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Subject: [PABIRDS] Cackling Goose @ Green Pond, Northampton County
From: Dave DeReamus <becard(AT)FAST.NET>
Date: 23 Oct 2004 2:49am
Hi all,
After reading Billy Weber's post, I made it a point to stop at Green Pond on
the way to work (Friday afternoon) to see if I could pick out any of his
four Cackling Geese. After scanning through the ~1000 Canadas, I found one
bird that definitely showed all the signs of being a Cackling of the
"Richardson's" race.
It was much smaller than the other Canadas it was with and was only slightly
larger than the Mallards that were also in the vicinity.
It had a very stubby bill compared to the others around it, somewhat
resembling the comparison of a Ross's Goose's shape with that of a Snow's.
The head was flat-topped or squarish with a 'point' above the steep forehead
and another near the back of it.
Another thing that made this bird stand out among the rest was the 'silvery'
or lighter gray appearance of the back and breast.
I never found more than that one, but I spent so much time looking at it
that I ran out of time before I had the chance to do a more thorough check.
Maybe I'll get a chance tomorrow.
Incidentally, there was also a young Snow Goose at the pond, too.
Good Birding,
Dave DeReamus
Compiler of the 'Eastern PA Birdline'
Easton, PA
becard(AT)fast.net
Eastern PA Birding Website: http://www.users.fast.net/~becard/index.html
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Subject: [PABIRDS] brant, east lancaster
From: Jeff Karnicky <Jeff.Karnicky(AT)MILLERSVILLE.EDU>
Date: 23 Oct 2004 9:48am
A flock of ten brants just landed on the pond behind Greenfield Estates
apartments off of Greenfield Rd. in eastern
Lancaster(the same pond where the pink-footed goose appeared briefly last
February 29). This is the first time I've seen this many at this pond
(there was one in the park across the street a couple of years ago).
Jeff Karnicky
Lancaster
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Waterbird count
From: JerryMcW(AT)AOL.COM
Date: 23 Oct 2004 2:47pm
Saturday, October 23, 2004
Waterbird count:
Location: Sunset Point at Presque Isle State Park
Time: 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Weather: clear, temp. 43 to 55 F, wind SE to 15 mph, waves less than one
foot.
Comments: Waterfowl movement was light. About 50% of all birds were flying
west and the rest were flying in all directions. All Horned Grebes were flying
east and all cormorants and starlings were flying across the lake from Canada.
I watched several gulls pursuing a passerine with one of the gulls finally
catching and eating the bird in mid-air.
Waterbirds recorded:
Canada Goose-3
American Wigeon-3
Green-winged Teal-4
Surf Scoter-7 (1 male, 6 females)
White-winged Scoter-3
Black Scoter-3 (2 male, 1 female)
Long-tailed duck-1
Hooded Merganser-8
Red-breasted Merganser-12
Red-throated Loon-2
Common Loon-40
Loon species-13 (probably all Common Loons)
Horned Grebe-8
Double-crested Cormorant-215
Other birds flying over or along the lake:
Merlin-2
Golden-crowned Kinglet-1
Unidentified kinglet-1
European Starling-86
American Pipit-6
Unidentified passerine-1
American Goldfinch-1
Jerry McWilliams
Erie, erie County, Pa.
jerrymcw(AT)aol.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] A Brant in Milheim, PA, to-day, Sat.
From: "Molly A. Heath" <maheath1(AT)VERIZON.NET>
Date: 23 Oct 2004 4:04pm
Hi All,
Mark King of Aaronsburg (phone #: 349--8005) asked me to post: There
is (3:30 PM) a Brant at a very small farm
pond in Milheim on the Jesse Burkholder Farm. Property
Owners are delighted, are new birders, would not mind visitors, who phone first,
before the visit. Phone number of
the Burkholders: 349--8201.... (church-goers...)
Road directions: Go East on #45 (say, out of Boalsburg)
until you are 1 and 1/2 miles east of Penns Valley High School. Turn Right onto
Paradise Rd. Go 2 miles. Turn
left onto Burkholder Lane. The Jesse Burkholder farm is the last farm on the
right. The very small pond is next to the
farmhouse. (No telling how long the Brant will stay....)
By the way, the 4 Brant reported yesterday from
Centre Co., were still present this morning, but, were just at
edge of Beach, in Bald Eagle State Park.
A Brant Fall-out!
Molly Heath
Centre County
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Silver Lake in Bucks CO
From: Doug Filler <d.filler(AT)VERIZON.NET>
Date: 23 Oct 2004 4:27pm
The following were seen or heard on the morning birdwalk from the Silver Lake
Nature Center.
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue-headed Vireo
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch
Doug Filler
www.dougfiller.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] First winter birds.
From: James Smith <Jimsmith0212(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 23 Oct 2004 5:55pm
Greetings from Holtwood,
My first Juncos and White-throated Sparrows were first seen, this afternoon,
at my ground feeders. They seemed to have arrived along with a small flock of
Ruby-crowned Kinglets. The Juncos a little earlier than last year, the
White-throats a little later. Location is piedmont, extreme southern Lancaster
County.
Jim Smith, Consulting Naturalist
PPL Holtwood Environmental Preserve
Holtwood, Lancaster County, PA
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Rose Tree Park (23 Oct 2004) 197 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 23 Oct 2004 6:10pm
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 45 267 276
Black Vulture 0 27 37
Osprey 0 35 188
Northern Harrier 1 17 44
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 3 29 86
Sharp-shinned Hawk 71 521 1085
Cooper's Hawk 0 88 185
Northern Goshawk 0 2 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 8 29 32
Broad-winged Hawk 0 35 3101
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 68 149 171
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 0 59 175
Merlin 1 10 33
Peregrine Falcon 0 3 9
Unknown 0 22 47
Total: 197 1294 5472
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Bill Roache, Sheryl Johnson
Observers: Chris Pugliese, Dave Washabaugh, Gary Becker, Jim Lockyer,
John D'Amico, Shirley Robbins, Skip Conant
Visitors:
Eric D'Allesandro
Weather:
The day started out fair, and became partly cloudy, with mostly NE winds,
4-15 MPH. Temperature 49-57F.
Observations:
3 Bald Eagles - 1 juvenile at 1259 EDT and 2 adults at 1415 and 1430 EDT
1 Common Loon
2 Chimney Swift
1 Eastern Meadowlark
3 Monarch Butterflies
1 Mourning Cloak Butterfly
Predictions:
Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s. North 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] Sat bird walk Pennypack Trust Montgomery co.
From: JoAnnR36(AT)AOL.COM
Date: 23 Oct 2004 6:38pm
What a gorgeous, sunny day and all the sparrows were up on weeds. We started
in the parking lot with a fine sharpie perched in a close tree and then
gliding into the bird blind area. The grasslands produced 3 meadowlarks,many
savannah sparrows and swamp,chipping,song and a field sparrow. 20 bluebirds of
all
ages were in a locust tree. Yellow rumps and palm warblers were easy to find
and a bonus traveling with them was Blue headed vireo and a hermit thrush.
The grassland restoration is harboring many sparrows and kinglets,seed heads
are great food. JoAnn
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Baird's Sandpiper, Northampton, Co.
From: Dustin Welch <DWelch5951(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 23 Oct 2004 6:39pm
Christian Spring Rd., Nazareth 4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
There is was what I believe to be a Baird's Sandpiper feeding with at least 7
dunlin at Christian Spring Rd. This bird was only slightly smaller in size
than the Dunlin and pectoral sandpipers it was feeding with. It was brownish
overall (no visible scaling on back) with a brown finely streaked breast band
with a black finely tipped bill. It fed mostly away from the water on the mud
flats, usually around 2 dunlin and a pectoral sandpiper and only entered the
water to bathe. The wings extended slightly past the tail but the bird did not
seem to have a very sleek appearance (it looked a little plump). This bird
exposed its dark rump while preening and in flight when it flew with dunlin to
another part of the pond. If anyone sees this bird and feels I was mistaken
please let me know.
Also present:
Brant 1
Northern Shoveler 1
Green-winged teal 14
Dunlin 7
Pectoral Sandpiper (several)
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
American Pipit
and a couple hundred non-Cackling Canada Geese
Dustin Welch
Danielsville, PA
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Moraine S.P.-Butler Co.
From: mark vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 23 Oct 2004 8:26pm
Here are some sightings from Moraine this morning
Porter`s Cove
1 Ruddy Duck
3 Pied-billed Grebe
4 D.c. Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
Upper 528 launch
There was a feeding flock of birds at the parking lot when I arrived
among the birds were
1 LINCOLN`S SPARROW
1 Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Cedar Waxwings
also
24 Pied-billed Grebe
4 A. Wigeon
2 Ruddy Duck
Waterfowl Observation area
1 N. Shoveler
26 Ring-necked Duck
1 Ruddy Duck
6 A. Coot
2 Pied-billed Grebe
4 Wood Duck
2 Killdeer
I watched a 6pt. buck swim across the lake here
Day Use area
35 Ruddy Duck
3 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Black Duck
150+ A. Coot
2 Killdeer
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Pymatuning-Crawford Co.
From: mark vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 23 Oct 2004 8:35pm
Here are some sightings from Pymatuning this afternoon
Fish Hatchery
3 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Black-bellied Plover
1 Short-billed Dowitcher
44 Pectoral Sandpiper
100-125 Dunlin
6 Semi-palmated Sandpiper
2 Least Sandpiper
15 Killdeer
3 Great Egret
5 Wood Duck
3 Pied-billed Grebe
12 Green-winged Teal
7 Gadwall
17 N. Shoveler
5 Hooded Merganser
100-110 Common Merganser(hens)
2 Bald Eagle
Spillway
1 Ruddy Duck
Miller`s Ponds
26 A. Wigeon
64 Gadwall
7 Black Duck
7 N. Pintail
8 Green-winged Teal
3 N. Shoveler
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Clarion Co- snow bunting
From: Carole Willenpart <cwillenpart(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 23 Oct 2004 8:45pm
Hi all,
Checked the Curllsville strips for owls again this evening but didn't see
any this time. However was very pleased to find a snow bunting along the road,
as well as white-crowned sparrow and savannah sparrow. A pair of ring-necked
ducks on the pond as well.
Yellow-rumped warblers were around for my morning walk as well as swamp,
song, white-throated and white-crowned sparrows. Golden-crowned kinglets were
all through the yard today, calling all day long and moving about, couldn't even
guess how many. Also a mockingbird singing out by the barn!
Carole Willenpart
Sligo, Clarion Co.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Allegheny Front (23 Oct 2004) 686 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 23 Oct 2004 10:26pm
Allegheny Front Hawkwatch, Central City,
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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TV 90 285 285
BE 0 9 50
OS 3 11 150
NH 1 16 58
SS 246 767 1084
CH 32 125 232
NG 1 3 6
RS 0 10 24
BW 0 1 5566
RT 297 755 1060
RL 0 1 1
GE 5 12 12
AK 0 23 76
ML 6 22 30
PG 1 18 20
BV 1 22 48
UA 3 12 29
UB 0 7 32
UF 0 1 3
UE 0 0 2
UR 0 21 83
Total: 686 2121 8851
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Observation start time: 07:30:00
Observation end time: 17:30:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Gene & Nancy Flament
Observers: Ken Byerly, Kevin Georg, Ross Gallardy, Tom/Janet Kuehl
Visitors:
35 --- with many good spotters
Weather:
Wsp mod Wfm ese Temp 2 to 6c Clcv 100%
Visb fog to midday
Observations:
Htfl L to H
Juv GE 1:47
Adult GE 2:23
Sub Adult GE 2:40
Adult GE 3:15
Sub Adult GE 4:04
Massive fallout of passerines
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Report submitted by Nancy Flament ()
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Peace Valley Park & vicinity (10/17 - 10/23)
From: August Mirabella <AugustMirabella(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 23 Oct 2004 10:35pm
Late season migrants were much in evidence this week. Also, a two hour
count of raptors as a front passed on 2/22 resulted in a surprising 130+
individuals and one Monarch Butterfly. Waterfowl & gulls became more evident
later
in the week. Surprising on 10/23 was what must be a local high count of
Cackling Geese, with eight "Richardson's" seen together Pine Run Dam.
Highlights
include:
1 Red-throated Loon 10/22,10/23
1 Common Loon 10/21,10/22
1 Pied-billed Grebe thru 10/23
1 Great Egret thru 10/23 (Pine Run)
1 Mute Swan 10/18 & 10/20
37 Snow Geese 10/20 & 2 10/23
6 Brant 10/23
Green-winged Teal thru 10/23 with max. 13 10/22
Ring-necked Duck 10/22,10/23
Common Merganser 4 10/22, 2 10/23
2 Red-breasted Merganser 10/22
Ruddy Duck with max. 12 10/23
1 Osprey 10/20,10/22,10/23
1 Adult Bald Eagle continues thru 10/23
N. Harrier 10/21,10/23
Amer. Coot 10/22
Gr. Yellowlegs - flyby flock of 20 10/20
Spotted Sandpiper-thru 10/23; max 3 10/22
Least Sandpiper to at least 10/22 with max. 4 10/19
2 Pectoral Sandpiper 10/22
Dunlin thru 10/23 with max. 11 10/22
1 Amer. Woodcock 10/21
Lesser Bl.-backed Gulls all week with max. 47 10/23
Yel-bellied Sapsucker 10/23
E. Phoebe 10/21
1 Horned Lark 10/22,10/23
Tree Swallows were surprisingly common thru 10/22
1 N. Rough-winged Swallow 10/21
Brown Creeper 10/23
Winter Wren thru the week
Yel.-rumped Warblers and Golden & Ruby Crowned Kinglets remain common
Hermit Thrush 10/23
Amer. Pipit 10/21,10/22,10/23 - Small number of flybys + (26 10/21 Pine Run)
Blue-headed Vireo 10/22
5 Palm Warbler 10/21, 1 10/22
Indigo Bunting 10/22
Savannah & Swamp Sparrows remain common
White-crowned Sparrow thru the week
1 or 2 Vesper Sparrow 10/23
1 Fox Sparrow 10/21,10/23
1 NELSON'S SHARP TAILED SPARROW 10/21 (Pine Run)
1 Bobolink 10/22
3 E. Meadowlarks 10/23
Purple Finch-small numbers flying over(max. 10 10/21) and up to 3 at the
birdblind
1 Pine Siskin flyby 10/21
Migrant Raptors 10/22 as follows(most in 2 hrs.):
28 Turkey Vulture migrants 10/22
46 Sharp-shinned Hawk
4 Cooper's Hawk
24 Red-shouldered Hawks (Yes 24!)
24 Red-tailed Hawks
5 Amer. Kestrels
2 Merlin
August
Mirabella
North
Wales, PA
augustmirabella(AT)aol.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Waggoner's Gap (23 Oct 2004) 965 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 23 Oct 2004 10:43pm
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 23, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 5 36 36
TV 264 912 912
OS 10 76 460
BE 4 32 140
NH 13 58 149
SS 176 2612 4383
CH 40 371 624
NG 3 9 10
RS 32 73 87
BW 0 24 4074
RT 377 911 1127
RL 0 0 0
GE 11 30 30
AK 7 43 255
ML 5 30 41
PG 0 29 39
UR 18 80 130
Total: 965 5326 12497
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 10 hours
Official Counter: Dave Grove
Observers: Deb Gingrich, Gene Wagner, Joe Yoder, Keith Gingrich,
Mark Scarff
Visitors:
Joan Renninger, Betty Gish,Jeff Hook,Jon Heller,Shorty Lowe,
King's Gap Environmental Center(12), Kim Van Fleet, Deuane and Carolyn
Hoffman,Dan Snell, Dave Smith, Carl Laughlin, Ramsay Koury, many others
Weather:
Mostly sunny with a moderate SE wind becoming S in the afternoon
Observations:
BE at 11:54,1:09,1:10, and 3:46
GE at 8:10(2)11:07,12:03,12:08,12:10,1:05@:04,2:07,3:37, and 4:01
Monarchs 8. RHWP 2.
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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] Massive Passerine Fallout- Alleghney Front
From: Ross Gallardy <hossross7(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 23 Oct 2004 10:47pm
Hi everybody,
It was a great day at the Alleghney Front Hawk Watch. Not only were
there alot of hawks but also there were tons on little birds. Gene Flament,
Nancy Flament, Tony Barle, and myself arrived at the hawk watch at 8:30 a.m. As
we were driving in we could see alot of sparrows flying in front of us. We
weren't able to ID them at the time because it was very, very foggy. When we
parked the van and I got out i noticed that there were alot of kinglets. Within
5 minutes I counted 200!! kinglets passing by me. We then took a walk down the
entrance road to the hawk watch. Everywhere you looked there were birds and the
numbers were probably higher than i counted. In any spot if you would pish tons
of birds would come in to you. Also since it was foggy there were always birds
within ten feet of you.
List of birds: (highest to lowest number seen)
Golden-crowned/Ruby-crowned Kinglets- +1,000 (I estimated that 60% were probably
ruby-crowns but i wasn't to sure about the ratio)
American Robin- +250
Yellow-rumped Warbler 100-150
UnID Sparrow 100+
White-throated Sparrow +100
Dark-eyed Junco- 75 (most were seen in one large wave moving through the tree
tops)
Hermit Thrush +60
Palm Warbler-+30
Winter Wren +25 (I was really surprised with this many)
Song Sparrow 15
Eastern Bluebird 10
American Tree Sparrow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 5? Not really sure of number but there weren't alot
Pine Siskin- Heard Only (few over in the fog but sounded like at least a group
of them)
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Towhee 2
Blue-headed Vireo- 2
Chipping Sparrow 2
Cape-May Warbler 1
Fox Sparrow 1
Grey Catbird 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
NO Tuffted Titmouse (sort of odd not to see any)
I am probably missing a few other things
After the fallout:
686 Hawks
6 Canada Geese
8 Double-crested Comorants
Good Birding,
Ross Gallardy
Canonsburg, Pa
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