- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 11/11/2010
* NYBU1011.11
- Birds mentioned
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[Two weekends ahead - BOS Niagara River Field Trip,
Sunday November 21, with the Rochester Birding
Association. Meet at 9 AM in the Fort Niagara
State Park parking lot nearest the old fort.
The trip crosses into Ontario - bring border
documents. Visitors are always welcome on BOS
trips. Thank you.]
EVENING GROSBEAK
GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
CALIFORNIA GULL
THAYER'S GULL
Eared Grebe
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Long-tailed Duck
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Greater Yellowlegs
Bonaparte's Gull
Herring Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Red-headed Wdpkr.
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Amer. Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Rusty Blackbird
House Finch
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Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 11/11/2010
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, November 11, 2010
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 November 4 through November 11 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include EVENING GROSBEAK, GR. WHITE-FR.
GOOSE and CALIFORNIA GULL.
November 8, near the Lake Ontario shore in Niagara County, 5 EVENING
GROSBEAKS at a feeder the Town of Wilson. There have been very few
reports of this species in recent years.
In contrast, the GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE has become an annual visitor to
the region. Up to 9 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE this week in the Iroquois
Refuge at Ring-necked Marsh, along with 18 CACKLING GEESE and 3
blue-phase SNOW GEESE, plus numerous waterfowl including 120 HOODED
MERGANSERS. In the adjacent Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, 25
TUNDRA SWANS and 120 AMERICAN COOTS.
Other Iroquois Refuge highlights, a RED-HEADED WDPKR. at Roberts and
Sour Springs Road, and at Tibbets Road, 3 almost-late MARSH WRENS, 2
FOX SPARROWS and 4 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.
At Niagara Falls, New York, CALIFORNIA GULL again on November 5, and
THAYERÂ’S GULL November 7, upriver of
the 3 Sisters Islands off Goat Island, with up to 4
L. BLACK-B. GULLS, and abundant HERRING GULLS and
COMMON GOLDENEYES. It was noted that BONAPARTE'S GULLS are present
on the river, but still in very low numbers.
At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, November 4, the region's first
report of LONG-TAILED DUCK, plus lingering GREATER YELLOWLEGS and TREE
SWALLOW. EARED GREBE was reported several days at the plant with up to
20 waterfowl species including SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK
SCOTER and over 1200 RUDDY DUCKS, plus 2 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, MERLIN, 40
SNOW BUNTINGS and 250 CEDAR WAXWINGS.
November 9 at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, a late lingering
BROWN THRASHER along the Mounds Bypass Trail. Also at Tifft, CAROLINA
WREN, WINTER WREN, AMERICAN ROBIN, GRAY CATBIRD, AMER. TREE SPARROW,
FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW, HOUSE FINCH and flying over,
PEREGRINE FALCON and 3 AMERICAN PIPITS. FOX SPARROWS were also
reported this week from the Lake Ontario Plains to the Southern Tier.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, November 18.
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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