- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 02/02/2012
* NYBU1202.02
- Birds mentioned
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FISH CROW
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
ORANGE-CR. WARBLER
SNOWY OWL
Great Blue Heron
Tundra Swan
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Sharp-sh. Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Iceland Gull
Black-leg. Kittiwake
American Crow
Cedar Waxwing
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 02/02/2012
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 2, 2012
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 January 26 through February 2 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include FISH CROW, BOHEMIAN WAXWING,
ORANGE-CR. WARBLER and SNOWY OWL.
Multiple FISH CROWS, a new species for the BOS region, were reported
again on January 29 in Fort Erie, Ontario. The FISH CROWS have been
heard and seen among AMERICAN CROWS near the International Railroad
Bridge at the Niagara River, and along the length of Bowen Road,
including the golf course at the west end of the road. Also on Bowen
Road, SHARP-SH. HAWK, COOPER'S HAWK, 2 COMMON REDPOLLS and 15 PINE
SISKINS.
In the Lake Ontario Plains, January 29, a single BOHEMIAN WAXWING
with 300 CEDAR WAXWINGS, in the Town of Newfane, on Route 18 near
Kingfisher Court, east of Olcott. The waxwings are attracted the the
orchards and berry trees at this location.
An ORANGE-CR. WARBLER continues on Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New
York. Most recent report - January 28 at the Three Sisters Islands
parking lot.
The handful of SNOWY OWLS reported in the region this season are
just a portion of a widespread irruption of SNOWY OWLS across the
northern United States. January 30, after dropping down a 50 foot tall
chimney, a SNOWY OWL was rescued from an abandoned furnace at an
industrial site on Seneca Street in Buffalo. The slightly injured owl
is in rehabilitation.
BONAPARTE'S GULLS are still abundant on the upper Niagara River.
This week, over 10,000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were packed along the the
river from Strawberry Island to the Black Rock Canal at Austin Street
in Buffalo. BLACK-HEADED GULL, BLACK-
LEG. KITTIWAKE and 5 LITTLE GULLS were reported among the flocks.
Also on the upper river - on and around Strawberry Island, thousands
of COMMON MERGANSERS, 27 TUNDRA SWANS, numbers of GREAT BLUE HERONS, 2
BALD EAGLE, and at the Sheridan Drive boat launch, one ICELAND GULL.
And on the Little River in North Tonawanda, 66 HOODED MERGANSERS.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, February 9. 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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