- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/15/2012
* NYBU1203.15
- Birds mentioned
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EURASIAN WIGEON
TUNDRA SWAN
GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE
SNOWY OWL
SANDHILL CRANE
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
TREE SWALLOW
EASTERN MEADOWLARK
Horned Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Lesser Scaup
Red-br. Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Little Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/15/2012
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, March 15, 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 March 8 through March 15 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include waterfowl, SNOWY OWL, SANDHILL CRANE,
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, TREE SWALLOW and EASTERN MEADOWLARK. [Late
report EURASIAN WIGEON, March 15, Mohawk Pool, on
Feeder Rd in the Iroquois Refuge]
Abundant waterfowl, especially TUNDRA SWANS, widely reported this
week. In southeast Erie County, 120 TUNDRA SWANS along Route 16 in the
Town of Sardinia. In the Iroquois Refuge, over 500 TUNDRA SWANS at
Cayuga Pool and Kumpf Marsh on Route 77. And, over 900 TUNDRA SWANS
and 4 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE along East Shelby Road, north of Fletcher
Chapel Road in Shelby.
A single GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE with a CACKLING GOOSE in the Town of
Somerset on Lower Lake Road east of Johnson Creek Road. Ten CACKLING
GEESE and 25 SNOW GEESE at the Gypsum Ponds in Oakfield. And first
report of BLUE-WINGED TEAL from the Town of Bethany.
At the Batavia Waste Water Plant, at least 14 waterfowl species
including numbers of LESSER SCAUP and RUDDY DUCKS, plus 4 HORNED
GREBES and 2 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS. And in Buffalo, abundant RED-BR.
MERGANSERS off the Erie Basin Marina.
Four SNOWY OWLS still at the Niagara Falls Airport on March 11. On
Molasses Hill Road in Alexander, four SHORT-EARED OWLS continue near
the golf course, plus an AMERICAN WOODCOCK. BARRED OWL also heard
calling at this location, and another BARRED OWL calling in the
afternoon near the Pennsylvania border at the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus
Countyline.
Migrants passing above the City of Buffalo - adult BALD EAGLE over
Delaware Park on March 9, and 2 SANDHILL CRANES, March 15, over
Woodbridge Avenue.
At the Hamburg Hawkwatch, 20 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS on March 12. The
watch is conducted daily at Lakeside Cemetery on Camp Road in Hamburg
or the nearby Williams ball park on Rodgers Road. Visitors are always
welcome at the hawkwatch.
TREE SWALLOWS, EASTERN MEADOWLARKS and KILLDEER at multiple location
this week.
And Niagara River gulls included at least 6 LITTLE GULLS on the
lower river at Lewiston and a L. BLACK-B. GULL on the upper river at
Aqua Lane in Tonawanda.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 22. 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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