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Subject: [PABIRDS] Eastern PA Birdline: 9/2/2004
From: Dave DeReamus <becard(AT)FAST.NET>
Date: 2 Sep 2004 4:00am
- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* September 2, 2004
* PAEA0409.02
- Birds mentioned
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
MOURNING WARBLER
CASPIAN TERN
COMMON TERN
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: September 2nd at 3:00 AM
Phone Number: (610) 252-3455
To Report by Phone: Call (610) 252-3455, press the (*) key and leave your
message.
To Report by E-Mail: Send to becard(AT)fast.net with "Birdline" in subject
heading.
Compiler: Dave DeReamus
You can visit our Website for information about the Lehigh Valley Audubon
Society at
http://www.lehigh.edu/~bcm0/lvas.html
You can visit my Website for photos and information about Eastern PA Birding
at http://www.users.fast.net/~becard/index.html
This is Dave DeReamus, for the Eastern PA Birdline, sponsored by the Lehigh
Valley Audubon Society, recorded on September 2nd at 3:00 AM.
There will be a field trip to the Whitehall Parkway on September 4th. Meet
at the K-Mart parking lot on Tilghman Street, just west of Route 309 at 7:30
AM. Trip leader will be Ted Fritzinger.
Directions to many of the sites in this report can be found in the area's
birding guidebook, "Birds of the Lehigh Valley and Vicinity".
NOW FOR THE BIRDS!
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK PPL POWER PLANT area, Northampton County
included:
24 Lesser Black-backed Gulls - this past week.
Also at the Tekening area: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Worm-eating and
Chestnut-sided Warbler, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER - 8/24
Also Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Ruby-throated
Hummingbird, Indigo Bunting, Bobolink, Field Sparrow, and warblers that
included Yellow, Prairie, Black-and-white, Black-throated Green, American
Redstart, and Common Yellowthroat.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
Great Egret and Green Heron.
Sightings from the FREEMANSBURG area, Northampton County included:
Great Blue and Green Heron, Green-winged Teal, Belted Kingfisher, and
Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
Sightings from the MONOCACY NATURE CENTER, Northampton County included:
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON - 8/21
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER - 8/24
Also Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Great Horned Owl, Belted Kingfisher, Hairy
Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Phoebe,
Eastern Wood-Pewee, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Cedar
Waxwing, Indigo Bunting, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, American Goldfinch, Red-eyed, Warbling, and Yellow-throated Vireo,
and warblers that included Prairie, Blue-winged, Worm-eating, Yellow-rumped,
Canada, Cerulean, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Blackburnian, Black-and-white,
Black-throated Green, American Redstart, and Common Yellowthroat.
Sightings from HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER - 8/21
WILSON'S PHALAROPE - 8/30
Also Lesser Yellowlegs and Least Sandpiper.
Sightings from the BATH area, Northampton County included:
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER - 8/17
Also Willow Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Phoebe, Barn, Bank, Cliff,
and Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Yellow Warbler,
Grasshopper and Vesper Sparrow, and Baltimore and Orchard Oriole.
Sightings from LITTLE GAP, Northampton County included:
Bald Eagles - 4 on 8/29
Also Black Vulture, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Sharp-shinned and Broad-winged
Hawk, American Kestrel, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Common Raven, Indigo
Bunting, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, and warblers that included
Canada, Magnolia, Black-and-white, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated
Green, Ovenbird, and American Redstart.
Sightings from the WALNUTPORT area, Northampton County included:
Common Nighthawk.
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Bald Eagles - 5 on 8/23, 6 on 8/24, 23 on 8/31
Peregrine Falcon - 1 on 8/25
Merlin - 2 on 8/31
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 8/19 and 8/22
MOURNING WARBLER - 8/22
Also Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Black Vulture, Northern
Harrier, Osprey, Sharp-shinned, Cooper's, and Broad-winged Hawk, American
Kestrel, Herring Gull, Common Nighthawk, Pileated Woodpecker, Ruby-throated
Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Least Flycatcher, Chimney
Swift, Barn, Bank, Cliff, and Tree Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Carolina Wren, Common Raven, Cedar Waxwing, Scarlet
Tanager, American Goldfinch, Red-eyed Vireo, and warblers that included
Pine, Cape May, Canada, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Blackburnian,
Black-and-white, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Ovenbird, and
American Redstart.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
At the Church Road area:
2 CASPIAN TERNS - 8/21
COMMON TERN - 8/21
Bald Eagle - 8/21.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON - to at least 9/1
Bald Eagle - 8/19 to at least 9/1
Merlin - 9/1
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER - 9/1
2 CASPIAN TERNS - 8/21 to at least 8/28
Also Least Sandpiper, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Yellow-billed and
Black-billed Cuckoo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and warblers that included
Yellow, Hooded, Prairie, Blue-winged, Canada, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia,
Black-and-white, Black-throated Green, Ovenbird, American Redstart, Northern
Parula, Common Yellowthroat, and Northern Waterthrush.
Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey included:
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE - 8/31 (a 'fly-by' at the hawkwatch)
Bald Eagle - 9/1.
- End transcript
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Subject: [PABIRDS]
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From: "Carl A. Hess" <carlhess(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 2 Sep 2004 9:25am
For them maybe, but not for the geese.
See: http://www.readingeagle.com/re/news/1307436.asp
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Subject: [PABIRDS] dawn flights, Berks
From: Rudy Keller <rkeller(AT)TEMPLE.EDU>
Date: 2 Sep 2004 10:55am
Yesterday, 9/1, frontal movement pushed some birds along.
Under clear, calm conditions, I heard ~320 nocturnal flight
calls 5:30-6:00 a.m. in eastern Berks. It was a mixed lot,
about 75% Veery, 10% Wood Thrush, a few Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager, Bobolink and many unidents. This
morning, 9/2, I heard no thrush calls and only about 30
unidents during the same time period. Leaf rustling wind and
the ground level chorus of innumerable crickets probably
masked many high pitched calls. Better that as background
noise than the unrelenting rush of traffic characteristic of
more urbanized areas.
Rudy Keller
Boyertown, PA
Berks County
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Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] dawn flights, Berks
From: Sherri LaBar <SherriL(AT)SPECTRAGASES.COM>
Date: 2 Sep 2004 11:08am
It's interesting that I experienced a simliar movement, and I'm well east on
the ridge from Rudy. I'm very near the eastern border of PA. Yesterday and
the previous morning, there was a great racket in the woods just before dawn
as everything moved in for the day. The makeup of the flock was similar,
also, but I traded a Bobolink for a Cuckoo. This morning it was almost
completely dead during the same time period. Can you imagine if you
extrapolate the numbers we hear at these two spots along the entire
Kittatiny Ridge?
sherri
North Bangor, PA
Northampton County
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rudy Keller [mailto:rkeller(AT)TEMPLE.EDU]
>Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 10:40 AM
>To: PABIRDS(AT)LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
>Subject: [PABIRDS] dawn flights, Berks
>
>
>Yesterday, 9/1, frontal movement pushed some birds along.
>Under clear, calm conditions, I heard ~320 nocturnal flight
>calls 5:30-6:00 a.m. in eastern Berks. It was a mixed lot,
>about 75% Veery, 10% Wood Thrush, a few Rose-breasted
>Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager, Bobolink and many unidents. This
>morning, 9/2, I heard no thrush calls and only about 30
>unidents during the same time period. Leaf rustling wind and
>the ground level chorus of innumerable crickets probably
>masked many high pitched calls. Better that as background
>noise than the unrelenting rush of traffic characteristic of
>more urbanized areas.
>Rudy Keller
>Boyertown, PA
>Berks County
>
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Subject: [PABIRDS] It's A Dung Deal!!
From: Janice Reinhardt <janrein5(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 2 Sep 2004 1:33pm
Hi Everyone,
Here's a very interesting article proving that: what's one creature's junk is
another creature's treasure.
Take care.
Jan Reinhardt
Peters Twp., Washington County, PA
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20040830/owl.html
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Summer Tanager, Allegheny County
From: Paul Hess <phess(AT)SALSGIVER.COM>
Date: 2 Sep 2004 2:48pm
Hi all,
I found a Summer Tanager at Harrison Hills Park in northeastern Allegheny
County this morning (Sept. 2) in a little wave of vireo and warbler
migrants -- the second of this species reported in the county within a month.
It was a first-year bird with dull yellow underparts and slightly darker
brownish-yellow upperparts with no olive tinge anywhere. Immature Summers
are variable, and I haven't seen plumage exactly like this before. It
isn't illustrated in any of the field guides I have, but it's described in
the Pyle ID guide.
The county's other recent sighting was a second-year male at Frick Park in
Pittsburgh on Aug. 9, found by Ted Floyd and others.
Summer Tanager is rare in southwestern PA, including Greene County where it
was formerly -- but apparently is no longer -- regular.
Best regards,
Paul Hess
Natrona Heights, PA
Allegheny County
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Rose Tree Park (02 Sep 2004) 30 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 2 Sep 2004 6:30pm
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 6 12 20
Northern Harrier 1 3 3
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 2 6 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 4 7
Cooper's Hawk 0 3 4
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 14 52 82
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 7
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 5 5
Merlin 1 2 3
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 3 4 6
Total: 30 92 145
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Bill Cranny, Charlie Haag
Observers: Andy Burns, Bill Roache, Charles Smith, Chris Blidan,
Shirley Robbins
Visitors:
Howard and Digger
Weather:
Partly cloudy with ENE-NE-ESE winds from 5-9 mph. Temperature from 70-81F.
Observations:
1 Adult Bald Eagle at 0900 EDT, and 1 Juvenile Bald Eagle at 0945.
1 Ruby-throated hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher
Numerous dragonflies, of varied species.
Predictions:
Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Southeast winds around 10 mph.
========================================================================
Report submitted by Janet Crawford (janet.l.c(AT)att.net)
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA information may be found at:
www.jl-studio.com/RTP_HW
For additional information please contact: Jim Lockyer (jim(AT)jl-studio.com),
Janet Crawford (janet.l.c(AT)att.net)
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Waggoner's Gap (02 Sep 2004) 81 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 2 Sep 2004 6:33pm
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
BV 0 0 0
TV 0 0 0
OS 2 15 70
BE 1 8 52
NH 1 1 21
SS 7 20 62
CH 5 7 25
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 4
BW 53 78 403
RT 5 17 73
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 5 10 69
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 1
UR 2 2 11
Total: 81 158 791
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Ron Freed
Observers: Carl Rojahn, Craig Houston, Dave Smith, Don Orris,
Joe Lavella, Joe Yoder
Visitors:
Carl Laughlin, Gwen Laughlin-Raber, Pat Freed, Shorty Lowe, 7
Weather:
Sunny, few clouds and light variable winds.
Observations:
BE - WB at 11:15
Hummers - 6
========================================================================
Report submitted by Ron Freed (rrfreed(AT)sprintmail.com)
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch information may be found at:
http://user.pa.net/~waggap/
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Allegheny Front (02 Sep 2004) 118 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 2 Sep 2004 8:06pm
Allegheny Front Hawkwatch, Central City,
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 02, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
BV 0 0 4
TV 0 0 0
OS 10 13 44
BE 0 0 16
NH 1 5 11
SS 14 19 67
CH 3 4 13
NG 0 0 1
RS 0 0 9
BW 62 136 542
RT 20 33 115
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 5 5 27
ML 1 1 2
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 0 4
UB 2 2 11
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 0 23
Total: 118 218 889
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Ken Byerly
Observers: Barb Carrier, Kevin Georg, Tom & Sally Dick
Visitors:
Jim & Judy Cooper
7
Weather:
WSPD Moderate
WFM East
TEMP 17 to 20c
CLCV 5 to 30%
VISB Clear
Observations:
HTFL Low to High
FDIR S
BV 14 in one Group
Predictions:
Temp 75F
Precip 0%
Wind VAR. 2 to 4 MPH
========================================================================
Report submitted by Che Mincone (51cecidio(AT)libcom.com)
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Allegheny Co. Birds
From: Mark Vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 2 Sep 2004 10:46pm
This evening I checked these locations
Dashields Dam
11 D.c. Cormorants(numbers increasing)
7 Wood Duck
Herring Gulls
Bald Knob
The main pond is still full of water,no mud
I went back to the coal pond,there were goose hunters setting up getting ready
for the geese to come in
I was trying to scan the place while they were talking to me
Here is what I saw,there could have been birds that I missed
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
7 Least Sandpiper
1 Spotted Sandpiper
Killdeer
1 Blue-winged Teal
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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