- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 12/10/2015 * NYBU1512.10 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to DSuggs@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org ------------------------------------------- BLACK-HEADED GULL BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE FISH CROW BL.-GR. GNATCATCHER Red-throated Loon Harlequin Duck Bald Eagle Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Common Raven Snow Bunting - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 12/10/2015 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, December 10, 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. Highlights of reports received December 3 through December 10 from the Niagara Frontier Region. Exceptionally mild December weather, to date, and good gull activity on the Niagara River. December 5 and 6, a BLACK-HEADED GULL near the river source, at the water treatment plant on Unity Island in Buffalo. The gull has been found early and late in the day with BONAPARTE'S GULLS, at the first settling pond, south of the railroad bridge entrance road, viewed from the path along the river side of the island. A FISH CROW was also heard over the river at the railroad bridge on the 6th. This week on the lower Niagara River, at the Whirlpool, a juvenile BLACK-LEG. KITTIWAKE. Viewing the power plants from the Adam Beck overlook in Ontario, adult THAYER'S GULL, several ICELAND GULLS and L. BLACK-B. GULLS, but no GLAUCOUS GULLS. An immature male HARLEQUIN DUCK continues on the New York shore downriver of the power plants, and a COMMON RAVEN soaring over the plants with TURKEY VULTURES and a BALD EAGLE. Also, two LITTLE GULLS among abundant BONAPARTE'S GULLS on the lower river. Above Niagara Falls, a female and immature male HARLEQUIN DUCK on the rocks at the stranded barge, and two BL.-GR. GNATCATCHERS continue a record late stay at Dufferine Islands Park by the control gates in Ontario. Other reports this week - RED-THROATED LOON at Golden Hill State Park boat launch, on Lake Ontario in Niagara County. On Hilltop Road in Elma, a roosting BALD EAGLE, mobbed by crows. And a reported SNOW BUNTING near the Buffalo Airport. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, December 17. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript