- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/28/2013 * NYBU1303.28 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to DSuggs@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org ------------------------------------------- [Saturday, March 30, Willie D'Anna will lead a BOS field trip through the Lake Ontario Plains of Niagara and Orleans Counties. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wrights Corners, on Route 78 at Route 104. The trip will last through the afternoon, and visitors are always welcome on BOS trips.] ROSS'S GOOSE GR. WHITE-FR. GOOSE D.-crest. Cormorant Bl.-cr. Night-Heron Tundra Swan Cackling Goose Lesser Scaup Surf Scoter Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Merlin Iceland Gull L. Black-b. Gull Glaucous Gull Short-eared Owl Tree Swallow Common Raven Yellow-r. Warbler Fox Sparrow Common Grackle - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/28/2013 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 28, 2013 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. GEESE were the highlights of reports received March 21 through March 28 from the Niagara Frontier Region. March 21, a rare ROSS'S GOOSE among over 1500 SNOW GEESE on Park Road, east of the Waterport Pond, in the Orleans County Town of Carlton. GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE at four locations this week - four at Ring-necked Marsh and one at Kumpf Marsh in the Iroquois Refuge, and single GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE also at Waterport Pond, and in the Town on Yates on Route 18 west of Murdoch Road. CACKLING GEESE continue their increase in the region. A flock of 30 on Johnson Creek Road in the Niagara County Town of Hartland, 10 on Waterport Pond, and lesser numbers also in the Iroquois Refuge at Cayuga Pool and Ring-neck Marsh, and the Lake Ontario Plains. Abundant duck species among peak numbers of CANADA GEESE in the Lake Ontario Plains, Iroquois Refuge and surrounding areas. 126 TUNDRA SWANS in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. Six TUNDRA SWANS remain from the large winter flocks on the Niagara River off Grand Island. The ponds at the Batavia Waste Water Plant are thawing, bringing LESSER SCAUP and RUDDY DUCKS. March 23, at Dunkirk Harbor, highlights were 7 SURF SCOTERS including a breeding plumage male, plus 6 BL.-CR. NIGHT- HERONS, 139 D.-CREST. CORMORANTS, numbers of ICELAND GULLS, L. BLACK-B. GULLS and GLAUCOUS GULLS, 2 BALD EAGLES and a MERLIN. SHORT-EARED OWLS still on Posson Road in Shelby - an estimated 9 owls on March 24, and another 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS on Chaddock Road in the Town of Bethany. March 25, a FOX SPARROW in Bethany. Other passerines - COMMON RAVEN at Mid-River Marina in Tonawanda. Increasing TREE SWALLOWS in the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area. A likely wintering YELLOW-R. WARBLER at Waterport Pond, and in a Williamsville yard, 3 COMMON GRACKLES, each with distinct white plumage patches. Saturday, March 30, Willie D'Anna will lead a BOS field trip through the Lake Ontario Plains of Niagara and Orleans Counties. Meet at 8 AM at the Tops Market in Wrights Corners, on Route 78 at Route 104. The trip will last through the afternoon, and visitors are always welcome on BOS trips. The Bird Report will be updated Thursday evening, April 4. Please call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript