Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania RBA
March 23, 2011
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA western Pennsylvania, 23 March 2011
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RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE03.23.11
Highlights:
TRUMPETER SWAN (Crawford County)
EURASIAN WIGEON (Crawford County)
BLACK VULTURE (Erie and Indiana Counties)
LONG-TAILED DUCK
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
BONAPARTE'S GULL
SHORT-EARED OWL
FISH CROW (Allegheny County)
COMMON REDPOLL (Beaver, Erie, Forest, and Somerset Counties)
HOARY REDPOLL (Erie County)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
Contributors: Jack Christman, Marcy Cunkelman, Karyn Delaney, Cory DeStein,
John Flannigan, Ryan Ford, Bobby G., Amy Henrici, Timothy Johnson, Geoff
Malosh, Jeff McDonald, Flo McGuire, Jerry McWilliams, Tom Miller, Thomas
Moeller, Don Nixon, Richard Nugent, Philip O'Brien, Mary Jane Seipler, Dan
Snell, Jack and Sue Solomon, Marjorie Van Tassel, Mark Vass, Timothy
Vechter, Bill Walbek, Carole Winslow.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Wednesday, 16 March 2011 through Wednesday, 23 March 2011
***This report is distributed by e-mail only. Compiler is not responsible
for errors on websites who reproduce/reprint these reports. If you would
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Transcript-
NOTE: "FOS" means "first of season" for the more common migratory species
who will usually not be reported again for the year.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
On 3/16 and 3/17 in the Wingfield Pines/Boyce Mayview area, 2 FOX SPARROWS
and more; on 3/22, NORTHERN SHOVELER, SWALLOW SP. (JMcD); on 3/23, 1
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW (FOS), 1 FOX SPARROW (ST).
On 3/16 at Frick Park, pair of RING-NECKED PHEASANTS (reported to JS by Dick
Wilford); on 3/21, 2 FOX SPARROWS (JS).
At the Imperial grasslands on 3/18 and 3/20, 1 LONG-TAILED DUCK, 1 HORNED
GREBE (MVas, JF); on 3/21 and 3/22, 1 LONG-TAILED DUCK (CD, GM, MVas).
On 3/18 at the Moody Road ponds, 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 2 GADWALL, and others
(MVas).
On 3/19 in Robinson Township, 1 MERLIN (GM).
In Harmarville on 3/20, 1 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (FOS) (AH).
On 3/21 at Fox Chapel, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and others (AH).
At Cheswick on 3/21, 1 HORNED GREBE (AH).
At Duck Hollow on 3/21, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 FISH CROW; on 3/22, 1 FISH
CROW (TMo).
On 3/23 at North Park, 4 FOX SPARROWS (PO).
ARMSTRONG COUNTY:
On 3/17 near Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 2
COMMON RAVENS (MVan).
At Crooked Creek Lake on 3/17, 2 HORNED GREBES, 2 COMMON RAVENS; on 3/21, 4
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS (FOS), 2 COMMON RAVENS, 1 HORNED GREBE, 1 BALD
EAGLE (MVan).
Through this week at Parks Industrial Park, 5 RING-NECKED PHEASANTS
(reported to MVan).
BEAVER COUNTY:
On 3/16 near Beaver Falls, 1 immature BALD EAGLE (TJ).
At the Three Rivers Gravel Ponds on 3/17, 1 REDHEAD, 3 TREE SWALLOWS, and
others (MVas).
In Hopewell Township on 3/18, 1 COMMON REDPOLL at a feeder (BW).
On 3/22 at Independence Marsh, TREE SWALLOWS, 15 nearby RUSTY BLACKBIRDS
(GM).
In Economy Borough on 3/21, 4 PINE SISKINS (KD).
On 3/22 at Ambridge Reservoir, 3 HORNED GREBES and others (GM).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At Lake Oneida on 3/18, sightings included 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 2 HORNED
GREBES (MVas).
On 3/19 at Lake Arthur, 7 HORNED GREBES, 18 REDHEADS (JMcD); on 3/20, ~30
HORNED GREBES, 1 COMMON LOON, 2 REDHEADS, 18 flyover BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and
more (GM), 1 additional COMMON LOON (KD). On 3/22, 4 REDHEADS, 4 COMMON
LOONS, 4 HORNED GREBES, 1 BONAPARTE'S GULL, TREE SWALLOWS (JS et. al.).
CLARION COUNTY:
In Sligo on 3/17, FOX SPARROWS; on 3/19, HORNED LARK (CW).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
At Miller's Ponds on 3/19, 1 TRUMPETER SWAN, 6 REDHEADS, 4 BALD EAGLES, 7
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 2 SANDHILL CRANES, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and others
(MVas); on 3/20, 6 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 5+ BALD EAGLES, 5+ ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS
(GM), TREE SWALLOWS (RF). In Pymatuning on 3/20, TREE SWALLOWS (GM), HORNED
GREBES, REDHEADS, BALD EAGLES, and more (RF); over the weekend in the
Pymatuning area, COMMON LOON, BALD EAGLE (BG).
On 3/19 at Conneaut Lake, 105 REDHEADS, 12 HORNED GREBES, 1 BALD EAGLE, 13
TREE SWALLOWS, and others (MVas); on 3/20, ~100 REDHEADS and more (GM).
At Custards on Geneva Marsh on 3/20, REDHEADS, HORNED GREBES, 1 EURASIAN
WIGEON, NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 2 NORTHERN PINTAILS (GM), 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS
(RF).
ERIE COUNTY:
On 3/17 at Presque Isle State Park, sightings included 3 BLACK VULTURES, 11
BALD EAGLES, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 9 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 1 flyover SHORT-EARED
OWL, 2 flyover SANDHILL CRANES, 19 NORTHERN PINTAILS; on 3/18, 1 ROUGH-
LEGGED HAWK, 1 MERLIN, 1 TREE SWALLOW (JMcW); on 3/19, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 2
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON; on 3/19 and 3/20, 1 HOARY REDPOLL,
17 COMMON REDPOLLS (reported to JMcW by Mike Weible; JMcW); on 3/20, 1 BALD
EAGLE, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 1 flyover SANDHILL CRANE, 1 TREE SWALLOW (JMcW).
At Lake Pleasant on 3/18, 2 BALD EAGLES (reported to JC by Tom Wasilewski).
In Albion on 3/19, 2 BALD EAGLES (reported to JC by Tom Wasilewski).
On 3/19 along Pont Road, 1 BALD EAGLE (reported to JC by Tom Wasilewski).
At Edinboro Lake on 3/19, 4 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 1 LONG-TAILED DUCK, 23 HORNED
GREBES, 1 BALD EAGLE (MVas).
On 3/20 at the Fairview Business Park pond, 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 1 HORNED
GREBE, and others (DN).
FOREST COUNTY:
Near Tionesta on 3/16, sightings included 3 REDHEADS, 28 LONG-TAILED DUCKS,
~30 COMMON REDPOLLS (FM).
INDIANA COUNTY:
In Clarksburg on 3/18, 2 flyover BLACK VULTURES (MC).
On 3/22 at Yellow Creek State Park, sightings included 8 TREE SWALLOWS, 13
HORNED GREBES, 32 REDHEADS (RN).
On 3/22 at the West Lebanon Strips, 1 BALD EAGLE (RN).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 3/17 at the Three Rivers Gravel Pond in New Beaver, 1 REDHEAD and more
(MVas).
At the Copper Road marsh on 3/18, 5 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 3 NORTHERN PINTAILS,
and others (MVas).
On 3/20 in the Volant Strips & Black Swamp area, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, NORTHERN
HARRIER, 4 RING-NECKED PHEASANTS (RF, BG), SHORT-EARED OWL, 150+ RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS (RF).
MERCER COUNTY:
At Lake Wilhelm on 3/20, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, ~10 HORNED GREBES, 38 flyover
BONAPARTE'S GULLS (GM).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
On 3/18 between the Meyersdale Rt. 219 exit and Industrial Park Road, ~10
COMMON REDPOLLS (TMi).
At Somerset Lake on 3/22, 16 HORNED GREBES, 10 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 5 DOUBLE-
CRESTED CORMORANTS, and others (DS).
On 3/22 at Quemahoning Reservoir, 12 HORNED GREBES, 8 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 1
GADWALL, 2 REDHEADS, 2 TREE SWALLOWS (DS).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
On 3/21 at the Hahn Road AMD pond, REDHEAD and others (MVas).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
On 3/18 at Beaver Run Reservoir, sightings included 24 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 4
HORNED GREBES (MS); on 3/22, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (FOS), 3 HORNED
GREBES, 4 SWALLOW SP. (MVan).
On 3/18 at the Hamilton Road pond, 6 NORTHERN SHOVELERS (MS).
At Turner's Ponds on 3/18, 6 REDHEADS (MS).
In Greensburg on 3/18, 1 COMMON RAVEN (TV).
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Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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