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March 2, 2007
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* Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia
* PAPH0703.02
* March 2, 2007
- Birds mentioned
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling goose
Wood Duck
"Common" Green-winged Teal
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Harlequin Duck
Common Eider
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Fulmar
American Bittern
Sandhill Crane
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Marbled Godwit
"Western" Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Sanderling, Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Dovekie
Atlantic Puffin
Razorbill
Common Murre
Great Horned Owl
Northern Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike
Tree Swallow
Winter Wren
Eastern Towhee
Snow Bunting
Scott's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Rusty Blackbird
Transcript
Hotline: Philadelphia Birdline
Date: March 2, 2007
Number: 215-567-BIRD (2473)
To Report: Armas Hill, 302-529-1876 (VOICE)
302-529-1085 (FAX)
Compiler: Andy Ednie (ednieap@fcc.net)
Coverage: Delaware Valley, Delmarva Peninsula, Southern New Jersey
Transcriber: Andy Ednie (ednieap@fcc.net)
For Friday, March 2, 2007, this is the Philadelphia Birdline. The birdline
is sponsored by several bird clubs from the Delaware Valley and comes to you
from the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. I'm Andy Ednie, glad
to be with you. Armas Hill is away this week.
The male SCOTT'S ORIOLE that has been coming to a yard in Mechanicsburg,
Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, just west of Harrisburg, was last reported on
Thursday evening, March 1st. That bird is being seen at along Kent Dr.,
feeding on old apples. To get there, take the PA Turnpike to Camp Hill,
follow Rt. 15 south and exit onto Rt. 114 south. Make the first left onto
Kim Acres Dr., and then turn left onto Kent Dr. This might be the first east
coast record. It coincides with a female, found last month in Frankfort, KY.
This has been a year for ORIOLES, 2 different BALTIMORE ORIOLES appeared in
Chester Co. Pa, around Avondale last week. An immature male has been
photographed coming to a feeder in West Grove. Another, a female has been
frequenting a feeder along the White Clay Creek in Landenberg. There were
13 BALTIMORE ORIOLES reported on Christmas counts this winter in our region
(Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware), which is better then average.
Surprisingly, 4 were found on the West Chester count, in Chester Co., PA.
The highest count ever recorded for our region on the CBCs was 23 in 1972.
It has been an extraordinary winter for southwestern specialties in our
region, BAND-TAILED PIGEON, WESTERN and TROPICAL KINGBIRD, ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, LECONTE'S SPARROW, and PAINTED BUNTING.
In Philadelphia, there were 9 REDHEADS, including 3 drakes, seen on the
ponds in FDR Park off Patterson Ave in south Philly this week. CANVASBACK,
LESSER SCAUP, GADWALL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, and PINTAIL were also reported
with occasional AMERICAN COOTS and PIED-BILLED GREBES.
There were two reports of RED-THROATED LOONS along the Delaware River this
week. One was at the Naval Business Center in south Philly, the other was at
Glen Foerd in north Philly. This later bird was actually across the river,
technically in Burlington Co. Last week a GLAUCOUS GULL was found along the
river in north Philly. There was also a large raft of LESSER SCAUP at the
Naval Business Center that included 3 GREATER SCAUP.
Two unusual birds for Philadelphia, WILD TURKEY, and RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
have been reported recently at the John Heinz NWR at Tinicum. GREAT HORNED
OWL, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, WINTER WREN, and RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were also
reported.
At Muddy Run Reservoir in Lancaster Co., 3 RED-NECKED GREBES were reported.
Those birds were seen near the dam. A COMMON LOON was also seen on the
reservoir, along with AMERICAN WIGEON, RING-NECKED DUCK, and HOODED
MERGANSER.
2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen on chambers Lake in Hibernia Park,
near Coatsville, Chester Co. This little lake always gets an interesting
collection of waterfowl including, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, LESSER SCAUP,
RING-NECKED DUCK, HOODED and COMMON MERGANSER and RUDDY DUCK.
Two species of SHRIKE has been seen in Pennsylvania this week. A LOGGERHEAD
SHRIKE was found near Gettysburg in Adams Co. That bird was at the
intersection of Pumping Station and Cunningham Rd. Just to the north in
Cumberland Co., a NORTHERN SHRIKE was located in SGL 169 off Parkhill Rd.
The previously reported SANDHILL CRANE continues to seen at Middle Creek
Wildlife Area in Lancaster Co.
ICELAND GULL and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were reported at Tullytown in
Bucks Co, along with a good number of waterfowl, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON
GOLDENEYE, COMMON and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, LESSER SCAUP, and RING-NECKED
DUCK. BALD EAGLE, RED-TAILED HAWK, and AMERICAN COOTS were also reported.
There have been several signs that spring is just around the corner this
week. TREE SWALLOWS were seen this week along the White Clay Creek in
Chester co and further north in Dauphin Co., EASTERN TOWHEES were reported
at several locations, north of Philadelphia this week, and AMERICAN WOODCOCK
are starting their courtship dancing throughout the region.
In New Jersey, 5 RED-NECKED GREBES were seen along the Delaware River,
between Florence to Roebling. Also reported were 2 RED-THROATED LOONS,
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, and 6 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. A large raft of LESSER
SCAUP, plus a HORNED GREBE was seen at Fish House Cove in Pennsauken.
2 RED-NECKED GREBES and REDHEADS were seen at Assumpink WMA south of
Trenton, along with CACKLING GOOSE and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE.
2 more RED-NECKED GREBES were seen in Atlantic Co., 1 was at Jeffers
Landing along the Great Egg Harbor River and the other was at Tuckahoe WMA.
2 drake "COMMON" GREEN-WINGED TEAL, were also seen, at the eastern most
impoundment at Tuckahoe and also at the Corbin City impoundment, by the
viewing tower.
There are still 2 female COMMON EIDER remaining at Barnegat Inlet this week,
along with 20 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, and 161 PURPLE SANDPIPERS. COMMON LOON,
LONG-TAILED DUCK, SURF and BLACK SCOTER, and "IPSWICH" SAVANNAH SPARROW were
also reported.
A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was found at the Forsythe NWR at Brigantine this
week. Across the bay at Brigantine Inlet, 135 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, 3
"WESTERN" WILLETS, and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen.
Shorebirds at Cape May this week included 11 MARBLED GODWITS, 35 RED KNOT,
and 5 "WESTERN" WILLETS at Stone Harbor Point. 225 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and
4 Greater Yellowlegs were seen at 2 Mile Landing. DUNLIN, SANDERLING, and
PURPLE SANDPIPERS were also reported. KILLDEER were also mentioned, calling
and doing courtship displays.
The first LAUGHING GULL of the season was reported on Thursday, March 1st at
the Ferry Terminal in Cape May. SCAUP, SCOTERS, and LONG-TAILED DUCKS are
starting their migration north along the mouth of the Delaware Bay. At Reed's
Beach, 650 RUDDY DUCKS, 550 GREATER SCAUP, 90 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 23
BUFFLEHEAD, and 19 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were reported.
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, REDHEAD, and CANVASBACK were reported this week
at Lighthouse Pond in Cape May Point State Park. Also seen were an AMERICAN
BITTERN and 35 SNOW BUNTINGS, along the dunes.
In Delaware, The first OSPREY of the season was reported along the Broadkill
Beach Road on Tuesday, February 27th. The previously reported NORTHERN
SHRIKE was last reported at Prime Hook NWR on Sunday. A pair of WOOD DUCKS
was at the headquarters on Wednesday. Another early OSPREY was reported at
Fleetwood Pond near Seaford on Thursday.
A 2nd year ICELAND GULL was seen at the north side of Indian River Inlet on
Wednesday. That bird was seen loafing on the beach in a small flock of mixed
gulls. The bird flock of LONG-TAILED DUCKS continue at the inlet, with both
COMMON and RED-THROATED LOON, HORNED GREBE, and SURF SCOTER.
A RED-NECKED GREBE was found at Hoopes' Reservoir in northern Delaware on
Tuesday. That bird was seen in the open water off Hillside Mill Road, but
not re-located. CANVASBACK, RING-NECKED DUCK, COMMON and HOODED MERGANSERS
were also seen there
An impressive number of Alcids were seen last Sunday, from the pelagic trip
out of Lewes into Delaware-Maryland waters. Over 4000 DOVEKIES were
reported, along with ATLANTIC PUFFIN, 5 COMMON MURRE and 50 RAZORBILLS.
Other birds seen included 31 NORTHERN FULMAR, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE.
Thank you for calling. Armas Hill will be back here next week. You can call
your reports into him at 302-529-1876 or email to Armas@focusonnature.com.
Until next time, good birding
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