Date: 1/30/26 6:28 pm From: 'Barbarah Henderson' via Geneseebirds <geneseebirds-l...> Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] June to January
6-12-25 -Wainfleet Bog -5+ Whip-poor-will2 Vesper SparrowsFt. Erie -10+ Fowler's Toads
6-15-25, Buffalo -3 Merlin nests this yr. - none actually looked for but plenty of evidence...Also Screech Owl family on at least on Woodbridge.
6-16-25, Cattaraugus County, friends land -11 spcs. Warbler -11-13 singing Prairie - there's more than that there... One odd singer - started out w/3-5 regular notes followed by a Pine Warbler-like trill. There were singing Pines around too. (Bill & I recorded an even stranger singer decades ago in Cat. Co).
7-12-25, Woodbridge Ave., Buffalo -3 Lesser Yellowlegs - overhead at night.
7-18-25, Woodbridge -2 Hummers - courting.
8-6-25, Woodbridge -1 Wood Thrush - calling.
8-12-25, Woodbridge -2 Caspians - ad. & juv. calling overhead ~11pm.
8-15-25, Woodbridge -1 Swainson's - at night.
8-17-25 -TWMA -1 Baird's1 White RumpINWR -1 Baird's1 W. Rump
8-20-25, Ft. Erie -1 SB Dowitcher1 Stilt1 Baird's
8-25-25, Woodbridge -1 RB Nuthatch - calling in morning following lots of night migrants. Winter Finch Forecast was apparently right.
8-28-25, Buffalo -1 Sabine's - don't recall the finder & off-hand seems like the only or one of the very few around this fall but nice to see one in August.2 Little2 Bl. Tern
9-20-25, Woodbridge -1 Gray Cheek - at night.
9-21-25, Shirley Ave., Buffalo -1 Sapsucker
9-26-25, Amherst -2 Lincoln's
9-29-25, Woodbridge -1 Winter
9-30-25 -Amherst -1 White CrownShirley -1 Gray Cheek - 10+ so far this fall.
10-6-25, Haldimand -1 Peregrine
10-13-25, Buffalo -~15 Oldsquaw~45 Surf Scoter
10-15-25, INWR -10+ Rusty3 Sandhill1 Sharp Tailed Sparrow
10-18-25, Woodbridge -1 Great Horned
10-26-25, Woodbridge -~5 Junco (+ ~5 at Shirley) - coldest night so far.
11-3-25, Buffalo -~200 Oldsquaw4+ WW Scoters
11-16-25, Woodbridge -1 Fox Sparrow
11-3-25, Buffalo -2im. Iceland
12-9-25, Woodbridge -3 White Thr.1 Song - all daily up to today.
12-19-25, Buffalo -1im. Glaucous1im. Iceland
12-21-25, Buffalo -6im. Iceland1 Lesser Bl. B.2 Harlequin - pair found by ? ~a month ago. Very possible returning for at least 3rd yr.
12-22-25, Woodbridge -1 Winter
12-29-25, Buffalo -1 LBB Gull2 Iceland
1-1-26, Buffalo -1im. Iceland1 Eagle
1-2-26, INWR -~10 Red Wings
1-5-26, Buffalo -1 Purple Sand1 LBB1ad, 2im. Iceland5-10,000+ Gulls - very rough estimate. No Bonies.
1-7-26, Buffalo -2im. Glaucous5im. Iceland1 LBB
1-9-26, Buffalo (very low water in river - maybe lowest I've ever seen) -1 LBB3im. Iceland~150+ Bonies
1-11-26, Buffalo -6 LBB5 Iceland1im.Thayer's
1-12-26, Buffalo -1 LBB1 Iceland
1-14-26, Buffalo -3 Iceland, 2 LBB
1-15-26, Buffalo -1 Creeper
1-16-26 - Royalton -~10 Yellow Rump - possible Yellow Throat calling w/'em.2 HermitAlabama -~20 Buntings
1-17-26, Buffalo -1-2 Purple Sand
1-18-26, Buffalo -3im. Iceland1 Glaucous~5 Fish Crows - w/~1,000+ Americans. 1-20-26, Buffalo -1 LBB
1-24-26, Porter -1 Sapsucker1 Red Crossbill~100 Buntings
Not 1 WW Scoter from Ft. Niagara to Olcott - lots of ice.
1-25&26-26, Woodbridge -1 Oregon Junco - like Sibley's 2000 ed. p. 500 im. fm. but w/black hood closer to male's color & back less "red" (more gray) extending up nape to hind crown. Neglected to get rump color. (Sibley shows gray & 2006 National Geographic Complete Birds p.588 shows Oregon Thurberi w/reddish rump.)
Peter, <Barbarahenyoe131...>
