Eastern Pennsylvania RBA
March 20, 2008
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] Eastern PA Birdline: 3/20/2008
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- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* March 20, 2008
* PAEA0803.20
- Birds mentioned
GREAT CORMORANT
COMMON REDPOLL
CANVASBACK
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
GREATER SCAUP
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: March 20th 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 20th 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.
The next Audubon meeting will be held on April 8th at 7:30 PM at the Pool
Wildlife Sanctuary in Emmaus. Jim Brett will do a program on his life as a
naturalist before and after Hawk Mountain.
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 the PORTLAND area, Northampton County included:
Bald Eagle - 1 on 3/15.
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK PPL POWER PLANT area, Northampton County
included:
Peregrine Falcon - 1 on 3/15
Ring-necked Pheasant - 1 on 3/15.
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK area, Northampton County included:
At the Martins Creek Quarry:
GREAT CORMORANTS - 2 on 3/15.
Sightings from the PEN ARGYL area, Northampton County included:
COMMON REDPOLL - 1 seen this past weekend at a private feeder.
Sightings from the ALBERT ROAD PONDS, Northampton County included:
CANVASBACKS - 2 on 3/15.
Sightings from the NAZARETH area, Northampton County included:
At the Nazareth Quarry:
CANVASBACK - 1 on 3/15.
Also Ruddy Duck.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 114 on 3/17; 134 on 3/20.
Sightings from the BETHLEHEM area, Northampton County included:
Eastern Phoebes - several on 3/15
Brown Thrasher - 1 on 3/15.
Sightings from MOORE TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
LAPLAND LONGSPUR - 1 on 3/15 (along Hilltop Road near West Dannersville
Road).
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
GREATER SCAUP - 4 on 3/18
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS - 2 on 3/18
Eastern Phoebe - 1 on 3/18.
Sightings from the FOGELSVILLE QUARRY, Lehigh County included:
CANVASBACKS - 4 on 3/15; 3 on 3/17
GREATER SCAUP - 1 on 3/16.
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
Peregrine Falcons - 2 on 3/19 (in the downtown area).
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
At the Walt Road area:
Horned Grebes - ~25 on 3/20
Bald Eagles - 2 on 3/16
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER - 1 on 3/16 (at the Hill Road area).
American Woodcocks were reported displaying from several sites this past
week.
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