- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/09/2014 * NYBU1401.09 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
TUFTED DUCK HARLEQUIN DUCK Horned Grebe Great Blue Heron Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Snowy Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Winter Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet Gray Catbird Yellow-r. Warbler Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/09/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, January 9, 2013 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. TUFTED DUCK and HARLEQUIN DUCK were the highlights of reports received January 2 through January 9 from the Niagara Frontier Region. January 9, a female TUFTED DUCK at the source of the Niagara River. Just the second record for the region, the TUFTED DUCK was among a flock of SCAUP off the end of the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo. Further down the river, January 5, a female HARLEQUIN DUCK off the Black Rock Canal pier at the north end of Squaw Island Park in Buffalo's Black Rock section. Also in the area - L. BLACK-B. GULL, several ICELAND GULLS and only a few BONAPARTE'S GULLS, plus 2 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 2 BALD EAGLES and hunting PEREGRINE FALCONS. January 9 at a feeder in Medina, an EASTERN TOWHEE. In Wilson, by Lake Ontario, feeders attracted a CHIPPING SPARROW on January 3. SNOWY OWLS continue at widespread locations. Back on December 27, on the Oak Orchard Christmas Count, centered on the Iroquois Refuge, 5 SNOWY OWLS, plus BARRED OWL, 4 SHORT- EARED OWLS, 17 NORTHERN FLICKERS, 7 PILEATED WOODPECKERS, 10 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 2 MERLINS, WINTER WREN, 26 GOLDEN-CR. KINGLETS, GRAY CATBIRD, 7 YELLOW-R. WARBLERS, 3 WHITE-CR. SPARROWS and a PURPLE FINCH. SHORT-EARED OWLS continue in the fields along Meahl Road in the Niagara County Town of Cambria, along with a SNOWY OWL, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and NORTHERN HARRIERS. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and NORTHERN HARRIERS also on Posson Road in the Town of Shelby, north of the Iroquois Refuge. And, January 6, a HORNED GREBE grounded during blizzard condition in North Boston, in southern Erie County. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, January 16. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- 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/ --
