- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 11/12/2015 * NYBU1511.12 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to [email protected] -------------------------------------------
CAVE SWALLOW GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE HARLEQUIN DUCK SABINE'S GULL Eared Grebe Tundra Swan Cackling Goose Northern Shoveler Ruddy Duck Rough-legged Hawk Sandhill Crane White-r. Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Bonaparte's Gull Pileated Woodpecker American Pipit Cedar Waxwing Northern Shrike Eastern Towhee Rusty Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 11/12/2015 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, November 12, 2015 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. Highlights of reports received November 5 through November 12 from the Niagara Frontier Region include CAVE SWALLOW, GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE, HARLEQUIN DUCK and SABINE'S GULL. November 12, on the Lake Ontario shore, two, possibly three, CAVE SWALLOWS flying eastward at Golden Hill State Park in Niagara County. In the Iroquois Refuge, November 7 through at least November 9, seven GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE at Kumpf Marsh, on Route 77 at Feeder Road. Also at Kumpf Marsh, 24 DUNLIN on the 7th and PECTORAL SANDPIPER, WHITE-R. SANDPIPER and a flock of AMERICAN PIPITS on the 8th. November 7, at Niagara Falls, 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS in the rapids above the falls, viewed from the outer Three Sisters Island. November 9, below the falls, a juvenile SABINE'S GULL among abundant BONAPARTE'S GULLS. Arriving for the pending winter season - NORTHERN SHRIKE on Casey Road in the Iroquois Refuge, and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS - two at Routes 77 and 63 in Alabama, and a single ROUGH- LEGGED HAWK over Cayuga Pool in the Iroquois Refuge. November 10, two EARED GREBE continue at the Batavia Waste Water Plant, along with 14 waterfowl species including almost three hundred of both NORTHERN SHOVELER and RUDDY DUCK. Still on the 10th, arriving TUNDRA SWANS - 8 at Windmill Marsh in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, viewed from the Albion Road tower. Also at Windmill Marsh, three each of CACKLING GOOSE and SANDHILL CRANE. Other reports this week - migrant RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at several locations. EASTERN TOWHEE lingering at a feeder in North Boston, with 20 CEDAR WAXWINGS feeding on crabapples. And, a PILEATED WOODPECKER in a Hamburg yard. With strong winds off Lake Erie, keep an eye on the source and the length of the Niagara River for wind driven rarities. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, November 19. 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
