3-1,3&4-25, Buffalo -
1 Barrow's Goldeneye - apparently Shelly's from earlier in yr.
3-3&4-25, Buffalo -
2 Purple Sandpiper - a trustworthy regular Pier walker had them on 2-25-25. Were they somewhere around since fall & through icey February barely surviving?
1im. m. Surf Scoter
3-9-25, Shirley Ave., Buffalo -
1 Grackle - a little late this yr.
3-10-25 -
Oakfield -
6 Sandhill
1 Otter - though around, a 1st for me.
Shelby -
1 Rough Leg
Alabama -
500+ Swan
1 Trumpeter
1-2+ Sandhill
5+ GW Teal
Jupiter - toenail phase at dusk.
3-14-25, wee hrs. full eclipse -
Yates -
1 Barnacle Goose - Joel's good find.
Somerset -
~1,000 Snows w/a few Blues - very jumpy. Many times began to land in corn stubble only to lift off again before finally staying.
1 Cackler
3-17-24 -
Buffalo -
2im. m. King Eider - apparently Andy, Jim & Joe's fall bird & Shelly's(?) more recent bird.
1im. m. Surf Scoter
Woodbridge Ave. -
1 Song Sparrow - 1st since mid/late fall. Previously 1-2 wintered - at least past several winters.
3-18-25 -
Yates -
2 Raven - pair w/1 very close.
4 White Front - possibly Willie's County Line Rd. birds.
Somerset -
1 White Front - pretty sure someone's days ago nearby find.
1 Snow Goose
Alabama -
1 Eurasian Wigeon - half hidden.
1-200 Am. Wigeon
200+ Ring Neck
3 BW Teal
1-2(only) Pintail - huge contrast w/3-26, Shelby, below.
Royalton -
2 Woodcock
3-19-25 -
Woodbridge -
1 Oldsquaw - calling overhead at 2am.
1 Screech Owl - in evening.
Buffalo -
2 Merlin - courting at one of last yrs. nest sites.
3-2-25, Woodbridge -
1 Carolina - infrequently around - sometimes 2.
3-23-25 -
Oakfield -
1 N. Shrike
2+ Sandhills - they leisurely walked away as Barbara walked by 20' away.
Alabama -
2 Trumpeter
Still impressive duck #s. Eurasian probably out of view.
3-25-25, Buffalo -
2im. m. King Eider's - still. Interesting to have little else adjacent to them, unlike earlier in yr.
2m. Surf Scoter
2 Ruddy
32 Tree Swallow - tightly packed on branch on cold day.
1 Trumpeter(? slight vocalization).
1 Woodcock
3-26-25 -
Alabama -
1 Eurasian Wig. - same half hidden spot. Probably there on 23rd. Other duck #s ~same since 18th..
2 Trumpeter
2 G. Yellowlegs
2 Woodcock
Shelby -
~5-700 ducks - vast majority Pintail. No Wigeon. "Odd" contrast w/above & below. Big difference in food preferences?
3-30-25, Buffalo -
1 Merlin - around another of last yrs. nest sites.
4-1-25 -
Alabama -
1 Eurasian Wig. - still same half hidden spot - searched long time before spotted.
1-2 Pintail - still only 1-2 though other #s still ~the same since 18th.
2 Trumpeter
200+ Tree Swallow
19 Greater( all?) Yellowlegs - getting too dark.
1 Killdeer
2 Am. Bittern
1+ Sandhill
Royalton -
1 Woodcock
1 Snipe
4-4-25 -
Woodbridge -
1 Fish Crow - calling. Started (then completed) a u-turn when I called back.
Buffalo -
1 Merlin - now courting flight at above 3-30 nest site.
4-8-25, Woodbridge -
5+ Fish Crow - some briefly mixing w/Americans.
4-9-25, Buffalo -
~10 Fish Crow - congregating in & around 3-19 Merlin nest tree (of 2024). W/so many reports in nesting season too they must be nesting somewhere around Buffalo area. Last yr. had 1 at this spot on 6-15-24. Several yrs. ago had something like 15-20 all in a couple trees nearby in April or May.
March -
A stunningly beautiful packed display of thousands or tens of thousands of small crocus naturalized on neglected private property. Color ranged from a few pure or nearly pure white to a few solid or nearly solid purple w/the vast majority being a light purple. Never seen anything even remotely like it. Yet to learn how they came to be.
