- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/17/2013 * NYBU1310.17 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to [email protected] -------------------------------------------
BROWN BOOBY NORTHERN GANNET PARASITIC JAEGER - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 10/17/2013 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, October 17, 2013 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. Press the pound key to report sightings before the end of this report. BROWN BOOBY continues to highlight Niagara Frontier reports received October 10 through October 17. The BROWN BOOBY at the source of the Niagara River has been reported daily this past week. The bird has been roosting in the evening and early morning on the reef lighthouse structure. By day, it has flown out of sight onto Lake Erie, or into Donnelly's Pier on the Buffalo waterfront. October 17, the BOOBY was found downriver on one of the International Railroad Bridge abutments. Most observations have been from the Erie Basin Marina Tower in Buffalo or from the shoreline near the old fort in Fort Erie, Ontario. The reef lighthouse is one mile from the tower, and 3/4 of a mile off the Fort Erie shore. Up to Lake Ontario, October 11, a NORTHERN GANNET was reported again, this time off Sunset Beach in the Orleans County Town of Carlton. Two PARASITIC JAEGERS continue nearby at the mouth of Johnson Creek. And, two juvenile PARASITIC JAEGERS chasing COMMON TERNS off Fort Niagara State Park at the mouth of the Niagara River. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, October 24. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
