Eastern Pennsylvania RBA
March 15, 2008
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] Eastern PA Birdline: 3/15/2008
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- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* March 15, 2008
* PAEA0803.15
- Birds mentioned
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
GREAT CORMORANT
CANVASBACK
RED CROSSBILL
ICELAND GULL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
GREATER SCAUP
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
NORTHERN SHRIKE
CACKLING GOOSE
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: March 15th at 9:00 PM
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@rcn.com with "Birdline" in subject
heading.
Compiler: Dave DeReamus
My reporting area includes all of Lehigh and Northampton Counties with the
northern edge of the area reaching Beltzville State Park and the southern
edge reaching Peace Valley Park in Bucks County. Updates are typically done
every Thursday, more often when necessary.
You can visit the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society Website at
http://www.lehigh.edu/~bcm0/lvas.html.
You can visit my 'Eastern PA Birding' Website for photos and information at
http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html.
This is Dave DeReamus, for the Eastern PA Birdline, sponsored by the Lehigh
Valley Audubon Society, recorded on March 15th at 9:00 PM.
There will be a field trip to Green Lane Reservoir on March 29th. Meet at
the Tilghman Square parking lot, near the Red Robin restaurant, just west of
Route 309 at 8:30 AM. Trip leader will be Mark Boyd.
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 LOWER MOUNT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - 1 on 3/8 (along Gravel Hill Road).
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK PPL POWER PLANT area, Northampton County
included:
Peregrine Falcon - 1 on 3/8.
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK area, Northampton County included:
At the Martins Creek Quarry:
GREAT CORMORANT - 1 on 3/8.
Sightings from the ALBERT ROAD PONDS, Northampton County included:
CANVASBACKS - 3 on 3/8.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
RED CROSSBILL - 1 on 3/8.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
ICELAND GULLS - 1 on 3/11 (adult); 1 on 3/12 and 3/14 (first-winter bird)
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 148 on 3/12; 133 on 3/15
Rusty Blackbirds - 6 on 3/11.
Sightings from BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Eastern Phoebe - 1 back on 3/6
Rusty Blackbirds - 6 back on 3/6.
Also Swamp and Field Sparrow.
Sightings from the SEEMSVILLE area, Northampton County included:
Eastern Phoebe - 1 on 3/14.
Sightings from MOORE TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
LAPLAND LONGSPURS - 3 on 3/8 (along W. Dannersville Road).
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
CANVASBACKS - 1 on 3/15
GREATER SCAUP - 4 on 3/15
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS - 2 on 3/15
NORTHERN SHRIKE - 1 on 3/15 (near the Bed & Breakfast along Pohopoco Drive)
Ring-necked Pheasant - 1 on 3/15.
Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County included:
CACKLING GOOSE - 1 on 3/9.
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
Eastern Phoebe - 1 on 3/11 (at Muhlenberg College).
Sightings from the HENNINGSVILLE area, Berks County included:
NORTHERN SHRIKE - 1 on 3/13.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
At the Church Road area:
CACKLING GOOSE - 1 on 3/9.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 on 3/13
CANVASBACKS - 2 on 3/15
Osprey - 1 on 3/15
Eastern Phoebe - 1 on 3/14
Gray Catbird - 1 on 3/8.
Also Killdeer, Bald Eagle, and Swamp and Savannah Sparrow.
American Woodcocks were reported displaying from several sites this past
week.
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