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Subject: [PABIRDS] Eastern PA Birdline: 10/7/2004
From: Dave DeReamus <becard(AT)FAST.NET>
Date: 7 Oct 2004 2:08am
- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* October 7, 2004
* PAEA0410.07
- Birds mentioned
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Black-bellied Plover
STILT SANDPIPER
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: October 7th at 1:00 AM
Phone Number: (610) 252-3455
To Report by Phone: Call (610) 252-3455, press the (*) key and leave your
message.
To Report by E-Mail: Send to becard(AT)fast.net with "Birdline" in subject
heading.
Compiler: Dave DeReamus
You can visit our Website for information about the Lehigh Valley Audubon
Society at
http://www.lehigh.edu/~bcm0/lvas.html. Click on our new "BBoard" link if
you'd like to discuss local birding information and issues, offer or ask for
rides to field trips, or check on birding items for sale.
You can visit my Website for photos and information about Eastern PA Birding
at http://www.users.fast.net/~becard/index.html.
This is Dave DeReamus, for the Eastern PA Birdline, sponsored by the Lehigh
Valley Audubon Society, recorded on October 7th at 1:00 AM.
There will be a field trip to Little Gap on October 9th. Meet at the Blue
Mountain Ski Area entrance at 8:30 AM. I will be leading this trip.
There will also be a field trip to Williams Township on October 10th at 9:00
AM. Call Arlene Koch for reservations and directions at (610) 253-6377.
The next Audubon meeting will be held on October 12th at 7:00 PM at the Pool
Wildlife Sanctuary in Emmaus. David Womer will do a program on "Creepy
Crawly Creatures".
Directions to many of the sites in this report can be found in the area's
birding guidebook, "Birds of the Lehigh Valley and Vicinity".
NOW FOR THE BIRDS!
Sightings from LAKE MINSI, Northampton County included:
Double-crested Cormorant and Great Egret.
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVE (Tekening) area,
Northampton County included:
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, House and Carolina Wren, Cedar Waxwing, Red-eyed
and Blue-headed Vireo, Black-throated Green Warbler, Common Yellowthroat,
Eastern Towhee, Dark-eyed Junco, and White-throated Sparrow.
Sightings from the GRACEDALE area, Northampton County included:
CONNECTICUT WARBLER - 10/3
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT - 10/3
Also Osprey, Winter Wren, Yellow-rumped and Black-throated Green Warbler,
Dark-eyed Junco, and Swamp, Lincoln's, and White-throated Sparrow.
Sightings from LOWER NAZARETH TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
In a flooded field along Christian Springs Road:
2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS - 10/3
Black-bellied Plover - 1 on 10/2 and 10/5
STILT SANDPIPER - 10/5
Peregrine Falcon - 10/3
Also Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail,
Killdeer, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Wilson's Snipe, Pectoral, Solitary,
and Least Sandpiper, and Tree, Cliff, and Northern Rough-winged Swallow.
From a nearby backyard: Black Vulture, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren,
Gray Catbird, Magnolia Warbler, and Chipping Sparrow.
And along Blossom Hill Road: Snow Goose.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
Great Egret.
Sightings from the MONOCACY NATURE CENTER, Northampton County included:
Green Heron, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Hairy Woodpecker, Eastern Wood-Pewee,
Red-eyed and Blue-headed Vireo, Palm, Magnolia, and Black-throated Green
Warbler, and Scarlet Tanager.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Osprey, Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawk, American Kestrel,
Peregrine Falcon, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, House
Wren, Brown Thrasher, Palm, Yellow-rumped, and Magnolia Warbler, Indigo
Bunting, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Bobolink, Purple Finch, and sparrows that
included Field, Swamp, Chipping, Lincoln's, Savannah, White-throated, and
White-crowned.
Sightings from the BATH area, Northampton County included:
Lincoln's, Vesper, and Savannah Sparrow.
Sightings from the WALNUTPORT area, Northampton County included:
PHILADELPHIA VIREO - 10/2
Also Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Red-eyed and
Blue-headed Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, and warblers that included Cape May,
Yellow-rumped, Black-and-white, Magnolia, and American Redstart.
Sightings from LITTLE GAP, Northampton County included:
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER - 10/2.
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Bald Eagle - 1 on 9/30, 10/5, and 10/6
Northern Goshawk - 1 on 10/4
Golden Eagle - 1 on 10/3 and 10/5
Merlin - 3 on 10/3
Peregrine Falcons - 3 on 9/30, 10/2, and 10/4
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER - 9/30 and 10/1 ('fly-by's)
Also, in addition to the more common raptors, were Black Vulture,
Red-shouldered Hawk, Wild Turkey, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Yellow-billed
Cuckoo, Chimney Swift, Tree Swallow, Common Raven, Red-breasted Nuthatch,
Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglet, Carolina Wren, Swainson's Thrush,
Cedar Waxwing, Red-eyed and Blue-headed Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, Dark-eyed
Junco, American Goldfinch, and warblers that included Yellow-rumped, Cape
May, Canada, Blackpoll, Black-and-white, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated
Green, and Common Yellowthroat.
Sightings from the HENNINGSVILLE area, Berks County included:
Osprey, Eastern Phoebe, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Golden-crowned Kinglet,
Carolina Wren, Gray Catbird, Palm and Yellow-rumped Warbler, White-throated
Sparrow, and American Goldfinch.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
At the Church Road area: Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, Common Merganser,
and Field, Swamp, and White-throated Sparrow.
And, at the Walt Road area: RED-HEADED WOODPECKER - 10/3.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
Bald Eagle - to at least 10/1
Merlin - 9/30
PHILADELPHIA VIREO - 9/30
CONNECTICUT WARBLER - 10/2
Also Common Loon, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Spotted Sandpiper,
Lesser Black-backed Gull, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Bank
Swallow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, American Pipit,
Blue-headed Vireo, Indigo Bunting, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak,
Swamp, Lincoln's, Savannah, and White-throated Sparrow, Purple Finch, and
warblers that included Yellow, Wilson's, Canada, Blackpoll, and
Blackburnian.
Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey included:
At the Scotts Mountain hawkwatch:
Bald Eagle - 4 on 10/3, 2 on 10/4, 10/5, and 10/6
Peregrine Falcon - 1 on 9/30, 10/2, and 10/4
Merlin - 2 on 10/1
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER - 1 on 10/2 and 10/3
Also, in addition to the more common raptors, were Common Loon and
Pied-billed Grebe.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Hummer in Bristol
From: Linda Rowan <lrowan(AT)LOCALNET.COM>
Date: 7 Oct 2004 8:04am
Greetings
Observed the hummer many times from 6;40 - 7:10 AM. Actively moving
between the feeder and the pruple butterfly bush. I could stand in the
driveway within 3 feet of the feeder and it still came to the feeder.
Had a good look as it sat in the butterfly bush. Wings seem as ong as the
tail when the bird is at rest. Saw it stretch and fan it's tail. Seems
that the 2 outer tail feathers on each side have white tips.
Am I correct in thinking that hummers migrate at night like other
songbirds? Just wondering if I don't see the hummer early one morning if
I should assume it has moved on.
Linda
lrowan(AT)localnet.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] UNSUSCRIBE
From: "Hawrot, Rita" <RHawrot(AT)PACONSERVE.ORG>
Date: 7 Oct 2004 8:18am
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Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Hummer in Bristol
From: Scott Weidensaul <sweidnsl(AT)INFIONLINE.NET>
Date: 7 Oct 2004 8:36am
Linda,
The assumption was usually made that hummers migrated only by day,
since so many are seen passing lookouts like Hawk Mountain. But
several times in spring I've had none in the evening, and one at the
feeder at daybreak, so I suspect they may be more flexible about that
than we thought.
Scott Weidensaul
Schuylkill Haven, Pa.
>Greetings
>
>Observed the hummer many times from 6;40 - 7:10 AM. Actively moving
>between the feeder and the pruple butterfly bush. I could stand in the
>driveway within 3 feet of the feeder and it still came to the feeder.
>Had a good look as it sat in the butterfly bush. Wings seem as ong as the
>tail when the bird is at rest. Saw it stretch and fan it's tail. Seems
>that the 2 outer tail feathers on each side have white tips.
>Am I correct in thinking that hummers migrate at night like other
>songbirds? Just wondering if I don't see the hummer early one morning if
>I should assume it has moved on.
>Linda
>lrowan(AT)localnet.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Conejohela Flats - what remains?
From: Mike Tanis <gmtanis(AT)SNIP.NET>
Date: 7 Oct 2004 10:16am
Ted Drozdowski and I are hoping to get out for a full day of birding this
weekend in Dauphin/Lancaster/Lebanon counties. Not having seen any recent
reports, I was wondering about the status of the Conejohela Flats. Do the
Flats even exist anymore, after last Tuesday's flooding? Is it going to be
worth our while to haul a canoe around with us all day in order to go out
on the river? The Susquehanna still looked pretty high when I drove over
the Turnpike bridge last Saturday afternoon.
I saw Gerry Boltz's interesting report on Mt. Pleasant Rd of a couple of
days ago. Does anyone know of other particularly productive
Lancaster/Lebanon county farm fields/meadows for Horned Lark, Am. Pipit,
and sparrows?
Any other help you could provide with uncommon species of waterfowl or
feeder birds we could add to our day would be wonderful.
Thanks everyone,
Mike Tanis
Audubon PA
gmtanis AT snip DOT net
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Pine Siskin E.Lancaster Co.
From: Chuck Chalfant <chuckchalfant(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 7 Oct 2004 5:31pm
Greetings birders,
Right at this moment I have a single "PINE SISKIN" at our feeder
in Gap Penna. Lancaster Co. Not part of a flock as is usual in late
winter here. There are a few goldfinch around also but they have
been here at feeder for weeks.
Happy trails,
Chuck Chalfant
Gap, Penna.
E.Lancaster Co.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Bristol Hummer -- no show
From: Linda Rowan <lrowan(AT)LOCALNET.COM>
Date: 7 Oct 2004 5:53pm
I observed this evening for an hour and did not see this hummer who visited like
clockwork. We may never know if it was a vagrant. If it appears tomorrow
morning, I'll post it.
Linda Rowan
lrowan(AT)localnet.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Rose Tree Park (07 Oct 2004) 54 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 7 Oct 2004 7:51pm
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Turkey Vulture 0 1 10
Black Vulture 0 0 10
Osprey 0 20 173
Northern Harrier 0 3 30
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 2 8 65
Sharp-shinned Hawk 27 232 796
Cooper's Hawk 4 38 135
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 7 10
Broad-winged Hawk 4 34 3100
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 5 30 52
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 8 32 148
Merlin 0 1 24
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 7
Unknown 1 8 33
Total: 54 417 4595
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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, Charles Smith
Observers: Andy Burns, Barbara Shanko, Carole Brown, Jim McConnell,
John D'Amico, Skip Conant
Visitors:
3
Weather:
More blue skies, winds variable and southerly 3-9 MPH. Temperaure 56-73F.
Observations:
2 Juvenile BEs at 1352 and 1446 EDT.
196 Canada Geese
Predictions:
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds.
========================================================================
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] Beaver River-Beaver Co.
From: mark vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 7 Oct 2004 8:26pm
I stopped to check some spots along the Beaver River on the New Brighton side
this evening
Here are some of the birds seen
1 A. Coot
16 Wood Duck
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Belted Kingfisher
4 Killdeer
70-80 Chimney Swift
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Allegheny Front (07 Oct 2004) 89 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 7 Oct 2004 9:04pm
Allegheny Front Hawkwatch, Central City,
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
TV 15 82 82
BE 1 5 46
OS 0 3 142
NH 0 9 51
SS 25 280 597
CH 18 61 168
NG 1 2 5
RS 0 6 20
BW 0 1 5566
RT 27 201 506
RL 1 1 1
GE 0 3 3
AK 1 16 69
ML 0 6 14
PG 0 8 10
BV 0 0 26
UA 0 1 18
UB 0 1 26
UF 0 0 2
UE 0 0 2
UR 0 11 73
Total: 89 697 7427
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Ken Byerly
Observers: Tom Dick
Visitors:
Also observing,Scott Detwiler and Teresa Cessna.
15.
Weather:
Wind:W med.,then SE by 1PM, then E.
Temp:13-20c.
Clcv: 0.
Vis: Very Clear.
Observations:
BE 1:53 Adult.
RL 12:45 Dark Imm.
Blueheaded Vireo.
Blackthroated Blue.
Predictions:
Patchy valley fog in am. Mid 70s., light variable winds becoming south
10mph.
========================================================================
Report submitted by Anthony Barle (abarle(AT)earthlink.net)
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Waggoner's Gap (07 Oct 2004) 167 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 7 Oct 2004 9:30pm
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 07, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 10 10
TV 27 141 141
OS 0 24 408
BE 1 11 119
NH 1 11 102
SS 101 796 2567
CH 10 127 380
NG 0 1 2
RS 3 16 30
BW 1 23 4073
RT 20 110 326
RL 0 0 0
GE 1 3 3
AK 0 13 225
ML 0 3 14
PG 1 10 20
UR 1 25 75
Total: 167 1324 8495
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Observation start time: 07:45:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 8.75 hours
Official Counter: Dave Grove
Observers: Deb Gingrich, Joe Lavella, Ron Freed
Visitors:
Marge and Jerry Howard. 2
Weather:
No clouds, light variable winds going SW
Observations:
BE at 3:07, GE at 1:05. PG at 12:18
========================================================================
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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