Central Pennsylvania RBA
March 11, 2010
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- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Central Pennsylvania
* March 11, 2010
* PACE1003.11
Bird Highlights
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Lancaster Co.)
ROSS'S GOOSE (Lancaster & Lebanon Cos.)
SANDHILL CRANE (Lebanon Co.)
NORTHERN SHRIKE (Carbon Co.)
- Transcript
Hotline: Central Pennsylvania Birdline
March 11, 2010
To Report: TimeTraveler50@comcast.net
Compiler: Mark A. McConaughy
Coverage: Central Pennsylvania, Susquehanna River Drainage System
Transcriber: Mark A. McConaughy
Welcome to Pennsylvania Audubon's and the Patriot-News' Birdline. This Birdline
covers sightings made primarily during the week prior to Thursday, March 11,
2010.
BEDFORD/SOMERSET COUNTIES:
Allegheny Front Hawk Watch reported counting 9 BLACK VULTURES, 12 TURKEY
VULTURES, 4 COOPER'S HAWKS, 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 7 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 12
RED-TAILED HAWKS, 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and 7 GOLDEN EAGLES on March 9 (BG).
BRADFORD COUNTY:
A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen on March 4 flying over the Susquehanna River near Sugar
Run (JP).
CARBON COUNTY:
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on March 7 and 9 in a hedge row across from Pohopoco
and Beltzville Drives (DA, DW).
CENTRE COUNTY:
Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch reported counting 7 BLACK VULTURES, 27 TURKEY
VULTURES, 11 BALD EAGLES, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 3 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 4 COOPER'S
HAWKS, 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS, 13 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 72 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 2
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 106 GOLDEN EAGLES and 1 AMERICAN KESTREL between March 4 and
9 (JK, NB).
A BALD EAGLE was sitting on its nest at Bald Eagle State Park on March 6 (MH).
A flock of 45 TUNDRA SWANS flew over Toftrees on March 7 (NK).
One ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was observed on March 8 along Williams Road in the
Tusseyville area (MH).
A probable MERLIN flew over the Verica's property on March 10 (JV).
CLEARFIELD COUNTY:
Around 200 TUNDRA SWANS flew over DuBois on March 9 (MA).
COLUMBIA COUNTY:
A RUFFED GROUSE was found on March 7 during a field trip to State Game Lands 226
near Millville (DGr, SG).
FRANKLIN COUNTY:
AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were displaying in the orchard along Heisey Road on March 10
(BK).
HUNTINGDON COUNTY:
An immature BALD EAGLE was seen on March 6 at the Aitch Boat Launch on Raystown
Reservoir (BD).
JUNIATA COUNTY:
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was observed on March 9 near Oakland Mills (P).
LANCASTER COUNTY:
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area produced up to 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE, 120,000 SNOW GEESE, 1 SNOWxROSS'S GOOSE HYBRID, 1 blue morph ROSS'S
GOOSE, 2 CACKLING GEESE, 2300 TUNDRA SWANS, a wide variety of duck species and 3
BALD EAGLES between March 5 and 10 (DB, JB, RK, BC, ME, CG, SG, HE, DS, PA Game
Commission). Also, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were observed near stop 3 on the tour
road on the evenings of March 6 and 7 (ME). The tour road is now open around the
lake at Middle Creek as of March 5 (RK).
The ponds at Greenfield Estates yielded 1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and 9
CACKLING GEESE on March 7 (JB, DB).
There was 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER at the Water Pollution Control Plant in Washington
Boro on March 7 (JB, DB).
Approximately 2500 TUNDRA SWANS were seen on March 9 flying over Columbia (ML).
LEBANON COUNTY:
PACE
State Game Lands 145 produced thousands of SNOW GEESE, 1 ROSS'S GOOSE and 1
SANDHILL CRANE on March 9 (RM).
LUZERNE COUNTY:
Thousands of SNOW GEESE flew over Misericordia University in Dallas on March 10
(EJ).
LYCOMING COUNTY:
White Deer Ridge Hawk Watch counted 35 TURKEY VULTURES, 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 8
RED-TALED HAWKS, 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and 6 GOLDEN EAGLES on March 7 (JY, ML).
A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen flying along Bald Eagle Ridge on March 7 (JY, ML).
Two separate flocks of SNOW GEESE flew over Warrensville on March 8 (RL).
SNYDER COUNTY:
There were 20 TUNDRA SWANS at Faylor Lake on March 7 (DG).
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY:
A small flock of SNOW GEESE flew over the county on March 9 (JS). Thousands of
SNOW GEESE flew over on March 10 (JS).
YORK COUNTY:
There were 21 TUNDRA SWANS on Long Arm Reservoir on March 9 (BM).
CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS:
If you miss the usual Thursday postings of the Central PA Birdline on BIRDEAST
and PABIRDS, I will also be posting it on my page web site at:
http://people.delphiforums.com/MCCONAUGHY/currentbl.htm
*PORC = Pennsylvania Ornithological Record Committee. Rare bird sightings should
be documented with written descriptions and photographs whenever possible and
sent to PORC for review. Send PORC reports to Nick Pulcinella, 613 Howard Road,
West Chester, PA 19380.
The following people have contributed to this: Dan Altif (DA), Marianne Atkinson
(MA), Nick Bolgiano (NB), Devin Bosler (DB), Justin Bosler (JB), Bruce Carl
(BC), Barbara Dunn (BD), Mike Epler (ME), Howard Eskin (HE), Sandy Goodwin (SG),
Bob Gorsuch (BG), Chet Gottfried (CG), Sue Gottfried (SG), Doug Gross (DGr),
Deborah Grove (DG), Molly Heath (MH), Ed Johnson (EJ), Jon Kauffman (JK), Bob
Keener (BK), Rudy Keller (RK), Nick Kerlin (NK), Meredith Lombard (ML), Rosemary
Lunz (RL), Randy Miller (RM), Bob Moul (BM), Paul (P), Jason Petlock (JP),
Jerry Skinner (JS), Dan Snell (DS), Joe Verica (JV), Dustin Welch (DW) and Joe
Yoder (JY). I apologize if I have misspelled their names and I will also refrain
from naming that person on request.
-End Transcript
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Mark A. McConaughy TimeTraveler50@comcast.net
Bushy Run Battlefield
P.O. Box 486
Harrison City, PA 15636-0468 (724) 527-5585 x103
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