Eastern Pennsylvania RBA
March 27, 2008
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- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* March 27, 2008
* PAEA0803.27
- Birds mentioned
REDHEAD
GREAT CORMORANT
COMMON REDPOLL
CANVASBACK
ICELAND GULL
LONG-TAILED DUCK
GREATER SCAUP
MISSISSIPPI KITE
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: March 27th at 10:00 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 27th at 10:00 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 include: REDHEAD, GREAT CORMORANT, COMMON REDPOLL, CANVASBACK,
ICELAND GULL, LONG-TAILED DUCK, GREATER SCAUP, MISSISSIPPI KITE, and others.
Sightings from the PORTLAND area, Northampton County included:
Bald Eagles - 2 on 3/23.
Sightings from ECHO LAKE, Northampton County included:
Eastern Phoebes - 2 on 3/26.
Sightings from EAST BANGOR DAM, Northampton County included:
SORA - 1 seen on 3/23.
Also Blue-winged Teal.
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK PPL POWER PLANT area, Northampton County
included:
REDHEADS - 8 on 3/23
Osprey - 1 on 3/20
Peregrine Falcon - 1 on 3/23.
Also Ring-necked Pheasant, Tree Swallow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Pine
Warbler.
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK area, Northampton County included:
At the Martins Creek Quarry:
GREAT CORMORANT - 1 on 3/23.
Also Double-crested Cormorant and Bonaparte's Gull.
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:
CANVASBACK - 1 on 3/23
Ring-necked Ducks - ~200 on 3/21.
Sightings from LOWER NAZARETH TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Lesser Yellowlegs - 2 on 3/22; 3 on 3/23 (along Christian Springs Road).
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Eastern Phoebe, and Swamp and Savannah Sparrow.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 181 on 3/22; 258 on 3/25; 301 on 3/26; 332 on
3/27
ICELAND GULLS - 3 on 3/26; 2 on 3/27.
Sightings from EAST ALLEN TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
American Pipits - ~50 on 3/24 (along Hillside Road).
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
Common Loons - 3 on 3/27.
Sightings from the PENN FOREST RESERVOIR area, Carbon County included:
LONG-TAILED DUCKS - 4 on 3/19
CANVASBACKS - 2 on 3/20
REDHEADS - 3 on 3/18
Also Red-breasted Merganser
Sightings from the JORDAN CREEK PARKWAY, Lehigh County included:
Dark-eyed "Oregon" Junco - 1 on 3/21.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
At the Walt Road area:
CANVASBACK - 1 on 3/22.
Also Red-breasted Merganser, Bald Eagle, and Osprey.
And, at nearby Knight Lake:
Double-crested Cormorant, Blue-winged Teal, and Northern Rough-winged
Swallow.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
Common Loon - 1 on 3/22
CANVASBACKS - 2 on 3/22
GREATER SCAUP - 1 on 3/20 and 3/22
LONG-TAILED DUCKS - 2 on 3/27
Greater Yellowlegs - 1 back on 3/11 and 3/19.
Also Double-crested Cormorant, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Eastern Phoebe, Tree
Swallow, and Swamp and Savannah Sparrow.
Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County included:
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 270 on 3/24
ICELAND GULLS - up to 4 during this past week.
Sightings from HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY, Berks County included:
MISSISSIPPI KITE - 1 on 3/26 (adult).
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