A few details on the juvenile Pomarine Jaeger at Lasalle Park on the Buffalo waterfront this afternoon (17 Oct):
The bird was initially observed flying in towards the small slip area just off the south end of the park and spent about 2 minutes heavily harassing a Ring-billed Gull before sitting on the water just off the railing. It then got up and was lost in-flight behind some trees along the shore, seemingly flying inland over the nearby apartments. After searching at Erie Basin to no avail and then returning back to Lasalle Park, it reappeared about an hour later just outside the south end of the inner breakwall attempting to chase a Herring Gull before flying north. We then followed the bird for about a 1/4 mile north along the breakwall, but eventually lost it as it dropped down behind the breakwall. A photo of the bird is here: www.flickr.com/photos/jmpawli10 On a belated note, Kyle Horton and I had brief views of a (mostly basic[winter]-plumaged) Red Phalarope in the rapids above Niagara Falls as viewed from the shore of Goat Island late yesterday (Sunday) morning. The bird was in-flight out over the rapids on the Canadian side before flying upriver towards the upstream end of Goat Island--a few times it appeared as if it was going to land on the water, but before watching it do so we lost it as it flew behind some trees along the shoreline. Searching the area over the next 45 minutes did not turn up the bird. Also of interest here over the rapids were 145 Chimney Swifts and 600+ Swallows, mostly N. Rough-winged with some Tree and one Barn, and a leucistic (nearly all white) Bonaparte's Gull. Additionally a quick stop at the beach/marina at Beaver Island State Park in the afternoon turned up a Spotted Sandpiper at the west end of the swimming beach and 5 Common Terns amongst 300+ Bonaparte's Gulls at the marina. Jim Pawlicki Amherst, NY On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:04 PM, <williamwatso...@aol.com> wrote: > ** > October 17 - Jim Pawlicki and I saw a Pomarine Jaegar at LaSalle Park in > Buffalo at 1:48 PM and again at 3:05 PM. La Salle Park is about two mile > south of the Peace Bridge. There were also 300 Double-crested Cormorants, 2 > American Black Ducks, and a Common Tern. > > Near the north end of Squaw Island just south of the International Rail > Road Bridge there were 11 Chimney Swifts, three Little Gulls, 600 > Double-crested Cormorants, 200 Bonaparte's Gulls, and 6 Great Egrets. > > Best Wishes for Great Birding, > Bill Watson > Buffalo Ornithological Society > > _______________________________________________ > GeneseeBirds-L mailing list - geneseebird...@geneseo.edu > http://mail.geneseo.edu/mailman/listinfo/geneseebirds-l > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
