- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 08/25/2011
* NYBU1108.25
- Birds mentioned
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BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK
BLACK VULTURE
RED-NECKED GREBE
Black-bellied Plover
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Baird's Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 08/25/2011
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, August 25, 2011
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.
Highlights of reports received August 18 through August 25 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK, BLACK
VULTURE and RED-NECKED GREBE.
From Allegany County, August 24, a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK in
the Conewango Swamp WMA, about one mile north of the Village of
Randolph. From a small parking lot on Swamp Road, follow the dike to
an OSPREY nest. The whistling duck was to the north, among numerous
MALLARDS. Whistling duck was first recorded in the BOS region and New
York State just last summer.
BLACK VULTURE, August 18, with TURKEY VULTURES over Artpark and the
lower Niagara River at Lewiston. BLACK VULTURES have been spotted
sporadically on the lower river for the past year.
August 21, an unexpected RED-NECKED GREBE on Lake Ontario off the
Town of Wilson. Only one previous August record of RED-NECKED GREBE in
the BOS archives, almost thirty years ago.
Shorebird migrants - the BOS count along the Lake Erie shore in
Ontario August 21 reported several BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS plus RUDDY
TURNSTONE and SANDERLINGS, and on Poth Road between Wainfleet and
Dunnville, a WHIMBREL with 27 BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVERS. In the Iroquois Refuge, at Kumpf Marsh and Feeder
Road, 12 shorebird species included an elusive WILSON'S PHALAROPE, and
at Paddy #2 in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, a STILT
SANDPIPER.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, September 1.
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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