- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/17/2019 * NYBU1901.17 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
Tundra Swan Cackling Goose Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull Eastern Screech-Owl Snowy Owl Common Raven Winter Wren Gray Catbird Northern Shrike White-cr. Sparrow Snow Bunting Rusty Blackbird Common Redpoll Evening Grosbeak - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/17/2019 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, January 17, 2019 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 message. Highlights of reports late December through mid-January from the Niagara Frontier Region. At least six SNOWY OWLS on the Buffalo waterfront, including one SNOWY OWL in downtown Buffalo, residing on the ECC Campus building on South Division Street. On the upper Niagara River, a flock of 500 BONAPARTE'S GULLS off Unity Island, with numerous individuals with full black hoods, and two LITTLE GULLS among the BONAPARTE'S GULLS. On the river at Grand Island, 225 TUNDRA SWANS. At the Grand Island state parks, GRAY CATBIRD at Beaver Island, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD at Buckhorn Island. EVENING GROSBEAKS still in the region. One report of three at a feeder in West Valley, and several EVENING GROSBEAKS in Orchard Park. Late December in Wyoming County - 70 COMMON REDPOLLS on Vernal Road in Attica and 12 COMMON REDPOLLS on Peaviner Road in Alexander. Flocks of up to 110 SNOW BUNTINGS in Bethany. Recently, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS at two locations in Wyoming County, and a flock a eight WHITE- CR. SPARROWS on McLernon Road in Bethany. In the Lake Ontario Plains, single NORTHERN SHRIKES in Porter and Yates. COMMON RAVEN on Hess Road in Newfane. And a CACKLING GOOSE on Lake Ontario at the short pier in Wilson. Other reports - ICELAND GULL at Woodlawn Beach in Hamburg. Two PEREGRINE FALCONS at the Bird Island Pier and a single PEREGRINE FALCON at the Richardson Towers. Red-phase EASTERN SCREECH-OWL in Eden. And, WINTER WREN at Tifft Nature Preserve. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
