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Subject: [PABIRDS] SGL 110, Berks co. 9/5/04
From: Kerry Grim <kagrim(AT)ENTER.NET>
Date: 5 Sep 2004 12:39pm
09/05/04
State Game Lands 110, Northkill Gap area, north of Shartlesville, Berks Co.
Time EDT: 6:57 (9:23) A.M.
Sky: light fog [dense fog, drizzle] (light fog)
Temperature °F: 69 [68] (69)
Humidity %: 96 [100] (97)
Wind MPH: E 8–12 [E 13–18] (E 8–12)
Ground: wet fields, roads dry
[ ] = mountaintop, ( ) = end of walk
It was a dark and dreary morning for birding with light fog, except dense
fog on the mountaintop with drizzle. It was also breezy, and that kept birds
hidden, especially on the top of the mountain.
Not a good count, very little migratory movement observed, but still
valuable information to bird under varying conditions. I have had most of my
Red-letter days during conditions far worse than today.
The total list of 28 species included—
Downy Woodpecker (2),
Hairy Woodpecker (2),
Northern Flicker (1),
Pileated Woodpecker (1),
Yellow-throated Vireo (1, sang),
Red-eyed Vireo (2, sang),
Blue Jay (13),
American Crow (1),
Tree Swallow (5),
Chickadee species (5),
Tufted Titmouse (1),
Carolina Wren (4),
House Wren (1),
Wood Thrush (2, silent),
Gray Catbird (5),
Cedar Waxwing (17),
Black-throated Green Warbler (1), migrant
Black-and-white Warbler (1, sang), local
Common Yellowthroat (14), local
Hooded Warbler (1), local
unidentified warbler (1),
Scarlet Tanager (6),
Eastern Towhee (3),
Chipping Sparrow (1),
Field Sparrow (1),
Northern Cardinal (6),
Indigo Bunting (4),
Common Grackle (1),
American Goldfinch (3).
Motorcycle...trail bikes (3). Consider these $#&%^& to be reported to the
PGC! They knew they were not supposed to be there. One of them saw me get
his license when I put the binoculars on him and looked back to see if his
numbers were visible. They were, and I had paper! Had there been one
motorcycle, he probably would not have successfully passed me!
Kerry A. Grim
Hamburg, PA
Berks Co.
kagrim(AT)enter.net
The essence of true wilderness is big mammals that can eat you
—Edward Abbey
And the lack of motorized vehicles
—Kerry Grim
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Philadelphia RBA, September 3, 2004
From: Armas Hill <armas(AT)FOCUSONNATURE.COM>
Date: 5 Sep 2004 2:02pm
RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia
* September 3, 2004
* PAPH0409.03
* Birds mentioned:
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD (nj)
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (nj)
Brown Pelican
Least Bittern
Osprey
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (nj)
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon (de)
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover (pa)
Killdeer
Marbled Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Whimbrel (pa)
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Sanderling (pa)
CURLEW SANDPIPER (de)
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper (pa)
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper (pa)
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher (pa)
Wilson's Phalarope (de)
Red Phalarope (nj)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Bonaparte's Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Roseate Tern (NJ)
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Black Skimmer
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-Owl
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift (de)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (feature)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (de)
Acadian Flycatcher (de)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher (de)
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo (de)
Red-eyed Vireo (de)
Tree Swallow (de)
Horned Lark
Wood Thrush
Veery
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Nashville Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Ovenbird
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
LARK SPARROW
Scarlet Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
River Otter (de)
pelagic trip announcement
Philadelphia Birdline
Date: September 3, 2004
Number: 215/567-BIRD
To Report: Armas Hill, 302/529-1876 (VOICE)
302/529-1085 (FAX)
Compiler: Armas Hill
Coverage: Delaware Valley, and southern New Jersey
Transcriber: Risë Hill
This is the Philadelphia Birdline for Friday, September 3rd, from the
Academy of Natural Sciences, and supported by a number of bird clubs and
individuals. I'm Armas Hill, glad to be back with you again.
In central New Jersey, a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was surprisingly seen at the
Merrill Creek hawkwatch on August 31st. The observer just happened to go
there late in the afternoon on his way to Home Depot. The SWALLOW-TAILED
KITE just happened to appear, at 4:50pm, on its way south.
In southern New Jersey, on the inland fields of the Johnson's Sod Farm,
along the Salem/Cumberland County border, birds lately have included:
almost 20 GOLDEN PLOVERS August 29-30,
2 to 6 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS,
and 4 to 6 UPLAND SANDPIPERS.
Other "shorebirds" at the sod farm have included: BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS,
KILLDEER, LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and both YELLOWLEGS.
HORNED LARKS also.
Look from along Grier Road, and from Olivet Road. Please stay on the roadsides.
In southern New Jersey, along the coast, nice numbers of GULLS, TERNS,
SKIMMERS, and SHOREBIRDS have on the beaches at Cape May Point.
A ROSEATE and a BLACK TERN were observed there on August 27th,
SANDWICH TERN on August 28th,
GULL-BILLED TERN on August 27th & 28th,
and BONAPARTE'S GULL those same days.
Up to 6 BLACK TERNS were seen at Cape May Point on August 26th.
A GULL-BILLED TERN was at Lily Lake, Cape May Point, on August 31st.
The terns have been feeding in "the rips" off Cape May Point. Large numbers
have been coming in to roost on the beach.
In addition to those just mentioned, there have been : hundreds of COMMON
TERNS, dozens of ROYAL TERNS, and some FORSTER'S TERNS.
2 MARBLED GODWITS were further north along the South Jersey Shore, at
Hereford Inlet, on September 1st.
A RED PHALAROPE was seen from the Higbee Beach dike, at Cape May, on August
31st.
WARBLERS in flight at Higbee Beach, Cape May, the morning of Wednesday,
September 1st, included: PARULA, NASHVILLE, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-THROATED
BLUE & GREEN, BLACKBURNIAN, WILSON'S, and yes, CAPE MAY at Cape May.
LARK SPARROWS have been along the New Jersey coast, from north to south.
To the north, 2 were at Sandy Hook on August 29th (as were 2 DICKCISSELS)
To the south, 2 LARK SPARROWS were at Cape May, also on August 29th.
In between, a LARK SPARROW was (as of August 28th) near Tuckerton, by the
Great Bay Blvd, between the last paved bridge and the first wooden bridge.
At the Brigantine (or Forsythe) Refuge near Oceanville, northwest of
Atlantic City, birds this past week included:
almost a dozen HUDSONIAN GODWITS on September 1st,
and AVOCET and BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on August 29th.
Also that day: WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, and TERNS that included:
GULL-BILLED, ROYAL, and CASPIAN.
A WHITE PELICAN was seen at Brigantine Refuge on August 29th, and has been
since.
A dozen BROWN PELICANS have been at the end of Great Bay Blvd near Tuckerton.
BROWN PELICANS have been noted at Cape May every day this past week.
Along the Delaware River, in New Jersey, across from Philadelphia, at
Palmyra, yesterday, Thursday, September 2nd, one observer saw, among other
birds:
a dozen BALTIMORE ORIOLES, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, TENNESSEE WARBLER,
GNATCATCHERS, and a juvenile BROAD-WINGED HAWK.
Another observer, that same day, had the good fortune to see 2 CONNECTICUT
WARBLERS. And BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER.
Nearby, 4 LEAST BITTERNS were heard calling in the main pit: 2 in the NE
corner, and 2 in the SE corner.
Back along the Jersey Shore, back on August 26th (only), a male MAGNIFICENT
FRIGATEBIRD was seen at Barnegat Light, at about 5pm.
From Barnegat Light, New Jersey, there will be, next weekend, the annual
FONT late-summer overnight pelagic trip. There are still some places
available.
Saturday/Sunday September 11/12, departing about midnight, returning by
late-afternoon.
To go to the Hudson Canyon (NJ & NY waters), to be at the canyon at
daybreak. The cost: $119.
During this trip in the past: WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL. And warm water
would bring other nice possibilities. Also possible could be birds
displaced by the large hurricane to our south.
And, of course, the CAPE VERDE SHEARWATER (formerly a subspecies of the
CORY'S) will be looked for. Likely this time of year would be JAEGERS.
If you' like to join this trip: please either call 1-800-721-9986, or fax:
302-529-1085,
or e-mail: font(AT)focusonnature.com, web-site: www.focusonnature.com
Now, our news relating to birds in Pennsylvania, this past week:
In center city Philadelphia, on Wednesday, September 1st, on a window sill
on the 11th floor of an office building at Broad & Sansom, an immature
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER stopped to rest.
Also in center city Philadelphia, not so fortunate was an OVENBIRD that
fatally crashed, recently, into a window at 6th & Race Streets.
In Southwest Philadelphia, birds at Tinicum (or the John Heinz Refuge) this
past week included: LEAST BITTERN and FORSTER'S TERN.
In the area of Peace Valley, in Bucks County PA, this past week, 13 species
of WARBLERS were noted, including:
BLUE-WINGED, NASHVILLE, PARULA, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-THROATED BLUE &
GREEN, BLACKBURNIAN, and CANADA. (Just over a week ago, a HOODED WARBLER
was observed at Peace Valley on August 25th.)
Also at Peace Valley this past week:
both species of ORIOLES, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
(on September 1st), EASTERN KINGBIRD and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.
All of these, of course, migrants set to go, or on their way, to the
Neotropics.
Another species in that category is the INDIGO BUNTING. One was seen at
Peace Valley on September 4th, still feeding young.
Also in central Bucks County, lately, SHOREBIRDS have been at Bradford Dam.
Most interesting have been:
from 80 to 90 LEAST SANDPIPERS on August 26th (mostly juveniles),
and 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS that same day.
In south-central PA, along the Susquehanna River, at the Conejohela Flats,
Lancaster County, on August 31st, the following SHOREBIRDS were observed:
2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
4 GOLDEN PLOVER
15 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
50 KILLDEER
7 WHIMBREL (all together at one spot)
3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS
9 LESSER YELLOWLEGS
5 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS
2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS
3 SANDERLINGS
3 WESTERN SANDPIPERS
75 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS
150 LEAST SANDPIPERS
5 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS
8 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS
and 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS. Not bad!
NIGHTHAWKS have been on their way south. Mostly, they seem to be going the
right way, although groups at times have been observed going other directions.
This evening, September 3rd, at Haverford College, 159 NIGHTHAWKS were
tallied. Groups of 69 and 20 were seen determinedly heading south. One
group of 30 were seen, however, going north, and 5 were seen flying west.
In the end, one must assume that they'll all where they're meant to go.
RAPTORS have been going south, during the daytime hours, at the Rose Tree
Hawk Watch, in the Rose Tree Park, near Media, Delaware County PA.
As of today, September 3rd: 10 BALD EAGLES, 22 OSPREY, and nearly a hundred
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS.
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS will soon be passing through our region in nice numbers.
If you'd like to participate in an annual COUNT of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS in
eastern Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, and northern Delaware, from
September 13 to 23, contact Kirk Moulton by e-mail at:
kirk.moulton(AT)unisys.com or by phone at: 215-699-7966.
Along the Kittatinny Ridge in south-central Pennsylvania, at the Waggoner's
Gap Hawkwatch, to date, as of today, September 3rd:
over 430 BROAD-WINGS have passed by, as have over 50 BALD EAGLES, and about
75 OSPREY. In total, 832 RAPTORS todate.
Along the Kittatinny Ridge, north of Allentown, at Bake Oven Knob, RAPTORS
lately have included:
23 BALD EAGLES on August 31st
and 2 MERLIN that day.
Other hawk-watches in the area will also be mentioned during upcoming weeks
on the Birdline. If someone from Militia Hill, and other places elsewhere,
would send an e-mail to us, we'll get the info out here on the Birdline.
Not only RAPTORS have migrating south along the Kittatinny Ridge.
At Bake Oven Knob, a MOURNING WARBLER was seen on August 22nd.
At Little Gap, on August 31st, there were: BLACK-THROATED GREEN & BLUE
WARBLERS,
MAGNOLIA, and CANADA WARBLERS. Along with SCARLET TANAGERS and BALTIMORE
ORIOLES.
There are different ways for birders to experience the migration. In Berks
County, PA, early this morning, between 5:30 and 6:00 am, a birder did so
by noting NOCTURNAL FLIGHT CALLS. During that half hour, there were, at
that Berks County location, 260 such nocturnal flight calls noted. 50 per
cent of them were WOOD THRUSH, 40 per cent VEERY. The other 10 per cent
unidentified.
And that's it, this time, here on the Philadelphia Birdline, for news
relating to birds in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Here's bird news, given this week, on Birdline Delaware, also on the phone
at 302-658-2747, and elsewhere on the internet.
Many, actually most, of the birds noted here this time are on their way
south, including:
an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER at Bombay Hook. And BOBOLINKS there as well.
And WARBLERS at places such as the Brandywine Creek State Park and Little
Creek. Also at the former: NIGHTHAWKS in the evening sky.
And SHOREBIRDS, a number of which, this past week, have been species often
"away from the shore", such as:
UPLAND SANDPIPER, at the New Castle County Airport, today, September 3rd,
from the observation deck,
and these birds today, at one southern Delaware location (on a field by
Neals School Road in Sussex County): 3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, a BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER, 7 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a dozen LEAST SANDPIPERS, with a
half-dozen SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS.
On Wednesday of this week, September 1st, in central Delaware, by Cartanza
Road off Route 9, south of Leipsic and Bombay Hook, there were maybe 10
UPLAND SANDPIPERS at a potato field. Among other birds at that location,
there was a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER.
At Bombay Hook Refuge, that day, there was a large number of AVOCETS at
Raymond Pool, with numerous other shorebirds and egrets and herons. One of
the shorebirds was a WILSON'S PHALAROPE that was present until a pair of
PEREGRINE FALCONS flew over.
The next day, September 2nd, 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES were found at Raymond
Pool, an adult and a juvenile.
Also found was a CURLEW SANDPIPER among a large flock of peeps. The CURLEW
SANDPIPER still had some blotchy redness on its lower breast.
A few WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were also at Raymond Pool, at both ends.
Going back a bit, a molting CURLEW SANDPIPER was observed at Raymond Pool,
on August 28th.
STILT SANDPIPER and HUDSONIAN GODWIT were also among the shorebirds
reported at Bombay Hook last week.
On Saturday afternoon, August 28th, during low tide, there was a MARBLED
GODWIT at Port Mahon. It was south of where the road & bay meet, along the
bayshore.
On Sunday, August 29th, further south in Delaware, along Broadkill Beach
Road, near the Prime Hook Refuge, there was a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER and 2 AVOCETS.
2 BLACK TERNS were, that day, along Prime Hook Beach Road.
Earlier I mentioned an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER at Bombay Hook. It was seen
on September 1st, perched in a dead tree, shortly after one would enter the
refuge, before Raymond Pool.
Also that day, 7 BALD EAGLES were seen sitting on the grass at Bombay Hook,
at the south end of Shearness Pool. 2 were adults, 3 near-adults, and 2
immatures.
OWLS at Bombay Hook, recently, included 2 BARRED and 1 SCREECH, heard
calling, from Finis Pool, on August 28th.
BOBOLINKS have been at Bombay Hook, as they have been, a few miles to the
south, at the Little Creek Wildlife Management Area.
WARBLERS seen there, during the morning of September 1st, included:
PARULA, CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA, and BLACK-THROATED BLUES, among others.
Those same WARBLER species have been seen at the Brandywine Creek State
Park, this past week, along with:
BLUE-WINGED, NASHVILLE, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, and BLACKBURNIAN, in addition
to others more-common.
Also at the Brandywine Creek State Park: YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, ACADIAN
FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and a large number of RED-EYED VIREOS.
In a Sour Gum tree, last weekend, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS and SCARLET
TANAGERS were noted eating the berries.
During the early evenings of Tuesday, August 31st & Wednesday, September
1st, insect-eating birds were observed flying south along the Brandywine
Creek Valley:
TREE SWALLOWS (about 900 counted during the 2 evenings combined)
CHIMNEY SWIFTS (about 300 counted accordingly), and
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS (about 20 counted).
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS have NOT been as COMMON during such flights, there at
Brandywine this year, as they were last year. (They're down by about
two-thirds.)
On the non-bird front, last Saturday, August 28th, birders noticed RIVER
OTTERS at two places: in northern Delaware along the Brandywine Creek, and
in central Delaware at Bombay Hook at Finis Pool.
Now, our Birdline Feature, as it was given this week on the radio. The
Birdline, for more than 5 years now, has been on radio station AM1450 WILM
in Wilmington, Delaware, every Wednesday, before 6am, 9am, and 7pm. Some
changes are now underway at that station, and it appears that an outcome
may be that the Birdline will have, soon, a more extensive radio coverage.
That would be great!
Here's the most-recent Birdline on the radio:
Of all the birds that occur in the Delaware Valley, the HUMMINGBIRD is the
smallest. Just over 3 inches in length. Just over 3 grams in weight.
Now, in late August and early September, more HUMMINGBIRDS are seen here
than during any other time of the year. Those that nested here are
finished. But those that nested, to the north, as far as Canada, are
migrating through our region on their way south. Adults, and their
offspring, the new birds born this year.
HUMMINGBIRDS occur only in the New World. There are over 300 species (thus
the grouping is one of the 2 largest families of birds in the New World).
Some do not migrate hardly at all. Others travel, each year, many miles.
That's the case with the HUMMINGBIRD we're now seeing in our region, at
either hummingbird feeders or flowers - as they migrate south to Costa Rica
and elsewhere in Central America.
The HUMMINGBIRD now in our region is the RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD,
described when the colonists first arrived on the Continent, as a "wonder",
"as glorious as the rainbow", with a throat "brighter than a ruby".
HUMMINGBIRDS hover when they feed, like "avian helicopters". Their wings
move so fast that our eyes can not see them, with wings beating as much as
75 times a second.
During the current, annual southbound migration, there's another number
just as fascinating: pertaining to the amount of food that's consumed in
relation to the size of the small HUMMINGBIRD BODY.
A while back scientists concluded that HUMMINGBIRDS can consume sugar on a
given day equivalent to about 50 per cent of their weight.
Such a daily consumption is, by human standards, an enormous intake - equal
to a person devouring 370 pounds of boiled potatoes, or 130 pounds of
bread. A normal person eats from 2 to 2 and a half pounds of food each day.
So, those little HUMMINGBIRDS have quite an appetite. And they need it.
South of the Delaware Valley, on their way to Central America, they'll
cross the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, non-stop: a distance of over 500
miles.
Til next time, I'm Armas Hill.
(An afterthought, here on the internet: Wondering how those little
HUMMINGBIRDS, of 3 grams or so, are doing now in Florida, with Hurricane
Frances. And other birds too!)
Thank you, as always, for tuning in to the Birdline, and good birding,
wherever you may be.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Sunday Pennypack Trust
From: JoAnnR36(AT)AOL.COM
Date: 5 Sep 2004 2:44pm
Montgomery County was sort of gloomy this morning with light rain but it did
not bother the warblers. Along the abandoned RR tracks where the foot traffic
is minimal, the warblers feasted low in the vines and small trees. High
fliers could be seen moving quickly thru the tops of the walnuts. but could not
be
identified. Lower I saw many black throated greens, several black throated
blues and a single blue winged warbler. Imm. magnolias were common and a
couple parulas joined a Tennessee in the berry bushes. White eyed vireo and one
blue headed vireo worked the Poison ivy vines and the warbling vireo song
sounded
like spring. Many red starts flitted along the creek and on the way back to
the car, I saw two greenish tanagers. It doesn't have to be sunny. As an
after thought, On Friday a blue bird box monitor called me to say there were 30
Bobolinks in the natural grasses fields on the Raytharn Farm at the Trust.
JoAnn Raine
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Powdermill Banding Update
From: Adrienne Leppold <quasar_5(AT)LYCOS.COM>
Date: 5 Sep 2004 2:24pm
Dear Birders/Banders,
I have been working on the update for the last couple weeks of banding at
Powdermill. Unfortunately, I apologize that I have been unable to upload any
updates to the website because our server line hasn't been working.
But, for those who may be interested, I thought I'd send out some of our totals
and highlights from the past two weeks.
August 24-29: 381 birds banded, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds held out the top spot
this week with 69 banded, Red-eyed Vireos came in second with 50. Four new
species were added to the fall list: Blue-headed Vireo, Nashville Warbler,
Grasshopper Sparrow (only the 14th fall out of 43 years we have ever caught this
species), and Chipping Sparrow.
August 31-September 5: 587 birds banded, with Ruby-throated Hummingbirds again
being caught in high numbers during the beginning of the week but Magnolia and
Hooded Warbler totals taking the top spots on the last few banding days this
week. We also banded our first Savannah Sparrow in four years today, Sun. Sept.
5th.
Keep posted for photo updates and highlights to the website soon. Thank You!
Adrienne Leppold
Bander/Research Assistant
Powdermill Nature Reserve/
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
1847 Route 381
Rector, PA 15677
(724) 593-7521
http://www.westol.com/~banding
--
_______________________________________________
Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages
http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Rose Tree Park (05 Sep 2004) 2 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 5 Sep 2004 5:09am
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Turkey Vulture 0 5 5
Black Vulture 0 3 3
Osprey 1 16 24
Northern Harrier 0 4 4
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 0 9 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 7 10
Cooper's Hawk 0 4 5
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 75 105
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 0 6 6
Merlin 0 2 3
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 0 4 6
Total: 2 136 189
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Bill Roache, John D'Amico
Observers:
Visitors:
Eric Dalessandro, Len Appel
Weather:
Cloudy with ENE and NE winds from 11-18 mph. Temperature from 71-73F.
Observations:
Predictions:
Mostly cloudy with patchy fog in the morning, then partly sunny in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to 15 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 (05 Sep 2004) 13 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 5 Sep 2004 6:09am
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
BV 0 0 0
TV 0 0 0
OS 1 26 81
BE 1 11 55
NH 3 4 24
SS 3 24 66
CH 0 10 28
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 4
BW 5 130 455
RT 0 21 77
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 11 70
ML 0 0 0
PG 0 0 1
UR 0 2 11
Total: 13 239 872
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Gene Wagner
Observers: Deb Gingrich, Keith Gingrich, Ron Freed
Visitors:
The Butterworth/Gladding wedding party (15)
Pat Freed, Gary Labelle, Jeff Hook, Betty Gish, 10
Weather:
Morning fog, clearing in the afternoon. Moderate SE wind
Observations:
BE (A) @ 12:04
Monarchs--1
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Report submitted by Gene Wagner (nate(AT)1gateway.com)
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch information may be found at:
http://user.pa.net/~waggap/
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Erie County bird sightings
From: JerryMcW(AT)AOL.COM
Date: 5 Sep 2004 7:10pm
The following unusual birds were reported for Monday August 30 to Sunday
September 5, 2004 from Gull Point at Presque Isle State Park unless noted
otherwise.
Northern Pintail--6; Aug. 30
Great Egret--2; to at least Aug. 31; Union City
Snowy Egret--1; Sept. 4
Whimbrel--1; Aug. 30
Red Knot--6; Aug. 30
Western Sandpiper--2; Aug. 30
White-rumped Sandpiper--2; Aug. 30
Buff-breasted Sandpiper--4; Aug. 30
Jerry McWilliams
Erie, Erie County, Pa.
jerrymcw(AT)aol.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Stilt Sp./ducks-Miller`s Ponds
From: Mark Vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 5 Sep 2004 7:32pm
I stopped at Miller`s Ponds,Crawford Co. this afternoon on my way back from
Erie
Becky Smith showed up while I was here
We could not believe the ducks that were here
All of the following birds were in the large pond
1 Stilt Sandpiper
1 Solitary Sandpiper
both yellowlegs
2 N. Shoveler
7 A. Wigeon
2 Gadwall
2 N. Pintail
Blue-winged & Green-winged Teal
1 Bald Eagle
2 N. Harrier
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Allegheny Front (05 Sep 2004) 82 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 5 Sep 2004 8:09am
Allegheny Front Hawkwatch, Central City,
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 05, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 0 4
TV 0 0 0
OS 8 30 61
BE 1 4 20
NH 1 8 14
SS 7 40 88
CH 5 15 24
NG 0 0 1
RS 0 1 10
BW 53 329 735
RT 6 66 148
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 7 29
ML 0 1 2
PG 0 0 0
UA 0 2 6
UB 1 3 12
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 0 3 26
Total: 82 509 1180
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Mark A. McConaughy
Observers: Bob Stewart, Janet Kuehl, Jim Rocco, Joe Sabo
Visitors:
Additional folks who helped spot hawks: Ross Gallardy, Jim and Judy
Cooper, Evelyn Merriman, Dick Byers, Kevin Georg, Barbara and Joe Carrier,
Deane Stamar, Susan Ambrisco, Sally Dick. There also were 11 site
visitors.
Weather:
Wind Speed: Moderate early in morning to strong (gusts over 20 mph) in
afternoon.
Wind Direction: ESE
Temp: 19.6 to 22.6 C
Humidity: 66-57%
Barometric Pressure: 30.19 to 30.23 and back to 30.19
Cloud Cover: 0 - 80%
Visibility: 7 to 10 km
Precipitation: Hazy all day long
Flight Direction: S
Flight Height: L-M-H
Thermal Updraft Velocity W* - 500-600 fps
Observations:
Bald Eagle adult - 10:21 EST
Several Broad-winged Hawks were catching insects (presumably dragonflies)
while on the wing. Two immature Broad-wings were hunting most of the day
around the watch site. They would perch in trees and fly around low
looking for food.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 12
Monarchs - 3
Green Darner - 1
Predictions:
Partly sunny day, temperatures running from 53 to 68 F, winds from the east
to southeast.
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Report submitted by Mark McConaughy ()
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Schuylkill County Birdline
From: Tom Clauser <skua01(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 5 Sep 2004 10:06pm
*Pennsylvania
*Schuylkill County
*September 5, 2004
*Birdline: 570-622-6013
*Compiler: Tom Clauser
Species Highlights:
Great Egret
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Whip-poor-will
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Red-breasted Nuthatch
SWEET ARROW LAKE: (dd)
Birds from 8/30 thru 9/4 include Osprey, GREAT EGRET, Great Blue
Heron, Wood Thrush, Fish Crow, Barn Swallow, Northern Rough-
winged Swallow, Wood Duck, Northern Flicker, Belted Kingfisher,
Great Horned Owl, Eastern Screech-Owl, Carolina Wren, Common
Yellowthroat, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Pileated
Woodpecker, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Kingbird,
Eastern Wood-Pewee, and Northern Mockingbird.
TUMBLING RUN WATERSHED: (tc)
On 9/4 wood warblers migrating through the watershed included Common
Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler, American Redstart, Magnolia Warbler,
Blue-winged Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Black-throated Blue
Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, and Black-
throated Green Warbler. Other migrants included Scarlet Tanager,
Baltimore Orione, Indigo Bunting, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Carolina
Wren, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Blue-headed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo,
Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse,
Black-capped Chickadee, Brown Creeper. and Osprey.
SGL-110 - RT. 183: (kg)
On 9/4 there was an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER seen on the Sch.
County side of the gamelands.
SGL-110 - PORT CLINTON: (dk)
Birds on 9/3 include WHIP-POOR-WILL, Blue-winged Warbler, Hooded
Warbler, American Redstart, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, Chestnut-
sided Warbler, 3 Black-throated Blue Warblers, Eastern Towhee,
Common Yellowthroat, Gray Catbird, Wood Thrush, Blue-gray Gnat-
catcher, Northern Cardinal, Scarlet Tanager, House Wren, Tufted
Titmouse, Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay, Red-eyed Vireo,
Eastern Wood-Pewee, and Red-bellied Woopecker. There was also
a Black Bear observed.
HIDDEN VALLEY: (aml)
Birds seen recently include Wild Turkey, Ruby-throated Hummingbird,
Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Chipping
Sparrow, American Robin, American Goldfinch, Tree Swallow, Barn
Swallow, and Baltimore Oriole.
SGL-160 near ROCK: (dk)
Birds on 9/1 include OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, Eastern Phoebe,
Pileated Woodpecker, 2 Black-throated Green Warblers, 3 WHITE-
EYED VIREOS, Veery, Baltimore Oriole, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Red-eyed Vireos, Tufted Titmice, Black-
capped Chickadees, and 2 Scarlet Tanagers.
HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY: (db & staff)
On 8/31 there were 13 BALD EAGLES seen, on 9/1 there were 6,
and on 9/3 there was 1. On 9/1 there was a PEREGRINE FALCON,
and a MERLIN, and there was also a MERLIN on 8/31 and 9/4. On
8/31 the year's second RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was seen. The
2004 seasonal totals are as follows: 80 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 20
Cooper's Hawks, 50 Red-tailed Hawks, 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS,
245 Broad-winged Hawks, 53 BALD EAGLES, 16 Northern Harriers,
140 Ospreys, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 4 MERLINS, and 93 American
Kestrels. Including unidentified raptors the overall total is now at 715.
Non-raptor birds of interest seen recently include Yellow Warbler,
Common Yellowthroat, White-eyed Vireo, Veery, Bobolink, and ten
other species of wood warblers.
WEISHAMPLE: (rb)
Birds on 9/3 included American Crow, Blue Jay, Gray Catbird, Northern
Flicker, American Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, Mourning Dove, House
Sparrow, and Common Grackle.
Contributors: David Barber, Roland Bergner, Tom Clauser, Denise
Donmoyer, Kerry Grim, Dave Kruel, and Ann Marie Liebner.
*End Transcript.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Correction:[PABIRDS] Stilt Sp./ducks-Miller`s
Ponds
From: Mark Vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 5 Sep 2004 10:37pm
I just reread my post
All of the birds were in the large pond except for the raptors
I did not want to hear about that one
Mark Vass
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