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Subject: [PABIRDS] Green Pond (Northampton) Cackling Geese - No (?)
From: "Hopkins,Jeffrey A" <HOPKINJA(AT)AIRPRODUCTS.COM>
Date: 22 Oct 2004 11:19am
After seeing Billy Weber's post about 4 cackling geese at Green Pond, I made a
quick run there last evening after work. Unfortunately, I didn't see any geese
that I felt sure were cacklings.
When I arrived there were 4 geese on the pond. They seemed somewhat short
billed and round headed, but compared to nearby mallards they seemed normal
goose size. Given that there were no other geese present, a comparison with
other geese wasn't in the cards. I ran over to the flooded fields where I found
many mallards and a few green-winged teal. At that point, small flocks of
geese started coming in to roost for the night on the main pond. I went back
there and tried to pick out the original four geese by size. I couldn't, so
that confirmed in my mind that the four originals probably weren't cacklings.
I stuck around until about 6:30 during which time a couple thousand geese came
in, none of which looked substantially smaller in flight or on the water. I did
pick out one or two birds with darker breasts than the majority - just slightly
lighter than the flanks. These again were not substantially different in size
shape or coloration from the mass of the flock, so I'll attribute this to other
Canada subspesies, some interbreeding with some of the darker western
subspecies, or natural variation in the Canada population.
I guess I'll just have to wait until a tiny goose shows up to be confident
enough to make the ID (since it would be a lifer).
Jeff Hopkins
Whitehall
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Dunlin, Snyder Co.
From: Mick Brown <Browncreeper1(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 22 Oct 2004 12:21pm
This morning I found 9 Dunlin in the muddy field adjacent to Middleburg Lake
in Middleburg, Snyder County. As far as shorebirds, this area is sporadic at
best, so I was pleased to find Dunlin. Yesterday there was a lone ruddy duck
on the lake.
Last evening (10/21) there were 22 snow geese along with 200 Canada's in a
corn-stubble field along Old Rt. 522 near Salem, Snyder Co. This morning the
Canada's were still there but the snow geese were gone.
Mick Brown
Middleburg, Pa.
Snyder County
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Pinchot Park/York County
From: RKoury123(AT)AOL.COM
Date: 22 Oct 2004 2:25pm
Hi Everyone,
Here are some highlights from a trip to Pinchot Park this morning. There is
still plenty of shorebird habitat.
Killdeer - 27
Greater Yellowlegs - 3
Lesser Yellowlegs - 5
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Least Sandpiper - 2
Pectoral Sandpiper - 13
White-rumped Sandpiper - 1
Dunlin - 46
Cliff Swallow - 1 (I tried hard to make this a Cave Swallow, but it wasn't!)
Purple Finch - 3
SNOW BUNTING - 1
Good Birding,
Ramsay Koury
Camp Hill
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Howard Boro Municipal Park, Fri. afternoon, 3PM
From: "Molly A. Heath" <maheath1(AT)VERIZON.NET>
Date: 22 Oct 2004 4:16pm
Hi All,
Howard Boro Municipal Park has 4 Brant, this
afternoon, and I last saw them walking around the lawn
with 20 Canada Geese.
BESP Lake has at least: 10 Common Loons, 10 Ruddy
Duck, a small raft of Scaup sp., 2 DC Cormorants,
and please keep an eye out for a possible imm. surf scoter.
I got distracted, lost sight of the possible scoter, before
I could be dead sure what I was seeing. Apologies! Molly
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Common Merganser-Beaver Co.
From: mark vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 22 Oct 2004 4:23pm
Here are some sightings I had earlier today in Beaver Co.
I checked the Beaver River from the New Brighton boat launch up to the 10th St.
dam
1 Common Merganser(hen,first one seen in the county this fall)
1 A. Coot
6 Wood Duck
2 Black Duck
16 Ring-billed Gull
5 Herring Gull
2 Killdeer
Little Blue Run
2 Pectoral Sandpiper
46 Killdeer
3 A. Pipit
2 Black Duck
1 E. Phoebe
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Powdermill Banding Website Updated
From: Adrienne Leppold <quasar_5(AT)LYCOS.COM>
Date: 22 Oct 2004 4:50pm
Dear Birders/Banders,
I have just updated the website with highlights covering the week of 10/12-10/17
at http://www.westol.com/~banding/Fall2004_101204.htm
Two new species were banded for the season, our first White-crowned and Fox
Sparrows. We had a large fallout of Yellow-rumped Warblers this week, and due
to bad weather much of the week, most of the birds were grounded, allowing us to
catch and band a large portion of them, bringing our totals to near average for
the season. Included is a comparison of male and female plumages from two of
the YRWA banded this week. We banded our second Savannah Sparrow and our 71st
Blue-headed Vireo, well surpassing the previous fall record of 58 in 1985.
I will continue to update the recent banding totals and season totals daily.
Happy birding/banding,
Adrienne Leppold
Bander/Research Assistant
Powdermill Nature Reserve/
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
1847 Route 381
Rector, PA 15677
(724) 593-7521
http://www.westol.com/~banding
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Allegheny Front (22 Oct 2004) 0 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 22 Oct 2004 6:53pm
Allegheny Front Hawkwatch, Central City,
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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TV 0 195 195
BE 0 9 50
OS 0 8 147
NH 0 15 57
SS 0 521 838
CH 0 93 200
NG 0 2 5
RS 0 10 24
BW 0 1 5566
RT 0 458 763
RL 0 1 1
GE 0 7 7
AK 0 23 76
ML 0 16 24
PG 0 17 19
BV 0 21 47
UA 0 9 26
UB 0 7 32
UF 0 1 3
UE 0 0 2
UR 0 21 83
Total: 0 1435 8165
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Observation start time: 09:30:00
Observation end time: 12:00:00
Total observation time: 2.5 hours
Official Counter: Jim Rocco
Observers: Dean Jobe, Ruth Sager
Visitors:
1 visitor
Weather:
winds light from the SE
cloud cover 100%
light rain heavy fog
visibility less than 50 ft
Observations:
Predictions:
partialy cloudy temperature's in mid 50's
winds from SE
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Report submitted by Jim Rocco ()
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Waggoner's Gap (22 Oct 2004) 165 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 22 Oct 2004 6:56pm
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 31 31
TV 30 648 648
OS 1 66 450
BE 1 28 136
NH 2 45 136
SS 82 2436 4207
CH 11 331 584
NG 1 6 7
RS 9 41 55
BW 0 24 4074
RT 20 534 750
RL 0 0 0
GE 5 19 19
AK 0 36 248
ML 1 25 36
PG 0 29 39
UR 2 62 112
Total: 165 4361 11532
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Observation start time: 10:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Dave Grove, Gene Wagner
Observers: Craig Houston, Deb Gingrich, Gene Wagner
Visitors:
Holly Smith 2
Weather:
Drizzle ended mid morning, fog lifted at 10, light SE wind going to NE
Observations:
BE at 1:55.GE at 1:43,1:45, 1:48,2:40 and 2:45.
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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] Clarion CO- SE owls
From: Carole Willenpart <cwillenpart(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 22 Oct 2004 7:31pm
Hi All,
Short-eared owls are back at the Curllsville strips, three were there this
evening, 6:30 or so. It was getting pretty dark by then so there may have been
others that we missed. Nice to see them back!
Carole Willenpart
Sligo, Clarion Co.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Rose Tree Park (22 Oct 2004) 240 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 22 Oct 2004 7:50pm
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 22, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 137 222 231
Black Vulture 23 27 37
Osprey 1 35 188
Northern Harrier 5 16 43
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 1 26 83
Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 450 1014
Cooper's Hawk 8 88 185
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 21 24
Broad-winged Hawk 0 35 3101
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 32 81 103
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 1 1 1
American Kestrel 3 59 175
Merlin 0 9 32
Peregrine Falcon 0 3 9
Unknown 5 22 47
Total: 240 1097 5275
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Janet Crawford, Shirley Robbins
Observers: Andy Burns, Bill Roache, Charles Smith, Janet Crawford,
Jim McConnell, John D'Amico, Shirley Robbins
Visitors:
Dan & Matt, Deb, Bill Stuhl, and 2 others
Weather:
Partly cloudy with NE winds, 9-12 MPH. Temperature 48-55F.
Observations:
1st Golden Eagle of the year - an adult at 1445 EDT
1 Adult Bald Eagle at 1130 EDT
165 Canada Geese
1 Monarch Butterfly
Predictions:
Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 10 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
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Ring-necked Duck & Shorebirds-Allegheny Co.
From: mark vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 22 Oct 2004 9:11pm
I checked these locations this afternoon
Dashields Dam
1 Ring-necked Duck(drake)
Moody Rd. Pond
1 A. Coot
Bald Knob
8 Greater Yellowlegs
7 Dunlin
10 Killdeer
3 E. Meadowlark
3 N. Harrier
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Green Lane (Montgomery Co.)
From: "Hopkins,Jeffrey A" <HOPKINJA(AT)AIRPRODUCTS.COM>
Date: 22 Oct 2004 9:19pm
Thanks to a tip from George Franchois, this evening I headed down to Church Rd.
at Green Lane Reservoir. After having the entire flock of geese spook because
of a hot air balloon right after I got there, they settled back down which gave
me a chance to pick out a cackling goose from the flock. According to George,
there have been as many as four present for over two weeks.
Also present were 10 female common mergansers, a few green-winged teal, and the
bald eagle pair perched side by side on the osprey platform. I'd never seen a
pair perched together before, and the size difference was quite pronounced.
Very cool.
Good birding,
Jeff Hopkins
Whitehall
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