- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 02/23/2017 * NYBU1702.23 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
PINE WARBLER KING EIDER AMERICAN WOODCOCK Red-throated Loon Red-necked Grebe Tundra Swan Trumpeter Swan Cackling Goose American Black Duck Northern Pintail American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Hooded Merganser Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Red-shouldered Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Killdeer L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Flicker Common Raven American Robin Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 02/23/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, February 23, 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. February highlights from the Niagara Frontier Region. Winter birds were quiet during early February. At Krull Park in Olcott, February 18, a PINE WARBLER south of the center gate, and four PINE SISKINS. On the Niagara River at Buffalo, at least one SNOWY OWL, several L. BLACK-B. GULLS, GLAUCOUS GULL, and a pair of BALD EAGLES at Strawberry Island. In the Lake Ontario Plains, several ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and NORTHERN HARRIERS. And up to three TRUMPETER SWANS and 2 CACKLING GEESE at Wilson Harbor. Early spring weather returned migrants in the past two weeks. In Chautauqua County, RED- SHOULDERED HAWK, AMERICAN WOODCOCK and KILLDEER. Widespread reports of TURKEY VULTURE, AMERICAN KESTREL, NORTHERN FLICKER, AMERICAN ROBIN, COMMON GRACKLE and RED-W. BLACKBIRD. At Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge, over 250 TUNDRA SWANS, plus AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, NORTHERN PINTAIL, AMERICAN WIGEON, RING-NECKED DUCK and HOODED MERGANSER. Also in the Iroquois Refuge, a single COMMON RAVEN at the Swallow Hollow Trail. A pair of BALD EAGLES at the Cayuga Pool nest, and four BALD EAGLES at Ring-neck Marsh. GREAT HORNED OWLS calling near Kumpf Marsh. North of the refuge in Shelby, two SHORT-EARED OWLS and a pair of EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS at a nest box. Other February reports - COMMON RAVENS nesting in Bethany in Genesee County and two COMMON RAVENS at the Cassadaga Creek Preserve in Chautauqua County. And, on Lake Ontario at Wilson, female KING EIDER, four RED-THROATED LOONS and seven RED-NECKED GREBES. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 2. 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