Eastern Pennsylvania RBA
December 18, 2009
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] Eastern PA Birdline: 12/18/2009
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- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* December 18, 2009
* PAEA0912.18
- Birds mentioned
Dark-eyed "Oregon" Junco
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
CACKLING GOOSE
GREATER SCAUP
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: December 18th at 4:00 AM
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/lvas.
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 December 18th at 4:00 AM.
The Allentown Christmas Count will be held on December 19th. If interested,
contact last year's group leader or call Mark Boyd at (610) 432-0170.
The Wild Creek/Little Gap Christmas Count will be held on December 20th. If
interested, contact last year's group leader or call Josh Nemeth at (610)
573-8577.
The Bethlehem-Easton-Hellertown Christmas Count will be held on December
26th. If interested, contact last year's group leader or call Don and Elaine
Mease at (610) 346-7754.
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 UPPER MOUNT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Dark-eyed "Oregon" Junco - 1 on 12/13 (at a private feeder).
Sightings from JACOBSBURG STATE PARK, Northampton County included:
Chipping Sparrow.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Field, Swamp, Savannah, and Chipping Sparrow.
Sightings from LYNN TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER - 1 on 12/15.
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
At Dorney Park Pond:
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE - 1 on 12/16 and 12/17.
Sightings from UPPER MILFORD TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
Rusty Blackbird - 1 on 12/17.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
CACKLING GEESE - 9 on 12/12 (at the Chapman Road bridge)
GREATER SCAUP - 2 on 12/11
Bonaparte's Gulls - 3 on 12/11
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 22 on 12/11
American Pipits - 7 on 12/12.
Also Ruddy Duck, Double-crested Cormorant, Bald Eagle, and Field and Swamp
Sparrow.
Sightings from DURHAM TOWNSHIP, Bucks County included:
Rusty Blackbirds - 12 on 12/13.
- End transcript
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