Eastern Pennsylvania RBA
March 5, 2010
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] Eastern PA Birdline: 3/5/2010
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- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* March 5, 2010
* PAEA1003.05
- Birds mentioned
CLAY COLORED SPARROW
CANVASBACK
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
ICELAND GULL
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: March 5th at 3:00 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 March 5th at 3:00 AM.
The next Audubon meeting will be held on March 9th at 7:00 PM at the
Wildlands Conservancy in Emmaus. Andrew Curtis will do a program on "The
Wonderful World of Reptiles and Amphibians".
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 WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
CLAY COLORED SPARROW - 1 to at least 3/3.
Also Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird, and Field, Chipping, and Savannah
Sparrow.
Sightings from EAST ALLEN TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
At Seiple's Pond: Northern Shoveler and American Wigeon.
Sightings from the NORTHAMPTON area, Northampton County included:
Snow Geese - ~5000 on 2/26.
Also Bald Eagle.
Sightings from ALLEN TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Bald Eagle.
Sightings from MOORE TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
American Pipit - 1 on 3/4 (along Beacon Road).
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
CANVASBACKS - 2 on 3/2
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 on 3/2.
Also Hooded Merganser, Northern Harrier, Killdeer, and Savannah Sparrow.
Sightings from the LEHIGH GAP NATURE CENTER, Carbon County included:
Peregrine Falcon - 1 on 3/4.
Also Bald Eagle, Common Grackle, and Red-winged Blackbird.
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
Peregrine Falcon - 1 on 3/3 (at the 8th Street Bridge).
Sightings from the FOUNTAIN HILL area, Lehigh County included:
Common Raven.
Sightings from SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
At Walking Purchase Park:
Bald Eagle and Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Sightings from the HENNINGSVILLE area, Berks County included:
Common Raven.
Sightings from the KUTZTOWN area, Berks County included:
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER - 1 on 2/27.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
Common Mergansers - 175 back on 2/24
ICELAND GULL - 1 back on 2/24
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 55 back on 2/24
Great Black-backed Gulls - 15 back on 2/21.
Also Hooded Merganser, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Red-shouldered Hawk,
Merlin, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Common Grackle, Red-winged
Blackbird, and Fox, Field, and Swamp Sparrow.
- End transcript
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