Eastern Pennsylvania RBA
January 22, 2010
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- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* January 22, 2010
* PAEA1001.22
- Birds mentioned
CACKLING GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
REDHEAD
NORTHERN SHRIKE
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: January 22nd at 1:00 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/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 January 22nd at 1:00 PM.
There will be a field trip to the New Jersey shore on January 30th. Meet at
the Tilghman Square parking lot, near the Red Robin restaurant, just west of
Route 309 at 8:00 AM. Trip leader will be Mark Boyd.
The next Audubon meeting will be held on February 9th at 7:00 PM at the
Whitehall Township Public Library. Kim Van Fleet will do a program called
"Harnessing the Wind with Turbines - Friend or Foe?"
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 ECHO LAKE, Northampton County included:
CACKLING GOOSE - 1 on 1/15.
Also American Wigeon.
Sightings from the PEN ARGYL area, Northampton County included:
At the Grand Central landfill: Northern Harrier.
Sightings from PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
Sightings from JACOBSBURG STATE PARK, Northampton County included:
Snow Geese - ~20,000 on 1/16 (in a nearby field).
Also Merlin.
Sightings from the NAZARETH area, Northampton County included:
At the Gracedale area: Wilson's Snipe.
Sightings from the BETHLEHEM area, Northampton County included:
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE - 1 on 1/15
REDHEAD - 1 on 1/16.
Also Merlin.
Sightings from EAST ALLEN TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE - 1 on 1/15.
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
Bald Eagle.
Sightings from LOWER MILFORD TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
NORTHERN SHRIKE - 1 to at least 1/22 (along Jane's Lane).
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE - 1 to at least 1/16
CACKLING GOOSE - 1 on 1/16
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 back on 1/10
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - ~52 on 1/16
Brown Thrasher - 1 back on 1/14.
Also Hooded Merganser, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Red-shouldered Hawk,
Great Black-backed Gull, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Common
Grackle, and Fox, Field, Swamp, and Savannah Sparrow.
- End transcript
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