- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/16/2014 * NYBU1410.16 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to [email protected] -------------------------------------------
Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Northern Shoveler Greater Scaup Long-tailed Duck White-winged Scoter Common Merganser Red-br. Merganser Ruddy Duck Osprey Red-shouldered Hawk Virginia Rail Sandhill Crane Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Wilson's Snipe Red-headed Wdpkr. Red-bellied Wdpkr. Marsh Wren Eastern Bluebird Gray-cheeked Thrush Eastern Towhee Lincoln's Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 10/16/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, October 16, 2014 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. Reports received October 9 through October 16 from the Niagara Frontier Region. The BOS October count was conducted on October 11. A section of eastern Niagara County including the Lake Ontario shore, reported 72 species. Along the lakeshore, numbers of GREATER SCAUP, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, LONG-TAILED DUCK, COMMON MERGANSER, RED-BR. MERGANSER, COMMON LOON, RED-THROATED LOON, HORNED GREBE and RED-NECKED GREBE. Also in the section, good counts of 26 RED-BELLIED WDPKRS. and 9 PURPLE FINCHES, plus 20 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 5 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES and EASTERN TOWHEE. A section of Lancaster reported 55 species including OSPREY and RED-HEADED WDPKR. at Como Park, plus LINCOLN'S SPARROW and EASTERN MEADOWLARK. Another OSPREY this week at Johnson Creek, on Lake Ontario in Orleans County. Small numbers of PINE SISKINS were noted over Lake Ontario and Lancaster this week. And a single PURPLE FINCH on Shirley Avenue in Buffalo. Up to 8 SANDHILL CRANES continue at Kumpf Marsh, on Route 77 in the Iroquois Refuge. Also at Kumpf Marsh, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON'S SNIPE, VIRGINIA RAIL, MARSH WREN, LINCOLN'S SPARROW and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. Highlights at the Batavia Waste Water Plant this week - over 1600 RUDDY DUCKS, 250 NORTHERN SHOVELERS and a RED-NECKED GREBE. And in Genesee County, a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK lingering at Francis and Brown Roads in the Town of Bethany. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, October 23. 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
