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Subject: [PABIRDS] Union County birding 9/26...New Berlin and The
Ordinance
From: Deuane Hoffman <corvuscorax(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 7:57am
Howdy All,
I know this post is a bit late but a busy schedule has precluded me from
posting. I figure it has some value since posts from this area are few and far
between.
Saturday night found Carolyn and I staying over at her parents in New Berlin,
Union County. I took advantage of my location and made plans to bird State Game
Lands 252 locally known as "The Ordinance". This place gets it's name from the
hundreds of old ammo storage bunkers located on the property.
I started my day off by listening to a decent thrush flight over New Berlin.
From 0600-0630 I tallied ~625 calls to include 250 swainson's, 150 gray-cheecked
type, 100 hermit, 100 wood, 20 veery and 5 bicknell's type.
I arrived at SGL 252 at 0700 and birded exclusively in Union County, the
property is in both Lycoming and Union, since I was intent on working on my
Union County list. I birded for the next 2 1/2 hours along the dead end Alvira
Road that cuts southeast into the heart of the property.
My first stop proved fruitful as I was scanning along the edges of a pond a male
merlin flew overhead and shortly after interacted with two sharp-shinned hawks!
I walked the road and adjacent paths for over an hour counting common birds. I
was unable to locate many migrant flocks at all. Waiting for the sun to warm up
the land a bit more I made my way deeper into the area picking up a few things
here and there.
Finally around 0830 I hit a pot o' gold for birds at the terminus of the road
near the old cemetery and surrounding woods and edge. I birded this small area
for the next hour and nearly doubled my list for the day!
Notes on three common birds for the day. There was a huge movement of american
robins, blue jays and cedar waxwings on Sunday. I did not officially count but
if I had less than 5,000 robins, 1,000 blue jays and 1,000 waxwings I would be
shocked! Groups of each species were everywhere feeding on the abundant supply
of wild foods. I noticed that many of the wild grapes, spicebush, poison ivy,
sumac, russian olive and others were heavy with fruit.
I tallied a total of 77 species on the property and an additional 9 in the
county for a total of 86 species for the morning. I was most pleased with this
outing. If I was a local resident of the area The Ordinance would surely be a
regular birding location for me, it is a very interesting parcel with much in
the way of habitat diversity and exploring options available.
Selected list for the day.....
A few "northern" movers to include...ruby-crowned kinglet 2, red-breasted
nuthatch 3, yellow-bellied sapsucker 2, winter wren 1, lincoln's sparrow 2 and
white-throated sparrow 11
I had 3 vireo species with blue-headed 6, red-eyed 5 and philadelphia 2
Warblers were nicely represented, thanks to the frenzy of activity I found, with
19 species. Best of all included connecticut 1 and orange-crowned 1 also found
were, Nashville 5, parula 1, c yellowthroat 2, black-thr green 11,
chestnut-sided 1, yellow-rumped 26, magnolia 4, black-thr blue 2, am. redstart
3, bay-breasted 2, blackpoll 3, cape may 1, ovenbird 2, palm 3, black and white
3, tennessee 2 and blackburnian 4.
All in all it was a great morning at The Ordinance, looking forward to getting
back to check it out again soon. In my three trip to the property this year I
have tallied ~125 species to include 28 warbler species.
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] Northampton County Shorebirds
From: "Hopkins,Jeffrey A" <HOPKINJA(AT)AIRPRODUCTS.COM>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 8:31am
Sightings from Monday Eve.
Christian Springs Rd., Nazareth:
Am. Golden Plover 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
Greater yellowlegs at least 1 (I didn't check them all)
Lesser yellowlegs many
Least sandpiper 4
Wilson's snipe 2
Killdeer ~10
Hanoverville Rd.
Least sandpiper 5
Killdeer ~20
Hopefully the rain will knock some more down.
Jeff Hopkins
Whitehall
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Cattle Egret -Chester- NO
From: Ted Drozdowski <Drozdovekie2(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 8:54am
Hello,
I drove by the golf course pond today and did not see the Cattle
Egret, he could still be around though, If I get time later today I will go
back
and check on it.
Ted Drozdowski
Coatesville
Chester County
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Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] York Co. hummingbirds
From: Rudy Keller <rkeller(AT)TEMPLE.EDU>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 11:51am
Flowers on my deck and those at Joan Silagy's house are also
in heavy bloom after this very benign growing season. Usually
the long bloomers are looking pretty tired by this time. My
last hummer was here in eastern Berks on 9/25, but all those
blooms might attract something late, if frost holds off long
enough.
Rudy
---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 19:46:00 -0400
>From: dan and lori heathcote <lorih(AT)CYBERIA.COM>
>Subject: [PABIRDS] York Co. hummingbirds
>To: PABIRDS(AT)LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
>
>Hello Pa Birders;
>
>The hummingbird show at my house has been going strong for
the past 3 weeks. There have been at least 3 Ruby-throated
visiting my flowers every few minutes during this time. This
morning the count dropped by one as it hit the picture window
during a chase and was killed. The specimen is in my
freezer. Does anyone know if this specimen would be wanted
for a collection somewhere in the state? During the busy
period, none of the hummers has used any of my feeders. They
have all be feeding on the purple salvia, the red salvia and
the pineapple sage. Sorry I don't know the exact species of
salvia as they were not marked with anything other than sage
and the color where I bought them in the spring. All of the
plants are still in high bloom and I am hoping for a late
frost this year. If a non-Ruby-thoated appears, I'll get
the word out.
>
>Dan Heathcote
>York, PA
Rudy Keller
Boyertown, PA
Berks County
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Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Allegheny County backyard stuff
From: Rudy Keller <rkeller(AT)TEMPLE.EDU>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 12:29pm
Here, too, spicebush and woodbine have been mainstays for the
fruit eaters. Deer have not browsed spicebush in recent
years, but that may be changing as the hoofed plague grows. I
notice now that young, tender shoots of spicebush are browsed
heavily in some places, so the deer may be suppressing
reproduction of this species as they do of many other native
plants. Woodbine would be gone if it weren't high up in the
trees. And only now have the game commissioners agreed to a
hunting regime expected to reduce the herd by 5%, if I'm not
mistaken on the number. It needs to be reduced more like 50%
in this area.
Rudy
---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:46:58 EDT
>From: REMACH(AT)AOL.COM
>Subject: [PABIRDS] Allegheny County backyard stuff
>To: PABIRDS(AT)LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
>
>Hi all,
>
>After work today, in the backyard, I had a Philly vireo,
blackburnian and
>black-throated green warbler. The thrushes (mostly robins)
in the past two days
>have picked clean the spicebush berries. This is the only
understory left in
>"my" woods that Odocoileus virginianus has not eaten to the
ground. About 20+
>cedar waxwings, 30+ robins and one swainson's thrush were
feasting on the
>virginia creeper berries. This vine has already turned
scarlet red. The maple leaves
>have been falling and may have all their leaves off by next
week. The
>mulberry tree leaves look like burnt potato chips. I guess
the trees do watch the
>calendar.
>
>Happy fall,
>
>Bob Machesney
>Ross Township
Rudy Keller
Boyertown, PA
Berks County
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Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] York Co. hummingbirds
From: "Janet H. Austin" <wordyjan(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 1:24pm
My flowers are going strong as well in my allotment garden here in
Haverford.I needed to clear my balcony of those planters that were
starting to look puny because I'm going to Vermont next week and don't
want to pay my cat sitter to water so many.I still have several Lady In
Red salvias,so if the hummer feeders spoil or go dry,there will be
something providing nectar.I'll fill them the day I leave.It's raining
heavily-remains of Jeanne.Hope her winds don't come-but they are
predicted.Maybe some interesting will get blown here or even a western
hummer!
Janet Austin
Any fool can destroy a tree.
-John Muir
Janet H.Austin
Delaware County,PA
On Sep 28, 2004, at 11:34 AM, Rudy Keller wrote:
Flowers on my deck and those at Joan Silagy's house are also
in heavy bloom after this very benign growing season. Usually
the long bloomers are looking pretty tired by this time. My
last hummer was here in eastern Berks on 9/25, but all those
blooms might attract something late, if frost holds off long
enough.
Rudy
---- Original message ----
> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 19:46:00 -0400
> From: dan and lori heathcote <lorih(AT)CYBERIA.COM>
> Subject: [PABIRDS] York Co. hummingbirds
> To: PABIRDS(AT)LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
>
> Hello Pa Birders;
>
> The hummingbird show at my house has been going strong for
the past 3 weeks. There have been at least 3 Ruby-throated
visiting my flowers every few minutes during this time. This
morning the count dropped by one as it hit the picture window
during a chase and was killed. The specimen is in my
freezer. Does anyone know if this specimen would be wanted
for a collection somewhere in the state? During the busy
period, none of the hummers has used any of my feeders. They
have all be feeding on the purple salvia, the red salvia and
the pineapple sage. Sorry I don't know the exact species of
salvia as they were not marked with anything other than sage
and the color where I bought them in the spring. All of the
plants are still in high bloom and I am hoping for a late
frost this year. If a non-Ruby-thoated appears, I'll get
the word out.
>
> Dan Heathcote
> York, PA
Rudy Keller
Boyertown, PA
Berks County
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Shorebird fallout near Lock Haven, Clinton Co.
9/28
From: Wayne Laubscher <wlaubsch(AT)CUB.KCNET.ORG>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 3:53pm
Today's rain resulted in a small shorebird fallout along the river road
a few miles east of Lock Haven in a flooded field across the road from
the "peacock farm". Around 1:30 this afternoon I saw the following:
Am. Golden Plovers- 4
Black- bellied Plovers- 4
L. Yellowlegs- 3
Gr. Yellowlegs- 4
Pectoral Sandpipers- 2
Caspian Terns- 2
The still wet- from- Ivan fields in the area are filling up again and
there is now a large amount of shorebird habitat around.
I found no birds at the South Avis fields today.
Wayne Laubscher
Lock Haven
wlaubsch(AT)cub.kcnet.org
"Owl be back"
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Core Creek in Bucks CO.
From: Doug Filler <d.filler(AT)VERIZON.NET>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 4:44pm
Had today off so decided to check some local lakes for birds. At Levittown Lake
I had one sleeping Ruddy Duck and a Green Heron. At Lake Caroline, one DC
Cormorant. And at Lake Luxembourg in Core Creek State Park I had 5 species of
shorebirds along with numerous herons and egrets. Here is a complete list of
birds seen before the heavy rains set in.
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Ruddy Duck
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
American Robin
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Doug Filler
www.dougfiller.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Lower Susquehanna Merlins: Lancaster County
From: Bob Schutsky <birdtrek(AT)EPIX.NET>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 4:59pm
Dear PABirders:
Since last Monday (20 Sep) Nancy and I have observed a male Merlin daily
near our home in Peach Bottom Village. It perches in the dead branches
at the top of a live Tulip Poplar tree, near the boat launch where Peach
Bottom Road crosses the railroad tracks. The tree is about 75 feet tall
and is directly along the river. We have seen it at various times of the
day, especially in the morning.
This afternoon I went upriver to Muddy Run and Wissler Run Park to see
if Jeanne produced anything of interest. I found a second Merlin, this
one a female. It was in a completely dead tree near the top of the ridge
overlooking the river and Wissler Run Park.
The only other birds of note at Muddy Run this afternoon were: 3 Bald
Eagles, numerous Double-crested Cormorants and Ring-billed Gulls,
several Great Blue Herons, and a Belted Kingfisher.
As of today there is still at least one Ruby-throated Hummingbird coming
to our home feeders and to my neighbor's red hibiscus on their deck.
Sincerely,
BOB SCHUTSKY
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Peach Bottom, PA USA 17563-9716
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Rose Tree Park (28 Sep 2004) 0 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 28 Sep 2004 5:30pm
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Turkey Vulture 0 9 9
Black Vulture 0 10 10
Osprey 0 132 140
Northern Harrier 0 26 26
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 0 52 54
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 538 541
Cooper's Hawk 0 92 93
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 2
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3035 3065
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 15 21
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 111 111
Merlin 0 22 23
Peregrine Falcon 0 6 6
Unknown 0 23 25
Total: 0 4073 4126
----------------------------------------------------------------------
(No count conducted today)
Weather:
Fog and Rain
Observations:
========================================================================
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
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Subject: [PABIRDS] PVNC meeting Tue 9/28
From: Charles Crunkleton <ccrunkleton(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 5:53pm
Due to flooding conditions at Peace Valley Nature Center in Bucks Co., the
monthly meeting of the Bucks Co. Bird Club has been cancelled.
I know this is late notice, but I hope this reaches the appropiate people in
time to prevent them from trying to attend this meeting.
Chuck Crunkleton
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Allegheny Front (28 Sep 2004) 0 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 28 Sep 2004 6:56pm
Allegheny Front Hawkwatch, Central City,
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 28, 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
TV 0 0 0
BE 0 24 40
OS 0 102 133
NH 0 36 42
SS 0 247 295
CH 0 91 100
NG 0 2 3
RS 0 5 14
BW 0 5156 5562
RT 0 214 296
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 0 0
AK 0 31 53
ML 0 4 5
PG 0 2 2
BV 0 22 26
UA 0 13 17
UB 0 16 25
UF 0 2 2
UE 0 2 2
UR 0 39 62
Total: 0 6008 6679
----------------------------------------------------------------------
(No count conducted today)
Weather:
Rain
Observations:
Predictions:
Early fog,then partly sunny, mid 60s.,W wind 10mph becoming light and
variable.
========================================================================
Report submitted by Anthony Barle (abarle(AT)earthlink.net)
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Donegal Lake - shorebirds
From: Walter Shaffer <wdshaffer(AT)ICUBED.COM>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 7:15pm
Hi,
I returned to Donegal Lake today in hopes of a fallout with the passage of the
front. I wouldn't call it a fallout, but there were more shorebirds and those
that were there yesterday remained. Here are the results from this afternoon:
Greater Yellowlegs - 2 - adult and juv
Lesser Yellowlegs - 2 - juv
Semi. Plover - 1
Solitarty Sandpiper - 2
Least Sandpiper - 2
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 - juv
Dunlin - 5 - 2 juv - 3 adult
Regards,
Walt Shaffer
Allegh Co
Pittsburgh, Pa
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Westmoreland Willets
From: Leonard Hess <lnlhess(AT)LHTC.NET>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 8:35pm
Hi All,
Tonight at dusk, Linda and I had 6 Willets at Donegal Lake in Westmoreland Co.
just before dusk. I believe this may be only the second record in Westmoreland.
The lake, a Fish Commission facility, is being drained down. Rumor has it
that the earthen dam has been condemned.
Len Hess
Stahlstown, PA
Westmoreland Co.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Pymatuning-Crawford Co.
From: Mark Vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 8:42pm
I am on vacation so I went up to Pymatuning to see what was there
8 Bald Eagle(1ad. & 7imm.,at one time all 7 imms. were on a mudflat at the
hatchery)
Miller`s Ponds(1st pond)
1 Short-billed Dowitcher
1 Least Sandpiper
3 Greater Yellowlegs
4 Lesser Yellowlegs
16 N. Shoveler
5 A. Wigeon
4 N. Pintail
6 Blue-winged Teal
6 Green-winged Teal
4 Gadwall
1 A. Black Duck
1 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
Fish Hatchery
6 Com. Merganser
6 Hooded Merganser
1 A. Wigeon
2 Gadwall
8 N. Shoveler
1 Great Egret
There was a Horned Lark and A. Pipits in a plowed field next to the game
commission building
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] White-rumped Sp./Osprey-Beaver Co.
From: Mark Vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 8:50pm
I stopped at Little Blue on my way back from Pymatuning
1 Osprey(this lake has no fish,I watched the bird put its talons in the water a
few times then it perched in a tree and was still there when I left)
8 White-rumped Sandpiper
2 Spotted Sandpiper
Killdeer
3 Wood Duck
There was a flock of shorebirds that flew in,the White-rumps were together in
one group but before I could get on the other birds the damn Killdeer flew and
all the birds flew with them.
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] 3-t woodpecker
From: Marcia Brown <mamabrun(AT)ZOOMINTERNET.NET>
Date: 28 Sep 2004 10:07pm
Hello,
I just found out from some experts that, after looking at my photos, that
my 3-toed woodpecker is a juvenile YB sapsucker... my apologies to all...
Next time I'll ask first before announcing. And yes, I'm highly
embarrassed... my apologies to all. I'm still learning, OBVIOUSLY.
MarciaBrown
Butler
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