Eastern Pennsylvania RBA
August 20, 2010
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] Eastern PA Birdline: 8/20/2010
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- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* August 20, 2010
* PAEA1008.20
- Birds mentioned
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (no reports this past week)
MOURNING WARBLER
"PLEGADIS" IBIS
RED KNOT
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: August 20th 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 Friday, 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 August 20th at 3:00 AM.
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 PEN ARGYL area, Northampton County included:
Bald Eagle and Common Raven.
Sightings from JACOBSBURG STATE PARK, Northampton County included:
Cerulean Warbler - 1 on 8/17.
Also Willow Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, and Blue-winged,
Canada, Chestnut-sided, and Black-throated Green Warbler.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Common Nighthawk, Willow Flycatcher, Canada Warbler, and Bobolink.
Sightings from BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES - no reports from this past week (at the
intersection of Freemansburg Avenue and Wagner Drive).
Sightings from EAST ALLEN TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
MOURNING WARBLER - 1 on 8/15 (in a private backyard).
Sightings from the MACUNGIE area, Lehigh County included:
Hooded Warbler - 1 on 8/16 (in a private backyard).
Sightings from SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
At Franko Farm Park:
MOURNING WARBLER - 1 on 8/18.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
At the Church Road area:
"PLEGADIS" IBIS - 1 immature on 8/13 and 8/14 (probably GLOSSY IBIS)
RED KNOTS - 4 on 8/15
Stilt Sandpipers - 52 on 8/15 (new high count)
Black-bellied Plovers - 8 on 8/15
Lesser Yellowlegs - ~250 on 8/15
Least Sandpipers - ~500 on 8/15.
Also Great Egret, Semipalmated Plover, Greater Yellowlegs, and Pectoral,
Spotted, Solitary, and Semipalmated Sandpiper.
At the Walt Road area:
Forster's Terns - 2 on 8/16.
- End transcript
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