Date: 1/31/26 4:47 am
From: Peter Saracino <petersaracino...>
Subject: Re: [GeneseeBirds-L] June to January
On Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 9:28 PM 'Barbarah Henderson' via Geneseebirds <
<geneseebirds-l...> wrote:

> 6-12-25 -
> Wainfleet Bog -
> 5+ Whip-poor-will
> 2 Vesper Sparrows
> Ft. 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
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/7-12-25,+Woodbridge+Ave.,+Buffalo?entry=gmail&source=g>
> -
> 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's
> 1 White Rump
> INWR -
> 1 Baird's
> 1 W. Rump
>
> 8-20-25, Ft. Erie -
> 1 SB Dowitcher
> 1 Stilt
> 1 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 Little
> 2 Bl. Tern
>
> 9-20-25, Woodbridge -
> 1 Gray Cheek - at night.
>
> 9-21-25, Shirley Ave., Buffalo
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/9-21-25,+Shirley+Ave.,+Buffalo?entry=gmail&source=g>
> -
> 1 Sapsucker
>
> 9-26-25, Amherst -
> 2 Lincoln's
>
> 9-29-25, Woodbridge -
> 1 Winter
>
> 9-30-25 -
> Amherst -
> 1 White Crown
> Shirley -
> 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+ Rusty
> 3 Sandhill
> 1 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 Oldsquaw
> 4+ 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. Glaucous
> 1im. Iceland
>
> 12-21-25, Buffalo -
> 6im. Iceland
> 1 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 Gull
> 2 Iceland
>
> 1-1-26, Buffalo -
> 1im. Iceland
> 1 Eagle
>
> 1-2-26, INWR -
> ~10 Red Wings
>
> 1-5-26, Buffalo -
> 1 Purple Sand
> 1 LBB
> 1ad, 2im. Iceland
> 5-10,000+ Gulls - very rough estimate. No Bonies.
>
> 1-7-26, Buffalo -
> 2im. Glaucous
> 5im. Iceland
> 1 LBB
>
> 1-9-26, Buffalo (very low water in river - maybe lowest I've ever seen) -
> 1 LBB
> 3im. Iceland
> ~150+ Bonies
>
> 1-11-26, Buffalo -
> 6 LBB
> 5 Iceland
> 1im.Thayer's
>
> 1-12-26, Buffalo -
> 1 LBB
> 1 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 Hermit
> Alabama -
> ~20 Buntings
>
> 1-17-26, Buffalo -
> 1-2 Purple Sand
>
> 1-18-26, Buffalo -
> 3im. Iceland
> 1 Glaucous
> ~5 Fish Crows - w/~1,000+ Americans.
>
> 1-20-26, Buffalo -
> 1 LBB
>
> 1-24-26, Porter -
> 1 Sapsucker
> 1 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, Barbara
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