RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE03.19.06
Highlights:
HORNED GREBE
EARED GREBE (Erie County)
TUNDRA SWAN
TRUMPETER SWAN (Beaver and Lawrence Counties)
SNOW GOOSE
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
LESSER SCAUP
NORTHERN SHOVELER
CANVASBACK
GADWALL
REDHEAD
NORTHERN PINTAIL
HYBRID COMMON GOLDENEYE X HOODED MERGANSER (Indiana County)
GOLDEN EAGLE
BALD EAGLE
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
NORTHERN HARRIER
MERLIN
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN WOODCOCK
WILSON'S SNIPE
NORTHERN SHRIKE
TREE SWALLOW
WINTER WREN
HERMIT THRUSH
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
FOX SPARROW
FIELD SPARROW
CHIPPING SPARROW
PURPLE FINCH
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
BALTIMORE ORIOLE
Contributors: Scott Bastian, Ben Coulter, Marcy Cunkelman, John Fedak,
Leonard Hess, Margaret and Roger Higbee, Jerry McWilliams, Geoff Malosh, Ed
Richards, Tom Roberts, Leo Stember, Randy Stringer, Ryan Tomazin, Bob
VanNewkirk, Mark Vass, Carole Willenpart, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 12 March February 2006 through Sunday, 19 March 2006
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Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
In Etna on 3/13, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 4 Common Mergansers; on 3/14, 1 TREE
SWALLOW, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 4 Common Mergansers (DY).
In Fox Chapel on 3/13, 3 Pied-billed Grebes, 2 Common Mergansers, 1 LESSER
SCAUP, 1 American Coot, 17 Ring-billed Gulls (DY).
At Lock & Dam #3 in Cheswick on 3/13, sightings included 18 LESSER SCAUP (DY).
On 3/13 in the Imperial area, 1 hen Red-breasted Merganser, 6 Ring-necked
Ducks, 1 dark-phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 2 Horned Larks (DY); on 3/18, 1
American Coot, 2 American Black Ducks, 23 Ring-necked Ducks, 6 GREEN-WINGED
TEAL, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER (MV).
At Six-Mile Island on 3/18, 8 Buffleheads (DY).
In Blawnox on 3/18, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 3 Common Goldeneyes (DY).
On 3/18 at Reid's Marina in Cheswick, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 1 Bufflehead (DY).
In Tarentum on 3/18, 3 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Buffleheads, 1 Eastern Phoebe (DY).
In Findlay Township on 3/18, sightings included Red-winged Blackbirds, 3
LESSER SCAUP, American Coot, 2 REDHEADS, 5 Ring-necked Ducks, 1 Bufflehead (MV).
Along the Ohio River at Woods Run, Emsworth Dam, and Dashield's Dam on 3/18,
1 REDHEAD, Double-crested Cormorants, Pied-billed Grebe, Hooded Mergansers,
Red-breasted Mergansers, 34 Turkey Vultures (MV).
ARMSTRONG COUNTY:
At Keystone Reservoir on 3/11, sightings included 3 American Wigeon, 1
American Black Duck, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 5 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 22 Ring-necked
Ducks, 54 LESSER SCAUP, 3 Hooded Mergansers, 5 Common Mergansers, 14
Red-breasted Mergansers, 4 Pied-billed Grebes, 8 HORNED GREBES, 4 American
Coots, 1 Eastern Phoebe (MHi, RHi).
BEAVER COUNTY:
On 3/12 at Ambridge Reservoir, sightings included 2 TUNDRA SWANS, 2 Wood
Ducks, 2 GADWALL, 52 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Greater Scaup, 92 LESSER SCAUP, 1
Bufflehead, 13 Hooded Mergansers, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Pied-billed
Grebe, 3 HORNED GREBES (GM). On 3/17 sightings included 1 Common Loon (in
breeding plumage), 7 HORNED GREBES, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 16 SCAUP (Greater &
Lesser), 3 Ruddy Ducks, 13 Buffleheads, 90-100 Ring-necked Ducks, 1 Wood
Duck, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 3 REDHEADS, 6 GADWALL,
1 FIELD SPARROW (singing), male Ring-necked Pheasant crossing Green Garden
Road nearby (MV).
At Independence Marsh on 3/12, 4 Wood Ducks, 12 American Wigeon, 16
Ring-necked Ducks, 12 LESSER SCAUP, 7 Hooded Mergansers (GM). On 3/17, 1
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 7 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Wood Ducks (MV).
On the Beaver and Ohio Rivers on 3/12, sightings included Wood Ducks,
American Black Ducks, LESSER SCAUP, Buffleheads, Hooded Mergansers, Common
Mergansers, and HORNED GREBES (GM). On 3/17, 11 American Black Ducks, 6 Wood
Ducks, 2 Buffleheads, 3 American Coots, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Black Swans, 2 Common
Mergansers (MV).
At Beaver Lakes Golf Course on 3/12, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Buffleheads (GM).
First arrivals for Beaver County on 3/12 were TREE SWALLOW (1 at
Independence Marsh), WILSON'S SNIPE (1 at Independence Marsh), and Eastern
Phoebe (1 at Rochester); 3-4 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS persist in the fields near the
corner of Park and PA-151 in Independence Township; About 100 Ring-billed
Gulls were on the Ohio River (GM).
In Darlington Township on 3/16, 12 Wood Ducks, 1 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS (MV).
In South Beaver Township on 3/16, 4 AMERICAN WOODCOCKS, 2 Turkey Vultures (MV).
In New Beaver on 3/16, 2 Wood Ducks, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS, 1 Bufflehead (MV).
At Little Blue on 3/17, 30 sleeping TUNDRA SWANS, 5 Ring-necked Ducks (MV).
At the pond next to Big Beaver Wetlands on 3/19, HORNED GREBE, 9 Ring-necked
Ducks (MV).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At Moraine State Park on 3/13, a total of 51 species were seen including
LESSER SCAUP, BALD EAGLE, American Black Duck, BLUE-WINGED TEAL,
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, Ring-necked Ducks, NORTHERN PINTAIL, MERLIN (Rt. 522,
going toward the Zion church), Common Mergansers, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS,
Turkey Vulture, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Goldeneye (RT). On 3/18,
sightings included 5 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, 20+ TUNDRA SWANS, 1 Common
Loon, 2 Hooded Mergansers, Bufflehead, 50+ LESSER SCAUP, American Coots, 6
HORNED GREBES, 5 Ruddy Ducks, 30 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 HERMIT THRUSH, 5
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, Wood Ducks, 2 juvenile BALD EAGLES, American Wigeon,
Eastern Phoebe (BV).
CLARION COUNTY:
Near Leatherwood on 3/14 and 3/17, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE perched atop a snag (CW).
In Sligo on 3/13, a singing WINTER WREN, and that night AMERICAN WOODCOCKS
were heard peenting (CW).
In Curlsville on 3/17, 7 WILSON'S SNIPE, 13 Hooded Mergansers, several SCAUP
Sp. (CW).
ERIE COUNTY:
From last week: 20+ flyover SNOW GEESE at the Erie Zoo on 3/11; In Presque
Isle State Park on 3/6 and 3/7, 1 MERLIN; on 3/10, 11 SANDHILL CRANES in
Albion; 2 flyover SANDHILL CRANES at Long Pond on 3/12 (JM).
From Erie on 3/13, 7 flyover SANDHILL CRANES headed east along the lakeshore
(BC).
At Presque Isle State Park on 3/18, an EARED GREBE was spotted off Leo's
Landing; 23 species of waterfowl were seen that day (RS).
INDIANA COUNTY:
Near Shelocta on 3/12, sightings included 45 Ring-billed Gulls, 2 Eastern
Meadowlarks (MHi, RHi).
At Yellow Creek State Park on 3/13, the winds had most of the birds tucked
into the shore pretty tight; sightings included BLUE-WINGED TEAL,
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN PINTAILS, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Mergansers,
TUNDRA SWANS, Ring-necked Ducks, LESSER SCAUP, American Wigeon, and 2 BALD
EAGLES (ER); on 3/16, a COMMON GOLDENEYE X HOODED MERGANSER HYBRID was seen
near the canoe-rental building (ER).
In Clarksburg on 3/16, sightings included Turkey Vulture, FOX SPARROW, 12
TUNDRA SWANS, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, 3 Eastern Towhees (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
In Plain Grove on 3/16, 25-30 SANDHILL CRANES, 2 BALD EAGLES, 16 NORTHERN
SHOVELERS, 72 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL (MV).
On Golf Course Road on 3/16, 1 American Wigeon, 5 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 15
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (MV); on McConahy Road on 3/16, Ring-necked Ducks, 2
REDHEADS (MV).
At Black Swamp on 3/16, 1 adult BALD EAGLE, 43 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 Ruddy
Duck, 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 4 American Wigeon, 4 Hooded Mergansers, 7 Wood
Ducks, Ring-necked Ducks (MV).
At Edinburg Lake on 3/16, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 3 Pied-billed Grebes, 1 adult
BALD EAGLE, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 3 Turkey Vultures (MV).
In Slippery Rock Township on 3/16, 7 American Coots, 4 Hooded Mergansers, 1
Pied-billed Grebe, 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 14 American Wigeon, 1 LESSER SCAUP,
Ring-necked Duck, 14 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL (MV).
At the Atlantic States gravel pond on 3/16 and 3/19, REDHEADS, Ring-necked
Ducks; also on 3/16, 3 LESSER SCAUP, 4 Greater Scaup, 2 Buffleheads, 9
Hooded Mergansers, 11 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 2 CANVASBACKS (MV).
On Edwards Road and Wampum-New Galillee Road in New Beaver on 3/19,
sightings included 2 TRUMPETER SWANS, Eastern Phoebe, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL (MV).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
IN northern Somerset County the week of 3/12, Eastern Phoebe, American
Woodcock, Red-winged Blackbirds, PURPLE FINCH, Eastern Meadowlark (TR).
AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were heard peenting in an unspecified location in
Somerset this week (SB).
WARREN COUNTY:
In Warren on 3/13, TUNDRA SWANS, 3 Turkey Vultures, 1 adult GOLDEN EAGLE (JF).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
During a morning bird count in rural West Pike Run Township on 3/13, singing
and calling Eastern Meadowlarks were abundant throughout, as well as singing
and calling Red-winged Blackbirds, 2 singing Eastern Phoebes, 1 crowing
Ring-necked Pheasant; and 1 beautiful male Ring-necked Pheasant was seen in
a farm field edge along SR2038; on 3/15, another male Ring-necked Pheasant
was seen walking near a stream from along T457 (AT).
At Canonsburg Lake on 3/13, 1 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 5 Wood
Ducks (MV); on 3/18, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 CHIPPING
SPARROW, 4 Wood Ducks (RT).
In Peters Township on 3/13, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 1 Pied-billed Grebe (MV);
through 3/14, the BALTIMORE ORIOLE remains present at a backyard feeder
(this bird has been present since 1/14/06) (MV).
At the AMD pond on 3/13, 1 Hooded Merganser, 2 American Coots, 2 American
Black Ducks, 1 Eastern Phoebe (MV).
Above New Eagle on 3/19, 9 Turkey Vultures (LS).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
On 3/18 at Jacob's Creek, sightings included 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 9
American Wigeon, 5 LESSER SCAUP, 6 Buffleheads, 4 Hooded Mergansers, 7
Red-breasted Mergansers (reported to LH by Sarah & Randi Gerrish).
At Bridgeport on 3/18, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers (reported to LH by Sarah &
Randi Gerrish).
At Acme Dam on 3/18, 18 TUNDRA SWANS, 5 Ring-necked Duck females (reported
to LH by Sarah & Randi Gerrish).
At Donegal Lake on 3/18, sightings included 2 Buffleheads, 2 Red-breasted
Mergansers (reported to LH by Sarah & Randi Gerrish).
At Trout Run Reservoir on 3/18, sightings included 15 American Black Ducks,
1 Turkey Vulture (reported to LH by Sarah & Randi Gerrish).
At Keystone on 3/18, 2 Turkey Vultures (reported to LH by Sarah & Randi
Gerrish).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE03.19.06
Highlights:
HORNED GREBE
EARED GREBE (Erie County)
TUNDRA SWAN
TRUMPETER SWAN (Beaver and Lawrence Counties)
SNOW GOOSE
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
LESSER SCAUP
NORTHERN SHOVELER
CANVASBACK
GADWALL
REDHEAD
NORTHERN PINTAIL
HYBRID COMMON GOLDENEYE X HOODED MERGANSER (Indiana County)
GOLDEN EAGLE
BALD EAGLE
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
NORTHERN HARRIER
MERLIN
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN WOODCOCK
WILSON'S SNIPE
NORTHERN SHRIKE
TREE SWALLOW
WINTER WREN
HERMIT THRUSH
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
FOX SPARROW
FIELD SPARROW
CHIPPING SPARROW
PURPLE FINCH
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
BALTIMORE ORIOLE
Contributors: Scott Bastian, Ben Coulter, Marcy Cunkelman, John Fedak,
Leonard Hess, Margaret and Roger Higbee, Jerry McWilliams, Geoff Malosh, Ed
Richards, Tom Roberts, Leo Stember, Randy Stringer, Ryan Tomazin, Bob
VanNewkirk, Mark Vass, Carole Willenpart, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 12 March February 2006 through Sunday, 19 March 2006
***This report is distributed by e-mail only. If you would like to receive
western PA RBAs, contact meadowlark4@verizon.net
Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
In Etna on 3/13, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 4 Common Mergansers; on 3/14, 1 TREE
SWALLOW, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 4 Common Mergansers (DY).
In Fox Chapel on 3/13, 3 Pied-billed Grebes, 2 Common Mergansers, 1 LESSER
SCAUP, 1 American Coot, 17 Ring-billed Gulls (DY).
At Lock & Dam #3 in Cheswick on 3/13, sightings included 18 LESSER SCAUP (DY).
On 3/13 in the Imperial area, 1 hen Red-breasted Merganser, 6 Ring-necked
Ducks, 1 dark-phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 2 Horned Larks (DY); on 3/18, 1
American Coot, 2 American Black Ducks, 23 Ring-necked Ducks, 6 GREEN-WINGED
TEAL, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER (MV).
At Six-Mile Island on 3/18, 8 Buffleheads (DY).
In Blawnox on 3/18, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 3 Common Goldeneyes (DY).
On 3/18 at Reid's Marina in Cheswick, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 1 Bufflehead (DY).
In Tarentum on 3/18, 3 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Buffleheads, 1 Eastern Phoebe (DY).
In Findlay Township on 3/18, sightings included Red-winged Blackbirds, 3
LESSER SCAUP, American Coot, 2 REDHEADS, 5 Ring-necked Ducks, 1 Bufflehead (MV).
Along the Ohio River at Woods Run, Emsworth Dam, and Dashield's Dam on 3/18,
1 REDHEAD, Double-crested Cormorants, Pied-billed Grebe, Hooded Mergansers,
Red-breasted Mergansers, 34 Turkey Vultures (MV).
ARMSTRONG COUNTY:
At Keystone Reservoir on 3/11, sightings included 3 American Wigeon, 1
American Black Duck, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 5 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 22 Ring-necked
Ducks, 54 LESSER SCAUP, 3 Hooded Mergansers, 5 Common Mergansers, 14
Red-breasted Mergansers, 4 Pied-billed Grebes, 8 HORNED GREBES, 4 American
Coots, 1 Eastern Phoebe (MHi, RHi).
BEAVER COUNTY:
On 3/12 at Ambridge Reservoir, sightings included 2 TUNDRA SWANS, 2 Wood
Ducks, 2 GADWALL, 52 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Greater Scaup, 92 LESSER SCAUP, 1
Bufflehead, 13 Hooded Mergansers, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Pied-billed
Grebe, 3 HORNED GREBES (GM). On 3/17 sightings included 1 Common Loon (in
breeding plumage), 7 HORNED GREBES, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 16 SCAUP (Greater &
Lesser), 3 Ruddy Ducks, 13 Buffleheads, 90-100 Ring-necked Ducks, 1 Wood
Duck, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 3 REDHEADS, 6 GADWALL,
1 FIELD SPARROW (singing), male Ring-necked Pheasant crossing Green Garden
Road nearby (MV).
At Independence Marsh on 3/12, 4 Wood Ducks, 12 American Wigeon, 16
Ring-necked Ducks, 12 LESSER SCAUP, 7 Hooded Mergansers (GM). On 3/17, 1
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 7 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Wood Ducks (MV).
On the Beaver and Ohio Rivers on 3/12, sightings included Wood Ducks,
American Black Ducks, LESSER SCAUP, Buffleheads, Hooded Mergansers, Common
Mergansers, and HORNED GREBES (GM). On 3/17, 11 American Black Ducks, 6 Wood
Ducks, 2 Buffleheads, 3 American Coots, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Black Swans, 2 Common
Mergansers (MV).
At Beaver Lakes Golf Course on 3/12, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Buffleheads (GM).
First arrivals for Beaver County on 3/12 were TREE SWALLOW (1 at
Independence Marsh), WILSON'S SNIPE (1 at Independence Marsh), and Eastern
Phoebe (1 at Rochester); 3-4 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS persist in the fields near the
corner of Park and PA-151 in Independence Township; About 100 Ring-billed
Gulls were on the Ohio River (GM).
In Darlington Township on 3/16, 12 Wood Ducks, 1 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS (MV).
In South Beaver Township on 3/16, 4 AMERICAN WOODCOCKS, 2 Turkey Vultures (MV).
In New Beaver on 3/16, 2 Wood Ducks, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS, 1 Bufflehead (MV).
At Little Blue on 3/17, 30 sleeping TUNDRA SWANS, 5 Ring-necked Ducks (MV).
At the pond next to Big Beaver Wetlands on 3/19, HORNED GREBE, 9 Ring-necked
Ducks (MV).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At Moraine State Park on 3/13, a total of 51 species were seen including
LESSER SCAUP, BALD EAGLE, American Black Duck, BLUE-WINGED TEAL,
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, Ring-necked Ducks, NORTHERN PINTAIL, MERLIN (Rt. 522,
going toward the Zion church), Common Mergansers, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS,
Turkey Vulture, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Goldeneye (RT). On 3/18,
sightings included 5 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, 20+ TUNDRA SWANS, 1 Common
Loon, 2 Hooded Mergansers, Bufflehead, 50+ LESSER SCAUP, American Coots, 6
HORNED GREBES, 5 Ruddy Ducks, 30 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 HERMIT THRUSH, 5
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, Wood Ducks, 2 juvenile BALD EAGLES, American Wigeon,
Eastern Phoebe (BV).
CLARION COUNTY:
Near Leatherwood on 3/14 and 3/17, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE perched atop a snag (CW).
In Sligo on 3/13, a singing WINTER WREN, and that night AMERICAN WOODCOCKS
were heard peenting (CW).
In Curlsville on 3/17, 7 WILSON'S SNIPE, 13 Hooded Mergansers, several SCAUP
Sp. (CW).
ERIE COUNTY:
From last week: 20+ flyover SNOW GEESE at the Erie Zoo on 3/11; In Presque
Isle State Park on 3/6 and 3/7, 1 MERLIN; on 3/10, 11 SANDHILL CRANES in
Albion; 2 flyover SANDHILL CRANES at Long Pond on 3/12 (JM).
From Erie on 3/13, 7 flyover SANDHILL CRANES headed east along the lakeshore
(BC).
At Presque Isle State Park on 3/18, an EARED GREBE was spotted off Leo's
Landing; 23 species of waterfowl were seen that day (RS).
INDIANA COUNTY:
Near Shelocta on 3/12, sightings included 45 Ring-billed Gulls, 2 Eastern
Meadowlarks (MHi, RHi).
At Yellow Creek State Park on 3/13, the winds had most of the birds tucked
into the shore pretty tight; sightings included BLUE-WINGED TEAL,
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN PINTAILS, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Mergansers,
TUNDRA SWANS, Ring-necked Ducks, LESSER SCAUP, American Wigeon, and 2 BALD
EAGLES (ER); on 3/16, a COMMON GOLDENEYE X HOODED MERGANSER HYBRID was seen
near the canoe-rental building (ER).
In Clarksburg on 3/16, sightings included Turkey Vulture, FOX SPARROW, 12
TUNDRA SWANS, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, 3 Eastern Towhees (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
In Plain Grove on 3/16, 25-30 SANDHILL CRANES, 2 BALD EAGLES, 16 NORTHERN
SHOVELERS, 72 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL (MV).
On Golf Course Road on 3/16, 1 American Wigeon, 5 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 15
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (MV); on McConahy Road on 3/16, Ring-necked Ducks, 2
REDHEADS (MV).
At Black Swamp on 3/16, 1 adult BALD EAGLE, 43 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 Ruddy
Duck, 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 4 American Wigeon, 4 Hooded Mergansers, 7 Wood
Ducks, Ring-necked Ducks (MV).
At Edinburg Lake on 3/16, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 3 Pied-billed Grebes, 1 adult
BALD EAGLE, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 3 Turkey Vultures (MV).
In Slippery Rock Township on 3/16, 7 American Coots, 4 Hooded Mergansers, 1
Pied-billed Grebe, 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 14 American Wigeon, 1 LESSER SCAUP,
Ring-necked Duck, 14 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL (MV).
At the Atlantic States gravel pond on 3/16 and 3/19, REDHEADS, Ring-necked
Ducks; also on 3/16, 3 LESSER SCAUP, 4 Greater Scaup, 2 Buffleheads, 9
Hooded Mergansers, 11 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 2 CANVASBACKS (MV).
On Edwards Road and Wampum-New Galillee Road in New Beaver on 3/19,
sightings included 2 TRUMPETER SWANS, Eastern Phoebe, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL (MV).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
IN northern Somerset County the week of 3/12, Eastern Phoebe, American
Woodcock, Red-winged Blackbirds, PURPLE FINCH, Eastern Meadowlark (TR).
AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were heard peenting in an unspecified location in
Somerset this week (SB).
WARREN COUNTY:
In Warren on 3/13, TUNDRA SWANS, 3 Turkey Vultures, 1 adult GOLDEN EAGLE (JF).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
During a morning bird count in rural West Pike Run Township on 3/13, singing
and calling Eastern Meadowlarks were abundant throughout, as well as singing
and calling Red-winged Blackbirds, 2 singing Eastern Phoebes, 1 crowing
Ring-necked Pheasant; and 1 beautiful male Ring-necked Pheasant was seen in
a farm field edge along SR2038; on 3/15, another male Ring-necked Pheasant
was seen walking near a stream from along T457 (AT).
At Canonsburg Lake on 3/13, 1 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 5 Wood
Ducks (MV); on 3/18, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 CHIPPING
SPARROW, 4 Wood Ducks (RT).
In Peters Township on 3/13, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 1 Pied-billed Grebe (MV);
through 3/14, the BALTIMORE ORIOLE remains present at a backyard feeder
(this bird has been present since 1/14/06) (MV).
At the AMD pond on 3/13, 1 Hooded Merganser, 2 American Coots, 2 American
Black Ducks, 1 Eastern Phoebe (MV).
Above New Eagle on 3/19, 9 Turkey Vultures (LS).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
On 3/18 at Jacob's Creek, sightings included 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 9
American Wigeon, 5 LESSER SCAUP, 6 Buffleheads, 4 Hooded Mergansers, 7
Red-breasted Mergansers (reported to LH by Sarah & Randi Gerrish).
At Bridgeport on 3/18, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers (reported to LH by Sarah &
Randi Gerrish).
At Acme Dam on 3/18, 18 TUNDRA SWANS, 5 Ring-necked Duck females (reported
to LH by Sarah & Randi Gerrish).
At Donegal Lake on 3/18, sightings included 2 Buffleheads, 2 Red-breasted
Mergansers (reported to LH by Sarah & Randi Gerrish).
At Trout Run Reservoir on 3/18, sightings included 15 American Black Ducks,
1 Turkey Vulture (reported to LH by Sarah & Randi Gerrish).
At Keystone on 3/18, 2 Turkey Vultures (reported to LH by Sarah & Randi
Gerrish).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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meadowlark4@verizon.net
724-938-0655
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