- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* December 1, 2005
* PAEA0512.01
- Birds mentioned
PINE SISKIN
CACKLING GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
LONG-TAILED DUCK
SNOW BUNTING
GREAT CORMORANT
ICELAND GULL
RED-NECKED GREBE
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: December 1st at 11:00 PM
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@fast.net with "Birdline" in subject
heading.
Compiler: Dave DeReamus
You can visit our Website for information about the Lehigh Valley Audubon
Society at
http://www.lehigh.edu/~bcm0/lvas.html. Click on our new "BBoard" link if
you'd like to discuss local birding information and issues, offer or ask for
rides to field trips, or check on birding items for sale.
You can visit my Website for photos and information about Eastern PA Birding
at http://www.users.fast.net/~becard/index.html.
This is Dave DeReamus, for the Eastern PA Birdline, sponsored by the Lehigh
Valley Audubon Society, recorded on December 1st at 11:00 PM.
The Allentown Christmas Bird Count will be held on December 17th. If
interested, contact your group leader from last year or call Mark Boyd at
(610) 432-0170.
The Wild Creek - Penn Forest Christmas Bird Count will be held on December
18th. Contact your group leader from last year or call Josh Nemeth at (610)
573-8577.
The Bethlehem - Easton - Hellertown Christmas Bird Count will be a held on
December 31st. Contact your group leader from last year or call Don &
Elaine Mease at (610) 346-7754.
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:
PINE SISKINS - 3 on 11/26.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
CACKLING GEESE - 2 on 11/26.
Sightings from the NORTHAMPTON QUARRY, Northampton County included:
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE - 3 on 11/26 ('fly-by's seen leaving the
quarry).
Gray Catbird - 1 on 11/26 (along the nearby Greenway project trail at the
Northampton Trucking Company).
Sightings from LITTLE GAP, Northampton County included:
Bald Eagles - 2 on 11/23
Golden Eagles - 3 on 11/23
PINE SISKINS - 7 on 11/23 ('fly-by's).
Sightings from the BELTZVILLE LAKE area, Carbon County included:
LONG-TAILED DUCKS - 2 on 11/26
Ruddy Ducks - 1 on 11/26; 3 on 11/29
Bald Eagle - 1 on 11/29
Merlin - 1 on 11/29 (along the road to the Pine Run boat launch)
American Pipit - 1 on 11/25 and 11/26 ('fly-by' at the Pine Run boat launch)
Fox Sparrows - 3 on 11/29
SNOW BUNTINGS - 4 on 11/25 (at the Pine Run boat launch)
PINE SISKINS - 5 on 11/26.
Sightings from the WHITEHALL area, Lehigh County included:
Carolina Chickadee - 1 sporadically during this past week (at a private
feeder).
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
American Robins - ~2000 on 11/26 (along Cedar Creek south of the Rose
Garden).
Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County included:
GREAT CORMORANT - 1 on 11/24
LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 on 11/30
ICELAND GULL - 1 on 11/27
Eastern Phoebe - 1 on 11/30.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE - 1 on 11/26
LONG-TAILED DUCKS - 2 on 11/26
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 on 11/26
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 89 back on 11/23
PINE SISKIN - 1 on 11/25 and 11/26.
Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey included:
RED-NECKED GREBES - 2 on 11/27.
- End transcript
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* December 1, 2005
* PAEA0512.01
- Birds mentioned
PINE SISKIN
CACKLING GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
LONG-TAILED DUCK
SNOW BUNTING
GREAT CORMORANT
ICELAND GULL
RED-NECKED GREBE
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: December 1st at 11:00 PM
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@fast.net with "Birdline" in subject
heading.
Compiler: Dave DeReamus
You can visit our Website for information about the Lehigh Valley Audubon
Society at
http://www.lehigh.edu/~bcm0/lvas.html. Click on our new "BBoard" link if
you'd like to discuss local birding information and issues, offer or ask for
rides to field trips, or check on birding items for sale.
You can visit my Website for photos and information about Eastern PA Birding
at http://www.users.fast.net/~becard/index.html.
This is Dave DeReamus, for the Eastern PA Birdline, sponsored by the Lehigh
Valley Audubon Society, recorded on December 1st at 11:00 PM.
The Allentown Christmas Bird Count will be held on December 17th. If
interested, contact your group leader from last year or call Mark Boyd at
(610) 432-0170.
The Wild Creek - Penn Forest Christmas Bird Count will be held on December
18th. Contact your group leader from last year or call Josh Nemeth at (610)
573-8577.
The Bethlehem - Easton - Hellertown Christmas Bird Count will be a held on
December 31st. Contact your group leader from last year or call Don &
Elaine Mease at (610) 346-7754.
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:
PINE SISKINS - 3 on 11/26.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
CACKLING GEESE - 2 on 11/26.
Sightings from the NORTHAMPTON QUARRY, Northampton County included:
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE - 3 on 11/26 ('fly-by's seen leaving the
quarry).
Gray Catbird - 1 on 11/26 (along the nearby Greenway project trail at the
Northampton Trucking Company).
Sightings from LITTLE GAP, Northampton County included:
Bald Eagles - 2 on 11/23
Golden Eagles - 3 on 11/23
PINE SISKINS - 7 on 11/23 ('fly-by's).
Sightings from the BELTZVILLE LAKE area, Carbon County included:
LONG-TAILED DUCKS - 2 on 11/26
Ruddy Ducks - 1 on 11/26; 3 on 11/29
Bald Eagle - 1 on 11/29
Merlin - 1 on 11/29 (along the road to the Pine Run boat launch)
American Pipit - 1 on 11/25 and 11/26 ('fly-by' at the Pine Run boat launch)
Fox Sparrows - 3 on 11/29
SNOW BUNTINGS - 4 on 11/25 (at the Pine Run boat launch)
PINE SISKINS - 5 on 11/26.
Sightings from the WHITEHALL area, Lehigh County included:
Carolina Chickadee - 1 sporadically during this past week (at a private
feeder).
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
American Robins - ~2000 on 11/26 (along Cedar Creek south of the Rose
Garden).
Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County included:
GREAT CORMORANT - 1 on 11/24
LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 on 11/30
ICELAND GULL - 1 on 11/27
Eastern Phoebe - 1 on 11/30.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE - 1 on 11/26
LONG-TAILED DUCKS - 2 on 11/26
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 on 11/26
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 89 back on 11/23
PINE SISKIN - 1 on 11/25 and 11/26.
Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey included:
RED-NECKED GREBES - 2 on 11/27.
- End transcript