- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/08/2015 * NYBU1501.08 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org ------------------------------------------- [The first BOS meeting of the year will be on Wednesday, January 14, at 7 pm, at the Buffalo Museum of Science. A program on last winter's SNOWY OWL invasion, including photographs, will be presented. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings.]
Eared Grebe Great Blue Heron Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan Ross's Goose Northern Shoveler Gadwall American Wigeon Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Black Scoter White-winged Scoter Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon American Coot Laughing Gull Little Gull Black-leg. Kittiwake Snowy Owl Hermit Thrush Northern Shrike - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 01/08/2015 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, January 8, 2015 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 through January 8 from the Niagara Frontier Region. January 1, a rare, adult BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE at Gallagher's Beach on the Buffalo outer harbor waterfront, along Fuhrmann Blvd. And, PEREGRINE FALCON at the nest box on the Holcim building at the south end of the harbor. Back on December 21 and 23, a LAUGHING GULL at Dunkirk Harbor. Waterfowl at the harbor included GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN SHOVELER, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER, HOODED MERGANSER and RUDDY DUCK, plus 167 AMERICAN COOTS. On the 23rd, a rare find of an EARED GREBE on Lake Erie, off the north end of Evangola State Park in southern Erie County. Also 6 BALD EAGLES at Evangola. January 8, a juvenile ROSS'S GOOSE was still at Beaver Island State Park, on the west river beach at the marina, with 120 TUNDRA SWANS, 3 BALD EAGLES and a wing-tagged juvenile TRUMPETER SWAN. Another good winter for SNOWY OWLS in the region - recent reports from the Buffalo-Niagara Airport, the tower at Golden Hill State Park on Lake Ontario in Somerset, north of the Iroquois Refuge on Posson Road in Shelby, and the Small Boat Harbor on the Buffalo waterfront. On the upper Niagara River, several LITTLE GULLS at the Peace Bridge and the north end of Squaw Island at the Black Rock Canal. At Strawberry Island, a pair of BALD EAGLES at the nest, and 16 wintering GREAT BLUE HERONS. Other reports - NORTHERN SHRIKE on Grand Island at the airfield on Alt Blvd. And in Buffalo, a HERMIT THRUSH in the rails to trails area behind the LaSalle rail station. The first BOS meeting of the year will be on Wednesday, January 14, at 7 pm, at the Buffalo Museum of Science. A program on last winter's SNOWY OWL invasion, including photographs, will be presented. Visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, January 15. 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/ --
