Fly-Over at Tifft Tuesday

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.

End of Winter 2011 - January 4th - March 10th 2011

Species	Location	Date
Mallard Duck	Lake Kirsty	4-Jan
Northern Cardinal	Cabin	4-Jan
American Crow	Mounds	4-Jan
Downy Woodpecker	Mounds	4-Jan
Black-capped Chickadee	Feeder	4-Jan
House Finch	Feeder	4-Jan
Chipping Sparrow	Feeder	4-Jan
Mourning Dove	Feeder	4-Jan
White-breasted Nuthatch	Heritage Boardwalk	4-Jan
Hairy Woodpecker	Snakeroot	4-Jan
European Starling	Cabin	5-Jan
American Tree Sparrow	Mounds	5-Jan
White-throated Sparrow	Heritage Boardwalk	5-Jan
Red-Tailed Hawk	Mosquito Junction	6-Jan
American Kestrel	Entrance	6-Jan
American Goldfinch	Feeder	6-Jan
Ring-billed Gull	Lake Kirsty	6-Jan
American Robin	Service Road	7-Jan
Common Redpoll	Cabin	8-Jan
Red-breasted Nuthatch	Feeder	11-Jan
Cedar Waxwing	Feeder	11-Jan
Dark-eyed Junco	Heritage Boardwalk	13-Jan
Northern Harrier	Lake Kirsty	13-Jan
Red-winged Blackbird	Feeder	19-Jan
Cooper's Hawk	Mounds	20-Jan
Grey Catbird	Heritage-Rabbit Run	27-Jan
Wild Turkey	N. Beth Pond	27-Jan
Rock Pigeon	N. Beth Pond	27-Jan
Northern Shrike	Old Tifft St	16-Feb
Horned Lark	Over Mounds	16-Feb
Brownheaded Cowbird	Feeder	26-Feb
Eastern Screech Owl	Bridge	26-Feb
Northern Mockingbird	South Blind	2-Mar
Herring Gull	Lake Kirsty	3-Mar
Turkey Vulture	Beth Pond	3-Mar
Sharp-Shinned Hawk	Service Road	10-Mar
Wood Duck	Old Tifft St at Snakeroot	10-Mar

Summer and Fall 2010

Species		Location				Date
Purple Martin		Lisa Pond				24-Jun
Cedar Waxwing		Rabbit Run				24-Jun
Yellow-breasted Chat		Rabbit Run				30-Jun
Philadelphia Vireo		Rabbit Run				27-Aug
Red-headed Woodpecker		North Blind				9-Sep
Chipping Sparrow		Service Road				19-Sep
Greater Yellowlegs		Lake Kirsty				24-Oct

Spring 2010 3/21/2010-6/21/2010

Species	Location	Date
Fox Sparrow	Service Road	3/23/2010
Golden Cr. Kinglet	Old Tifft Street	3/25/2010
Ruddy Duck	South Blind	3/25/2010
Pied Billed Grebe	North Blind	3/26/2010
Cormorant	North Blind	3/26/2010
Lesser Scaup	Beth Pond	3/26/2010
Yel-Belled Sapsucker	Rabbit Run East	3/27/2010
E. Phoebe	Rabbit Run East	3/27/2010
American Coot	Berm	3/27/2010
American Coot	Berm	3/27/2010
Killdeer	Cabin Area	3/31/2010
Tree Swallow	Cabin Area	3/31/2010
House Wren	Snakeroot	4/1/2010
Brown Creeper	Bridge	4/1/2010
Swamp Sparrow	Heritage	4/1/2010
N. Shoveler	Berm	4/1/2010
Blue-Winged Teal	Heritage	4/1/2010
Common Nighthawk	Rabbit Run East	4/5/2010
Osprey	Lake Kirsty	4/7/2010
Yellow Rumped Warbler	Mosquito Bdwk	4/8/2010
Caspian Tern	Lake Kirsty	4/8/2010
Ruby Cr. Kinglet	Service Road	4/8/2010
Pine Warbler	Mosquito Bdwk	4/12/2010
R.S. Towhee	Mosquito Bdwk	4/12/2010
Brown Thrasher	Mosquito Bdwk	4/13/2010
Hermit Thrush	Mosquito Bdwk	4/13/2010
Sora	Marsh	4/14/2010
Black Crowned Night Heron	Marsh	4/14/2010
Common Tern	Lake Kirsty	4/15/2010
Green Heron	Heritage	4/15/2010
Louisiana Waterthrush	Bridge	4/15/2010
Cowbird	Cabin Area	4/15/2010
White Eyed Vireo	Lisa Pond	4/16/2010
Rough Winged Swallow	Heritage	4/16/2010
Sandhill Crane	Lisa Pond	4/18/2010
Field Sparrow	Rabbit Run East	4/18/2010
Gnatcatcher	Rabbit Run East	4/18/2010
Catbird	South Blind	4/21/2010
Great Egret	Lake Kirsty	4/22/2010
Palm Warbler	Snakeroot	4/26/2010
Veery	Heritage	4/26/2010
Barn Swallow	Heritage	4/29/2010
Virginia Rail	Heritage	4/29/2010
Blue Headed Vireo	North Blind	4/29/2010
Yellow Warbler	North Blind	4/29/2010
Hooded Warbler	Service Road	4/30/2010
Nashville Warbler	Service Road	4/30/2010
Blue Winged Warbler	Service Road	4/30/2010
Black & White Warbler	Service Road	4/30/2010
Northern Waterthrush	Service Road	4/30/2010
Oven bird	Service Road	4/30/2010
Oriole	Old Tifft Street	4/30/2010
Rose-Br. Grosbeak	Old Tifft Street	4/30/2010
Warbling Vireo	Old Tifft Street	4/30/2010
Lincolns Sparrow	Old Tifft Street	4/30/2010
Northern Parula	Mosquito Bdwk	4/30/2010
White Crowned Sparrow	Service Road	4/30/2010
Savannah Sparrow	Cabin Area	4/30/2010
Bl. Throat. Blue Warbler	Service Road	5/4/2010
Bl. Throat. Green Warbler	Service Road	5/4/2010
Amer. Redstart	Service Road	5/4/2010
Least Bittern	Berm	5/4/2010
Amer. Bittern	Berm	5/4/2010
Chesnut Sided Warbler	Rabbit Run East	5/4/2010
Scarlet Tanager	Mosquito Bdwk	5/6/2010
Solitary Sandpiper	Service Road	5/6/2010
Spotted Sandpiper	Beth Pond	5/6/2010
E. Kingbird	Beth Pond	5/6/2010
Bl. Burnian Warbler	Mosquito Bdwk	5/7/2010
Least Flycatcher	Old Tifft Street	5/7/2010
Marsh Wren	Mosquito Bdwk	5/7/2010
Yellow Throated Vireo	Service Road	5/7/2010
Common Yellowthroat	Warbler Walk	5/7/2010
Bank Swallow	South Blind	5/8/2010
Cliff Swallow	South Blind	5/8/2010
Common Loon	Berm	5/8/2010
Sanderling	Lake Kirsty	5/11/2010
Sedge Wren	Mounds	5/13/2010
Bobolink	Mounds	5/13/2010
Orchard Oriloe	Cabin Area	5/13/2010
Blackpoll Warbler	Mosquito Bdwk	5/14/2010
Cape May Warbler	Mosquito Bdwk	5/14/2010
Golden Wing Warbler	Mosquito Bdwk	5/14/2010
Willow Flycatcher	Rabbit Run	5/14/2010
Blue Jay	Cabin Area	5/14/2010
Ruby Throated Hummingbird	Cabin Area	5/15/2010
Common Moorhen	Heritage	5/15/2010
Great-Cr. Flycatcher	Service Road	5/15/2010
Magnolia Warbler	Mosquito Bdwk	5/16/2010
Wood Peewee	Rabbit Run	5/19/2010
Wilson Warbler	Rabbit Run	5/19/2010
Alder Flycatcher	Service Road	5/21/2010
Canada Warbler	Service Road	5/21/2010
Mourning Warbler	Service Road	5/21/2010
Gray-Cheekea Thrush	Service Road	5/21/2010
Black Billed Cuckoo	Rabbit Run	5/21/2010
Olive Sided Flycatcher	Snakeroot	5/23/2010
Yellow Billed Cuckoo	Service Road	5/23/2010
Acadian Flycatcher	Service Road	5/23/2010
Red Eyed Vireo	Service Road	5/23/2010
Bay Breasted Warbler	Service Road	5/24/2010
Carolina Wren	Old Tifft Street	5/27/2010
Chimney Swift	Bridge	6/6/2010

A New Year! Winter 2010 1/1/2010 - 3/20/2010

Species	Location	Date
Downy Woodpecker	Cabin Area	1/2/2010
House Sparrow	Cabin Area	1/2/2010
Black Capped Chickadee	Cabin Area	1/2/2010
Cardinal	Service Road	1/2/2010
Tuffted Titmouse	Service Road	1/2/2010
Am. Crow	Beth Pond	1/2/2010
Red Tailed Hawk	Beth Pond	1/2/2010
Coopers Hawk	Mounds	1/2/2010
Am. Goldfinch	Cabin Area	1/2/2010
Ring Billed Gull	Cabin Area	1/2/2010
Canada Goose	Lake Kirsty	1/2/2010
Red Breasted Nuthatch	Cabin Area	1/5/2010
Wild Turkey	Cabin Area	1/6/2010
Am. Tree Sparrow	Cabin Area	1/7/2010
White Breasted Nutchhatch	Cabin Area	1/7/2010
Dark Eyed Junco	Cabin Area	1/7/2010
Hairy Woodpecker	Lake Kirsty	1/7/2010
Am. Robin	Bridge	1/7/2010
White Throated Sparrow	Service Road	1/7/2010
Belted Kingfisher	Bridge	1/7/2010
European Starling	Service Road	1/12/2010
N. Mockingbird	Heritage	1/14/2010
Mourning Dove	Feeder	1/14/2010
House Finch	Feeder	1/19/2010
Mallard Duck	Lake Kirsty	1/20/2010
Great Blue Heron	Service Road	1/21/2010
Kestral	Mounds	2/11/2010
Red Winged Blackbird	Cabin Area	3/5/2010
Ima. Bald Eagle	Old Tifft Street	3/7/2010
Flicker	Service Road	3/11/2010
Song Sparrow	Service Road	3/11/2010
Herring Gull	Lake Kirsty	3/13/2010
Ring Necked Duck	Lisa Pond	3/15/2010
Hooded Merganser	Lisa Pond	3/15/2010
Purple Finch	Lisa Pond	3/15/2010
Amer. Wigeon	Lisa Pond	3/15/2010
Snow Goose	Heritage	3/16/2010
Grackle	Cabin Area	3/17/2010
Wood Duck	Old Tifft Street	3/17/2010
Green Winged Teal	Heritage	3/17/2010
E. Bluebird	Mounds	3/18/2010
Tundra Swan	Lisa Pond	3/18/2010
Gadwall	Lisa Pond	3/18/2010
Turkey Vulture	Berm	3/18/2010

List 6/22/2009 - 9/21/2009 Summer Edition

Species	Location	Date
Least Bittern	Heritage Boardwalk	7/16/2009

List 3/22/2009 - 6/21/2009 Spring Edition

Species	Location	Date
Eastern Phoebe	Parking Lot	3/26/2009
Cowbird	Feeder	3/26/2009
Rock Pigeon	Feeder	3/26/2009
Golden Crowned Kinglet	Heritage	3/26/2009
Fox Sparrow	Service Road	3/26/2009
Northern Shoveler	Lisa Pond	3/27/2009
E. Bluebird	Nettle Trail	3/27/2009
Northern Harrier	Mounds	3/31/2009
Black Duck	Berm Pond	3/28/2009
Field Sparrow	Rabbit Run	3/29/2009
Hermit Thrush	Service Road	3/31/2009
Rusty Blackbird	Warbler Walk	4/2/2009
American Bittern	Berm-Heritage Marsh	4/2/2009
Great Blue Heron	Berm-Heritage Marsh	4/2/2009
Flicker	Mounds	4/2/2009
Osprey	Lisa Pond	4/2/2009
Towhee	Warbler Walk	4/2/2009
Ruddy Duck	Berm Pond	4/2/2009
Common Moorhen	Berm Pond	4/2/2009
Brown Creeper	South Blind	4/2/2009
Common Grackle	Feeder	4/4/2009
Red-Breasted Merganser	Lake Kirsty	4/8/2009
Double Crested Cormorants	Lake Kirsty	4/8/2009
Barn Swallow	Berm Pond	4/9/2009
Common Loon	Lake Kirsty	4/9/2009
Ruby Crowned Kinglet	Service Road	4/11/2009
Sand Hill Crane	Over Berm Pond	4/9/2009
Rough Winged Swallow	Over Beth Pond	4/9/2009
Rough legged hawk	Berm Pond	4/9/2009
Blue Winged teal	Berm Pond	4/9/2009
Winter Wren	Warbler Walk	4/9/2009
American Woodcock	Beth Pond Area	4/15/2009
Caspian Tern	South Blind	4/16/2009
Swamp Sparrow	Warbler Walk	4/16/2009
Common Tern	Lake Kirsty	4/23/2009
Virginia rail	Berm Pond, Heritage Bdwlk	4/24/2009
Green heron	Beth Pond	4/24/2009
Pine Warbler	Old Tifft St.	4/25/2009
Black & White Warbler	Old Tifft St.	4/25/2009
Palm Warbler	Service Road	4/25/2009
Vesper Sparrow	Service Road	4/25/2009
Gnatcatcher	Service Road	4/25/2009
Blue Throated Viero	Service Road	4/25/2009
Blue Headed Viero	Service Road	4/25/2009
Brown Thrasher	Service Road	4/25/2009
Least Flycatcher	Warbler Walk	4/25/2009
Swainsons Thrush	Nettle Trail	4/25/2009
Blue Winged Warbler	Mosquito Boardwalk	4/26/2009
Northern Water Thrush	Mosquito Boardwalk	4/26/2009
House Wren	Rabbit Run	4/26/2009
Sora	Berm Pond	4/26/2009
Catbird	Old Tifft St.	4/28/2009
Baltimore Oriole	Warbler Walk	4/28/2009
Black Throated Blue Warbler	Mosquito Boardwalk	4/28/2009
Great Cr. Flycatcher	Old Tifft St.	4/26/2009
Rose Breasted Grosbeak	Nettle Trail	4/29/2009
Nashville Warbler	Snakeroot	4/30/2009
White-eyed Viero	Snakeroot	4/30/2009
Yellow Warbler	Service Road	4/25/2009
Common Yellowthroat	Service Road	5/3/2009
Ring-necked Pheasent	Mounds Near Fence	5/5/2009
White-cr Sparrow	Service Road	5/6/2009
Red-eyed Vireo	Service Road	5/6/2009
Chesnut-sided Warbler	Mosquito Boardwalk	5/7/2009
Hooded Warbler	Service Road	5/9/2009
N. Parula Warbler	Service Road	5/9/2009
Chewood Thrush	Service Road	5/9/2009
Veery	Service Road	5/9/2009
Magnolia Warbler	Warbler Walk	5/9/2009
Mourning Dove	Warbler Walk	5/9/2009
Great Egret	Berm Pond	5/9/2009
Warbling Vireo	Warbler Walk	5/9/2009
American Redstart	Service Road	5/9/2009
Sacrlet Tanager	Service Road	5/9/2009
Louisiana Water Thrush	Beth Pond Area	5/8/2009
Cape May Warbler	Mosquito Boardwalk	5/8/2009
Yellow Throated Vireo	Service Road	5/8/2009
Lincolns Sparrow	Service Road	5/8/2009
Spotted Sandpiper	Beth Pond Area	5/8/2009
Marsh Wren	Berm Pond	5/8/2009
Kingbird	Bridge	5/12/2009
Ruby Throated Hummingbird	Feeder	5/12/2009
Cerulean Warbler	Mosquito Boardwalk	5/12/2009
Wilsons Warbler	Mosquito Boardwalk	5/12/2009
Canada Warbler	Heritage	5/13/2009
Mourning Warbler	Mosquito Boardwalk	5/13/2009
Philadelphia Warbler	Mosquito Boardwalk	5/15/2009
Bay-Breasted Warbler	Mosquito Boardwalk	5/15/2009
Indigo Bunting	Service Road	5/16/2009
Blackpoll Warbler	Mosquito Boardwalk	5/16/2009
Blue Jay	Snakeroot	5/21/2009
Sharp Shinned Hawk	Snakeroot	5/21/2009
Tri-Colored Heron	Lake Kirsty	5/24/2009
Black Crowned Night heron	Bridge	5/29/2009
Willow Fly Catcher	Lisa Pond Area	6/4/2009
Eastern Wood Peewee	Mosquito Junction Bdwlk	6/8/2009
Bobolink	Mounds	6/9/2009
Savannah Sparrow	Mounds	6/9/2009
Meadow Lark	Mosquito Junction Bdwlk	6/13/2009

List 1/1/2009 - 3/21/2009 Winter Edition

Species	Location	Date
Chipping Sparrow	Service Road	1/2/2009
American Robin	Service Road	1/2/2009
Black-Capped Chickadee	Service Road	1/2/2009
Starling	Rabbit Run	1/2/2009
American Goldfinch	Rabbit Run	1/2/2009
Hairy Woodpecker	Rabbit Run	1/2/2009
Crow	Service Road	1/2/2009
Junco	Service Road	1/2/2009
Ring Billed Gull	Over Mounds	1/2/2009
Mallard	Lake Kirsty	1/2/2009
Mocking Bird	N. Viewing Blind	1/2/2009
Cardinal	Cabin Area	1/3/2009
Red-Bellied Woodpecker	Cabin Area	1/3/2009
Carolina Wren	Mosquito Junction Bdwlk	1/3/2009
Great Horned Owl	Mosquito Junction Bdwlk	1/3/2009
American Tree Sparrow	Mosquito Junction Bdwlk	1/3/2009
American Kestral	Berm Pond	1/4/2009
Northern Shrike	Cabin Area	1/8/2009
House Finch	At Feeder	1/8/2009
Red Winged Blackbird	At Feeder	1/8/2009
White Throated Sparrow	At Feeder	1/8/2009
Downy Woodpecker	Cabin Area	1/20/2009
Coopers Hawk	Rabbit Run West	1/22/2009
Red tailed Hawk	Old Tifft St.	1/22/2009
Kingfisher	Snakeroot	1/23/2009
Yellow-Rumped Warbler	Rabbit Run	2/6/2009
Canada Goose	Snakeroot	2/11/2009
White Breasted Nuthatch	Mosquito Junction Bdwlk	2/14/2009
Herring Gull	Lake Kirsty	2/26/2009
Lesser Scoup	Lake Kirsty	3/3/2009
Hooded Merganser	Lake Kirsty	3/6/2009
Killdear	South Blind	3/8/2009
Ring Necked Duck	Lake Kirsty	3/10/2009
Tree Swallow	Near Cabin	3/10/2009
American Coot	Lake Kirsty	3/12/2009
Turkey Vulture	Lisa Pond Area	3/12/2009
Greater Scoup	Lake Kirsty	3/12/2009
Wild Turkey	Service Road	3/14/2009
Bufflehead	Lisa Pond	3/14/2009
American Wigeon	Lisa Pond	3/15/2009
Wood Duck	Lisa Pond	3/15/2009
Gadwall	Lisa Pond	3/15/2009
Song Sparrow	Lisa Pond	3/15/2009
Pied-Billed Grebe	Mosquito / Berm	3/19/2009
Tundra Swan	Over Kirsty	3/19/2009
Green-Winged Teal	Lisa Pond	3/19/2009

Welcome

Welcome to the Tifft Nature Preserve Birding Checklist. This is where we will keep track of the first sightings of any species of bird sighted at Tifft. This will mirror the official list that is on display at Tifft in the visitor center. If you would like to submit any sightings please do so at the preserve or in an e-mail to this blog.

Only the first sighting will make the list. Do not submit any outlandish claims because they will be ignored unless it is from a credible source. Please try to record your sightings in person at Tifft.

Thank you.