- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 04/28/2016 * NYBU1604.28 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD PRAIRIE WARBLER Common Loon Great Egret Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Northern Harrier Broad-winged Hawk Merlin Virginia Rail Sora L. Black-b. Gull Pileated Woodpecker Purple Martin Tree Swallow N. Rough-w. Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Brown Creeper House Wren Winter Wren Ruby-cr. Kinglet Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher Veery Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-r. Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Northern Waterthrush Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-thr. Sparrow White-cr. Sparrow Bobolink - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 04/28/2016 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Distribution: Birdeast-l, NYSBirds-l, Ontbirds-l, Geneseebirds-l Thursday, April 28, 2016 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 April 21 through April 28 from the Niagara Frontier Region. YELLOW-H. BLACKBIRD, for several days including April 23, in South Buffalo, on Wasson Street near Ridge Road. A long list of migrants and arrivals at several locations this week. A rare find in migration - a PRAIRIE WARBLER at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. Other warblers reported this week - NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, PALM WARBLER, PINE WARBLER and YELLOW-R. WARBLER. Sparrows were highlighted by VESPER SPARROW and LINCOLN'S SPARROW at Tifft Nature Preserve, plus widespread CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, WHITE-THR. SPARROW and WHITE-CR. SPARROW. Also at Tifft Nature Preserve this week, VIRGINIA RAIL and SORA. At Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, all six regular swallow species - PURPLE MARTIN, TREE SWALLOW, N. ROUGH-W. SWALLOW, BANK SWALLOW, CLIFF SWALLOW and BARN SWALLOW. At the park marina, over 20 HOODED MERGANSERS and 8 GREAT EGRETS. In the Southern Tier, BOBOLINKS arrived April 25 in the Town of Hinsdale in Cattaraugus County. Other reports - CHIMNEY SWIFT, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, BLUE- HEADED VIREO, BROWN CREEPER, HOUSE WREN, WINTER WREN, BL.- GR. GNATCATCHER, RUBY-CR. KINGLET, VEERY, HERMIT THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER and EASTERN TOWHEE. Also this week - pairs of COMMON MERGANSERS on South Park Lake in South Buffalo. Migrant COMMON LOON, BROAD-WINGED HAWK and NORTHERN HARRIER over Tonawanda. L. BLACK-B. GULL at Woodlawn Beach Park in Hamburg. MERLINS in North Buffalo. And pairs of PILEATED WOODPECKERS in Elma and Clarence. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, May 5. 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/ --
