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Subject: [PABIRDS] Fwd: Wellsboro Gazette Story on the SGL#313/IBA#27
(The Muck) Project
From: "Carmen T. Santasania" <CTSANTASANIA(AT)CS.COM>
Date: 15 Oct 2004 4:58am
All,
Good article on The Muck IBA.
Carmen Santasania
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Hummingbird, Snyder Co.
From: Mick Brown <Browncreeper1(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 15 Oct 2004 11:29am
This morning (10/15) as I stepped out onto my front porch I was shocked to
hear and then see a hummingbird at some flowers! It was small, somewhat
chunky-looking, and had a definite rusty tinge, but not as much as a adult male
rufous or Allen's (Sibley guide). It was humming loudly (if that means
anything?).
It was a very brief encounter as my wife opened the front door and
inadvertantly spooked it. I then had to leave to take her to work. I have the
day off
so I'll be staking out the yard all day and will update. I have feeders out
but did not see it use them, only the flowers.
Mick Brown
Middleburg, Pa.
Snyder County
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Subject: [PABIRDS] City of Pgh/Lincoln's Sp./Winter Wren
From: Daniel Yagusic <dyagusic(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 15 Oct 2004 12:47pm
two new species showed up this am at our East Liberty
grounds
WINTER WREN-1
LINCOLN'S SPARROW-2
Swamp Sparrow-3 here today
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Etna Borough
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Bradford Dam - Folly Road Access 7am - 9am
From: Gail Johnson <birdhusker(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 15 Oct 2004 2:34pm
This is a Warrington city park, but I didn't catch the name. Farm fields,
playing fields, etc. this access, leading to streams and forest. Birds
everywhere, mostly familiar ones.
Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawk chasing crows - playing fields on west side
of Folly.
Goldfinches, house finches, white-throated and song sparrows, Yellow-rumped
warblers, mockingbirds, cardinals, chickadees, titmice, WB Nuthatches,
mourning doves, common grackles, Eastern Phoebes
Red-bellied and downy woodpeckers
2 field sparrows
2 swamp sparrows
1 Snow Goose in the middle of 700 Canada geese feeding in field just east
of Folly
Rufous-sided Towhee (heard only)
I love to start the morning like this.
Gail Johnson, Warminster
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Purple finches, Pine siskins, Northampton County
From: Davilene(AT)AOL.COM
Date: 15 Oct 2004 3:59pm
This morning, Friday, the 15th, a few purple finches and pine siskins joined
the goldfinches and other birds at feeders in the front yard. Yesterday there
were, similarly, a few purple finches at feeders in the back yard.
Yellow-rumped warblers remain plentiful along the edge of the yard, and
ruby-crowned
kinglets are there regularly now.
The fields remain very active. Today there were 9 sparrow species (song,
swamp, Lincoln's, field, chipping, whitethroated, whitecrowned, vesper,
Savannah)
in the sunflower/foxtail millet/pigeon mix where the dickcissel was last
weekend. That bird is no longer here to my knowledge. Palm warblers are around
here
and there in some of the fields and small flocks of red-winged blackbirds are
moving in and out. I'm seeing one or more northern harriers every day now,
with 3 being the most I've seen at one time. All of them to date have been
young
birds.
Good birding.
Arlene Koch
Easton, PA
Northampton County
davilene(AT)aol.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Allegheny Front (15 Oct 2004) 0 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 15 Oct 2004 5:11pm
Allegheny Front Hawkwatch, Central City,
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
TV 0 147 147
BE 0 6 47
OS 0 8 147
NH 0 13 55
SS 0 409 726
CH 0 88 195
NG 0 2 5
RS 0 10 24
BW 0 1 5566
RT 0 392 697
RL 0 1 1
GE 0 6 6
AK 0 23 76
ML 0 12 20
PG 0 15 17
BV 0 21 47
UA 0 7 24
UB 0 7 32
UF 0 1 3
UE 0 0 2
UR 0 18 80
Total: 0 1187 7917
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 10:15:00
Total observation time: 2.25 hours
Official Counter: Jim Rocco
Observers:
Weather:
HEAVY RAIN AND FOG
VISIBILITY LESS THAN 50 FEET
CLOUD COVER VERY LOW
WINDS MODERATE OUT OF THE SE
Observations:
NO BIRDS OF ANY KIND
Predictions:
POSSIBLE SHOWERS
TEMP. IN UPPER 40'S TO LOW 50'S
========================================================================
Report submitted by Jim Rocco ()
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Waggoner's Gap (15 Oct 2004) 19 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 15 Oct 2004 5:19pm
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 14 14
TV 17 366 366
OS 0 41 425
BE 0 18 126
NH 0 38 129
SS 0 1812 3583
CH 0 261 514
NG 0 4 5
RS 0 26 40
BW 0 24 4074
RT 1 404 620
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 9 9
AK 0 34 246
ML 0 13 24
PG 1 21 31
UR 0 52 102
Total: 19 3137 10308
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Observation start time: 11:30:00
Observation end time: 15:15:00
Total observation time: 3.75 hours
Official Counter: Dave Grove
Observers: Craig Houston
Weather:
Rain and fog until 11, moderate S wind until 3, then WNW wind plus rain.
Observations:
Nothing smaller than the 1:56 PG flew today.
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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] Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Pittsburgh
From: "Kate St. John" <KStJohn(AT)WQED.ORG>
Date: 15 Oct 2004 7:03pm
This afternoon my friend Karen & I found a dead Yellow-billed Cuckoo on
campus at Univ of Pittsburgh. It looked like it had been hit by a peregrine
and fell to the ground before the falcon could catch it. (The adult
peregrines at Pitt never land on the ground, so if they miss retrieving a
bird after they punch it, they let it fall.)
Neither Karen nor I are forensic experts so we couldn't tell when it was
killed, but its feathers & body were still in good condition so I would
guess it was recent, maybe even today.
Cold front came through today. Windy. Brrrrrr.
Kate St. John, Pittsburgh
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Subject: [PABIRDS] No hummer, Snyder Co.
From: Mick Brown <Browncreeper1(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 15 Oct 2004 7:39pm
Despite a watchful eye all day, the hummer was not seen anymore. I'll
continue watching and update if it returns.
Mick Brown
Middleburg, Pa.
Snyder County
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Snow Goose-Beaver Co.
From: mark vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 15 Oct 2004 7:39pm
This afternoon I checked some of my local spots
BEAVER CO.
Independence Marsh
1 SNOW GOOSE(white phase,not a common bird for s.w. Pa.)
1 D.c. Cormorant
2 Green-winged Teal
1 Black Duck
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
Ambridge Reservoir
1 Wilson`s Snipe(feeding on mudflat behind the house near Rt.18)
ALLEGHENY CO.
Bald Knob
1 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Green-winged Teal
4 N. Harrier
2 Red-tailed Hawk
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Clinton Co. shorebirds, 10/15
From: Wayne Laubscher <wlaubsch(AT)CUB.KCNET.ORG>
Date: 15 Oct 2004 7:55pm
Today's rain brought another wave of shorebirds to eastern Clinton
County. At a flooded field along the River/ Island Road east of Lock
Haven was a flock of about 200 birds. Roughly 90% were Dunlin and 10%
Pectoral Sandpipers. At South Avis where there is a flooded area along
the road in a cornfield was a flock of about 40 Dunlin.
Wayne Laubscher
Lock Haven
wlaubsch(AT)cub.kcnet.org
"Owl be back"
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Rose Tree Park (15 Oct 2004) 0 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 15 Oct 2004 9:16pm
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 0 77 86
Black Vulture 0 2 12
Osprey 0 23 176
Northern Harrier 0 8 35
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 0 15 72
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 329 893
Cooper's Hawk 0 64 161
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 14 17
Broad-winged Hawk 0 34 3100
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 40 62
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 50 166
Merlin 0 1 24
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 7
Unknown 0 13 38
Total: 0 673 4851
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6 hours
Official Counter: Charlie Haag
Observers:
Visitors:
No visitors today, just our steadfast counter.
Weather:
Low visibility due to fog and approaching rain for much of the day. SSE
winds were blowing 3-15mph. Temps from 59-66F. Rain set in and started
pouring from the sky just around three pm. Heavy downpours followed just
after three and continued through the early evening.
Observations:
No migrant birds spotted today.
For the second day in a row, the birds weren't flying over our site. Kudos
to both Dave Washabaugh yesterday, and Charlie Haag today, for keeping
vigil at the park despite the unfavorable weather.
Predictions:
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers or a thunderstorm in the
afternoon. Blustery with highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 15 to 20
mph becoming west late.
========================================================================
Report submitted by Holly Merker (HCYbelle(AT)aol.com)
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA information may be found at:
www.jl-studio.com/RTP_HW
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Subject: [PABIRDS] DVOC ANNUAL BANQUET ON NOV 21
From: Frank Windfelder <fwindfelder(AT)ATT.NET>
Date: 15 Oct 2004 9:18pm
You are invited to the annual banquet of the Delaware Valley Ornithological
Club.
All of the information on the annual banquet is listed on our website at
www.dvoc.org. After entering the site, click on NEW - Annual Banquet.
Below are some "appetizers", but you need to go to the website for the "full
course".
We can promise you great food, good company, and a fabulous speaker.
DVOC's Annual Banquet will feature Dr. Carl Safina of New York.
His topic: "Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope & Survival"
(www.blueoceaninstitute.org)
DVOC Annual Banquet
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Non-members and Guests are Welcome!
Cocktails 6:00 pm (cash bar) Dinner 7:00 pm
Penn's Landing Caterers at Sheet Metal Workers' Hall
(On the Delaware River waterfront just south of where Washington Avenue
intersects Columbus Ave)
1301 Columbus Blvd
Philadelphia PA 19147
Price: $39.50 per person (prix fix) for the full dinner. (All entrees are the
same price)
Entree Selections are
(1) Sautéed boneless breast of chicken with marsala sauce
(2) Tilapia (fish) with lemon herb peppercorn cream sauce
(3) Vegetarian platter
Remember to go to www.dvoc.org for all the details!
--
fwindfelder(AT)yahoo.com
fwindfelder(AT)att.net
(215)673-0240 OR (215)673-2034
9233 Convent Avenue
Phila, Pa. 19114
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Christian Springs, Northampton County
From: "Wiltraut, Richard E" <rwiltraut(AT)STATE.PA.US>
Date: 15 Oct 2004 9:22pm
Tonight after work I stopped by Christian Springs. Water level has been going
down producing some nice mudflats. Steve Boyce was there when I arrived looking
at a large flock of Dunlins. We counted 87 Dunlins. Also one juvenile
Black-bellied Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral and Least
Sandpipers, several American Pipits.
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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