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| Subject | From | Time |
| [PABIRDS] Phoebe lands on man's head / York Co | Lou Carpenter | 8:21am |
| [PABIRDS] Great nocturnal migration, Beaver Meadows, Forest
County | Deuane Hoffman | 8:39am |
| [PABIRDS] FW: Chautauqua wind farm- FYI | Lisa Danko | 10:06am |
| [PABIRDS] SRAS meeting on Kestrels - Clarion | Flo McGuire | 11:19am |
| [PABIRDS] Connecticut Warblers, Northampton County | Wiltraut, Richard E | 11:30am |
| [PABIRDS] Early white-throated sparrow, Snyder Co. | Mick Brown | 11:35am |
| [PABIRDS] Bucks Co. Birders Meeting 9/28 7:30 PM | August Mirabella | 12:14pm |
| [PABIRDS] PBBA Data-entry Tips | Flo McGuire | 1:11pm |
| [PABIRDS] White Throated Sparrows | Linda Rowan | 2:30pm |
| [PABIRDS] William Souder lectures on his Audubon bio for the
LMConservancy | Mike Weilbacher | 4:31pm |
| [PABIRDS] Hummingbirds and Zinnias and a mammal question -
Lancaster Co | Ann Mease Bodling | 5:01pm |
| [PABIRDS] Buff-breasted sandpiper, Northampton County | Davilene(AT)AOL.COM | 5:16pm |
| [PABIRDS] Venango Co. | Kathie Goodblood | 5:22pm |
| [PABIRDS] HSR: Meadowood Bird Observatory (13 Sep 2004) 201
Raptors (fwd) | Tom Johnson | 5:31pm |
| [PABIRDS] Allegheny: Harrison Hills Moon-Walker | Dave Wilton | 5:56pm |
| Re: [PABIRDS] Great nocturnal migration, Beaver Meadows,
Forest County | Mike Fialkovich | 6:36pm |
| Re: [PABIRDS] Great nocturnal migration, Beaver Meadows,
Forest County | Jeff Holbrook | 7:27pm |
| [PABIRDS] HSR: Allegheny Front (13 Sep 2004) 408 Raptors | reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.OR | 7:37pm |
| [PABIRDS] HSR: BroadwingSEPT - Core Creek (13 Sep 2004) 30
Raptors | reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.OR | 7:43pm |
| [PABIRDS] HSR: BroadwingSEPT - Pipersville (13 Sep 2004) 26
Raptors | reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.OR | 7:54pm |
| [PABIRDS] HSR: BroadwingSEPT - Pipersville (12 Sep 2004) 121
Raptors | reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.OR | 7:55pm |
| Re: [PABIRDS] Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Northampton County | Wiltraut, Richard E | 8:44pm |
| [PABIRDS] Hanoverville Rd., Northampton Co. update | Billy Weber | 9:03pm |
| [PABIRDS] HSR: BroadwingSEPT - Peace Valley (13 Sep 2004)
170 Raptors | reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.OR | 9:15pm |
| [PABIRDS] Osprey-Wash. Co. | Mark Vass | 9:24pm |
| [PABIRDS] HSR: Rose Tree Park (13 Sep 2004) 190 Raptors | reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.OR | 9:27pm |
| [PABIRDS] BroadwingSEPT - SEPT 13 | Moulton, R. K. | 9:29pm |
| [PABIRDS] HSR: BroadwingSEPT - Buckingham (13 Sep 2004) 1745
Raptors | reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.OR | 9:44pm |
| [PABIRDS] HSR: BroadwingSEPT - Pleasant Valley (13 Sep 2004)
138 Raptors | reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.OR | 9:54pm |
| [PABIRDS] BroadwingSEPT - Lake Nockamixon, Bucks Co (13 Sep
2004) 194 Raptors | Bill Etter | 9:55pm |
| [PABIRDS] HSR: Waggoner's Gap (13 Sep 2004) 206 Raptors | reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.OR | 10:30pm |
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Phoebe lands on man's head / York Co
From: Lou Carpenter <loulcar(AT)WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 8:21am
that man was, of course, me.
I was scoping an overgrown field yesterday -- teaming with goldfinches --
when I noticed a small phoebe had perched on the aerial of my car, just 20
feet or so from where I was standing. It was faintly washed with a pale
yellow on its undersides. He next moved closer, only about 10 feet away,
over the headlight.
I returned to my scope, when I later felt something in my hair and brushed
it away. It was the phoebe!
The bird was extremely tame, landing only a few feet away. I went back into
my car and got my camera out of the glovebox and got some great photos. The
bird allowed me to put the camera within about 18 inches of it without
moving!
There seems to be a pollyp(?) of some sort over its eye, and a fairly
distinct eye ring (I hope my ID is correct).
You can view a cropped and lower-res image (90K) that should load in about
30 seconds over a dialup connection at:
http://loulcar.home.att.net/CXIMG_0798Q8.htm
or you can view a high-res "magazine" quality (550K) image showing an
incredible amount of detail which should load in about 3 minutes over a dial
up connection at:
http://loulcar.home.att.net/CXIMG_0798.htm
I've been mobbed and buzzed and dive-bombed (and pooped on), but this is the
first time a wild bird has tried to land on my head.
Lou Carpenter
York, PA
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Great nocturnal migration, Beaver Meadows, Forest
County
From: Deuane Hoffman <corvuscorax(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 8:39am
Howdy All,
After being out of email contact for over 2 days I was shocked this morning to
find no one encountering heavy migration over the weekend. I spent the weekend
at Beaver Meadows in the Allegheny National Forest near Marienville, Forest
County and experienced two nights of spectacular flight.
The trip started out great with Carolyn reporting to me that she heard a
northern saw-whet owl a few hundred yards away while taking Myna for a walk. I
quickly went to investigate and sure enough the tooting of a saw-whet was
permeating my ears! Following the bird around for a while I was able to
determine that there were in fact two birds calling, possible local breeders?
Later in the evening we heard a close Barred Owl and closer towards morning I
heard a distant Great Horned and just before dawn an Eastern Screech Owl sounded
off right in our campsite!
After being bottled up for days due to east winds and rain I had a feeling that
Friday night was going to be a big night for migration, I was not disappointed.
It started within an hour of sunset and continued all night long. For the period
of 9/10-11 I estimated the following…2030 – 2230 1 call every 2 seconds = 3600
calls. 2230 – 0430 1 call every 10 seconds = 2160 calls (I did sleep some of
this time but it was hard for me to quit listening!) and from 0500 – 0630 2
calls every 1 second = 10800 calls. A total of the three time periods give a
nightly total of 16560 calls. Of course not every call represents one bird but
it signifies a representation of what was going over. The breakdown as best as I
could determine, 40% swainson’s thrush (6624 calls), Wood Thrush 20% (3312
calls), Veery 20% (3312 calls), Gray-cheeked thrush 10% (1656 calls), Hermit
Thrush 5% (828 calls) and 5% unidentified calls (828 calls). In addition to the
catharus thrushes I heard the following birds as well, 172 Rose-breasted
grosbeaks, 82 bobolinks, 17 Eastern Bluebirds (in the pre-dawn hour), 4
Black-bellied plovers, 2 semipalmated plovers and best of all 1 DICKCISSEL.
The morning of Saturday, 9/11, proved to be very exciting in and around the area
of Beaver Meadows. The woods were alive with migrants during the first 3 hours
or so after first light. I found all the previously mentioned thrush species on
the ground, in smaller numbers of course! In addition vireo and warbler species
were well represented with 4 and 23 species respectively. Numbers for each
species as follows…Yellow-throated vireo 1, Blue-headed vireo ~50, Red-eyed
vireo ~25 and Philadelphia Vireo 3. Warblers consisted of, Nashville 18, N.
Parula 3, Black-and-white 6, Black-thr blue 22, Blackburnian 4, Chestnut-sided
7, Cape May 4, Magnolia 27, Yellow-rumped ~50, Black-throated green 44,
Bay-breasted 4, Blackpoll 9, Pine 7, Palm 3, Mourning 2, Connecticut 1, Canada
1, Wilson’s 19, Ovenbird 8, Northern Waterthrush 1, Common Yellowthroat 21 and
American Redstart 12.
Noteworthy was the flycatcher numbers too. During Saturday I tallied,
Olive-sided 2, E. wood-pewee 9, Yellow-bellied 3, Trail’s type 6, Least 4, E.
phoebe 15, Great-crested 7 and E. kingbird 2.
Other non-passerine notables for the day included a nice assortment of raptors
to include 1 northern goshawk, 2 sharp-shinned hawks, 2 red-shouldered hawks, 3
red-tailed hawks, 1 broad-winged hawk and 1 osprey.
The migration on Saturday night started off very slow and stayed that way
throughout the night. I estimated call rates at only 1 call every 30 seconds or
so. I was able to sleep a lot more on Saturday night! A bathroom call at 0515
changed things though, all hell was breaking loose! I assume that after emptying
the pipeline the night before time was needed to fill it again, well the birds
caught up by early Sunday morning. From the time period of 0515 – 0630 I
estimated 4 calls every second for a total of 18000 calls! It was mentally
exhausting trying to keep up with all of the calling going on. Percentages were
similar to the night before so number of calls were Swainson’s 7200, Wood 3600,
Veery 3600, Gray-cheeked 1800, Hermit 900 and Unidentified 900. I honestly did
not have time or ability to bother with non-thrush species!
Sunday morning turned out to be not as fruitful around the area as one would
have thought considering the flight that had just ended. Maybe a factor was the
ground fog in the valley and birds decided to land elsewhere. Birding for a few
hours proved very slow and in fact I added no new species for the weekend.
I saw or heard a total of 111 species for the weekend. Areas covered were Beaver
Meadows Campground, the access road to the campground, the road to Marienville
and Marienville proper where I tallied a few of the more "urban" species.
All in all it was a great weekend of birding and family camping with my wife,
her family and good friends. I was happy to encounter the optimal conditions for
providing such a spectacular flight over the weekend. It sure didn’t hurt to be
in a place where the only ambient noise came from a few campers who could use
Breathe Right strips!
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] FW: Chautauqua wind farm- FYI
From: Lisa Danko <lsdanko(AT)HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 10:06am
FYI-
From: lois brown <lbloisb(AT)yahoo.com>
To: lsdanko(AT)hotmail.com
Subject: Chautauqua wind farm
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 05:08:40 -0700 (PDT)
My name is Edna McGinnett. I have been working with the Ripley Hawk Watch
and Chautauqua Concerned Citizens for Responsible Wind Power and passing
information along to Paul Burroughs about what is happening with the
proposed wind farm.
We are putting together a master email list of those who are concerned about
the prospect of this project being built in a major migratory flyway. Our
aim is to keep people better informed and to disseminate important
information faster.
Would you be interested in having your email address added to the list?
There will be a meeting of the above-named groups on October 4 at 7 p.m. in
Westfield, NY. Three videos from wind farms in Australia, England, and
Meyersdale, PA will be shown. I have seen the one from Meyersdale already
and it concerns a family living beside a wind farm discussing the impact it
has had on their lives.
You are invited to come and bring anyone with you who would be interested.
Please let me know if you would like your email address added to the master
list. I will give you detailed directions to the October 4 meeting if you
would like to attend.
Sincerely,
Edna aka lbloisb(AT)yahoo.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] SRAS meeting on Kestrels - Clarion
From: Flo McGuire <mcguires(AT)USACHOICE.NET>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 11:19am
Hello All,
Seneca Rocks Audubon will be meeting tonight in Clarion, in Room 249 of
the Peirce Science Center of Clarion University. Don Watts, Master
Bird Bander, who has maintained and monitored American Kestrel boxes in
Warren County for 18 years, will be presenting slides of kestrels and
other nature photos, and talking about his experiences.
The public is invited. Refreshments and conversation begin at 7:00,
and the program begins at 7:30, to be followed by a short business meeting.
For more information and directions, see http://www.senecarocksaudubon.org
Hope you can join us!
Flo McGuire
Tionesta, PA
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Connecticut Warblers, Northampton County
From: "Wiltraut, Richard E" <rwiltraut(AT)STATE.PA.US>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 11:30am
Steve Boyce reports seeing Connecticut Warblers behind his house in Bath and at
the Gracedale property in Nazareth yesterday, 9/12. He also reported the first
Lincoln's Sparrow of the season at Gracedale.
Rick Wiltraut, EES
Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
835 Jacobsburg Road
Wind Gap, PA 18091-9781
(610) 746-2810
(610) 746-2804 (fax)
rwiltraut(AT)state.pa.us
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Early white-throated sparrow, Snyder Co.
From: Mick Brown <Browncreeper1(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 11:35am
An early white-throated sparrow made an appearance in the yard this
morning (9/13). It was with a flock of about 20 chipping sparrows and a few
song sparrows.
Mick Brown
Middleburg, Pa.
Snyder County
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Bucks Co. Birders Meeting 9/28 7:30 PM
From: August Mirabella <AugustMirabella(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 12:14pm
The Tues. 9/28 meeting of BCB will be held at 7:30PM at the Peace Valley
Nature Center on Chapman Rd. off New Galena Rd. Entry is through the side
door by the bird blind.
Our speaker will be Doris McGovern who will present a program entitled
"Purple Martins: A Look at Breeding Behavior". Doris is a member of the
Delaware Valley Ornithological Club of Philadelphia and a licensed bird bander.
She
has studied birds for many years, lately concentrating her efforts on Purple
Martins and a separate study of Prothonotary Warblers. Her program on the
Martins takes us from the laying of the eggs to the birds' migration to Brazil.
We look forward to the knowledge we will receive from this special look at
this species.
Pres. Ron
French
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Subject: [PABIRDS] PBBA Data-entry Tips
From: Flo McGuire <mcguires(AT)USACHOICE.NET>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 1:11pm
Hello All,
I have posted a two page document of tips on entering your Second PA
Breeding Bird Atlas data, on the Seneca Rocks Audubon website. You can
read it there and/or download it in PDF format and print. see
http://www.senecarocksaudubon.org -- scroll down the main screen and
click on "Data Entry Tips".
Flo McGuire
Tionesta, PA
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Subject: [PABIRDS] White Throated Sparrows
From: Linda Rowan <lrowan(AT)LOCALNET.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 2:30pm
Just saw a posting about a White Throated Sparrow. On Sunday 9/12 a White
Throated Sparrow was banded at the Featherbed Lane Banding Station near
Hopewell NJ. It seems the White Throats are on the move early this year.
Linda Rowan
Bristol, PA
lrowan(AT)localnet.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] William Souder lectures on his Audubon bio for the
LMConservancy
From: Mike Weilbacher <mike.weilbacher(AT)VERIZON.NET>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 4:31pm
William Souder, author of the newly released "Under a Wild Sky," a biography of
John James Audubon, lectures on Audubon and reads from his book in an appearance
sponsored by the Lower Merion Conservancy. The only scheduled
Philadelphia-area event, the lecture/book-signing is set for Wednesday,
September 22 at 7:30 pm at the Merion Tribute House, 625 Hazelhurst Avenue in
Merion Station (near Bala Cynwyd), only 1/2 mile from City Avenue and 10 minutes
from the Schuylkill Expressway. Tickets for the event may be purchased for
$10/person, and a wine-and-cheese reception and book signing follows the
reading.
In addition, he will be the featured guest on WHYY 91 FM's Radio Times on the
22nd at 11:00 a.m., and will take your calls. Hope you might listen.
Scott Weidensaul, one of PA's favorite sons when it comes to naturalist-authors,
notes on the book jacket that "Souder superbly captures Audubon in all his
infuriating, contradictory, admirable richness-- publicly vainglorious while
consumed by self-doubt, a chronic liar and buckskin clad charmer, an artistic
visionary and peerless naturalist a generation ahead of his time." Bill
McKibben writes this book "makes new and compelling sense of those drawings and
their creator."
Please call the Conservancy at 610-645-9030 for more information, to register,
or to receive additional directions to the site. Interested participants can
also sign up at the door.
Thanks.
Mike Weilbacher
Executive Director
Lower Merion Conservancy
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Hummingbirds and Zinnias and a mammal question -
Lancaster Co
From: Ann Mease Bodling <thistlebrook(AT)JUNO.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 5:01pm
Hi All,
What a glorious late summer/early fall we are having here ! I know
that many of us who plant for hummingbirds know this already but there
may be some folks who don't so I am passing this bit of information
along. The hummingbirds in my yard for the past few falls have spent
more time at my zinnias than any of the other flowers. They do, of
course, take nectar from the various salvias, native honeysuckle and
butterfly bushes in the yard, but they seem to really appreciate the
zinnia flowers. And sometimes, some of them realize that they can perch
on the large flowered varieties while they are eating and look like what
might have been the inspiration for the fairy tale fairies ( although, I
am thinking that there are not hummingbirds in Europe?) Each year I
have added more zinnias and this year, due to the abundant moisture I
imagine, some of them have grown to well over 5 feet tall and resemble
leggy bushes instead of herbaceous plants.
Another of the satisfactions of planting for wildlife is the
welcome singing of all the crickets and katydids in the different parts
of the yard and the ceaseless movement of the butterflies. Because I have
put in a good number of native trees and bushes in the front yard and
back yards, along with a small meadow over the septic drain field, a
brushy ( and intentionally weedy) hedgerow in the back and sides of the
yard, a native ornamental grass bed and several flower and herb areas
there is plenty of habitat for the different species of insects and
happily the yard is a-buzz. I can't help but feeling a little smug when
I come home from a walk down our road past all the quiet, neatly mowed
and planted yards to my own yard full of the riotous sound and movement
of birds and insects.... Of course, the neighbors may feel smug when they
walk past my less- than- neat- as-a-pin yard, but I think I know which
bit of earth is the richer. My new yard mammal at the ground sunflower
seed feeders this fall is a large groundhog. I feel privileged to have
him, even if he isn't the most popular mammal in the farm country where I
live and I get to see him becoming fatter day by day. Something of a
contrast between he and the hummingbirds, both readying for the winter in
their own way. I am eagerly awaiting 'my' annual flock of white crowned
sparrows. The earliest they have come to the yard has been Sept 15th and
the latest has been mid October
My question has to do with skunks.... Does somebody know what the
skunks are doing just now that causes so many to be hit on the roads? Is
is coincidence that I have seen several in the last 3 days or are they
moving around now or finding wintering areas?
I think sometimes of how blessed those of us who love wild things
are. We have the joy of participating, in one form or another, in the
grand design of the natural world around us that so many people never
stop to notice. And we are all surely enriched because of it.
Ann Mease Bodling
Elizabethtown, Lancaster Co
thistlebrook(AT)juno.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Buff-breasted sandpiper, Northampton County
From: Davilene(AT)AOL.COM
Date: 13 Sep 2004 5:16pm
Rick Wiltraut called at 4:30 this afternoon to report a buff-breasted
sandpiper in the retention pond by what is apparently a massive development
going in
on Hanoverville Road. The easiest directions are to take Rt. 191 north off of
Rt. 22 (Bethlehem area), go maybe a mile or 2 and make a left onto
Hanoverville Road at the Spot Drive-in, and stay on that road until you come to
the
development. It will be before Hanoverville Road intersects with Airport Road.
Obviously you can get there coming in from the other direction.
Arlene Koch
Easton, PA
Northampton County
davilene(AT)aol.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Venango Co.
From: Kathie Goodblood <bhns(AT)CSONLINE.NET>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 5:22pm
Slow migration the past 2 mornings but some birds that are relatively uncommon
here on Buttermilk Hill
1 green heron ( first for our water garden)
2 red-headed woodpeckers
2 yellow-bellied sapsuckers
1 olive-sided flycatcher
2 Swainson's thrushes ( first of year for me in Venango, 4 months late!)
1 Philadelphia vireo
3 red-breasted nuthatch
2 bay-breasted warblers
1 blackpoll ( first of fall for me, it seems they are late)
1 Wilson's warbler
1 Tennessee warbler
Jerry Stanley
bhns(AT)csonline.net
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Meadowood Bird Observatory (13 Sep 2004) 201
Raptors (fwd)
From: Tom Johnson <tomahawkpa(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 5:31pm
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Allegheny: Harrison Hills Moon-Walker
From: Dave Wilton <dw_wilton(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 5:56pm
At Harrison Hills County Park today, Mon 13-Sep-04:
Among the 16 species of warblers seen at Harrison
Hills County Park this morning, Mon 13-Sep-04, were a
first fall CONNECTICUT and first fall MOURNING
WARBLER.
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Long Waffling Story:
Day break started off extremely slow due to a very
dense fog. The tree line and fields around the pond
yielded only Common Yellowthroat and a noisy House
Wren. After an hour of patiently waiting (from 7:00 to
8:00) for the fog to lift (which it didn’t), I gave up
and meandered up the through the pines back to my car
at the parking area. Migrant activity, which has been
extremely good here over the past week, was a big fat
zero today.
I drove down to Blue Jay parking area and made my way
down stream. The moisture from the fog was dripping
off the leaves to the point that it sounded like
rainfall. Visibility was measured in feet. Just beyond
the footbridge I was greeted by a highly rewarding and
protracted eye-level view of theYellow-bellied
Flycatcher that’s been hanging around all week. The
bird, which seemed unconcerned, allowed approach to
within 10 ft. for several minutes. I slowly walked the
200 paces downstream of footbridge looking and
listening for migrant activity. Except for the locals
(Cardinals and Titmice), all was quiet.
I pished an Ovenbird into view just below the old
cement bridge abutments. It allowed extended viewing
as it inquisitively checked me out. Although it was
nearly 08:30, the dense fog made it appear as though
it was still dawn. A male Black-throated Blue wandered
into view and fed unconcerned along the exposed
branches near where the Ovenbird had moon-walked along
a branch. From the back of the bushes “Hmmm, here
comes an accompanying female black-thr blue” - long
pause - “nooo” p a u s e – Wow IT’S A CONNECTICUT!
The bird moon-walked along the Ovenbird branch, then
hopped down the 30 inches to ground level and began to
glean for insects among the roots of the adjoining
bush some 15 ft in front of me. After watching it
nimbly work around the base of bushes and around the
bridge abutment, I stepped into the middle of the
creek for a closer view. This was great. By stepping
into the stream, it lowered my sight line an
additional two feet and gave me an unobstructed view
of a feeding first fall Connecticut Warbler at nearly
the minimum focus distance of my bins. By crouching
down in the stream, the canopy (obstructing leaves) of
the bushes that line both sides of the stream were
above me. After a few minutes the bird hopped up onto
some branches (about 10 inches off the ground),
paused, looked this way and that, strutted along for a
foot or so, hopped down and began gleaning around the
roots some more. Over the next few minutes, it
alternately moon-walked along the ground and hopped
its way through branches upstream and out of sight.
While sitting on a log along the stream bank, the bird
returned about 15 minutes later for about 1 minute
view.
As the fog began to thin out about an hour later
(09:30) I could make out the red orbital eye-ring of
the Black-billed Cuckoo that’s been in the same tree
since last week. By 10:15, blue sky and morning
prevailed, still no birds. At 10:25 “Chip, chip,
chuck, chup, yank, buzz.” “Here comes the warbler wave
down the hillside”. The crest of wave washed over the
stream in about 10 minutes. But what a grand time it
was. I knelt down in the swampy trail (I had rain
pants on) with the sun behind my back. I watched a
single bush vibrating with activity. The bush had at
least a dozen warbs in it, including a Blue Wing, two
Nashvilles, a Magnolia, three Black-throated Greens,
Yellow-Start, Chesnut-sided, Blackburnian, “and a -
and a – is that a yellowthroat?, nooo – its a first
fall MOURNING WARBLER. Make my day!
Dave Wilton
Allegheny County
Mobile 412-848-2372
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Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Great nocturnal migration, Beaver Meadows,
Forest County
From: Mike Fialkovich <mpfial(AT)EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 6:36pm
Deuane and PA Bird Listserv,
I also heard a lot of birds flying over just before dawn on Saturday morning
in the Pittsburgh area. I am not that familiar with flight calls yet, but I
am fairly certain they were Swainson's Thrushes. It's hard to estimate
numbers, but I can say there were a lot of birds passing over.
Mike Fialkovich
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
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Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Great nocturnal migration, Beaver Meadows,
Forest County
From: Jeff Holbrook <mycteria(AT)STNY.RR.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 7:27pm
Deuane, Mike and others who may be interested,
I too was able to detect a large night migration on the night of
Friday the 10th and the early morning hours of Saturday the 11th of
September. I was not in PA though. I was at Montezuma National
Wildlife Refuge participating in the "Muck Race." The Muck Race is a 24
hour birding competition to raise money for projects on and around the
refuge. Much of the land in that area is great bird habitat, even off
the refuge proper. It is called the Montezuma Wetlands Complex. This
money is used to fund activities, i.e. nesting studies, bird/insect
interactions, bat nesting boxes and much more in the complex area which
is off the federal property. Regardless, with the large and long
flight, I'm sure some of these birds made it to PA. We had Gray-cheeked
Thrush, Veery, Hermit Thrush, Swainson's Thrush and many others we could
not identify to species. It was neat to be in the woods when the birds
came down. Wow! Still making their flight calls and landing.
As a side note, we placed 5th in the competition out of 20
teams. Of course the folks from Cornell ran away with the victory but
it was a fun effort despite the difficulty (fog, mosquitoes, tiredness,
etc.). Some other folks from PA should come up and try the Muck Race.
It is quite a challenge.
Regards,
Jeff Holbrook
Temporarily Displaced in Corning, NY
(and not happy about it either)
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Allegheny Front (13 Sep 2004) 408 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 13 Sep 2004 7:37pm
Allegheny Front Hawkwatch, Central City,
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
TV 0 0 0
BE 5 13 29
OS 6 58 89
NH 2 15 21
SS 11 89 137
CH 0 26 35
NG 0 0 1
RS 0 1 10
BW 364 3985 4391
RT 11 116 198
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 1 14 36
ML 0 2 3
PG 0 0 0
BV 0 5 9
UA 4 8 12
UB 2 5 14
UF 0 0 0
UE 0 1 1
UR 2 14 37
Total: 408 4352 5023
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: Dick Byers
Observers: Karen & Merle Jackson, Ken Byerly, Kevin Georg, Pegnato
Visitors:
21
Weather:
Winds NE light to moderate.
Temp 21 - 24C
Cloud Cover 0-5%
Hazy
Flight moderate to high
Barometer 30.18- 30.23
Observations:
Adult Bald Eagle 9:30 est
Ad Bald Eagle 3:20
2 Ad Bald Eagles 4:20
Ad Bald Eagle 4:40
6 hummingbirds
16 Monarchs
Predictions:
57-74F
Partly Cloudy
Light SSE wind
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Report submitted by Dick Byers ()
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: BroadwingSEPT - Core Creek (13 Sep 2004) 30
Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 13 Sep 2004 7:43pm
BroadwingSEPT - Core Creek
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 10 13 13
Bald Eagle 2 2 2
Northern Harrier 1 2 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 9 9
Cooper's Hawk 2 3 3
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 5 5 5
Red-tailed Hawk 2 2 2
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 1 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 2 8 8
Total: 30 45 45
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Pat Rossi
Observers: Al Bilheimer, Bob Shaffer, Nancy Bilheimer, Walt Hathaway
Visitors:
Rich Rodgers, "Ish" D'Alessandro
Weather:
Light to moderate NNE winds; 0-15% cumulus cloud cover;
68-83 degrees
Observations:
Our 5 BWs were streaming high overhead at 11:55
1 BE(imm)at 12:20
1 BE(adult)at 12:40
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Report submitted by (Circuscyan(AT)aol.com)
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: BroadwingSEPT - Pipersville (13 Sep 2004) 26
Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 13 Sep 2004 7:54pm
BroadwingSEPT - Pipersville
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 3 3
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 4 4
Bald Eagle 0 0 0
Northern Harrier 0 1 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 10 10
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 16 124 124
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 3 3 3
Merlin 1 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 0 0 0
Total: 26 147 147
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Observation start time: 14:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 3 hours
Official Counter: Diane Allison
Observers:
Weather:
Sunny, light wind, 82 degrees - some light clouds
Observations:
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Report submitted by (dalliso(AT)mail.ptd.net)
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: BroadwingSEPT - Pipersville (12 Sep 2004) 121
Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 13 Sep 2004 7:55pm
BroadwingSEPT - Pipersville
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 12, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 3 3 3
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 4 4 4
Bald Eagle 0 0 0
Northern Harrier 1 1 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 5 5
Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 108 108 108
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 0 0 0
Total: 121 121 121
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Observation start time: 10:30:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 5.5 hours
Official Counter: Diane Allison
Observers:
Weather:
Light wind, 80 degrees, cloud cover ranging from 10% to 90%
Observations:
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Report submitted by (dalliso(AT)mail.ptd.net)
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Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Northampton County
From: "Wiltraut, Richard E" <rwiltraut(AT)STATE.PA.US>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 8:44pm
The recently planted grass in the retention pond created great Buff-breasted
habitat. Thanks to Dan Altif for finding this bird, a second county record.
Rick Wiltraut, EES
Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
835 Jacobsburg Road
Wind Gap, PA 18091-9781
(610) 746-2810
(610) 746-2804 (fax)
rwiltraut(AT)state.pa.us
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Hanoverville Rd., Northampton Co. update
From: Billy Weber <canberra_sky(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 9:03pm
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still present at sunset. I'm glad to
see that other birders
are covering this important area. With Green Pond out of the shorebird
equation this fall,
Hanoverville Road is paying dividends. Since the creation of the
original impoundment
last summer, the area has produced a slew of locally uncommon
shorebirds: American
Golden-Plover; Pectoral, Stilt (both years), White-rumped, Baird's
(both years), and now
Buff-breasted sandpipers; and Wilson's Phalarope. While not as
extensive or strategically-
located as the Martins Creek fly-ash basin, Hanoverville is both
unrestricted and easy to
scan (from the new Harriett Lane between the impoundments). I strongly
urge Lehigh Valley
birders to visit the site during every rainstorm (and even in between,
as today illustrates!).
Billy Weber
Walnutport, PA
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: BroadwingSEPT - Peace Valley (13 Sep 2004)
170 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 13 Sep 2004 9:15pm
BroadwingSEPT - Peace Valley
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 3 3 3
Bald Eagle 1 1 1
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 2 2
Cooper's Hawk 2 2 2
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 159 159 159
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 0 0
Merlin 1 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 2 2 2
Total: 170 170 170
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: August Mirabella
Observers: Barbara Hiebsch, Jerry Walker
Visitors:
Ken Kitson, Carolyn and Ron Constable, Steve Farbotnik, Alan Brady
Weather:
0-10% Cloud Cover;
Visibility-Hazy to clear;
Winds-North mostly light;
Temp. 70°F - 80°F
Observations:
4 (2 adult, 2 imm.) non-migrating Bald Eagles were observed. Two imm. and
one adult were together about 1PM EST. Also, non-migrant Ospreys,
Red-tailed, and Cooper's Hawks. Plus, the locally wandering vultures
6 Killdeer
4 E. Bluebirds
Approx. 10 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
2 Chimney Swifts
9 Dragonflies
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Report submitted by ()
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Osprey-Wash. Co.
From: Mark Vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 9:24pm
I stopped after work today and checked Canonsburg Lake,Washington Co.
1 Osprey(great looks while the bird fished in front of me)
1 Solitary Sandpiper
1 Green Heron
1 Belted Kingfisher
5 Wood Duck
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Rose Tree Park (13 Sep 2004) 190 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 13 Sep 2004 9:27pm
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Turkey Vulture 0 6 6
Black Vulture 3 6 6
Osprey 3 42 50
Northern Harrier 0 6 6
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 0 23 25
Sharp-shinned Hawk 23 56 59
Cooper's Hawk 3 14 15
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 2 2
Broad-winged Hawk 151 282 312
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 6 12
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 20 20
Merlin 1 4 5
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 4 10 12
Total: 190 477 530
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Bill Cranny, Charlie Haag, Janet Crawford
Observers: Charles Smith, Charlie Haag, Chris Blidan, Dave Washabaugh,
Janet Crawford, Shirley Robbins
Visitors:
4
Weather:
Hazy blue skies with occasional clouds, light variable winds, and
temperatures from 70-86F.
Observations:
Many birds were very high, and the haze and blue skies made them difficult
to see. The largest kettle of Broadwings today was 70 birds. Some of the
Broadwings were seen hawking dragonflies.
Major dragonfly flight today.
2 Double-crested Cormorants
Predictions:
Partly cloudy. Highs around 80. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
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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] BroadwingSEPT - SEPT 13
From: "Moulton, R. K." <Kirk.Moulton(AT)UNISYS.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 9:29pm
First and foremost, I want to thank all the growing number of hawk watches
reporting to HAWKCOUNT. This sharing of information is most appreciated and
valuable. Keep it up! Also, if any of you have anecdotal or other information
on raptors to share on BIRDHAWK, please do. BIRDHAWK is not just for these
reports, so feel free to contribute.
Regarding the migration now ongoing, even though Hurricane Ivan is over a
thousand miles away, it is dominating our weather here and in New England. This
hurricane is huge! Category 5 with extreme low pressures at the center. The
last time a storm of this size and strength, following a similar tract, was in
the early 1930's, before hurricanes had names. This storm is following a north
and westerly track, over Jamaica on Saturday and now just west of Cuba, likely
to hit Mississippi/Alabama on Wed night and sweep well inland upwards over
BroadwingSEPT on Friday/Saturday.
It seems that our weather has been in a holding pattern, albeit good, created by
a very large and near stationary high pressure which extends from the Canadian
Maritines to Florida. Saturday, the high was centered in northern NY, Sunday
the high moved a bit into Connecticut, and today it shifted up into Maine.
Today, the high pressure slid down into Maryland. Thus, our winds have been
light and variable, but farther north into new England, they generally have been
north or northwest (exactly what we want). As Ivan slowly gets closer, it
pushes the high pressure north and east. Tomorrow we will see Ivan slowly push
this high pressure up into Maine, and by late Wednesday (or early Thursday), the
northern cloud shield of Ivan should join with an approaching low pressure
ridge and bring heavy clouds and then rain.
How it affects the birds is to be determined. Certainly this sequence will
bring east component winds. Hopefully the east winds are accompanied with
clouds and low thermal strength so that the Broadwings cannot migrate. This
seems likely. As far as hurricanes, a good hurricane (if there is such a thing)
comes well inland and blocks the migration. In the last two years, hurricanes
went up the coast and the Broadwings were able to skirt the bad weather on east
winds.
As for the Broadwings, clearly they are now on the move in New England.
Saturday saw the first good numbers in New England - Putney VT with 460 BW,
Little Round Top NH with 451, Mt Philo VT about 500, Essex, VT 200, and Watatic
MA with 1036. This was a fairly broad front, and light winds in New England,
they likely drifted towards us in a broad front. Sunday, winds were more NW in
nature in New England - Little Round Top 1327, Putney 873, and finally Quaker
Ridge CT starts getting BW with 408. Judging by the reports from NJ and PA, we
have seen many of these birds pass through, with the ridges doing well and also
Militia Hill in SE PA. Notably, Allegheny Front, in south central PA counts
2986. This is a big number for them and I would like to learn more about the
timing of these birds.
Today marks the first official day of the BroadwingSEPT project. This is a
series of 6 hawk watches in Berks County in SE PA, designed to monitor the peak
Broadwing migration in this region. This year, each site leader will report
into HAWKCOUNT directly, in an attempt to provide the information on a timely
basis. My reports will be more like this one, trying to analyze the data on a
regional, rather than simply reporting the data.
The New England reports are now yet in, but I am intrigued by the coastal site
at Cadillac MT report up at Bar Harbor, ME. This was their first good day of
count. 361 raptors with 42 BW and 147 AK on north winds. I assume that 20
miles farther inland, conditions were good for BW migration. Also, I believe
that although this weekend'd numbers from New England were good, they are only
the preliminaries before the big wave.
Today on BroadwingSEPT, generally we started with often heavy fog, burning off
by late morning into hot and hazy, some clouds by mid day, then blue skies.
Winds were light and variable, moving to light north in the afternoon. Numbers
are still coming in from the site leaders, but it was hard to see them. The
ones we did see were high and on a tear to the SW. Many may have gone over us.
So, tomorrow the high pressure compresses northward a bit andsoutheast winds
are expected in the afternoon. For sure BWs are now in the CT, NJ, and PA area,
so with luck we will see them (no blue skies are expected).
Kirk Moulton
BroadwingSEPT project in south eastern PA.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: BroadwingSEPT - Buckingham (13 Sep 2004) 1745
Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 13 Sep 2004 9:44pm
BroadwingSEPT - Buckingham
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 0 0 0
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 7 7
Cooper's Hawk 3 3 3
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 1719 1719 1719
Red-tailed Hawk 7 7 7
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 4 4 4
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1
Unknown 4 4 4
Total: 1745 1745 1745
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.5 hours
Official Counter: George Rowe
Observers:
Visitors:
Marya Halderman, M.J. Myers, Gene Petro, Pauline Biggs,
Russ Neiger, Wilson Varcoe, Phil Nemo, Gerry Dewhage, Gene Gladston
Weather:
Light winds generally out of the NW, shifting gradually to NE.Temperatures
70F to 81F. Cloud cover from 0% to 40% in the afternoon. Lots of haze
which gradually went to light haze.
Observations:
A wonderful day with lots of birds from 3:00 to 4:00 EDT.
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Report submitted by George Rowe (gro1032(AT)aol.com)
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: BroadwingSEPT - Pleasant Valley (13 Sep 2004)
138 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 13 Sep 2004 9:54pm
BroadwingSEPT - Pleasant Valley
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 5 5
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 2 7 7
Bald Eagle 2 7 7
Northern Harrier 0 0 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 12 12
Cooper's Hawk 0 3 3
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 133 479 479
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 6 6
Merlin 0 0 0
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown 0 0 0
Total: 138 519 519
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Kirk Moulton
Observers: Karen Wagner
Visitors:
Elaine Mease
Weather:
Morning fog, burning off to hot and hazy and light variable winds, some
clouds by mid-day, with winds shifting to light north and blue sky.
Observations:
Almost nothing at all happened until a high, high Bald Eagle led the way to
a kettle of 80 BW. Much must have overflown.
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Report submitted by Kirk Moulton (Kirk.Moulton(AT)unisys.com)
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Subject: [PABIRDS] BroadwingSEPT - Lake Nockamixon, Bucks Co (13 Sep
2004) 194 Raptors
From: Bill Etter <better(AT)NETCARRIER.COM>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 9:55pm
Reporting for Bob Friedermann, who had to leave a little early. Not signed up
for Hawkcount.org, so i'm faking it below for the PA list etc:
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BroadwingSEPT - Lake Nockamixon, Bucks Co,
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2004
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Species Day's Count
------------------ ----------- -------------- -----
Black Vulture max 4
Turkey Vulture max 37
Osprey 5 migrants + locals
Bald Eagle 3 + 1 local
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 3
Broad-winged Hawk 180
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Bob Friedermann
Observers: Bob Friedermann, Joe Anderson, Steve Farbotnik, Bill Etter
Weather:
Winds light and highly variable at ground level, dying off completely by 16:00;
0-15% cumulus cloud cover; 68-86 degrees
Observations:
133 struggling BWs between 15:15-15:45 in slow, lingering kettles...eventually
breaking SW.
1 BE (ad) at 14:00
1 BE (sub-ad) at 14:40
1 BE (juv) at 16:55
4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (all adults)
6 quarrelsome Egyptian Geese
1 Great Egret
Bill Etter
Lake Nockamixon
Bucks County
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Waggoner's Gap (13 Sep 2004) 206 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 13 Sep 2004 10:30pm
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 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 11 135 190
BE 0 26 70
NH 2 29 49
SS 25 152 194
CH 4 21 39
NG 0 0 0
RS 0 0 4
BW 156 1429 1754
RT 3 48 104
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 3 28 87
ML 1 2 2
PG 0 0 1
UR 1 9 18
Total: 206 1879 2512
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Dave Grove
Observers: Craig Houston, Glen Van Fleet, Ron Freed
Visitors:
Tim Roland, Dennis and Terri Small, Joan Renninger, Pat Freed, Shorty Lowe
- 2
Weather:
Morning valley fog, haze thereafter, few clouds. light nw winds
Observations:
Tim Roland of Gettysburg got video of the TV with white primaries today
Hummers - 3. RHWP
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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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