- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/14/2018 * NYBU1812.18 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to dsu...@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org -------------------------------------------
TUFTED DUCK PINE GROSBEAK EVENING GROSBEAK Tundra Swan Harlequin Duck Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Red-shouldered Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Dunlin Little Gull Snowy Owl Red-headed Wdpkr. Pileated Woodpecker Common Raven Ruby-cr. Kinglet American Robin American Pipit Orange-cr. Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler American Redstart Song Sparrow Snow Bunting - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/14/2018 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Friday, December 14, 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 report. Highlights of reports from late November through December 14 from the Niagara Frontier Region. November 18, a rare, female, TUFTED DUCK was found at the source of the Niagara River at the far end of the Bird Island Pier, viewed from LaSalle Park in Buffalo. The TUFTED DUCK was still present on December 10. In addition to the TUFTED DUCK on the Buffalo waterfront - three SNOWY OWLS on the offshore breakwalls and structures, several LITTLE GULLS along Unity Island, and a DUNLIN at the new mudflats at the north end of Unity Island. November 23, a rarely reported PINE GROSBEAK in the Niagara County Village of Wilson. A female of the species was feeding in a fruit tree with AMERICAN ROBINS at Shore Drive. EVENING GROSBEAKS, seemingly absent for a generation, have been reported in the Southern Tier Counties - 10, and then 20, EVENING GROSBEAKS at a feeder in the Cattaraugus County Town of Ashford, and eight EVENING GROSBEAKS in the Chautauqua County Town of Arkwright. November 18 at Rock Point Provincial Park in Ontario, a rare November record of AMERICAN REDSTART, with ORANGE-CR. WARBLER and several YELLOW-R. WARBLERS, plus 10 RUBY-CR. KINGLETS, AMERICAN PIPIT, SNOW BUNTING, and a PEREGRINE FALCON on Mohawk Island. On Foss Road in Orleans County, SNOWY OWL, 100 AMERICAN ROBINS, 200 SNOW BUNTINGS and two BLACK VULTURES feeding with six TURKEY VULTURES. BLACK VULTURES continue their residences to the west, in the Village of Lewiston. At Niagara Falls, December 9, two HARLEQUIN DUCKS off the Three Sisters Islands on Goat Island. Other reports - SNOWY OWL on the Point Breeze pier at Oak Orchard Creek and Lake Ontario. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and COMMON RAVEN at Cassadaga lake in Chautauqua County. A dark- phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the Orchard Park exit of Route 219. Sixteen TUNDRA SWANS on Lake LaSalle on the UB north campus, and 110 TUNDRA SWANS off Knowlesville Road in the Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area. And at feeders - PILEATED WOODPECKER and RED- HEADED WDPKR. at Sunset Beach on Lake Ontario, and in North Boston, two SONG SPARROWS and five woodpecker species including PILEATED WOODPECKER. Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and happy holidays. My thanks to the callers and contributors to the report. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you. - 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
