- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/03/2015 * NYBU1512.03 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to DSuggs@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org ------------------------------------------- WHITE-EYED VIREO BLACK-HEADED GULL SNOWY OWL BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Egret Tundra Swan Harlequin Duck Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Eastern Bluebird Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Chipping Sparrow Common Redpoll - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/03/2015 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, December 3, 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. Niagara Frontier highlights received the past two weeks, November 19 through December 3, include WHITE-EYED VIREO, BLACK-HEADED GULL, SNOWY OWL and BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER. November 26 and 27, a rare species at an unexpected time of year - a WHITE-EYED VIREO at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. Also at Tifft, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, 2 GRAY CATBIRDS, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD and a single COMMON REDPOLL. Gulls on the Niagara River were highlighted by a BLACK- HEADED GULL, November 30, on the lower river, at the roosting rocks upstream of the power plants. Other gulls at Niagara Falls and the power plants - LITTLE GULL, THAYER'S GULL, ICELAND GULL and L. BLACK-B. GULL. Single, juvenile HARLEQUIN DUCKS at the power plants and off Goat Island above the falls. 200 TUNDRA SWANS at the control gates in Ontario. And, two very late BL.-GR. GNATCATCHERS on November 30 at Dufferine Islands park in Niagara Falls, Ontario. At the Niagara River source, two GREAT EGRETS reported at both the Fort Erie Nichols marina shore, and the north end of Unity Island in Buffalo. Also off Unity Island - 3 COMMON LOONS, 12 HORNED GREBES and numbers of BONAPARTE'S GULLS. And, two HARLEQUIN DUCKS have been residing along the Bird Island Pier below the Peace Bridge. First report this season of SNOWY OWL - November 28, on the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, along Highway 20 just west of the Welland Canal in Thorold. BARRED OWLS reported at Tifft Nature Preserve and in the Town of Boston. And a residential GREAT HORNED OWL, in a maple tree on Koster Row in Eggerstville. Late season OSPREY, November 26, over Medina in Niagara County. On Lake Erie, Dunkirk Harbor is already attracting winter waterbirds, including COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, RED-NECKED GREBE and diving ducks, plus BALD EAGLE, PEREGRINE FALCON, and a lingering CHIPPING SPARROW in the Main Street beach vegetation. And, BLACK VULTURES continue to roost with TURKEY VULTURES on roof tops in the Village of Lewiston. The BOS December meeting will be the annual holiday party on Wednesday, December 9, at 7 PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Bring a desert or drink to share; visitors are always welcome at BOS meetings. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, December 10. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript