- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/01/2012
* NYBU1203.01
- Birds mentioned
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BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
KING EIDER
SNOWY OWL
BRANT
COMMON RAVEN
Snow Goose
Northern Pintail
Lesser Scaup
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Short-eared Owl
Northern Shrike
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Red-w. Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/01/2012
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, March 1, 2012
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.
Just the highlights of the many reports received during the past two
weeks, February 16 to March 1, include BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, GR.
WHITE-FR. GOOSE, KING EIDER, SNOWY OWL, BRANT and COMMON RAVEN.
A rare find on the upper Niagara River, February 25, a female
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at the Niagara Parkway and Central Avenue in Fort
Erie, Ontario. The distinct field mark of an all orange bill was noted.
Many species of arriving waterfowl in the Iroquois Refuge and
surrounding areas were highlighted by 4 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE, March 1,
on Hemlock Ridge Road west of Shelby-Barre Townline, among several
thousand CANADA GEESE, 29 NORTHERN PINTAILS and a SNOW GOOSE.
SNOW GOOSE reports were highlighted by a flock of 2000 over Golden
Hill State Park at Lake Ontario in Somerset. Also flocks of 175 and
150 SNOW GEESE in the Town of Barre and the Iroquois Refuge.
February 26, a male KING EIDER was still on the Welland Canal at
Port Weller in Saint Catharines, Ontario. SNOWY OWL at the canal on
February 19.
In Buffalo, an unexpected BRANT, February 28, off the Erie Basin
Marina. More unexpected, a COMMON RAVEN, February 18, at the power
plant on River Road in Tonawanda. At the nearby Mid River Marina, 5
LESSER SCAUP and a BALD EAGLE.
SHORT-EARED OWLS and NORTHERN HARRIERS continue to winter on
Molasses Hill Road in Alexander and Posson Road in Shelby. Only
recent reports of ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS - at two locations in Shelby.
NORTHERN SHRIKES in Bethany, Middlebury and on Casey Road in the
Iroquois Refuge. And, 5 BALD EAGLES in refuge areas.
Also during the past two weeks, small numbers of RED-W. BLACKBIRDS
and COMMON GRACKLES, and flocks of up to 150 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS at
several locations. At feeders - EASTERN TOWHEE in Bethany, FIELD
SPARROW in Alexander and 12 NORTHERN CARDINALS in Hamburg. And a pair
of active PEREGRINE FALCONS by the nest box on the Winspear Avenue
chimney on the UB Campus in Buffalo. The Bird Report will be updated
Thursday evening, March 8. 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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