RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE03.26.06
Highlights:
HORNED GREBE
TRUMPETER SWAN
TUNDRA SWAN
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
LESSER SCAUP
GREATER SCAUP
NORTHERN PINTAIL
NORTHERN SHOVELER
GADWALL
CANVASBACK
REDHEAD
LONG-TAILED DUCK (Beaver County)
BALD EAGLE
PEREGRINE FALCON
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
NORTHERN HARRIER
SANDHILL CRANE
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
WILSON'S SNIPE
LITTLE GULL (Erie County)
BONAPARTE'S GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
SHORT-EARED OWL
COMMON RAVEN
TREE SWALLOW
FIELD SPARROW
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
PINE SISKIN
Contributors: Mike Fialkovich, Ross Gallardy, Paul Hess, Scott Kinzey, Jerry
McWilliams, Vince Milsom, Lee Ann Reiners, Kate St. John, Jarred Taracido,
Ryan Tomazin, Bob VanNewkirk, Mark Vass, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 19 March February 2006 through Sunday, 26 March 2006
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Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
Addition from last week: in Natrona Heights on 3/18, 2 PINE SISKINS seen at
a backyard feeder (PH).
On 3/23 in Fox Chapel, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 1 HORNED GREBE, 20 Red-breasted
Mergansers, 1 WILSON'S SNIPE (DY).
On 3/23 at the Toy Airport, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 8 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1
NORTHERN HARRIER, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS, 3 American Woodcock displaying at dusk
(DY).
On the Ohio River from Dashield's Dam to Brunot's Island on 3/24, 2
PEREGRINE FALCONS, 5 Bufflehead, 11 HORNED GREBES, 15 SCAUP, 9
Double-crested Cormorants, 3 Hooded Mergansers, 2 American Black Ducks, 3
Pied-billed Grebes, 3 American Coots, 1 Common Goldeneye (MV).
On 3/25 along the Allegheny River, sightings included 2 Pied-billed Grebes,
1 HORNED GREBE, 20 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Buffleheads, 1 Meadowlark (all
at Fox Chapel), 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 2 American Wigeon (all at Blawnox), 3
Wood Ducks at Harmar wetlands, 2 HORNED GREBES, 8 LESSER SCAUP, 3
Buffleheads (all at Reid's Marina), 1 Common Loon, 3 Buffleheads (all in
Tarentum), 4 Common Mergansers, 2 Wood Ducks (all in Harrison Township) (DY).
At Neville Island on 3/26, 2 COMMON RAVENS (MV).
At McKees Rocks on 3/26, 1 hen Common Goldeneye, 3 Pied-billed Grebes, 1
HORNED GREBE, 4 American Coots, 1 Bufflehead, Hooded Mergansers,
Double-crested Cormorants (MV).
On 3/25 in the Imperial, Moody Road, and Strouss farm areas, 8 LESSER SCAUP,
33 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 REDHEADS, 2 Buffleheads, 1 American Coot, 13
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 20 WILSON'S SNIPE, 1 FIELD SPARROW,
1 AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, 4 White-crowned Sparrows, 1 Eastern Phoebe (MV).
BEAVER COUNTY:
At the Trotter Lane pond on 3/21, 2 REDHEADS, 3 Ring-necked Ducks (MV).
At Independence Marsh on 3/21, 2 TUNDRA SWANS, a large flock of blackbirds
including mostly Red-winged Blackbirds and 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, hen Wood
Duck; on 3/24, 1 drake LONG-TAILED DUCK, 2 TUNDRA SWANS, 8 Buffleheads, 1
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 American Coot, 5 Wood Ducks, 1 Eastern Phoebe (MV).
On the Beaver River on 3/23, sightings included 9 LESSER SCAUP, 1
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 5 Wood Ducks, 5 American Black Ducks, 1 American Black
Duck X Mallard hybrid, 4 American Coots (MV).
At Ambridge Reservoir on 3/24, sightings included 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 5
REDHEADS, 4 CANVASBACKS, ~90 SCAUP, ~50 Ring-necked Ducks, 6 Buffleheads, 5
American Coots, 8 HORNED GREBES, 7 Wood Ducks, 4 Hooded Mergansers, 2
Pied-billed Grebes, 1 Common Loon, 4 American Wigeon, 8 Ring-billed Gulls, 1
Eastern Phoebe (MV).
On the Ohio River on 3/24 and 3/25, sightings included 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS
(at Rochester on 3/24 only), 6 Hooded Mergansers, 5 Buffleheads, 2 GADWALL,
HORNED GREBES, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 2 American Black Ducks, 5 Bufflehead, 25
Red-breasted Mergansers, 5 SCAUP, 1 REDHEAD, 2 Wood Ducks, 2 Eastern
Phoebes; on 3/25 1 BONAPARTE'S GULL was seen (MV).
In the area of Big Beaver wetlands on 3/24, 3 TREE SWALLOWS, 12 Ring-necked
Ducks, 6 Wood Ducks, 2 Eastern Phoebes, 1 TUNDRA SWAN (MV).
At the Atlantic States gravel pond on 3/24, 19 REDHEADS, 3 Ring-necked
Ducks, 1 Bufflehead (MV).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At Lake Arthur on 3/23, sightings included 12 Common Loons, 1 Pied-billed
Grebe, 24 HORNED GREBES, 22 Wood Ducks, 2 GADWALL, ~20 American Wigeon, 1
NORTHERN SHOVELER, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 4 REDHEADS, ~300 Ring-necked Ducks,
15 GREATER SCAUP, 56 LESSER SCAUP, 63 Buffleheads, 9 Common Goldeneyes, ~110
Hooded Mergansers, ~400 Red-breasted Mergansers, ~80 Ruddy Ducks, ~40
American Coots (PH). On 3/26 at At Moraine State Park, Pleasant Valley and
Upper 528 launch area, sightings included 9+ Common Loons, HORNED GREBE,
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, many Red-breasted Mergansers, SCAUP, Hooded Mergansers,
Bufflehead, Ruddy Ducks, Ring-billed Gulls, Eastern Phoebe (KSJ).
At Jennings Prairie on 3/26, flyover Ring-billed Gull, Turkey Vulture (KSJ).
At Glade Dam Lake, State Gamelands 95 (near Moniteau) on 3/26, sightings
included 2 pairs of NORTHERN PINTAILS, many Wood Ducks, GREEN-WINGED TEAL,
Bufflehead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Hooded Merganser, REDHEADS,
American Coot, pair of Turkey Vultures, pair of BALD EAGLES, Red-winged
Blackbird (KSJ).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
In Pymatuning on 3/20, 1 female Bufflehead, pair of Hooded Mergansers, 1
BALD EAGLE (JT); on 3/20-3/21, 1,000 SCAUP, 13 TUNDRA SWANS, 3,000+ gulls
(SK). In the Pymatuning area on 3/25, sightings included 2 flyover SANDHILL
CRANES, 2 Eastern Meadowlarks, 120+ TUNDRA SWANS, 1 TRUMPETER SWAN, 1
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 1 Horned Lark, 5 WILSON'S SNIPE, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2
American Black Ducks, 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 3 BALD
EAGLES, Common Mergansers, hundreds of TREE SWALLOWS, REDHEADS (BV).
At Geneva Marsh on 3/20-21, 30-50 TUNDRA SWANS (SK); on 3/25, over 250 TREE
SWALLOWS, RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, 142 TUNDRA SWANS, 5
NORTHERN SHOVELERS, Ring-necked Ducks, a few American Wigeon, 1 Common
Goldeneye, 1 CANVASBACK, GREEN-WINGED TEAL (MF).
At Miller's Ponds on 3/25, 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 7 WILSON'S SNIPE, a few
Bufflehead, American Black Duck, Ring-necked Ducks, Hooded Mergansers (MF).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle State Park, up to 4 LITTLE GULLS were seen March 9 through
March 16 off vista 2, Thompson Bay, and Beach 11; at least six were present
on 3/24 and 3/25 (JMc and RG), and on 3/26, 3 were seen from Vista parking
lot 3 (LAR). On 3/20 and 3/21, several thousand SCAUP, 155 TUNDRA SWANS, 1
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (SK); on 3/26 around the bay, many SCAUP,
Buffleheads, Common Goldeneyes, Common Mergansers, Red-breasted Mergansers,
and TUNDRA SWANS at beach 11 (LAR).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
Near Plain Grove on 3/20-21, 6 SANDHILL CRANES, Red-winged Blackbirds (SK);
on 3/26, sightings included 2 SANDHILL CRANES 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS,
Ring-necked Duck, SCAUP, 1 CANVASBACK, 10 REDHEADS, 1 Pied-billed Grebe (MV).
In Slippery Rock Township on 3/26, 1 BALD EAGLE, 15 American Wigeon, 8
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 7 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 GADWALL, 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 6
American Coots (MV).
At the New Beaver Atlantic States gravel pond on 3/26, 3 CANVASBACKS, 10
Hooded MerganserS, 14 Ring-necked Ducks, 5 SCAUP (MV).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
In West Pike Run Township on 3/21, 1 Ring-necked Pheasant (VM).
At Canonsburg Lake on 3/20, sightings included 7 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 2
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 Hooded Merganser, 6 Wood Ducks, 1 Eastern Phoebe (MV
and RT).
At the Hahn Road AMD pond on 3/20, 4 American Black Ducks, 2 Wood Ducks,
Cooper's Hawk, roosting Great Blue Herons (MV).
On the morning of 3/24 on Morganza Road at the bridge near All-Clad in Cecil
Township, 3+ RUSTY BLACKBIRDS (RT).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE03.26.06
Highlights:
HORNED GREBE
TRUMPETER SWAN
TUNDRA SWAN
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
LESSER SCAUP
GREATER SCAUP
NORTHERN PINTAIL
NORTHERN SHOVELER
GADWALL
CANVASBACK
REDHEAD
LONG-TAILED DUCK (Beaver County)
BALD EAGLE
PEREGRINE FALCON
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
NORTHERN HARRIER
SANDHILL CRANE
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
WILSON'S SNIPE
LITTLE GULL (Erie County)
BONAPARTE'S GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
SHORT-EARED OWL
COMMON RAVEN
TREE SWALLOW
FIELD SPARROW
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
PINE SISKIN
Contributors: Mike Fialkovich, Ross Gallardy, Paul Hess, Scott Kinzey, Jerry
McWilliams, Vince Milsom, Lee Ann Reiners, Kate St. John, Jarred Taracido,
Ryan Tomazin, Bob VanNewkirk, Mark Vass, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 19 March February 2006 through Sunday, 26 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:
Addition from last week: in Natrona Heights on 3/18, 2 PINE SISKINS seen at
a backyard feeder (PH).
On 3/23 in Fox Chapel, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 1 HORNED GREBE, 20 Red-breasted
Mergansers, 1 WILSON'S SNIPE (DY).
On 3/23 at the Toy Airport, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 8 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1
NORTHERN HARRIER, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS, 3 American Woodcock displaying at dusk
(DY).
On the Ohio River from Dashield's Dam to Brunot's Island on 3/24, 2
PEREGRINE FALCONS, 5 Bufflehead, 11 HORNED GREBES, 15 SCAUP, 9
Double-crested Cormorants, 3 Hooded Mergansers, 2 American Black Ducks, 3
Pied-billed Grebes, 3 American Coots, 1 Common Goldeneye (MV).
On 3/25 along the Allegheny River, sightings included 2 Pied-billed Grebes,
1 HORNED GREBE, 20 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Buffleheads, 1 Meadowlark (all
at Fox Chapel), 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 2 American Wigeon (all at Blawnox), 3
Wood Ducks at Harmar wetlands, 2 HORNED GREBES, 8 LESSER SCAUP, 3
Buffleheads (all at Reid's Marina), 1 Common Loon, 3 Buffleheads (all in
Tarentum), 4 Common Mergansers, 2 Wood Ducks (all in Harrison Township) (DY).
At Neville Island on 3/26, 2 COMMON RAVENS (MV).
At McKees Rocks on 3/26, 1 hen Common Goldeneye, 3 Pied-billed Grebes, 1
HORNED GREBE, 4 American Coots, 1 Bufflehead, Hooded Mergansers,
Double-crested Cormorants (MV).
On 3/25 in the Imperial, Moody Road, and Strouss farm areas, 8 LESSER SCAUP,
33 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 REDHEADS, 2 Buffleheads, 1 American Coot, 13
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 20 WILSON'S SNIPE, 1 FIELD SPARROW,
1 AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, 4 White-crowned Sparrows, 1 Eastern Phoebe (MV).
BEAVER COUNTY:
At the Trotter Lane pond on 3/21, 2 REDHEADS, 3 Ring-necked Ducks (MV).
At Independence Marsh on 3/21, 2 TUNDRA SWANS, a large flock of blackbirds
including mostly Red-winged Blackbirds and 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, hen Wood
Duck; on 3/24, 1 drake LONG-TAILED DUCK, 2 TUNDRA SWANS, 8 Buffleheads, 1
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 American Coot, 5 Wood Ducks, 1 Eastern Phoebe (MV).
On the Beaver River on 3/23, sightings included 9 LESSER SCAUP, 1
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 5 Wood Ducks, 5 American Black Ducks, 1 American Black
Duck X Mallard hybrid, 4 American Coots (MV).
At Ambridge Reservoir on 3/24, sightings included 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 5
REDHEADS, 4 CANVASBACKS, ~90 SCAUP, ~50 Ring-necked Ducks, 6 Buffleheads, 5
American Coots, 8 HORNED GREBES, 7 Wood Ducks, 4 Hooded Mergansers, 2
Pied-billed Grebes, 1 Common Loon, 4 American Wigeon, 8 Ring-billed Gulls, 1
Eastern Phoebe (MV).
On the Ohio River on 3/24 and 3/25, sightings included 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS
(at Rochester on 3/24 only), 6 Hooded Mergansers, 5 Buffleheads, 2 GADWALL,
HORNED GREBES, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 2 American Black Ducks, 5 Bufflehead, 25
Red-breasted Mergansers, 5 SCAUP, 1 REDHEAD, 2 Wood Ducks, 2 Eastern
Phoebes; on 3/25 1 BONAPARTE'S GULL was seen (MV).
In the area of Big Beaver wetlands on 3/24, 3 TREE SWALLOWS, 12 Ring-necked
Ducks, 6 Wood Ducks, 2 Eastern Phoebes, 1 TUNDRA SWAN (MV).
At the Atlantic States gravel pond on 3/24, 19 REDHEADS, 3 Ring-necked
Ducks, 1 Bufflehead (MV).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At Lake Arthur on 3/23, sightings included 12 Common Loons, 1 Pied-billed
Grebe, 24 HORNED GREBES, 22 Wood Ducks, 2 GADWALL, ~20 American Wigeon, 1
NORTHERN SHOVELER, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 4 REDHEADS, ~300 Ring-necked Ducks,
15 GREATER SCAUP, 56 LESSER SCAUP, 63 Buffleheads, 9 Common Goldeneyes, ~110
Hooded Mergansers, ~400 Red-breasted Mergansers, ~80 Ruddy Ducks, ~40
American Coots (PH). On 3/26 at At Moraine State Park, Pleasant Valley and
Upper 528 launch area, sightings included 9+ Common Loons, HORNED GREBE,
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, many Red-breasted Mergansers, SCAUP, Hooded Mergansers,
Bufflehead, Ruddy Ducks, Ring-billed Gulls, Eastern Phoebe (KSJ).
At Jennings Prairie on 3/26, flyover Ring-billed Gull, Turkey Vulture (KSJ).
At Glade Dam Lake, State Gamelands 95 (near Moniteau) on 3/26, sightings
included 2 pairs of NORTHERN PINTAILS, many Wood Ducks, GREEN-WINGED TEAL,
Bufflehead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Hooded Merganser, REDHEADS,
American Coot, pair of Turkey Vultures, pair of BALD EAGLES, Red-winged
Blackbird (KSJ).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
In Pymatuning on 3/20, 1 female Bufflehead, pair of Hooded Mergansers, 1
BALD EAGLE (JT); on 3/20-3/21, 1,000 SCAUP, 13 TUNDRA SWANS, 3,000+ gulls
(SK). In the Pymatuning area on 3/25, sightings included 2 flyover SANDHILL
CRANES, 2 Eastern Meadowlarks, 120+ TUNDRA SWANS, 1 TRUMPETER SWAN, 1
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 1 Horned Lark, 5 WILSON'S SNIPE, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2
American Black Ducks, 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 3 BALD
EAGLES, Common Mergansers, hundreds of TREE SWALLOWS, REDHEADS (BV).
At Geneva Marsh on 3/20-21, 30-50 TUNDRA SWANS (SK); on 3/25, over 250 TREE
SWALLOWS, RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, 142 TUNDRA SWANS, 5
NORTHERN SHOVELERS, Ring-necked Ducks, a few American Wigeon, 1 Common
Goldeneye, 1 CANVASBACK, GREEN-WINGED TEAL (MF).
At Miller's Ponds on 3/25, 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 7 WILSON'S SNIPE, a few
Bufflehead, American Black Duck, Ring-necked Ducks, Hooded Mergansers (MF).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle State Park, up to 4 LITTLE GULLS were seen March 9 through
March 16 off vista 2, Thompson Bay, and Beach 11; at least six were present
on 3/24 and 3/25 (JMc and RG), and on 3/26, 3 were seen from Vista parking
lot 3 (LAR). On 3/20 and 3/21, several thousand SCAUP, 155 TUNDRA SWANS, 1
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (SK); on 3/26 around the bay, many SCAUP,
Buffleheads, Common Goldeneyes, Common Mergansers, Red-breasted Mergansers,
and TUNDRA SWANS at beach 11 (LAR).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
Near Plain Grove on 3/20-21, 6 SANDHILL CRANES, Red-winged Blackbirds (SK);
on 3/26, sightings included 2 SANDHILL CRANES 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS,
Ring-necked Duck, SCAUP, 1 CANVASBACK, 10 REDHEADS, 1 Pied-billed Grebe (MV).
In Slippery Rock Township on 3/26, 1 BALD EAGLE, 15 American Wigeon, 8
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 7 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 GADWALL, 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 6
American Coots (MV).
At the New Beaver Atlantic States gravel pond on 3/26, 3 CANVASBACKS, 10
Hooded MerganserS, 14 Ring-necked Ducks, 5 SCAUP (MV).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
In West Pike Run Township on 3/21, 1 Ring-necked Pheasant (VM).
At Canonsburg Lake on 3/20, sightings included 7 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 2
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 Hooded Merganser, 6 Wood Ducks, 1 Eastern Phoebe (MV
and RT).
At the Hahn Road AMD pond on 3/20, 4 American Black Ducks, 2 Wood Ducks,
Cooper's Hawk, roosting Great Blue Herons (MV).
On the morning of 3/24 on Morganza Road at the bridge near All-Clad in Cecil
Township, 3+ RUSTY BLACKBIRDS (RT).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
To send in reports:
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724-938-0655
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