- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/31/2019 * NYBU1910.31 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
ARCTIC TERN SABINE'S GULL Harlequin Duck Spotted Sandpiper Phalarope species Jaeger species Little Gull Common Tern Forster's Tern - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 10/31/2019 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, October 31, 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 report. Highlights of reports received October 24 through October 31 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Extremely rare, challenging to identify, and elusive, a juvenile ARCTIC TERN was discovered on the Niagara River. October 27, the tern was found the west branch of the upper Niagara River, at the Niagara Parks Marina at Millers Creek in Ontario. This location is opposite the Beaver Island State Park Marina on Grand Island. Numbers of COMMON TERNS and one or more FORSTER'S TERNS have been reported in the same area. ARCTIC TERN has not been recorded in the BOS region since 1990. Other Niagara River highlights this week - a juvenile SABINE'S GULL at the International Railroad Bridge. Adult LITTLE GULL on the west branch, first winter LITTLE GULL below Niagara Falls, and HARLEQUIN DUCK above the falls, off the Three Sisters Islands. At the Lake Erie source of the Niagara, two JAEGERS and a PHALAROPE, plus a SPOTTED SANDPIPER on the Bird Island Pier. 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/ --
