- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/25/2018 * NYBU1810.25 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
EURASIAN WIGEON GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE LAPLAND LONGSPUR FRANKLIN'S GULL Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Tundra Swan Snow Goose Brant Cackling Goose Canvasback Redhead Greater Scaup Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Ruddy Duck Greater Yellowlegs White-r. Sandpiper Dunlin Little Gull Great Horned Owl Chimney Swift Tree Swallow American Pipit Northern Shrike Rusty Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 10/25/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, October 25, 2018 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 message. Highlights of reports received October 18 through October 25 from the Niagara Frontier Region. October 21, a EURASIAN WIGEON in the Iroquois Refuge. Found on a hike along Mohawk Pool, off Feeder Road north of Route 77. The wigeon was an example of the seldom seen transition plumage, with rufous flanks. The same date, at the Gypsum Ponds in nearby Oakfield, three GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE and more than 15 CACKLING GEESE, with RUDDY DUCK, 8 DUNLIN and 3 WHITE-R. SANDPIPERS. Also in the Iroquois Refuge and surrounding areas, small numbers of TREE SWALLOWS and GREATER YELLOWLEGS. 20 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS on Sour Springs Road, and a pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS calling on Meadville Road. Other incoming waterfowl - four BRANT at Wilkeson Point on the Buffalo waterfront. Also an exotic BLACK SWAN on the waterfront. On the upper Niagara River, 10 species among over 1500 waterfowl at the viewing area on the Robert Moses Parkway in Niagara Falls, included CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD, GREATER SCAUP and RUDDY DUCK, plus 10 HORNED GREBES and a RED-NECKED GREBE. RED- NECKED GREBE and COMMON LOON also on the Niagara off Grand Island. At the Bird Island Pier in Buffalo, an unexpected LAPLAND LONGSPUR, plus LITTLE GULL, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and BLACK SCOTER. Below Niagara Falls, three LITTLE GULLS. October 22 in the Lake Ontario Plains, a FRANKLIN'S GULL on the grass at the Somerset Waste Water Plant at Lower Lake and Quaker Roads. NORTHERN SHRIKE on Lower Lake Road near Johnson Creek Road, 19 late CHIMNEY SWIFTS on Marshall Road, and AMERICAN PIPITS at several locations. And, on Lake Ontario, SNOW GOOSE and two TUNDRA SWANS. There will be a BOS Field Trip to the Lake Ontario Plains on Saturday, October 27. Meet at 8 AM at the Wrights Corners Tops Market at Routes 78 and 104, north of Lockport. Bring a lunch for a full day trip. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
