eared Owl
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Robin
Northern Shrike
Amer. Tree Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
White-cr. Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 02/10/2011
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org
Thursday, February 10, 2011
[Note the phone line at the science museum is still out of order,
apparently awaiting a service call]
The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum
of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave
a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4)
for instructions on how to report sightings. To contact the Science
Museum, call 896-5200.
Highlights of reports received February 3 through February 10 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include HOARY REDPOLL, YELLOW-R. WARBLER,
RED-THROATED LOON and RED-SHOULDERED HAWK.
February 5 at a feeder in the Niagara County Town of Wilson, a
solitary HOARY REDPOLL. In the Town of Orchard Park, a YELLOW-R.
WARBLER continues at a suet feeder with an uncommon in winter NORTHERN
FLICKER. Also in Orchard Park, 2 PINE SISKINS with a flock of AMERICAN
GOLDFINCHES.
February 5 and 6 at the mouth of the Niagara River off Fort Niagara
State Park, 23 RED-THROATED LOONS, over 200 WHITE-
WINGED SCOTERS, HORNED GREBE and GLAUCOUS GULL.
Rare in winter, RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS in the Genesee County Town of
Darien - a pair on Warner Road and a single on Mammot Road. PILEATED
WOODPECKER and 52 AMERICAN ROBINS also in Darien.
A good season for widespread SNOW BUNTINGS continues. The flock of
over 1000 was reported again on Yougstown-Wilson Road near Fisk Road
in Wilson, and in the Genesee County Town of Bethany, several flocks
of up to 250 SNOW BUNTINGS on McLernon Road. A few LAPLAND LONGSPURS
usually found among the SNOW BUNTINGS.
Just east of the BOS region [I believe], at Black Creek bridge in
East Bethany, a good winter count of 7 WHITE-CR. SPARROWS with AMER.
TREE SPARROWS and WHITE-thr. SPARROWS.
February 6, SHORT-EARED OWL and NORTHERN SHRIKE still on Posson Road
in the Town of Shelby, just north of the Iroquois Refuge.
Recent reports from the Dunkirk Harbor winter oasis - PIED-
BILLED GREBE, HORNED GREBE, RED-NECKED GREBE, EARED GREBE, TUNDRA
SWAN, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, RUDDY DUCK, first winter LITTLE GULL,
ICELAND GULL and up to 9 BALD EAGLES.
And from the upper Niagara River - a pair of adult BALD EAGLES on
Strawberry Island, GREAT BLUE HERONS at Motor Island, several hundred
TUNDRA SWANS off Beaver Island State Park, and thousands of waterfowl,
primarily GREATER SCAUP, on the east river branch between Grand Island
and Tonawanda.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, February 17.
Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report
sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting.
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