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Subject: [PABIRDS] White-throated Sparrows in Lower Bucks County
From: Patricia Rossi <Circuscyan(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 10:37am
Greetings!
A few White-throated Sparrows have been visiting my garden in Levittown,
Lower Bucks County, for the past few days.
Patricia Rossi
Levittown Lower Bucks
circuscyan(AT)aol.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] SGL-227 - Schuylkill
From: Dave Kruel <accip(AT)INFIONLINE.NET>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 12:49pm
Hi All,
Some birds this morning from SGL-227 near Tuscarora.
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 3
Winter Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - a few
Golden-crowned Kinglet - a few
Nashville Warbler 1
Magnolia 1
Cape May 2
Yellow-rumped 6
Black-throated Green 1
Yellowthroat 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Purple Finch 1
Dave Kruel
Pottsville
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Beaver Co. Birds
From: Mark Vass <mvas1(AT)ACCESS995.COM>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 2:37pm
Here are some birds I had earlier today at Little Blue Run
1 Baird`s Sandpiper
2 Semi-palmated Sandpiper
3 Least Sandpiper
1 Pectoral Sandpiper
30+ Killdeer
The Least would run up to the pec and try to bump it out of the way,that was
comical to watch
also some others here
Belted Kingfisher
D.e. Junco
Swamp Sparrow
Carolina Wren
Com. Yellowthroat
E. Bluebird
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Warbler ID
From: Yellowlegs <yellowlegs(AT)WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 2:59pm
I photo'd this Yellow-rumped warbler at Codorus SP on Friday. I am trying to ID
which sub-species of the YR it is for sure. I know the Audubon's is a western
sub-species but it does seem to have some field marks similar to Audubon's. I
would welcome any feedback here or directly to me.
http://www.pbase.com/rcm1840/inbox_3
Thanks,
Bob
Bob Moul (yellowlegs(AT)worldnet.att.net)
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Webpage: www.pbase.com/rcm1840/avian_friends
www.pbase.com/rcm1840/butterflies
www.pbase.com/rcm1840/fav_pix
Outgoing mail scanned by Norton
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Imm Connecticut / Mourning Warbler IDing help?
From: Dave Kruel <accip(AT)INFIONLINE.NET>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 5:10pm
Hi All,
A couple times over the past few years, I have
come across immature Conn/Mourning Warblers, and
could not make an ID on the birds.....even with
pretty good looks.
I know that some photos show for an imm Mourning
where the yellow goes all the way from the underside
and up covering most of the chest and up to the
chin....as I guess would be for a 'typical' looking one.
And most Conn photos show a fair hood effect....but I'm
not sure what the range of the hood appearance can
be for both species.
I was wondering if anyone would have some suggestions
on IDing with respect to the hood and eyering...and
also can behavior in anyway, be a good cue as to
identification for one over the other.
What would be the best marks to look for in trying
to discern a imm 'Conn-looking' Mourning from a
'Mourning-looking' Conn Warbler?
Thanks very much.
Dave Kruel
Pottsville
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Warblers in the Yard
From: Leonard Hess <lnlhess(AT)LHTC.NET>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 5:49pm
Hi All,
The weather change brought some warblers to our yard in Stahlstown, Westmoreland
Co., along with the resident birds. List below. (Note: "Year Bird" refers to
birds seen or heard in or from the yard in 2004. "Yard Bird" refers to birds
seen or heard in or from the yard since we moved in on 3/4/03. Our yard is 1/2
acre in size, about 1/3 of which we have converted to wildlife gardens.)
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Blue Jay - 4
Black-capped Chickadee - 20
Tufted Titmouse - 12
White-breasted Nuthatch - 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Philadelphia Vireo - 1 (Year Bird # 88)
Red-eyed Vireo - 2
Blue-winged Warbler - 1 (Year Bird # 89)
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 (Year Bird # 90)
Nashville Warbler - 1 (Year Bird # 91)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Cape May Warbler - 1 (Year Bird # 92)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
Black-throated Green Warbler - 6
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 (Year Bird # 93)
Wilson's Warbler - 1 (Year Bird # 94)
Canada Warbler - 1 (Year Bird # 95 & Yard Bird # 112)
Eastern (Rufous-sided) Towhee - 1
House Finch - 20+
American Goldfinch - Approx. 50
At Donegal Lake this afternoon, we saw:
Great Blue Heron - 4
Mallard - 6
Killdeer - 40+
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Rough-winged Swallow - 3
American Crow - 50+
Song Sparrow - 2
Swamp Sparrow - 1
House Sparrow - approx. 25
Also had a Sharp-shinned Hawk near the Turnpike in Donegal.
Len & Linda Hess
Stahlstown, PA
Westmoreland Co.
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Subject: Re: [PABIRDS] Warbler ID
From: James Smith <Jimsmith0212(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 5:51pm
Bob, Your pics show a definite white supercilium. I suggest this clinches
the "Myrtle".
Jim Smith, Consulting Naturalist
PPL Holtwood Environmental Preserve
Holtwood, Lancaster County, PA
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Walnutport, Northampton Co. - 10/2
From: Billy Weber <canberra_sky(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 5:58pm
There's a Philadelphia Vireo in my yard.
Also Blue-headed and Red-eyed; Black-and-white, Magnolia, and
Yellow-rumped warblers;
redstart; Ruby-crowned Kinglet; tanager; sapsucker; and a host of
un-identifieds. Fall flights do go fast.
Mom & Dad had a Cape May Warbler last night.
Billy Weber
Walnutport, PA
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Blue Marsh, Berks County
From: Joan Silagy <bnjsil(AT)TALON.NET>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 6:08pm
The overcast day provided a good day of birding at Blue Marsh with about 43
species seen.
Highlights were:
Osprey
Caspian Tern
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Bluebird
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Indigo Buntings, 100 or more in the Sorghum field
Blue Grosbeaks, female or immatures, 3
Joan Silagy and Sidney
Leesport, PA
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Birds at Pymatuning Today
From: Bob & Mary Ann VanNewkirk <van126(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 6:20pm
Here are some of the birds I found this morning in and around the Pymatuning
State Park area in Crawford County:
Custards - hundreds of red-winged blackbirds, 1 adult and 1 juvenile bald eagle
Geneva Marsh - marsh wren, 1 adult and 1 juvenile bald eagle
Miller's Pond - 2 greater yellowlegs, 3 killdeer
Spillway area - 12+ yellow-rumped warblers, 3 white-crowned sparrows, 1 phoebe,
2 kingfishers, 5 wood ducks, cormorants
Wildlife Learning Center - 1 bluebird, 2 juvenile bald eagles, 2 tundra swans, 2
great egrets, cormorants
Fish Hatchery - 2 lesser yellowlegs, 2 killdeer, 1 great egret, 4 juvenile bald
eagles ( 3 were perched in same tree), cormorants
One of the juvie eagles was standing on a sand bar within about three feet of a
dozen Canada geese. I was surprised to see that the geese tolerated the eagle's
close presence.
Bob VanNewkirk
Allegheny County
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Rose Tree Park (02 Oct 2004) 8 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 2 Oct 2004 6:39pm
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 0 0 9
Black Vulture 0 0 10
Osprey 2 2 155
Northern Harrier 0 1 28
Mississippi Kite 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 0 1 58
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 28 592
Cooper's Hawk 1 2 99
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 4
Broad-winged Hawk 0 3 3069
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 22
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1 8 124
Merlin 0 0 23
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 6
Unknown 0 0 25
Total: 8 46 4224
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Bob Kelly, Jim Lockyer
Observers: Andy Burns, Jim Lockyer
Weather:
Cloudy with light rain and drizzle, SSE winds 3-7 Mph. Temperature from
61-66F.
Observations:
Nothing was moving in the afternoon - a sure barometer of the lack of
raptors was the squirrels frolicking in the middle of the open grass.
8 Snow Geese
7Cedar Waxwings
2 Palm Warblers
Predictions:
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Report submitted by Janet Crawford (janet.l.c(AT)att.net)
Rose Tree Park Hawkwatch, Media, PA information may be found at:
www.jl-studio.com/RTP_HW
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Allegheny Front (02 Oct 2004) 14 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 2 Oct 2004 8:15pm
Allegheny Front Hawkwatch, Central City,
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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TV 6 21 21
BE 0 2 43
OS 0 0 139
NH 0 0 42
SS 3 45 362
CH 1 6 113
NG 0 0 3
RS 0 1 15
BW 0 0 5565
RT 4 36 341
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 1 1
AK 0 6 59
ML 0 0 8
PG 0 3 5
BV 0 0 26
UA 0 0 17
UB 0 0 25
UF 0 0 2
UE 0 0 2
UR 0 3 65
Total: 14 124 6854
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Observation start time: 08:30:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 6.5 hours
Official Counter: Gene & Nancy Flament
Observers: Joe Sabo, Tom Dick
Visitors:
7
Weather:
Wspd L to Mod Wfm WSW Temp 15 to 17c
Clcv 100% Vis VH with rain showers to
H to C
Observations:
100+ crows in one flock over the west field
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Report submitted by Nancy Flament ()
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Shorebirds of Clinton Co. 10/2
From: Wayne Laubscher <wlaubsch(AT)CUB.KCNET.ORG>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 8:22pm
The shorebird festival continued today in at least two flooded field
locations of eastern Clinton County.
East of Lock Haven in the field along Tobacco Shed Rd. between Rt. 150
and the River/ Island Route:
Am. Golden Plovers
Killdeer
Dunlin
Pectoral Sandpipers
Least Sandpipers
Semipalmated Sandpipers
Gr. Yellowlegs
Ruddy Duck
South Avis tomato field:
Both Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpipers
Semipalmated Sandpipers
Dunlin
Am. Golden Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
The Whimbrel seems to have flown the coop.
Wayne Laubscher
Lock Haven
wlaubsch(AT)cub.kcnet.org
"Owl be back"
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Wildwood Lake, Dauphin Co
From: Lockerman <lockerman(AT)PAONLINE.COM>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 8:51pm
PABirders,
Today there was a black-throated green warbler hanging out with the local
birds at our feeders. On Thursday, a female scarlet tanager was seen at the
feeders. The chickadees and the nuthatches are looking crisp and vivid in
their new feathers.
Sandy Lockerman
Environmental Educator
Wildwood Lake Sanctuary
Dauphin Co. Parks and Recreation
Harrisburg, Dauphin Co.
lockerman(AT)paonline.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] HSR: Waggoner's Gap (02 Oct 2004) 55 Raptors
From: reports(AT)HAWKCOUNT.ORG
Date: 2 Oct 2004 9:07pm
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch
Pennsylvania, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 02, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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BV 0 0 0
TV 0 15 15
OS 3 7 391
BE 1 2 110
NH 1 4 95
SS 35 210 1981
CH 5 37 290
NG 0 1 2
RS 2 4 18
BW 1 12 4062
RT 0 9 225
RL 0 0 0
GE 0 2 2
AK 0 5 217
ML 2 2 13
PG 4 6 16
UR 1 5 55
Total: 55 321 7492
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Observation start time: 07:15:00
Observation end time: 17:00:00
Total observation time: 9.75 hours
Official Counter: Gene Wagner
Observers: Joe Yoder
Visitors:
Rob Santa. 14
Weather:
Overcast with intermittent showers, reduced visibility.
Observations:
BE @ 12:52
PG @ 11:05, 2:38, 3:01, and 4:13
Monarchs--3
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Report submitted by Gene Wagner (nate(AT)1gateway.com)
Waggoner's Gap Hawkwatch information may be found at:
http://user.pa.net/~waggap/
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Phila-JHNWR at Tinicum
From: Doris McGovern <mcgovern(AT)MASCA.MUSEUM.UPENN.EDU>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 9:08pm
On Saturday, 10/2 at John Heinz NWR at TINICUM
Main Impoundment only-from dike w/ extensive damage from
Hurricane Jeanne
All foot paths and roads flooded. Boardwalks submerged.
Birds of note:
Snow Goose migrating
Gadwall
100 Wood Duck
50 D-c Cormorant
Great Blue, Great Egret
Adult Bald Eagle leaves perch to chase Osprey with fish
Red-tailed Hawk
Sora Rail
Ad. Male Am. Kestrel DEAD with "jesses" on both legs
4 Black-bellied Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Kingfisher
E. Phoebe
Bl-thd green
Black-and-white
Magnolia
Palm
Yellow-rumped
C. Yellowthroat
Swamp Sparrow
Doris McGovern
209 Dogwood Rd.
Media, PA 19063-1603
610 565 8484
PA BBA Regional Coordinator area 94.95.96
mcgovern(AT)masca.museum.upenn.edu
OR
mcgovern(AT)eskimo.com
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Subject: [PABIRDS] Donegal Lake Shorebirds - Westmoreland Co 10-2-04
From: Walter Shaffer <wdshaffer(AT)ICUBED.COM>
Date: 2 Oct 2004 11:44pm
Hi,
Today, I visited Donegal Lake from 1pm until 4pm. I hoped something would come
in with the front. Nothing did! The same birds seem to have been there for about
a week with the exception of the Willets reported by Len Hess. The birds that
are there are certainly feeding actively. I suspect they are storing up for
future migration. New mudflats continue to be exposed as the water level falls
and I suspect the food supply must be good since this lake has not been lowered
for a few years to the best of my knowledge. In any event, here are the findings
for today:
Least Sandpiper - 2 -juv
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 - juv
Solitary Sandpiper - 3
Lesser Yellowlegs - 2 - juv
Dunlin - 1 juv
Semipalm. Plover - 1
Am. Pipit -1
Green Heron - 1
Blue Heron - 3
I will be unable to visit Donegal Lake next week. I hope someone will be able to
check on it.
Regards,
Walt Shaffer
Allegh Co
Pittsburgh, Pa
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