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| Subject | From | Time |
| [PABIRDS] Canada vs. Cackling Goose, the latest help | Deuane Hoffman | 2:58am |
| [PABIRDS] Sparrows, other birds, Koch farm, Northampton
County | Davilene(AT)AOL.COM | 8:57am |
| [PABIRDS] Ash Basin, Montour County | Beam, Jon D | 3:31pm |
| [PABIRDS] Fw: Birds and window glass | Lee Ann Reiners | 5:16pm |
| [PABIRDS] dawn flight, Berks | Rudy Keller | 6:21pm |
| [PABIRDS] HSR: Allegheny Front (01 Oct 2004) 110 Raptors | reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.OR | 7:08pm |
| [PABIRDS] Airport Stranding | Jeffrey S. Brinker | 7:34pm |
| [PABIRDS] Ring-necked Ducks-Butler Co. | Mark Vass | 7:41pm |
| [PABIRDS] HSR: Waggoner's Gap (01 Oct 2004) 266 Raptors | reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.OR | 8:07pm |
| [PABIRDS] HSR: Rose Tree Park (01 Oct 2004) 38 Raptors | reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.OR | 8:24pm |
| [PABIRDS] Venango Co. 10/01 | Kathie Goodblood | 8:58pm |
| [PABIRDS] 3 owls, 2 rails, 76 others - Northampton Co., 10/1 | Billy Weber | 11:32pm |
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Canada vs. Cackling Goose, the latest help
From: Deuane Hoffman <corvuscorax(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 1 Oct 2004 2:58am
Howdy All,
For all of you out there who enjoy id challenges as much as I let me suggest
reading an excellent article concerning the identification of Canada and
Cackling Goose. This very informative piece was written by Mark Stackhouse from
Utah. While some of the article refers to records and info pertaining to the
status of the birds in Utah the information is nonetheless very helpful in
understanding the taxonomy and id keys needed in understanding this recent
split. The article can be accessed at,
http://www.utahbirds.org/RecCom/NewGoose.htm
The most outstanding feature of the article is the fantastic comparison table of
the two species. It is a subspecies by subspecies account and offers side by
side notes on size, overall color, neck length, white neck collar status, bill
size and other features. The table is a truly helpful id aide.
Both the article and comparison table come in a .pdf format that can be printed
out for personal use. This is most convenient with the table as one can print it
out, tuck it into your favorite field guide and have on hand for referencing
when scouring over that local goose flock! Sure will make looking at "Canada"
geese fun again!
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] Sparrows, other birds, Koch farm, Northampton
County
From: Davilene(AT)AOL.COM
Date: 1 Oct 2004 8:57am
Visitors are once again welcome to come to our fields. The walking paths are
easy and there are also driveways where birders with walking problems can
park. Our property is, however, private, so I need to know who you are and when
you're coming. You may bird own your own.
Sparrows are filling the fields. The most notable species I've had so far was
a clay-colored sparrow which came to a yard feeder three times, but that was
it. Should it show up again, I'll post. Other sparrows currently present, in
addition to abundant song and field sparrows, include chipping, swamp,
Lincoln's (lots), Savannah, white-throated, and whitecrowned. I have not been
out this
morning yet.
I continue to see hummingbirds but suspect that will soon change with this
weekend's approaching cold front. I admit to looking closer now at every one
even more than I normally do.
Other birds recently seen have been indigo buntings, house wrens,
orange-crowned, magnolia, yellow-rumped, and palm warblers, yellow-bellied
sapsuckers,
purple finches, brown thrasher, and various raptors including a few peregrine
falcons, bald eagles, ospreys, kestrels, and different accipiters.
Good birding.
Arlene Koch
Easton, PA
Northampton County
davilene(AT)aol.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Ash Basin, Montour County
From: "Beam, Jon D" <jdbeam(AT)PPLWEB.COM>
Date: 1 Oct 2004 3:31pm
Thanks to Wayne Laubscher and Steve Pinkerton for getting the word out
about the American Avocet at the Fly Ash Basin at the Montour Steam
Electric Station near Washingtonville. I checked this afternoon and it
was still there along with about a dozen Killdeer and a Greater
Yellowlegs, 100+ Tree Swallows and over 500 Canada Geese.
Jon D. Beam
Naturalist
PPL Montour Preserve
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Fw: Birds and window glass
From: Lee Ann Reiners <reiners(AT)SURFERIE.NET>
Date: 1 Oct 2004 5:16pm
FYI
EARTHWATCH RADIO
Program script for 1 October 2004
Title: No Eyes for Glass
Author: Cassie Wyss
A researcher has suggestions for homeowners to keep birds flying instead
of dying.
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Birds routinely fly into glass windows simply because they don't see
them. They might see reflections of the sky or something behind the
glass that they want to investigate. What they don't see is a physical
barrier that can hurt them and even kill them.
Daniel Klem is a biologist with Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania. He
has spent decades studying the problems birds have with glass windows.
Klem estimates that in the United States at least 100 million birds die
each year from hitting glass.
"Short of habitat destruction, glass is the greatest source of death for
wild birds, among them the rare, endangered and threatened species of
the world."
Klem has tried to find ways to reduce these fatal encounters. He says
it helps to cover windows with nets or awnings during times of heavy
bird activity. It also helps to adjust the position of bird feeders
near windows. If they're close to the glass, a bird that accidentally
flies from the feeder into a window pane won't be moving fast enough to
get hurt. And Klem says birds will recognize the glass barrier if
decals or other stickers are attached to the outside of windows.
"If you take hawk silhouettes -- it doesn't matter, whatever shape, it
could be diamonds, it could be circles, it could be anything -- and you
uniformly cover the surface of the glass, you have increased the
opportunity of those animals to be able to recognize the glass as a
barrier and stay away from it. If you're willing to do this, then the
more that you can tolerate on your window, the better it will be for
protecting the birds."
Klem says a long term solution would be an entirely new kind of glass.
He envisions something that's transparent from the inside but appears to
have patterns in it when viewed from the outside.
SOURCES: "Effects of window angling, feeder placement, and scavengers
on avian mortality at plate glass" by Klem et al. in The Wilson Bulletin
(March 2004); table of contents available online at:
http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-current-toc&issn=0043-5643
Check Earthwatch Radio on the web at
http://ewradio.org
Earthwatch Radio is a service of the
Sea Grant Institute and the
Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison
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Subject: [PABIRDS] dawn flight, Berks
From: Rudy Keller <rkeller(AT)TEMPLE.EDU>
Date: 1 Oct 2004 6:21pm
Flight calls were few just before dawn (about 50, mostly of
Swainson's Thrush), but high and clear in the crisp air.
Shafts of moonlight spotlighting odd corners of the dark
woods gave the feel of a stage set or a dreamlike scene from
a fairy tale. Calling owls were appropriate. Another fine
morning.
Rudy Keller
Boyertown, PA
Berks County
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Allegheny Front (01 Oct 2004) 110 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 1 Oct 2004 7:08pm
Allegheny Front Hawkwatch, Central City,
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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TV 15 15 15
BE 2 2 43
OS 0 0 139
NH 0 0 42
SS 42 42 359
CH 5 5 112
NG 0 0 3
RS 1 1 15
BW 0 0 5565
RT 32 32 337
RL 0 0 0
GE 1 1 1
AK 6 6 59
ML 0 0 8
PG 3 3 5
BV 0 0 26
UA 0 0 17
UB 0 0 25
UF 0 0 2
UE 0 0 2
UR 3 3 65
Total: 110 110 6840
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter: Jim Rocco
Observers: Janet Kuehl, Kevin Georg, Ruth Sager, Tom Dick
Visitors:
4 VISITORS
OTHER VISITORS HELPING WITH SPOTING:BOB WELLS--CHARLIE VOJYTKO--JACK &SUE
SOLOMON--NANCY OTT--DAVE KALTENBAUGH
JACK JULIAN
Weather:
WSPD------LIGHT TO MODEATE
WFM-------SE
TEMP------16 C
CLCV------0% TO 20%
VISB------CLEAR
HTFL------LOW
Observations:
GOLDEN EAGLE AT 10:49 BEING CHASED BY 2 RAVENS
2ND YEAR BALD EAGLE AT 1:02
MATURE BALD EAGLE AT 1:43
12 RAVENS IN AIR AT THE SAME TIME
MONARCH BUTTERFLY'S 5
RED HEADED WOODPECKER
STEADY FLIGHT OF BLUE JAYS
Predictions:
TEMP. IN UPPER 60'S TO LOW 70'S
RAIN WITH POSSIBLE THUNDER STORMS
========================================================================
Report submitted by Jim Rocco ()
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] Airport Stranding
From: "Jeffrey S. Brinker" <jkbrink(AT)WONONLINE.NET>
Date: 1 Oct 2004 7:34pm
I returned today to Pittsurgh Int'l. Airport after two weeks in Denver on
business. While trundling my bags back to my car in the extended term lot at
about 12:30 or 12:45, I was startled to hear the sound of a Swainson's Thrush,
calling from the thin row of small ornamental crabapples and conifers running
along the driveway thru the middle of the parking lot.
I was unable to get a visual confirmation as the bird was about a hundred yards
away, and my binoculars were safely stowed deep in by suitcase. On the flight
in, the pilot reported that a heavy fog that had settled on the area was
breaking up at around 10:30 or 11. Apparently the unfortunate bird headed for
the nearest trees when dawn broke, only to discover when the fog lifted that it
was stranded (until nightfall) in a tiny island of foliage in acres of asphalt.
Jeff Brinker
Mercer
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Ring-necked Ducks-Butler Co.
From: Mark Vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 1 Oct 2004 7:41pm
I stopped at Moraine S.P.-Lake Arthur this afternoon
It was a nice fall day to be outside
Here are some of the birds I had
South Shore
Day Use area
46 A. Coot
Observation area
2 N. Shoveler
2 Black Duck
38 Wood Duck
1 Pied-billed Grebe
Upper 528 launch
3 RING-NECKED DUCK(hens,first of the fall)
9 Wood Duck
8 Pied-billed Grebe
North Shore
Lakeview Beach Picnic area
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET(first of the fall)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Chipping Sparrow
Black-throated Green Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Waggoner's Gap (01 Oct 2004) 266 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 1 Oct 2004 8:07pm
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 0 0
TV 15 15 15
OS 4 4 388
BE 1 1 109
NH 3 3 94
SS 175 175 1946
CH 32 32 285
NG 1 1 2
RS 2 2 16
BW 11 11 4061
RT 9 9 225
RL 0 0 0
GE 2 2 2
AK 5 5 217
ML 0 0 11
PG 2 2 12
UR 4 4 54
Total: 266 266 7437
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Observation start time: 07:15:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9.75 hours
Official Counter: Dave Grove
Observers: Gene Wagner, Jim Spontak, Joe Lavella
Visitors:
Noel Potter and University of Cincinnati Geology field trip 25. Mark
Larson, Judy Peeler and Florence Pyle from the 7 Mountains Audubon
Chapter. Jon Black and Wendy Plowman. 6
Weather:
Clear early, then clouding up late. Calm early with a building S wind
Observations:
BE at 11:10. PG at 11:46 and 4:05. First GE of year at 10:33 and 2:51
Monarchs 8
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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: [PABIRDS] HSR: Rose Tree Park (01 Oct 2004) 38 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 1 Oct 2004 8:24pm
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 01, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 0 0 9
Black Vulture 0 0 10
Osprey 0 0 153
Northern Harrier 1 1 28
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 1 1 58
Sharp-shinned Hawk 24 24 588
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 98
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 4
Broad-winged Hawk 3 3 3069
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 22
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 7 7 123
Merlin 0 0 23
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 6
Unknown 0 0 25
Total: 38 38 4216
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Tom McParland
Observers: Andy Burns, Bill Cranny, Bill Roache, Bob Kelly,
Carole Brown, Charles Smith, Dave Washabaugh,
Janet Crawford, Jim Lockyer, Skip Conant
Visitors:
Mike, Mary, Holly, Gerry and Bill Church
Weather:
Blue, cloudless sky, with S-SSW winds 3-7 Mph. Temperature from 64-73F.
Observations:
1 Adult BE at 1345
3 Double-crested Cormorants
1 Great Blue Heron
5 Monarch Butterflies
Predictions:
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning. Mostly cloudy with
showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s.
South 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
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Venango Co. 10/01
From: Kathie Goodblood <bhns(AT)CSONLINE.NET>
Date: 1 Oct 2004 8:58pm
Buttermilk Hill
1 red-headed woodpecker
1 orange-crowned warbler
10 blackpoll
6 Cape May
3 Tennessee
3 Nashville
2 Lincoln's sparrow
3 purple finch
earlier this week- 1 pine siskin
Jerry Stanley
bhns(AT)csonline.net
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Subject: [PABIRDS] 3 owls, 2 rails, 76 others - Northampton Co., 10/1
From: Billy Weber <canberra_sky(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 1 Oct 2004 11:32pm
81 species in Northampton Co. today:
Double-crested Cormorant (E Bangor Dam, Minsi)
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret (Green Pond, Minsi)
Green Heron (Monocacy NC)
Turkey Vulture
Snow Goose (2, Blossom Hill Rd.)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck (near Five Points and predawn below Smith Gap)
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal (+ prob. Blue-winged)
accipiter sp. (prob. both SS & Coop)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Virginia Rail (h)
Sora (h)
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs (Christian Spring Rd.)
Lesser Yellowlegs (" ")
Solitary Sandpiper (1, " ")
Least Sandpiper (1, " ")
Pectoral Sandpiper (29, " ")
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Eastern Screech-Owl (below Smith Gap)
Great Horned Owl (h, Bear Swp.)
Barred Owl (Bear Swp.)
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1-2, Williams Twp.)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Monocacy NC, Williams Twp.)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker (Monocacy NC)
Northern Flicker (abundant)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Monocacy NC)
Eastern Phoebe (numerous)
Blue-headed Vireo (many, Monocacy NC)
Red-eyed Vireo (1, Monocacy NC)
Blue Jay
American Crow (also prob. h Fish): 1 at Monocacy NC w/ bold white
wing-patches like "rare but regular" variant in Sibley
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren (h)
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Gracedale)
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Magnolia Warbler (Monocacy NC)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler (Monocacy NC)
Palm Warbler (Monocacy NC)
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager (Monocacy NC)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow (Williams Twp.)
Savannah Sparrow (Williams Twp.)
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow (many, Williams Twp.)
Swamp Sparrow (Williams Twp.; near Five Points)
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Williams Twp., Natl. Park Dr.)
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink (1, Williams Twp.)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle (almost missed...)
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Eastern Towhee was the day's chagrinner.
Billy Weber
Walnutport, PA
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