- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/22/2015 * NYBU1510.22 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to DSuggs@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org ------------------------------------------- [BOS field trip - Saturday, October 24, to the Lake Ontario Plains. Willie D'Anna will lead a trip covering the fields and Lake Ontario shoreline of eastern Niagara and western Orleans Counties. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wright Corners, at Routes 78 and 104, north of Lockport. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. Bring a lunch and expect the trip to last through the afternoon.] SUMMER TANAGER Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Ruddy Duck Black Vulture Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull L. Black-b. Gull x Herring Gull Common Tern Red-headed Wdpkr. House Wren Swainson's Thrush Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-r. Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Fox Sparrow Red-w. Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 10/22/2015 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, October 22, 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. The highlight of reports October 15 through October 22 from the Niagara Frontier Region was a SUMMER TANAGER, between the ridge and Mirror Lake, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, on the 17th. There have been no follow-up reports. Also at Forest Lawn on the 17th - HOUSE WREN, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 10 YELLOW-R. WARBLERS, PALM WARBLER and 10 PINE SISKINS. HOUSE WREN was also noted on the 17th at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island, along with BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, and an unexpected EASTERN MEADOWLARK. At Buckhorn Island State Park, the north end of Grand Island, 4 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS on October 15. First report of LITTLE GULL this season - October 15 on Lake Ontario off Fort Niagara State Park, with a flock of BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and a dozen COMMON TERNS. Other reports this week - at Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New York, an apparent hybrid L. BLACK-B. GULL x HERRING GULL was photographed at the pedestrian bridge on the east side of the island. At Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, RED- HEADED WDPKR., plus small numbers of NORTHERN SHOVELER, NORTHERN PINTAIL and RUDDY DUCK. And, two BLACK VULTURES this week over Davis State Park in Lewiston, likely from the resident BLACK VULTURES that been in the area for several years. At feeders this week - FOX SPARROW in the Village of Akron, and six RED-W. BLACKBIRDS in Cheektowaga. There will be a BOS field trip this Saturday, October 24, to the Lake Ontario Plains, covering the fields and Lake Ontario shoreline of eastern Niagara and western Orleans Counties. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wright Corners, at Routes 78 and 104, north of Lockport. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. Bring a lunch and expect the trip to last through the afternoon. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, October 29. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript