- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/08/2016 * NYBU1612.08 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
BOHEMIAN WAXWING Red-throated Loon Harlequin Duck Black Vulture Bald Eagle Little Gull Black-headed Gull Bonaparte's Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Black-leg. Kittiwake Eastern Screech-Owl Fish Crow American Pipit Cedar Waxwing Pine Warbler Snow Bunting - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/08/2016 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, December 8, 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 December 1 through December 8 from the Niagara Frontier Region. December 1, at Sunset Beach on the Lake Ontario shore in Orleans County, 5 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS with 15 CEDAR WAXWINGS. On the Niagara River, 11 gull species during the past week. At the river source in Buffalo, a juvenile BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE in a flock of BONAPARTE'S GULLS, reported at the Peace Bridge and at the north end of Unity Island. An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL on the lower Niagara River, reported at the Whirlpool, power plants, and at the mouth of the river. Other gulls at the falls and lower river - LITTLE GULL, 2 THAYER'S GULLS, 5 ICELAND GULLS, 12 L. BLACK-B. GULLS and 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS. Also along the Niagara River - four, male, HARLEQUIN DUCKS above the falls, viewed from the Three Sisters Islands off Goat Island. Another pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS at the Peace Bridge. A PINE WARBLER on the Niagara Parkway at the greenhouse above the falls in Ontario. And, BLACK VULTURES continue in the Village of Lewiston. December 5, at the Port Weller pier in Ontario, RED-THROATED LOON, BALD EAGLE, EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, 3 AMERICAN PIPITS and 40 SNOW BUNTINGS. And in Buffalo, FISH CROW reported again at Forest Lawn Cemetery. The December BOS meeting will be on Wednesday, December 14, at 7 PM, at the Buffalo Museum of Science. A program on the Niagara River and waterfront environment will be followed by the annual holiday party. Bring a desert to share, and visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, December 15. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
