- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/13/2014 * NYBU1411.13 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
EVENING GROSBEAK Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Tundra Swan Cackling Goose Northern Pintail Lesser Scaup Surf Scoter Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk Sandhill Crane Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Common Tern House Finch Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/13/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, November 13, 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. Highlights of reports received November 6 through November 13 from the Niagara Frontier Region. November 7, a female EVENING GROSBEAK at a feeder near the Lake Ontario shore in the Town of Wilson. On Grand Island, at Buckhorn Island State Park, 31 species this week highlighted by a single PINE SISKIN and 4 SURF SCOTERS including an adult male. At the south end of Grand Island, at Beaver Island State Park, BALD EAGLE, 4 COMMON TERNS and 46 TUNDRA SWANS. November 10, 2 EARED GREBES and 2 HORNED GREBES at the Batavia Waste Water Plant. Twelve waterfowl species at the plant included LESSER SCAUP and 590 RUDDY DUCKS. GREATER YELLOWLEGS were reported at several locations in the Iroquois Refuge and surrounding Areas. Another GREATER YELLOWLEGS in a pond on Clarence Center Road. Also a LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Windmill Marsh in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, with 3 SANDHILL CRANES and 2 adult BALD EAGLES. Waterfowl highlights this week - 4 CACKLING GEESE at the Gypsum Ponds in Oakfield. HOODED MERGANSERS - 23 at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo and 93 at Windmill Marsh. 250 NORTHERN PINTAILS at Mohawk Pool in the Iroquois Refuge. Twenty TUNDRA SWANS over the Town of Bethany in Genesee County. And east of the region on Lake Ontario, a ROSS'S GOOSE at the Hamlin Beach State Park lakewatch. Other recent reports - ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK coming in off Lake Erie at Dunkirk Harbor. An unexpectedly large flock of 75 HOUSE FINCHES in the Town of Porter. And, reported SNOW BUNTINGS at a bird bath in Cheektowaga. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, November 20. 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/ --
