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Subject: [PABIRDS] Kirkridge Northampton county
From: Dan Altif <dansusan(AT)EPIX.NET>
Date: 6 Sep 2004 12:19am
Briefly looked around Kirkridge today and saw Dozens of Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds, and one warbling vireo.
Daniel Altif
Roseto, PA
Dansusan(AT)epix.net
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Conejohela Flats, Lancaster County 09/05/04
From: Deuane Hoffman <corvuscorax(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 6 Sep 2004 1:13am
Howdy All,
Spent a very pleasant morning out on The Flats Sunday morning with Carolyn,
Myna, and Flats first-timers Deb and Greg Grove. Also, there when we arrived
around 0730, was Tom Raub and coming in mid-morning was Dan Heathcoat.
Water levels were high all morning fluctuating with top level the entire time.
Overall shorebird numbers were not too bad considering the conditions. The river
was busy today with Labor Day weekend revelers, goose hunters revamping and
constructing blinds and other nature folk...a few canoers and kayakers.
Shorebirds sighted from 0700-1200 (when we departed)
Am golden plover 1, Semip Plover 20, Killdeer 25, Gr Yellowlegs 6, Ls Yellowlegs
9, Solitary Sand 1, Spotted Sand 2, Whimbrel 1 (seen by Tom only, one of the
first birds he saw ~ at 0700), Semip Sand ~100, Least Sand ~100, Baird's Sand 1,
Pectoral Sand 10, SB Dowitcher 1
Other notables...GW teal 10, BW teal 6, Laughing Gull 1 imm. and Common Tern 2
Take care and Good birding,
Raven
a.k.a. Deuane Hoffman
Harrisburg, PA. Dauphin County
corvuscorax(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Dauphin County Vireos
From: "Fox, Peter" <pfox(AT)RAIDERWEB.ORG>
Date: 6 Sep 2004 8:06am
Pa birders,
Unfortunately my birding has had to take the sideline recently as the result of
the birth of our two-week old son (two weeks ago) and my return to the sidelines
of the Middletown football fields. However on Sunday morning I heard the
singing of a Blue-headed Vireo from my bedroom window. I grabbed the bins and
headed out back to find several Red-eyed Vireos, a Warbling Vireo, and heard the
song of another that was suggestive of a Philadelphia Vireo.
Keep your eyes and ears open!
Good birding,
Pete Fox
Hummelstown, Dauphin Co.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] McKean County
From: John and Lisa Fedak <jlfedak(AT)ATLANTICBB.NET>
Date: 6 Sep 2004 8:43am
I just had a female Ruby-throat investigate me as I was taking the dogs out this
morning, a little uncommon in September.
John Fedak
Bradford
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Subject: [PABIRDS] FYI: Lake drawdown @ Gifford Pinchot SP, York
County
From: Deuane Hoffman <corvuscorax(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 6 Sep 2004 9:16am
Howdy All,
I have been waiting to spread the news about this but since tomorrow is the
start date I thought I should do so now.
From the DCNR website concerning Gifford Pinchot SP in northern York County...
"September 7 to December 31, 2004, there will be a significant lake level
draw-down of six feet. We anticipate that the drawdown could take several weeks
and will be partially affected by the weather. Boating and fishing activities
may be affected. Launching from any of the boat ramps may not be possible. The
beaches will be closed for swimming as of September 7th."
This drawdown has the potential of exposing vast areas of shorebird habitat
subsequently offering birders with good birding! This could be similar to the
situation that occurred at Memorial Lake SP , Lebanon County some years back
where a fall drawdown provided excellent shorebirding during the season.
Take care and Good biridng,
Raven
a.k.a. Deuane Hoffman
Harrisburg, PA, Dauphin County
corvuscorax(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: [PABIRDS] SGL 110 Berks/Schuylkill Co. 9/6/04
From: Kerry Grim <kagrim(AT)ENTER.NET>
Date: 6 Sep 2004 11:55am
9/6/04
State Game Lands 110, Route 183 area, Berks/Schuylkill Co.
5:56 – 8:50 A.M. EST
57-62 degrees
Winds ESE at 13 – 18 MPH
Very little movement or activity was noted. Although standing on the road
and having ½ dozen warblers within 3 feet fly to the browse on both sides of
the road was quite exciting! Perhaps several days of east winds are not
conducive to migration.
The cuckoo was young, beak not fully grown and tail about ½ the length of an
adult. I suspect this was a local but later nester as I doubt this bird was
capable of migrating. This was only the second September cuckoo record on
SGL 110.
The lack of Cape May Warblers on SGL 110 has been somewhat of a mystery as
they are fairly common up-ridge on Hawk Mountain, but seldom seen on SGL
110. So I was very pleased to pish-in this one which perched at the end of a
branch, looked from side-to-side like a hummingbird and remained there as I
finally walked away.
Turkey Vulture 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon 1
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO 1 (young), Berks Co.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 5
Chickadee species 5
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Berks Co.
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 18
Cedar Waxwing 24
CAPE MAY WARBLER 1...excellent look at a perched bird, Berks Co.
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1, male at 3 feet
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Black-and-white Warbler 1, female
Common Yellowthroat 12
Unidentified warbler 4
Scarlet Tanager 4
Eastern Towhee 6
Common Grackle 15
American Goldfinch 3
Kerry A. Grim
Hamburg, PA
Berks Co.
kagrim(AT)enter.net
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Koch Property, southern Northampton County
From: Davilene(AT)AOL.COM
Date: 6 Sep 2004 12:28pm
I haven't as yet had a major putdown of sparrow migrants into the fields and
yard, but I expect it to happen sometime the end of this week or early next
week. It will no doubt occur on the first cool night with north or notrthwest
winds after the coming rainy days pass. It always does in the middle of
September here for me at the eastern end of the state, midway up.
Song and field sparrows are still the prevalent sparrow species here but that
will soon change. Indigo buntings are numerous and bobolinks continue,
especially around the sunflower patches.
Rubythroated hummingbird activity is high, especially today. Immature and
female birds are constantly chasing each other around. Right now I hear them
before I see them because the big draws are the flowers near the house.
Particularly appealing to the little birds this year are the red morning
glories
(Ipomoea coccinea). This plant is exceptionally vigorous here for me, much more
so
than other similar vines, and this year it seems to be everywhere.
Vireos, flycatchers, the occasional warbler, rose-breasted grosbeaks, and
scarlet tanagers continue to move through the yard. I've seen broadwinged hawks
sporadically, but no big kettles as of yet.
Good birding.
Arlene Koch
Easton, PA
Northampton County
davilene(AT)aol.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Bald Knob
From: Mark Vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 6 Sep 2004 2:31pm
I went out to Bald Knob,Allegheny Co. earlier today
Toy Airport
8 Red-tailed Hawk
3 N. Harrier
Turkey Vultures
Coal pond
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
1 Pectoral Sandpiper
1 Spotted Sandpiper
2 Least Sandpiper
Killdeer
also
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Cooper`s Hawk
1 A. Kestrel
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] BAS Field Trip 9/11/04-Shorebirds
From: Nancy K Baker <nbaker(AT)CSONLINE.NET>
Date: 6 Sep 2004 3:37pm
Bartramian Audubon Society field trip to Conneaut, Ohio, for shorebirds,
Saturday, 9/11/04. Leader Jerry Stanley.
Meet at McDonald's on Rt 7, State St., in Conneaut at 8:30a.m. Call or
e-mail Kathie at 814-432-4496, bhns(AT)csonline.net for more information.
Nancy Baker
BAS Publicity Chair
Franklin, Pa.
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Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Chickadee - odd - Lawrence County
From: Paul Hess <phess(AT)SALSGIVER.COM>
Date: 6 Sep 2004 8:52pm
Cindy and all,
Cindy McConnell <pabirds AT BRICEROAD.COM> wrote:
All summer I've watched an odd marked Chickadee without a mask over his
eye. Finally, I have been able to get a photo and wonder if anyone knows
if this bird is a mutant or some variety that I have just never heard of?
There may be more than one.
2 images of this bird are posted at: http://briceroad.com/chickadee.htm
Interesting bird. At first glance it looks like a partially albinistic B-c
or Carolina Chickadee. But is everyone confident that this is a
chickadee? Unless my screen is fooling me, the bill looks too large --
wide at the base and rather blunt -- and pale for a chickadee's tiny,
sharp, black bill.
Could it be an escaped cage bird from another family, which happens to look
a lot like a parid? I don't see it in my Western Hemisphere, European,
African, or various Princeton ID guides, but I don't have good references
for Japan, Korea, India, China, Australia-NZ, or the western Pacific.
Maybe the most likely ID is what came first to mind, an aberrant chickadee,
but it's worth considering other possibilities, especially from Asia, if
anyone has references.
Best regards, Paul
Paul Hess
Natrona Heights
Allegheny County
phess(AT)salsgiver.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Baird`s Sp.-Beaver Co.
From: Mark Vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 6 Sep 2004 9:48pm
I checked these locations this evening
Little Blue Lake
1 Baird`s Sandpiper
1 Semi-palmated Sandpiper
5 Least Sandpiper
Killdeer
There are other areas of flyash I can not see
I am sure there are birds I am not seeing
New Brighton
10th St. Dam,Beaver River
50-75 Chimney Swift
1 Spotted Sandpiper
6 Killdeer
7 Wood Duck
1 bat
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Rose Tree Park (06 Sep 2004) 12 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 6 Sep 2004 6:53pm
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 0 5 5
Black Vulture 0 3 3
Osprey 4 20 28
Northern Harrier 0 4 4
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 2 11 13
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 7 10
Cooper's Hawk 0 4 5
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 4 79 109
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 7 7
Merlin 0 2 3
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 1 5 7
Total: 12 148 201
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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, Bob Kelly
Observers: Andy Burns, Charlie Haag, Chris Blidan, John D'Amico,
Shirley Robbins
Visitors:
Howard and Digger, Sam and Judy Mayer, Len Appel
Weather:
Partly Cloudy with winds from ENE-NE-ESE at 8-14mph. Temperature from
65-78F.
Observations:
1 juvenile Bald Eagle at 1340 EDT and 1 adult Bald Eagle at 1354.
1 Double-crested Cormorant
Predictions:
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. 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: Allegheny Front (06 Sep 2004) 1 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 6 Sep 2004 9:14pm
Allegheny Front Hawkwatch, Central City,
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 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 0 30 61
BE 0 4 20
NH 0 8 14
SS 0 40 88
CH 0 15 24
NG 0 0 1
RS 0 1 10
BW 0 329 735
RT 0 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 0 3 12
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 0 0
UR 1 4 27
Total: 1 510 1181
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 11:00:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Dick Byers
Observers:
Visitors:
9 visitors
Weather:
Moderate wind up to 12mph from the east was accompanied by heavy persistent
fog that did not improve. Around 8:30 you could see Shawnee lake, but
conditions deteriorated after that. By 11:30 you couldn't even see the
trees on the point.
Observations:
A small hawk flew out of the fog into one of the trees behind the picnic
table and landed at about 10:30. We flushed the bird, but were unable to
identify it in the fog.
Predictions:
Wind SSE at 10 mph. Mist! Temp. 16C.
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Report submitted by Dick Byers ()
Allegheny Front Hawk Watch
Maintained and operated by the Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society.
The Allegheny Front Hawk Watch is located on the Somerset / Bedford Co.
border. It is located within 6.4km of Central City at an elevation of 820
meters, which may be the highest elevation Pa. hawk watch. The high
elevation, while producing many eye level birds, also produces frequent
days
of fog. Monitoring has occurred since 1989. Best winds are from the
East.
The site is manned 7 days a week for 4 months in the fall and 3 months in
the
spring. Parking is available at the site and special parking is available
for
the handicapped.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Saw-whet Owl-York County
From: Elwoodii44(AT)AOL.COM
Date: 6 Sep 2004 9:38pm
Hello all,
This is a little late, but I was very surprised to see a Saw-whet sitting on
a dead branch beside my house Saturday(9/4) night around 10:30 pm as I pulled
into the driveway. Caught him in the headlights and observed for almost 5
minutes, occasionally hitting him with the spotlight to get a better look. This
seems a bit early, as I usually don't hear or see them until at least Oct 1.
Randy Phillips
ps. During the day, I watched one of the adult Red-headed Woodpecker
teaching a young one how to drill for insects in a dead snag approx. 15 feet
from
where the Saw-whet was perched later that evening-it's good to live in the
woods!
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Waggoner's Gap (06 Sep 2004) 48 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 6 Sep 2004 6:39pm
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 06, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 0 0
TV 0 0 0
OS 9 35 90
BE 2 13 57
NH 4 8 28
SS 0 24 66
CH 0 10 28
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 4
BW 30 160 485
RT 0 21 77
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 11 70
ML 1 1 1
PG 0 0 1
UR 2 4 13
Total: 48 287 920
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Dave Grove, Ron Freed
Observers: Deb Gingrich, Gene Wagner, Keith Gingrich, Ron Freed
Visitors:
Brian McKenzie, Dickinson College Geology class - 19, 15
Weather:
Overcast with a light SE wind
Observations:
BE at 12:41 and 12:58
Hummers - 7
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Report submitted by dave grove (waggap(AT)pa.net)
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch information may be found at:
http://user.pa.net/~waggap/
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Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] PABIRDS Digest - 4 Sep 2004 to 5 Sep 2004
(#2004-246)
From: "Douglas A. Gross" <dougross(AT)SUNLINK.NET>
Date: 6 Sep 2004 10:12pm
In Northern Columbia Co., there was a migrant fall-out on Sept. 6 in the
morning. Several Eastern Wood-Pewees, Scarlet Tanagers and Rose-breasted
Grosbeaks were foraging in my backyard near Millville, sometimes fighting
with each other. Black-throated Green and Magnolia warblers also were
common. The warblers were even foraging on my sunflowers (the big leaves
not the flowers). Ruby-crowned Kinglet made an appearance, a bit early, and
a contrast with Blue-gray Gnatcatcher . Many catbirds, thrashers, towhees,
goldfinches, and yellowthroats, of course.
Highlight was an Olive-sided Flycatcher calling 'whip-three-beers!' early
in the morning (much too early for decent folk to imbibe), and calling
'pip-pip-pip!' from trees near our garden. He left by noon, however.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are foraging on scarlet runner bean flowers at
all hours.
Skip Conant of Dutch Mt. (Sullivan / Wyoming counties) observed a similar
fallout Sunday morning near Lopez.
This morning we had both Red-eyed and Philadelphia vireos in the yard, both
in migration mode.
Doug Gross
PGC Wildlife Biologist - Endangered Bird Specialist
PSO Special Areas Project
144 Winters Road, Orangeville,PA 17859
570-458-4564 (home office)
dougross(AT)sunlink.net
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