- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/17/2011
* NYBU1102.17
- Birds mentioned
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[Sunday, February 20, BOS Field Trip to Dunkirk Harbor.
Meet at 9 AM on the main pier in Dunkirk - expect
waterfowl, gulls and Bald Eagles. Visitors are always
welcome on BOS trips.]
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-throated Loon
Eared Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Black Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Northern Goshawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Little Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Glaucous Gull
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Horned Lark
Common Raven
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Shrike
Snow Bunting
Red-w. Blackbird
Common Redpoll
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Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 02/17/2011
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org
Thursday, February 17, 2011
[The Science Museum of phoneline is still out of service]
The Buffalo Bird Report is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum
of Science and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave
a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4)
for instructions on how to report sightings. To contact the Science
Museum, call 896-5200.
HARLEQUIN DUCK was the highlight of reports received February 10
through February 17 from the Niagara Frontier Region.
February 12 at Dunkirk Harbor, on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County, a
second HARLEQUIN DUCK was found by the main pier. One HARLEQUIN DUCK
has been present for several weeks; both are first winter males and
were reported again on the 15th. Other harbor highlights - EARED
GREBE, first winter LITTLE GULL, BLACK SCOTER, RUDDY DUCK and multiple
BALD EAGLES.
At the eastern boundary of the BOS region, February 14, a NORTHERN
GOSHAWK passing over Pearl Creek at Route 19 in the Town of Pavilion,
south of Batavia.
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS - four in the Lake Ontario Plains this week, plus
another on Posson Road in the Town of Shelby with 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS,
NORTHERN HARRIER and NORTHERN SHRIKE.
Two more SHORT-EARED OWLS, in the field west of Krull Park, on Route
18 in Olcott Beach. On Lake Ontario at Olcott, 7 RED-THROATED LOONS.
Along the Lake Ontario shore and plains - WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and
LONG-TAILED DUCKS at several locations, including 199 WHITE-WINGED
SCOTERS at Point Breeze in Carlton. At Golden Hill State Park in
Somerset, L. BLACK-B. GULL, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS and 10 AMERICAN ROBINS.
In Newfane, 6 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, and SNOW BUNTINGS, HORNED LARKS and
NORTHERN SHRIKE throughout the lake plains.
Around the upper Niagara River islands, abundant waterfowl continue,
with small numbers of GREAT BLUE HERONS and a pair or more of BALD
EAGLES. At the Mid River Marina on River Road in Tonawanda, a rare in
winter flock of LESSER SCAUP, plus D.-CREST. CORMORANT, AMERICAN
WIGEON, GADWALL, first winter L. BLACK-B. GULL and 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS.
Also this week - PEREGRINE FALCON atop the south Grand Island
Bridges. LONG-EARED OWL in the Stevensville Conservation Area on Ott
Road in Fort Erie, Ontario. Two COMMON RAVENS, at an unexpected
location - passing over a yard in Orchard Park. On Two Mile Creek Road
in Tonawanda, 17 RED-W. BLACKBIRDS. And, in a Shelby yard, up to 60
COMMON REDPOLLS through the month.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, February 24.
Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report
sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting.
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