RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE04.16.06
Highlights:
GREAT EGRET
AMERICAN BITTERN
REDHEAD
GADWALL
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
SURF SCOTER
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
RUDDY DUCK
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
NORTHERN HARRIER
OSPREY
PEREGRINE FALCON
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
SANDHILL CRANE
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
LAUGHING GULL (Allegheny County)
GLAUCOUS GULL (Erie County)
ICELAND GULL (Erie County)
THAYER'S GULL (Erie County)
BONAPARTE'S GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
CASPIAN TERN
FORSTER'S TERN
SHORT-EARED OWL
CHIMNEY SWIFT
EASTERN KINGBIRD
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
COMMON RAVEN
BANK SWALLOW
BARN SWALLOW
TREE SWALLOW
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
PURPLE MARTIN (Mercer County)
WINTER WREN
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
SWAINSON'S THRUSH
HERMIT THRUSH
VEERY (Allegheny County)
BROWN THRASHER
AMERICAN PIPIT
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER
NORTHERN PARULA
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
possible SPOTTED TOWHEE (Beaver County 4/14)
CHIPPING SPARROW
FIELD SPARROW
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
HENSLOW'S SPARROW (Beaver & Lawrence Counties)
SWAMP SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
FOX SPARROW
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
PINE SISKIN
PURPLE FINCH
Contributors: Mark Bowers, Jeff Brinker, Marcy Cunkelman, Mike Fialkovich,
Ross Gallardy, Scott Kinzey, Larry Laude, Flo McGuire, Jerry McWilliams,
Geoff Malosh, Kate St. John, Jack and Sue Solomon, Randy Stringer, Jarred
Taracido, Jose' Taracido, Ryan Tomazin, Bob VanNewkirk, Mark Vass, Dan
Weeks, Carole Willenpart, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 9 April February 2006 through Sunday, 16 April 2006
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Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
At Frick Park on 4/9, species included singing FOX SPARROWS (SS) and 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (DW); on 4/10, HERMIT THRUSH (SS); on 4/11,
sightings included BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, Yellow-rumped Warbler,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, WINTER WREN, FOX
SPARROW; on 4/13, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BROWN THRASHER, 12 RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLETS, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, HERMIT THRUSH (SS et. al.).
Near Dashields Dam on the Ohio River on 4/10, 614 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 187
Ring-billed Gulls, 1 LAUGHING GULL, 8 CASPIAN TERNS, 1 FORSTER'S TERN, 3
Buffleheads, 7 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 BARN SWALLOWS, 1 NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, 13 Red-winged Blackbirds (GM); on 4/11, 133
Ring-billed Gulls, 74 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 CASPIAN TERNS (SK). On 4/12 and
4/14, 2 FORSTER'S TERNS, Common Loon, American Coot (4/12 only); also on
4/14, 6 SURF SCOTERS, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 16
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, 12 Double-crested Cormorants (MV).
On 4/10 in Etna, 2 hen Red-breasted Mergansers; on 4/14, Pied-billed Grebe (DY).
In Blawnox on 4/11, 1 Lesser Scaup, 4 hen Hooded Mergansers (DY).
On 4/11 at the Allegheny Land Trust Conservation Area in Sewickley Hills,
sightings included Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Eastern
Phoebe, Eastern Towhee, and others (BV).
At Harrison Hills Park on 4/12, WINTER WREN (JS).
At Pontefrac Park and Walker Park in Leetsdale on 4/12, YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER, 3-4 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, 1 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (MV); on 4/15,
singing NORTHERN PARULA and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS (MF).
At Lock & Dam #2 on 4/13, 3 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 78 Herring Gulls (DY); at
Six-mile Island on 4/13, 98 Double-crested Cormorants, increasing to 108 on
4/14 (DY).
In Pittsburgh on 4/13, singing RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET (KSJ).
At the Leetsdale boat launch on 4/14, 5 SURF SCOTERS (reported by MV to Paul
Hess).
In East Liberty on 4/14, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH (DY).
On 4/14 at Sewickley Heights Borough Park, 1 VEERY, 1 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER,
2 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 1 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, BROWN THRASHER,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS (BV).
At the Imperial grasslands on 4/14, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 AMERICAN PIPIT,
6 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 BROWN THRASHERS (MV).
In Fox Chapel on 4/11-4/16, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, OSPREY, 2 FORSTER'S TERNS
(DY); at the Fox Chapel yacht club on 4/14, 2 FORSTER'S TERNS (DY); on 4/15
on Squaw Run Road, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (LL et. al.).
On 4/14 at Homewood Cemetery in the East End, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, FOX
SPARROW (MF).
BEAVER COUNTY:
In Rochester on 4/10, 22 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 21 Ring-billed Gulls, 6 Hooded
Mergansers, 6 Red-breasted Mergansers, 10 Buffleheads; on 4/16, 20 RUDDY
DUCKS, 6 Buffleheads, 1 Herring Gull (MV).
On 4/11 at Montgomery Dam, 96 Double-crested Cormorants, 3 American Coots, 2
Buffleheads, 2 GADWALL (MV).
At Ambridge Reservoir on 4/11, Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebes, Buffleheads;
on 4/15, other species included Ring-necked Ducks, Hooded Mergansers,
Red-breasted Mergansers, Wood Ducks, American Coot (MV).
At Independence Marsh on 4/11, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 2
Hooded Mergansers, 2 BARN SWALLOWS, and a white Northern Mockingbird; on
4/15, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 3 Wood Ducks (MV).
On The Beaver River 4/13, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 female Red-breasted
Merganser (MV).
At Raccoon Creek State Park on 4/14, sightings included LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSH, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, 3 RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLETS, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 47 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS (GM); on 4/14, 2 SPOTTED
TOWHEES were reported from the Wildflower Reserve (reported to MV by Bill &
Karen Parker); they were NOT refound on 4/15 (GM, MF), but Eastern Towhees,
including a variant, and BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS were present. On 4/16,
sightings included Sharp-shinned Hawk, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, Eastern Towhee (KSJ).
At State Gamelands #285 on 4/14, 3-4 HENSLOW'S SPARROWS heard, 1 VESPER
SPARROW, 6-7 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, many FIELD SPARROWS, 3 PURPLE FINCHES (GM).
At the Three Rivers gravel pond in Darlington on 4/15, 1 REDHEAD, 1 RUDDY
DUCK, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Pied-billed Grebe (MV).
BUTLER COUNTY:
On 4/10 in northern Butler, FIELD SPARROW, Eastern Phoebe, BARN SWALLOWS,
Eastern Towhee, possible EASTERN KINGBIRD (JB).
CLARION COUNTY:
Near Sligo on 4/10, a pair of NORTHERN HARRIERS performing flight displays;
on 4/14, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, SWAMP SPARROWS (CW).
At the Curllsville Strips on 4/14, 2 HENSLOW'S SPARROWS, Eastern
Meadowlarks, 5+ AMERICAN WOODCOCKS (CW).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
At an unspecified location on 4/13, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BARN SWALLOW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, Eastern Towhee, FIELD
SPARROW (FM).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle State Park the morning of 4/10, 5 GLAUCOUS GULLS, 3 ICELAND
GULLS, 1 THAYER'S GULL, 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 1 Great Black-backed
Gull X Herring Gull Hybrid, 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS; on 4/11, 3 adult LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 1 adult and 1 immature GLAUCOUS GULL (JM). On the
evening of 4/11 at Niagra Pond, 8+ AMERICAN BITTERNS (JM). On 4/13,
highlights at various locations were 1 first-year THAYER'S GULL, 3 GLAUCOUS
GULLS (1 adult), 3 ICELAND GULLS (1 adult), 8 SURF SCOTERS (Thompson Bay), 8
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS (Gull Point), 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 1 BANK SWALLOW, 1
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 1 GREAT EGRET (JM, RS). On 4/15, 1 SANDHILL CRANE
over Pine Tree Trail, and 1 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL (JM).
On 4/10 near the U.S. Coast Guard Station, 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS (JM).
At the Tom Ridge Environmental Center on 4/11, sightings during a hawkwatch
included 2 OSPREY, 14 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 72 Turkey
Vultures, 18 Double-crested Cormorants, 1 TREE SWALLOW, several Red-winged
Blackbirds (JM). On 4/13, sightings included 37 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 6
Red-shouldered Hawks, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 27 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 4 Cooper's
Hawks, 283 Turkey Vultures, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 1 OSPREY, 1 Common Loon (RS).
On 4/13 over Erie Bluffs State Park, 3 SANDHILL CRANES (JM).
FOREST COUNTY:
Near Tionesta on 4/11, 2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS in the Allegheny National
Forest, 2 HERMIT THRUSHES, PINE SISKINS, PURPLE FINCHES, and a Red-breasted
Nuthatch at the feeders (FM).
GREENE COUNTY:
At Enlow Fork on 4/6, sightings included Wood Duck, Sharp-shinned Hawk, 4
Turkey Vultures, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, COMMON RAVEN,
TREE SWALLOW, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW (in West Finley),
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, NORTHERN PARULA,
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, Eastern Towhee, CHIPPING
SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle (KSJ).
INDIANA COUNTY:
In Clarksburg on 4/10, the AMERICAN TREE SPARROW remained, and other
sightings include CHIPPING SPARROW, 3 FOX SPARROWS, 2 Eastern Towhees,
singing FIELD SPARROW, BROWN THRASHER; on 4/12, 2-3 YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLERS, TREE SWALLOWS, BROWN THRASHERS; on 4/15, PURPLE FINCHES, 1-2 PINE
SISKINS, Red-shouldered Hawk, Cedar Waxwings (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
At the Volant Strips on the morning of 4/13, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 1-2
SHORT-EARED OWLS, 5+ SAVANNAH SPARROWS, 1 probable HENSLOW'S SPARROW calling
softly, and numerous Eastern Meadowlarks (JB); during the evening of 4/13, 5
NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS (RS).
At the Three Rivers gravel pond on 4/15, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 3 Buffleheads, 2 RUDDY DUCKS, 2 Ring-necked Ducks, 1 Hooded
Merganser, 1 Red-breasted Merganser (MV).
In Slippery Rock Township at the Copper Road Marsh on 4/16, sightings
included 10 Wood Ducks, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 American
Wigeon, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 4 Hooded Mergansers (MV).
In Plain Grove on 4/16, BROWN THRASHER, SAVANNAH SPARROWS (MV).
On 4/16 at the Mason Road and McConahy Road gravel ponds, sightings included
300-350 Ring-necked Ducks, 25 Lesser Scaup, 3 Greater Scaup, 4 Buffleheads,
7 Ruddy Ducks, 3 Common Mergansers (MV).
MERCER COUNTY:
At the Grove City bike trail on 4/12, 2 Barred Owls (JB); in Grove City on
4/14, 4 CHIMNEY SWIFTS (RS).
At an unspecified location on the evening of 4/13, 1 adult AMERICAN WOODCOCK
seen with four young, and 3 male PURPLE MARTINS (RS).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
Throughout the week at Canonsburg Lake, sightings included 11 Wood Ducks,
American Coots, EGRET X Great Blue Heron HYBRID, 5+ BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 7
Buffleheads, 4-5 GREAT EGRETS, OSPREY, Pied-billed Grebes, 2 Wilson's Snipe,
1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, Chipping Sparrows, TREE SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOWS,
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, Red-winged Blackbirds diving at the Teal,
and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (RT, MV).
At the Hahn road AMD pond on 4/10, 1 hen REDHEAD, 1 hen Lesser Scaup, 4
American Coots (MV). On 4/16, 40 species were seen, including BROAD-WINGED
HAWK, many RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, SWAMP SPARROW (RT).
From 4/11 through 4/14 in California, singing YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (AT);
in Coal Center on 4/15-4/17, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (AT).
On a farm in Prosperity on 4/11, EASTERN KINGBIRD (JaT).
On 4/12 on a farm on Elm Road in West Pike Run Township, 1 singing COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, 1 male Ring-necked Pheasant; nearby along Spring Road on 4/15,
2 singing SWAMP SPARROWS (AT).
At Mingo Creek County Park on 4/13, highlights were 8 YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLERS, 5 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES, 1 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, 6 BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHERS, 2 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS (RG).
Above McMurray on the evening of 4/13, 1 CHIMNEY SWIFT (RT).
On 4/13 at a farm in Eighty Four, 24 PURPLE MARTINS (JoT).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
From 3/30 in Rostraver Township, singing FIELD SPARROW (MB).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE04.16.06
Highlights:
GREAT EGRET
AMERICAN BITTERN
REDHEAD
GADWALL
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
SURF SCOTER
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
RUDDY DUCK
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
NORTHERN HARRIER
OSPREY
PEREGRINE FALCON
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
SANDHILL CRANE
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
LAUGHING GULL (Allegheny County)
GLAUCOUS GULL (Erie County)
ICELAND GULL (Erie County)
THAYER'S GULL (Erie County)
BONAPARTE'S GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
CASPIAN TERN
FORSTER'S TERN
SHORT-EARED OWL
CHIMNEY SWIFT
EASTERN KINGBIRD
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
COMMON RAVEN
BANK SWALLOW
BARN SWALLOW
TREE SWALLOW
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
PURPLE MARTIN (Mercer County)
WINTER WREN
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
SWAINSON'S THRUSH
HERMIT THRUSH
VEERY (Allegheny County)
BROWN THRASHER
AMERICAN PIPIT
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER
NORTHERN PARULA
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
possible SPOTTED TOWHEE (Beaver County 4/14)
CHIPPING SPARROW
FIELD SPARROW
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
HENSLOW'S SPARROW (Beaver & Lawrence Counties)
SWAMP SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
FOX SPARROW
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
PINE SISKIN
PURPLE FINCH
Contributors: Mark Bowers, Jeff Brinker, Marcy Cunkelman, Mike Fialkovich,
Ross Gallardy, Scott Kinzey, Larry Laude, Flo McGuire, Jerry McWilliams,
Geoff Malosh, Kate St. John, Jack and Sue Solomon, Randy Stringer, Jarred
Taracido, Jose' Taracido, Ryan Tomazin, Bob VanNewkirk, Mark Vass, Dan
Weeks, Carole Willenpart, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 9 April February 2006 through Sunday, 16 April 2006
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Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
At Frick Park on 4/9, species included singing FOX SPARROWS (SS) and 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (DW); on 4/10, HERMIT THRUSH (SS); on 4/11,
sightings included BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, Yellow-rumped Warbler,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, WINTER WREN, FOX
SPARROW; on 4/13, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BROWN THRASHER, 12 RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLETS, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, HERMIT THRUSH (SS et. al.).
Near Dashields Dam on the Ohio River on 4/10, 614 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 187
Ring-billed Gulls, 1 LAUGHING GULL, 8 CASPIAN TERNS, 1 FORSTER'S TERN, 3
Buffleheads, 7 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 BARN SWALLOWS, 1 NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, 13 Red-winged Blackbirds (GM); on 4/11, 133
Ring-billed Gulls, 74 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 CASPIAN TERNS (SK). On 4/12 and
4/14, 2 FORSTER'S TERNS, Common Loon, American Coot (4/12 only); also on
4/14, 6 SURF SCOTERS, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 16
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, 12 Double-crested Cormorants (MV).
On 4/10 in Etna, 2 hen Red-breasted Mergansers; on 4/14, Pied-billed Grebe (DY).
In Blawnox on 4/11, 1 Lesser Scaup, 4 hen Hooded Mergansers (DY).
On 4/11 at the Allegheny Land Trust Conservation Area in Sewickley Hills,
sightings included Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Eastern
Phoebe, Eastern Towhee, and others (BV).
At Harrison Hills Park on 4/12, WINTER WREN (JS).
At Pontefrac Park and Walker Park in Leetsdale on 4/12, YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER, 3-4 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, 1 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (MV); on 4/15,
singing NORTHERN PARULA and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS (MF).
At Lock & Dam #2 on 4/13, 3 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 78 Herring Gulls (DY); at
Six-mile Island on 4/13, 98 Double-crested Cormorants, increasing to 108 on
4/14 (DY).
In Pittsburgh on 4/13, singing RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET (KSJ).
At the Leetsdale boat launch on 4/14, 5 SURF SCOTERS (reported by MV to Paul
Hess).
In East Liberty on 4/14, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH (DY).
On 4/14 at Sewickley Heights Borough Park, 1 VEERY, 1 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER,
2 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 1 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, BROWN THRASHER,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS (BV).
At the Imperial grasslands on 4/14, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 AMERICAN PIPIT,
6 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 BROWN THRASHERS (MV).
In Fox Chapel on 4/11-4/16, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, OSPREY, 2 FORSTER'S TERNS
(DY); at the Fox Chapel yacht club on 4/14, 2 FORSTER'S TERNS (DY); on 4/15
on Squaw Run Road, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (LL et. al.).
On 4/14 at Homewood Cemetery in the East End, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, FOX
SPARROW (MF).
BEAVER COUNTY:
In Rochester on 4/10, 22 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 21 Ring-billed Gulls, 6 Hooded
Mergansers, 6 Red-breasted Mergansers, 10 Buffleheads; on 4/16, 20 RUDDY
DUCKS, 6 Buffleheads, 1 Herring Gull (MV).
On 4/11 at Montgomery Dam, 96 Double-crested Cormorants, 3 American Coots, 2
Buffleheads, 2 GADWALL (MV).
At Ambridge Reservoir on 4/11, Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebes, Buffleheads;
on 4/15, other species included Ring-necked Ducks, Hooded Mergansers,
Red-breasted Mergansers, Wood Ducks, American Coot (MV).
At Independence Marsh on 4/11, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 2
Hooded Mergansers, 2 BARN SWALLOWS, and a white Northern Mockingbird; on
4/15, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 3 Wood Ducks (MV).
On The Beaver River 4/13, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 female Red-breasted
Merganser (MV).
At Raccoon Creek State Park on 4/14, sightings included LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSH, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, 3 RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLETS, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 47 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS (GM); on 4/14, 2 SPOTTED
TOWHEES were reported from the Wildflower Reserve (reported to MV by Bill &
Karen Parker); they were NOT refound on 4/15 (GM, MF), but Eastern Towhees,
including a variant, and BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS were present. On 4/16,
sightings included Sharp-shinned Hawk, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, Eastern Towhee (KSJ).
At State Gamelands #285 on 4/14, 3-4 HENSLOW'S SPARROWS heard, 1 VESPER
SPARROW, 6-7 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, many FIELD SPARROWS, 3 PURPLE FINCHES (GM).
At the Three Rivers gravel pond in Darlington on 4/15, 1 REDHEAD, 1 RUDDY
DUCK, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Pied-billed Grebe (MV).
BUTLER COUNTY:
On 4/10 in northern Butler, FIELD SPARROW, Eastern Phoebe, BARN SWALLOWS,
Eastern Towhee, possible EASTERN KINGBIRD (JB).
CLARION COUNTY:
Near Sligo on 4/10, a pair of NORTHERN HARRIERS performing flight displays;
on 4/14, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, SWAMP SPARROWS (CW).
At the Curllsville Strips on 4/14, 2 HENSLOW'S SPARROWS, Eastern
Meadowlarks, 5+ AMERICAN WOODCOCKS (CW).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
At an unspecified location on 4/13, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BARN SWALLOW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, Eastern Towhee, FIELD
SPARROW (FM).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle State Park the morning of 4/10, 5 GLAUCOUS GULLS, 3 ICELAND
GULLS, 1 THAYER'S GULL, 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 1 Great Black-backed
Gull X Herring Gull Hybrid, 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS; on 4/11, 3 adult LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 1 adult and 1 immature GLAUCOUS GULL (JM). On the
evening of 4/11 at Niagra Pond, 8+ AMERICAN BITTERNS (JM). On 4/13,
highlights at various locations were 1 first-year THAYER'S GULL, 3 GLAUCOUS
GULLS (1 adult), 3 ICELAND GULLS (1 adult), 8 SURF SCOTERS (Thompson Bay), 8
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS (Gull Point), 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 1 BANK SWALLOW, 1
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 1 GREAT EGRET (JM, RS). On 4/15, 1 SANDHILL CRANE
over Pine Tree Trail, and 1 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL (JM).
On 4/10 near the U.S. Coast Guard Station, 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS (JM).
At the Tom Ridge Environmental Center on 4/11, sightings during a hawkwatch
included 2 OSPREY, 14 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 72 Turkey
Vultures, 18 Double-crested Cormorants, 1 TREE SWALLOW, several Red-winged
Blackbirds (JM). On 4/13, sightings included 37 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 6
Red-shouldered Hawks, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 27 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 4 Cooper's
Hawks, 283 Turkey Vultures, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 1 OSPREY, 1 Common Loon (RS).
On 4/13 over Erie Bluffs State Park, 3 SANDHILL CRANES (JM).
FOREST COUNTY:
Near Tionesta on 4/11, 2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS in the Allegheny National
Forest, 2 HERMIT THRUSHES, PINE SISKINS, PURPLE FINCHES, and a Red-breasted
Nuthatch at the feeders (FM).
GREENE COUNTY:
At Enlow Fork on 4/6, sightings included Wood Duck, Sharp-shinned Hawk, 4
Turkey Vultures, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, COMMON RAVEN,
TREE SWALLOW, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW (in West Finley),
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, NORTHERN PARULA,
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, Eastern Towhee, CHIPPING
SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle (KSJ).
INDIANA COUNTY:
In Clarksburg on 4/10, the AMERICAN TREE SPARROW remained, and other
sightings include CHIPPING SPARROW, 3 FOX SPARROWS, 2 Eastern Towhees,
singing FIELD SPARROW, BROWN THRASHER; on 4/12, 2-3 YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLERS, TREE SWALLOWS, BROWN THRASHERS; on 4/15, PURPLE FINCHES, 1-2 PINE
SISKINS, Red-shouldered Hawk, Cedar Waxwings (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
At the Volant Strips on the morning of 4/13, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 1-2
SHORT-EARED OWLS, 5+ SAVANNAH SPARROWS, 1 probable HENSLOW'S SPARROW calling
softly, and numerous Eastern Meadowlarks (JB); during the evening of 4/13, 5
NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS (RS).
At the Three Rivers gravel pond on 4/15, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 3 Buffleheads, 2 RUDDY DUCKS, 2 Ring-necked Ducks, 1 Hooded
Merganser, 1 Red-breasted Merganser (MV).
In Slippery Rock Township at the Copper Road Marsh on 4/16, sightings
included 10 Wood Ducks, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 American
Wigeon, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 4 Hooded Mergansers (MV).
In Plain Grove on 4/16, BROWN THRASHER, SAVANNAH SPARROWS (MV).
On 4/16 at the Mason Road and McConahy Road gravel ponds, sightings included
300-350 Ring-necked Ducks, 25 Lesser Scaup, 3 Greater Scaup, 4 Buffleheads,
7 Ruddy Ducks, 3 Common Mergansers (MV).
MERCER COUNTY:
At the Grove City bike trail on 4/12, 2 Barred Owls (JB); in Grove City on
4/14, 4 CHIMNEY SWIFTS (RS).
At an unspecified location on the evening of 4/13, 1 adult AMERICAN WOODCOCK
seen with four young, and 3 male PURPLE MARTINS (RS).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
Throughout the week at Canonsburg Lake, sightings included 11 Wood Ducks,
American Coots, EGRET X Great Blue Heron HYBRID, 5+ BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 7
Buffleheads, 4-5 GREAT EGRETS, OSPREY, Pied-billed Grebes, 2 Wilson's Snipe,
1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, Chipping Sparrows, TREE SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOWS,
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, Red-winged Blackbirds diving at the Teal,
and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (RT, MV).
At the Hahn road AMD pond on 4/10, 1 hen REDHEAD, 1 hen Lesser Scaup, 4
American Coots (MV). On 4/16, 40 species were seen, including BROAD-WINGED
HAWK, many RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, SWAMP SPARROW (RT).
From 4/11 through 4/14 in California, singing YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (AT);
in Coal Center on 4/15-4/17, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (AT).
On a farm in Prosperity on 4/11, EASTERN KINGBIRD (JaT).
On 4/12 on a farm on Elm Road in West Pike Run Township, 1 singing COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, 1 male Ring-necked Pheasant; nearby along Spring Road on 4/15,
2 singing SWAMP SPARROWS (AT).
At Mingo Creek County Park on 4/13, highlights were 8 YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLERS, 5 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES, 1 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, 6 BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHERS, 2 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS (RG).
Above McMurray on the evening of 4/13, 1 CHIMNEY SWIFT (RT).
On 4/13 at a farm in Eighty Four, 24 PURPLE MARTINS (JoT).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
From 3/30 in Rostraver Township, singing FIELD SPARROW (MB).
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Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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