- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 10/26/2017 * NYBU1710.26 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to DSuggs@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org ------------------------------------------- ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD PURPLE SANDPIPER Ruffed Grouse Sandhill Crane Spotted Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Parasitic Jaeger Jaeger species Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Forster's Tern Barred Owl Common Raven Eastern Bluebird Swainson's Thrush Clay-col. Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 10/26/2017 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, October 26, 2017 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 October reports from the Niagara Frontier Region. A new species for the BOS region - October 20, an ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was photographed at a feeder in the Orleans County Town of Shelby, north of the Iroquois Refuge. A species from the Pacific coast of North America, this would be only the third record for New York State. October 24, on the Bird Island Pier at the source of the Niagara River in Buffalo, an early PURPLE SANDPIPER, with RUDDY TURNSTONE, SPOTTED SANDPIPER and numbers of SANDERLINGS. During strong oCTOBER winds off Lake Erie, two to four JAEGERS were reported on three different days. The JAEGERS were observed from Hamburg Town Park, and Rotary Park at the West Side Rowing Club in Buffalo. October 16, a first report of PINE SISKIN, at the Wild Birds Unlimited store feeders in Blasdell. PINE SISKIN was also reported several days later in Allegany State Park, on Wolf Run Trail, along with COMMON RAVEN, BARRED OWL and RUFFED GROUSE. In the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, October 12, seven SANDHILL CRANES over Klossen Marsh, flying toward the Iroquois Refuge. On Lake Ontario, a very large movement of BONAPARTE'S GULLS on the 19th. Over 7000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were counted flying west past Fort Niagara State Park, with 5 LITTLE GULLS and a PARASITIC JAEGER. On the lower Niagara River at Lewiston, 700 BONAPARTE'S GULLS with one unexpected FORSTER'S TERN on the same date. Other October reports - a migrant LINCOLN'S SPARROW lingered for a week in the Cattaraugus County Town of Hinsdale. Two CLAY-COL. SPARROWS reported in a Sanborn yard in Niagara County. Fourteen night migrant SWAINSON'S THRUSHES were heard over Tonawanda. And, in Williamsville, an EASTERN BLUEBIRD along Mill Street at Amherst State Park. There will be a BOS field trip this Saturday, October 28, to the Lake Ontario Plains. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wrights Corners, at Routes 78 and 104, north of Lockport. Bring a lunch for a full day trip. Visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. The Bird Report will be updated in the coming weeks. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript