- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/10/2014 * NYBU1404.10 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
TUFTED DUCK Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Osprey Common Gallinule Killdeer Bonaparte's Gull Snowy Owl Yellow-b. Sapsucker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Purple Martin Tree Swallow Brown Creeper Golden-cr. Kinglet Hermit Thrush Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch American Goldfinch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/10/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, April 10, 2014 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 was the highlight of reports received April 3 through April 10 from the Niagara Frontier Region. April 6, a female TUFTED DUCK among SCAUP at the Black Rock Canal, between Austin Street and Hertel Avenue, in Buffalo's Black Rock section. The duck was not found on April 7. SNOWY OWLS still in the region. Two reports on April 7 - one on Hulbert Road in the Niagara County Town of Wilson, and a second SNOWY OWL, appearing to be feeding on carrion, at Sunset Beach in the Orleans County Town of Carlton. April 9, on and over Lake Ontario off Wilson, 12 waterfowl species, plus 27 RED-THROATED LOONS, 10 COMMON LOONS, 12 HORNED GREBES, 116 RED-NECKED GREBES, OSPREY, KILLDEER, and 38 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. Also in Wilson, a PILEATED WOODPECKER; uncommon on the Lake Ontario shore. Other reports this week - arrival of PURPLE MARTIN, YELLOW- B. SAPSUCKER, HERMIT THRUSH, CHIPPING SPARROW and FIELD SPARROW. Also, COMMON GALLINULE at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in the Iroquois Refuge. Continuing reports of EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, BROWN CREEPER, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, EASTERN TOWHEE, FOX SPARROW and SONG SPARROW. A breeding plumage COMMON LOON at the Batavia Waste Water Plant. At feeders, a single PURPLE FINCH in Wilson and a pair of PURPLE FINCHES in Cheektowaga. And AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES noted in breeding plumage. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 17. 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/ --
