- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/31/2011
* NYBU1103.31
- Birds mentioned
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EURASIAN WIGEON
GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
OSPREY
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
SANDHILL CRANE
Red-throated Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Tundra Swan
Cackling Goose
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Eastern Screech-Owl
Red-bellied Wdpkr.
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Common Raven
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Shrike
Fox Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin
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Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/31/2011
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, March 31, 2011
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.
Highlights of reports received March 24 through March 31 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include EURASIAN WIGEON, GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE,
OSPREY, GREATER YELLOWLEGS and SANDHILL CRANE.
March 27 and 29, a male EURASIAN WIGEON at Goose Pond in the Oak
Orchard Wildlife Management Area.
On the BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains March 26, a single
GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE, plus several CACKLING GEESE and TUNDRA SWANS, on
Niagara-Orleans Countyline north of Route 18. March 29, a report that
7 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE had been present for several days on the west
side of Eagle Harbor Road, south of West Barre Road in the Orleans
County Town of Barre.
Other highlights from the BOS trip CEDAR WAXWINGS, COMMON REDPOLLS
and a few PINE SISKINS in the Town of Newfane orchards on Route 18.
RED-THROATED LOON, HORNED GREBE and RED-NECKED GREBE on Lake Ontario.
Other species in the plains included NORTHERN HARRIER, ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWK, AMERICAN KESTREL, PILEATED WOODPECKER, EASTERN BLUEBIRD,
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD and EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
March 30, a SANDHILL CRANE migrating over Casey Road in the Iroquois Refuge.
Recent arrivals this week - OSPREY at Tifft Nature Preserve in
Buffalo, and GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Kumpf Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge.
More EASTERN PHOEBES - two on Old Creek Road in the Town of
Alexander, with an EASTERN SCREECH-OWL in the nest box and a
continuing NORTHERN SHRIKE.
From the Southern Tier - FOX SPARROWS at several locations in
Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties. COMMON RAVEN at the Beaver Meadow
Sanctuary in the Wyoming County Town of Java. Two COMMON RAVENS in the
Allegany County Town of Alfred. Also at an Alfred feeder, a rare at
higher elevations, RED-
BELLIED WDPKR.
Other reports - In the Buffalo outer harbor, no report of King
Eiders, but abundant waterfowl included GREATER SCAUP and LESSER
SCAUP, plus CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, LONG-TAILED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON
GOLDENEYE, COMMON MERGANSER and RUDDY DUCK. At feeders - in Orchard
Park, HOARY REDPOLL among 20 COMMON REDPOLLS, and another 26 COMMON
REDPOLLS on Grand Island.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 7. 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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