- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/27/2014 * NYBU1403.27 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to DSuggs@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org ------------------------------------------- [Saturday, March 29, a BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains, led by Willie D'Anna. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wrights Corners, on Route 78 at Route 104. Bring a lunch and warm clothes for a trip that will last through the afternoon. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips.] GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE SANDHILL CRANE GREAT EGRET Tundra Swan Snow Goose Canada Goose Wood Duck Green-winged Teal American Black Duck Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Gadwall American Wigeon Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Long-tailed Duck White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-br. Merganser Ruddy Duck Turkey Vulture Red-shouldered Hawk Peregrine Falcon Killdeer American Woodcock Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-b. Gull Snowy Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Flicker Northern Shrike Song Sparrow Brown-headed Cowbird Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/27/2014 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 27, 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. Highlights of reports received March 20 through March 27 from the Niagara Frontier Region include GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE, SANDHILL CRANE and GREAT EGRET. March 22 in the Iroquois Refuge, 6 GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE on Casey Road at Route 63. Elsewhere in the refuge and areas - SANDHILL CRANE at the Feeder Canal and Ditch Road, RED- SHOULDERED HAWK hunting on Knowlesville Road, and NORTHERN SHRIKES at Casey Road and Sour Springs Road. At least 26 waterfowl species were reported this week. SNOW GOOSE maximums were in flight - 265 over Medina and 200 over the Batavia Waste Water Plant. First report of BLUE-WINGED TEAL from Stockton in Chautauqua County. CACKLING GEESE at both Beaver Island and Buckhorn Island State Parks on Grand Island, and a single CACKLING GOOSE among 18 waterfowl species at Wilson Harbor on Lake Ontario. Also at Beaver Island State Park, 80 GREAT BLACK-B. GULLS and several GLAUCOUS GULLS and ICELAND GULLS. March 26, a SHORT-EARED OWL over the park golf course. First report of GREAT EGRET, March 25 on Grand Island's West River Parkway. March 22, SNOWY OWL still on Jennings Road in North Collins. Other reports this week - at Dunkirk Harbor, PEREGRINE FALCON at the power plant chimneys, and TURKEY VULTURES feeding on fish and waterfowl littered on the ice. Five LITTLE GULLS on the lower Niagara River at Lewiston, and only 5 BONAPARTE'S GULLS reported on the upper river. AMERICAN WOODCOCKS showing themselves in Clarence and the Allegany County Town of Almond. Unreported for months - three PURPLE FINCHES in Clarence and one in Lancaster. And, several reports of KILLDEER, NORTHERN FLICKER and BROWN- HEADED COWBIRDS, plus an influx SONG SPARROWS. On Saturday, March 29, a BOS field trip to the Lake Ontario Plains, led by Willie D'Anna. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wrights Corners, on Route 78 at Route 104. Bring a lunch and warm clothes for a trip that will last through the afternoon. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 3. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript