- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 04/19/2012
* NYBU1204.19
- Birds mentioned
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CATTLE EGRET
GOLDEN EAGLE
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
SANDHILL CRANE
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Bufflehead
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-sh. Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Virginia Rail
Sora
Caspian Tern
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Wdpkr.
Yellow-b. Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-cr. Kinglet
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Yellow-r. Warbler
Pine Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-thr. Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 04/19/2012
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, April 19, 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 April 12 through April 19 from the
Niagara Frontier Region include CATTLE EGRET, GOLDEN EAGLE,
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, SANDHILL CRANE and more spring migrants.
In Niagara County, April 17, a CATTLE EGRET in a pasture on Balmer
Road, just east of Porter Center Road in the Town of Porter. The egret
was not relocated on the 18th.
Hawk migration hits full speed in mid-April as BROAD-WINGED HAWKS
begin major passage through the region. In the Lake Ontario Plains,
April 16, more than 1500 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS over Wilson Road at the
Lake Ontario Parkway east of Lakeside Beach State Park in Orleans
County. Also, 4 GOLDEN EAGLES, 40 SHARP-SH. HAWKS, 20 RED-TAILED
HAWKS, and single digits of OSPREY, BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN HARRIER,
COOPER'S HAWK, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, AMERICAN
KESTREL and MERLIN. And, 2 SANDHILL CRANES.
Also in the flight at Wilson Road, among 100 TURKEY VULTURES, a
distinct white-plumage TURKEY VULTURE, recorded one hour later, about
30 miles to the east at the Braddock Bay Hawkwatch.
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS also noted this week in the Town of Tonawanda and
the Southern Tier Town of Alfred.
On the BOS April 15 Count, a section of Niagara County from Olcott
to Lyndonville reported just over 10,000 individuals including 85
species. Count highlights included 139 COMMON LOONS, 34 HORNED GREBES,
3 RED-NECKED GREBES, 7 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 19 CASPIAN TERNS, 14 BELTED
KINGFISHERS, 77 NORTHERN FLICKERS, 8 BROWN CREEPERS, 45 EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS, GRAY CATBIRD, 4 AMERICAN PIPITS, 4 PINE WARBLERS, 23 YELLOW-
R. WARBLERS, 92 SAVANNAH SPARROWS and 4 PINE SISKINS.
Wide ranging reports this week listed COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE,
VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKER, PURPLE MARTIN, BARN SWALLOW,
BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET, RUBY-CR. KINGLET,
BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, YELLOW-R. WARBLER,
PINE WARBLER, EASTERN TOWHEE, CHIPPING SPARROW, FOX SPARROW,
WHITE-THR. SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO, PURPLE FINCH and PINE SISKIN.
Long-time Cattaraugus County birders noted their first ever
D.-CREST. CORMORANTS at Crystal Lake near Arcade and the gravel pits
in South Dayton.
And, a Buffalo Junior Audubon Society Club reported 23 species
around Delaware Park Lake, including 14 BUFFLEHEAD, RED-BELLIED
WDPKR., 6 YELLOW-B. SAPSUCKERS, 4 NORTHERN FLICKERS, BROWN CREEPER, 4
RUBY-CR. KINGLETS, HERMIT THRUSH and 4 YELLOW-R. WARBLERS.
The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 26. 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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