- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 03/22/2012
* NYBU1203.22
- Birds mentioned
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EURASIAN WIGEON
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
OSPREY
GREAT EGRET
PINE SISKIN
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Cackling Goose
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Wild Turkey
Sandhill Crane
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Short-eared Owl
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Brown Creeper
Golden-cr. Kinglet
American Pipit
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/22/2012
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 22, 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 15 through March 22 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include EURASIAN WIGEON, LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
OSPREY, GREAT EGRET, PINE SISKIN and NORTHERN SHRIKE.
Not surprising amid a record heat wave, many early migrants this
week. Starting with EURASIAN WIGEONS at three locations in the
Iroquois Refuge and Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area. First, March
15, EURASIAN WIGEON in the Iroquois Refuge at the south end of Mohawk
Pool, accessed by hiking the Feeder Road. In the Oak Orchard Wildlife
Management Area, EURASIAN WIGEON March 18 at Goose Pond on Albion
Road, and March 21, a third report of EURASIAN WIGEON opposite the
Swallow Hollow Trail, on the north side of Oak Orchard Creek.
Also in the Iroquois Refuge, beginning March 18, an very early
LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Kumpf Marsh on Route 77, with up to 6 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS and 6 WILSON'S SNIPE.
Early OSPREY too, first March 17 at Ring-neck Marsh in the Iroquois
Refuge and then March 21 at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo.
GREAT EGRET also ahead of schedule - March 15 at Beaver Island State
Park on Grand Island.
Other widespread, and more typical arrivals, include AMERICAN
WOODCOCK, NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, BROWN
CREEPER, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, CHIPPING SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, SWAMP
SPARROW, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, RUSTY BLACKBIRD and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD.
Also, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE arriving March 11 at the Tillman Wildlife
Management Area in Clarence, and 2 AMERICAN PIPITS March 17, in the
Town of Attica.
March 20 and 22, one, then two, PINE SISKINS at a feeder in Medina.
NORTHERN SHRIKE still at the Tillman Wildlife Management Area March
18. And 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS and 3 NORTHERN HARRIERS, plus WILD TURKEY,
continue on Posson Road in Shelby.
Other reports from the Iroquois Refuge and areas - 7 CACKLING GEESE
at Ruddy Marsh in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area and 5
CACKLING GEESE at Ring-neck Marsh. BALD EAGLES at two nests - Cayuga
Pool and Mohawk Pool. And, 2 SANDHILL CRANES at Casey Road and Route
77.
Also this week, at parking lot at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo,
an unusual SONG SPARROW with white head plumage.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, March 29. 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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