The BOS spotted a pretty fantastic Fly-Over on tuesday afternoon. Heres the details
Hotline: Buffalo Bird Report at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 03/17/2011
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs localnet com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.BuffaloOrnithologicalSociety.org
Early hawk flights are into full motion. March 15, a flight
high over the mounds at Tifft Nature Preserve,on the
Buffalo waterfront, was highlighted by an adult GOLDEN
EAGLE, plus 2 BALD EAGLES,over 70 RED-TAILED
HAWKS, 4 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 3 PEREGRINE
FALCONS, COOPER'S HAWK and over 400 TURKEY
VULTURES. At 1 PM, an unexpected SHORT-EARED
OWL flew over the mounds and out over Lake Erie.