- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 03/05/2020 * NYBU2003.05 - Birds mentioned ------------------------------------------- Please submit reports to DSuggs@buffaloornithologicalsociety.org ------------------------------------------- WESTERN GREBE Tundra Swan Mute Swan Gr. White-fr. Goose Snow Goose Cackling Goose Wood Duck Northern Pintail Gadwall American Wigeon Canvasback White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Common Merganser Red-br. Merganser Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk Killdeer Snowy Owl Horned Lark Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Red-w. Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird - Transcript Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 03/05/2020 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report: Same Compiler: David F. Suggs Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org Thursday, March 5, 2020 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 February 27 through March 5 from the Niagara Frontier Region. From the Ontario side of the Niagara River, March 4 and 5, a very rare WESTERN GREBE at the marina in Niagara-on-the-Lake. On the Buffalo waterfront, SNOWY OWL continued through the week at Buffalo Harbor State Park, formerly the Small Boat Harbor. Also an adult BALD EAGLE on the ice at the harbor. Early spring arrivals included a night-calling KILLDEER over Buffalo on March 4. Small numbers of COMMON GRACKLES and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS added to the more numerous RED-W. BLACKBIRDS this week. A pair of RED-W. BLACKBIRDS at a feeder in Cheektowaga. February 29, at the Lyndonville Pond on Route 63 in Orleans County, six GR. WHITE-FR. GEESE and three CACKLING GEESE among 1600 CANADA GEESE, plus two each of NORTHERN PINTAIL, COMMON MERGANSER and WOOD DUCK. Also in Orleans County, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continues at Marshall and Lakeshore Road. In the Lake Ontario Plains of Orleans County, SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS, and at Niagara- Orleans Countyline north of Route 18, six LAPLAND LONGSPURS. Waterfowl along the Lake Ontario shore - MUTE SWAN, TUNDRA SWAN, GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, CANVASBACK, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, COMMON GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON MERGANSER and RED-BR. MERGANSER. March 5, in Ransomville in Niagara County, a farm field filled with hundreds of TUNDRA SWANS. Flyover SNOW GEESE and TUNDRA SWANS were noted at widespread locations in the region this week. One hundred miles east of Western New York, over 100,000 SNOW GEESE in the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. On Wednesday, March 11, at 7 PM, the annual Vaughan Lecture will be presented at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Dr. Patricia Wright of Stony Brook University will speak on the extinct Elephant Bird of Madagascar. The lecture is open to the public, but visitors must pre-register for free admission on the museum website sciencebuff.org. Note - BOS members are all pre-registered. You may report sightings after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting. - End Transcript