RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE05.14.06
Highlights:
GREAT EGRET
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Erie County)
GREEN HERON
LEAST BITTERN (Crawford County)
NORTHERN SHOVELER
BALD EAGLE
OSPREY
NORTHERN HARRIER
MERLIN
COMMON MOORHEN
SORA (Beaver County)
VIRGINIA RAIL (Beaver and Lawrence Counties)
WILSON'S PHALAROPE (Crawford County)
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Erie County)
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
LEAST SANDPIPER
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
UPLAND SANDPIPER (Crawford County)
DUNLIN
SANDERLING (Erie County)
BONAPARTE'S GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
BLACK TERN (Erie and Venango Counties)
CASPIAN TERN
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
WHIP-POOR-WILL (Erie County)
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (Venango County)
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER
LEAST FLYCATCHER
WILLOW/ALDER FLYCATCHER
WILLOW FLYCATCHER
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
WARBLING VIREO
WHITE-EYED VIREO
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
BANK SWALLOW
CLIFF SWALLOW
PURPLE MARTIN (Washington County)
WINTER WREN
VEERY
SWAINSON'S THRUSH (Allegheny and Washington Counties)
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (Erie County)
HERMIT THRUSH
AMERICAN PIPIT
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (Fayette County)
BREWSTER'S WARBLER (Erie County)
LAWRENCE'S WARBLER (Clarion County)
PRAIRIE WARBLER
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
CERULEAN WARBLER
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER
PINE WARBLER
PALM WARBLER
HOODED WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
TENNESSEE WARBLER
BLACKPOLL WARBLER (Allegheny, Crawford, and Mercer Counties)
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
KENTUCKY WARBLER
CANADA WARBLER (Allegheny and Beaver Counties)
CAPE MAY WARBLER (Beaver County)
MOURNING WARBLER (Beaver and Venango Counties)
WORM-EATING WARBLER
NORTHERN PARULA
AMERICAN REDSTART
OVENBIRD
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
HENSLOW'S SPARROW (Beaver, Clarion, and Washington Counties)
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Clarion County)
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
LINCOLN'S SPARROW (Erie and Venango Counties)
SWAMP SPARROW
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
INDIGO BUNTING
BOBOLINK
PURPLE FINCH
Contributors: Douglas Bauman, Jeff Brinker, Mike Fialkovich, Paul Hess,
Michael Leahy, Flo McGuire, Jerry McWilliams, Geoff Malosh (with Dave
Wilton), Diane Reckless, Kate St. John, Fred Schroyer, Jerry Stanley, Randy
Stringer, Ryan Tomazin, Mark Vass, Carole Willenpart.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 7 May 2006 through Sunday, 14 May 2006
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Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
From last week: on 5/6 at Harrison Hills Park, sightings included 1 SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 VEERY, 1 WARBLING VIREO, 2 Common
Yellowthroats, 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 1 Orchard
Oriole; at a feeder in Natrona Heights through the weekend, 1-2
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (PH).
On 5/7 at the Strouss Farm, 6 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (MV).
On 5/7 at the Imperial Grasslands, 9 AMERICAN PIPITS, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
7 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 7 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 3 SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS (MV). On 5/13 during the migration count, highlights at Imperial
included TENNESSEE WARBLERS, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 3
WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, SAVANNAH SPARROWS, BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOO, INDIGO BUNTINGS, Orchard Orioles, Baltimore Orioles, Eastern
Towhees, Wood Thrushes, BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, WHITE-EYED VIREOS, Brown
Thrashers (MF).
At Dashield's Dam on 5/8, 1 CLIFF SWALLOW, several BANK SWALLOWS, Northern
Rough-winged Swallows, Barn Swallows, Tree Swallows, several Double-crested
Cormorants, 9 Wood Ducks, Ring-billed Gull (MV).
At Sewickley Heights Park on 5/9, highlights included BLUE-WINGED WARBLER,
NASHVILLE WARBLER, Yellow Warbler, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, Yellow-rumped
Warbler, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, Yellow-throated
Warbler, CERULEAN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART,
OVENBIRD, Louisiana Waterthrush, KENTUCKY WARBLER, Common Yellowthroat,
HOODED WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, 5 species of VIREO (no
Philadelphia), LEAST FLYCATCHER, and EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (GM and DW).
At Magee Field on 5/10, 1 COMMON NIGHTHAWK (KSJ).
Over Dormont on 5/10, 1 COMMON NIGHTHAWK (DR).
At Harrison Hills Park on 5/10, highlights were BLUE-WINGED WARBLER,
NASHVILLE WARBLER, Yellow Warbler, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PALM WARBLER,
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, CERULEAN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AMERICAN
REDSTART, WORM-EATING WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, Common Yellowthroat, HOODED
WARBLER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, Broad-winged Hawk, Ruby-throated Hummingbird,
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, Eastern
Kingbird, WHITE-EYED VIREO, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, INDIGO BUNTING, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole,
PURPLE FINCH, and dozens of male Scarlet Tanagers (PH).
BEAVER COUNTY:
At Ambridge Reservoir and Raccoon Creek State Park on 5/11, sightings
included Yellow Warblers, CERULEAN WARBLERS, 11 TENNESSEE WARBLERS (Raccoon
Creek), AMERICAN REDSTARTS, HOODED WARBLERS, OVENBIRDS, Yellow-throated
Warblers (Raccoon Creek), Common Yellowthroats, BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (Raccoon Creek), 3 NASHVILLE WARBLERS (Raccoon
Creek), Louisiana Waterthrushes (Raccoon Creek), BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLERS, KENTUCKY WARBLERS, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, 4 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS,
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER (Raccoon Creek), WORM-EATING
WARBLER (Raccoon Creek), BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (Raccoon Creek), CAPE MAY
WARBLER (Raccoon Creek), Yellow-rumped Warblers, PALM WARBLER (Ambridge),
WHITE-EYED VIREO, Red-eyed Vireo, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, WARBLING VIREOS,
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, LEAST
FLYCATCHER, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, Eastern Kingbird
(GM). At Raccoon Creek on 5/12, 2 MOURNING WARBLERS were seen along Lakeside
Lodge Road; at Ambridge Reservoir on 5/12, 5 species of swallows including
several CLIFF SWALLOWS and BANK SWALLOWS (MV).
At Little Blue Lake on 5/12, 2 drake NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 29-30 Cedar
Waxwings, 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (MV).
On 5/12 at the Ohio River in Industry, 3 OSPREY; at the New Brighton boat
launch, 1 American Coot, 1 COMMON MOORHEN (MV). The COMMON MOORHEN was still
present on 5/14 (GM).
On 5/12 in Darlington Township at the Madden Run Road marsh, 5-6 VIRGINIA
RAILS (MV).
On 5/13 for the migration count, highlights around the county were 1-2 SORA
and 6 VIRGINIA RAILS at Madden Run Road marsh, 3 CLIFF SWALLOWS at Raccoon
Creek and Ambridge Reservoir, CANADA WARBLER at Raccoon Creek, 18+ HENSLOW'S
SPARROWS at State Gamelands #285, 13 BOBOLINKS on and near SGL 285 (GM).
Near Montgomery Dam on 5/14, 1 Common Tern (GM).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At Moraine State Park on 5/13, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, 8 Ruddy Ducks, 1
Double-crested Cormorant, 6 Wood Ducks, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 GREEN HERON (MV).
CLARION COUNTY:
At the Piney Tract area on 5/7, highlights were HENSLOW'S SPARROWS,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, SAVANNAH SPARROWS, Field
Sparrows, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, Tree Swallows, Barn Swallows, Chimney
Swift, Turkey Vulture, NORTHERN HARRIER, Eastern Meadowlark, CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, PRAIRIE
WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, Yellow-rumped Warbler, PINE WARBLER,
OVENBIRD, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Baltimore Oriole, Ring-necked
Pheasant, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, PURPLE FINCH, Red-breasted Nuthatch,
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER (ML).
In East Brady on 5/8, sightings included BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER, and a singing WINTER WREN; on 5/13, a LAWRENCE'S WARBLER was seen
here and was singing the Blue-winged Warbler song; also seen in the area
were WORM-EATING WARBLER and many CERULEAN WARBLERS; other sightings that
day were TENNESSEE WARBLERS and 2 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES (CW).
Along the Armstrong Trail on 5/8, 4 CERULEAN WARBLERS, 1 YELLOW-THROATED
VIREO, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 WORM-EATING WARBLER, 1 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER,
Baltimore Orioles, INDIGO BUNTINGS, Scarlet Tanager, BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER, Yellow Warbler, HOODED WARBLER (CW).
All week at the Curllsville Strips area, 3+ CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS have been
active and singing (CW).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
The WILSON'S PHALAROPE at Miller's Ponds was still present on 5/7 (FM). On
5/14, sightings there included 47 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 UPLAND SANDPIPER, 1
DUNLIN, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 7 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 18 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS (MV).
On 5/13 a LEAST BITTERN and a COMMON MOORHEN were calling at Hartstown Marsh
(RS).
At Pymatuming Reservoir on 5/13, 9 BALD EAGLES (mostly immatures) (RS).
At the fish hatchery on 5/14, 4 DUNLIN, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 5 BALD EAGLES;
at the Spillway, 2 1st-year BONAPARTE'S GULLS; and at the Shelota Pond
parking lot, BLACKPOLL WARBLERS with the Yellow-rumped Warblers (MV).
ERIE COUNTY:
From last week: on 5/5, CERULEAN WARBLERS were found along Six Mile Creek
County Park (JM).
At Presque Isle State Park this week, highlights were GREAT EGRET at Niagara
Pond and Leo's Landing, MERLIN, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, and BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER at Gull Point, Orchard Oriole on Sidewalk Trail and also at Franklin
Center, WHIP-POOR-WILL at Fry's landing, and BREWSTER'S WARBLER at Fry's
landing, BLACK TERN at Waterford on 5/9, Northern Mockingbird at Beach 11 on
5/11; also on 5/11, a peak total of 23 warbler species were counted,
including NORTHERN PARULA; other less common species reported recently have
been WHITE-EYED VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, CERULEAN
WARBLER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW (JM). Another report on 5/11 produced DUNLIN,
SANDERLING, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, and LEAST SANDPIPER at Gull Point; Niagara
Pond had American Woodcock, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and SPOTTED SANDPIPER; Pine
Tree Trail yielded SOLITARY SANDPIPER; Thompson Bay had a LESSER YELLOWLEGS;
a third-year BALD EAGLE and 4 migrating NORTHERN HARRIERS over Gull Point;
thrushes included HERMIT THRUSH GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH; vireos included
PHILADELPHIA VIREO and 4 WHITE-EYED VIREOS; seven species of duck; an
AMERICAN PIPIT was seen on a spit in Thompson Bay; flycatchers included 4
calling LEAST FLYCATCHERS, 7 WILLOW/ALDER FLYCATCHERS, and 20 Eastern
Kingbirds; Red-breasted Nuthatches were found in four locations; 24 species
of warblers were seen or heard, mostly at Fry's Landing; seven species of
sparrows with nearly 100+ White-throated Sparrows and 100+ WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROWS feeding everywhere; 22 migrating BOBOLINKS; total species seen or
heard in the park was 125 (RS). On 5/12, highlights were BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON on Pine Tree Trail, 7 GREAT EGRETS at the head of the park, 3
BLACK TERNS at Misery Bay, Northern Mockingbird at Beach 11; on 5/13, 8
GREAT EGRETS and 3-4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were at the head of Presque
Isle Bay, and 3 BLACK TERNS were at Niagara Pond (JM).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
At Ohiopyle State Park on 5/10, sightings included 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 1
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 7 Chimney
Swifts, 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, 1 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 2 ACADIAN
FLYCATCHERS, 1 LEAST FLYCATCHER, 4 Eastern Phoebes, 2 Eastern Kingbirds, 1
WHITE-EYED VIREO, 4 YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS, 2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 2 WARBLING
VIREOS, 15 Red-eyed Vireos, 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows, 10+ CLIFF
SWALLOWS, 20+ Barn Swallows, 1 House Wren, 3 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, 13 Wood
Thrushes, 3 Gray Catbirds, 3 BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, 4 GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS,
4 NORTHERN PARULAS, 4 Yellow Warblers, 4 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, 1 MAGNOLIA
WARBLER, 4 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, 8 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 1
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 1 Yellow-throated Warbler, 1 PALM WARBLER, 1 CERULEAN
WARBLER, 9 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, 17 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, 7 OVENBIRDS, 3
Louisiana Waterthrushes, 3 KENTUCKY WARBLERS, 6 Common Yellowthroats, 17
HOODED WARBLERS, 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, 12 Scarlet Tanagers, 6 SAVANNAH
SPARROWS, 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 9 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, 18 INDIGO
BUNTINGS, 6+ BOBOLINKS, 1 Eastern Meadowlark, 12 Baltimore Orioles, 2 PURPLE
FINCHES (MF et. al.).
FOREST COUNTY:
At Tionesta Lake on 5/8, sightings included WHITE-EYED VIREO, Wood Thrush,
NORTHERN PARULA, Yellow Warbler, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (FM).
On 5/12 at Buzzard Swamp near Marienville, 15 DUNLIN, a Pied-billed Grebe, 2
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 12 LEAST SANDPIPERS, and a
possible STILT SANDPIPER (FM).
GREENE COUNTY:
In suburban Waynesburg on 5/11, Common Yellowthroat (FS).
INDIANA COUNTY:
At Blacklick Valley Natural Area on 5/7, sightings included BLACK-THROATED
BLUE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 2 HOODED
WARBLERS, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, Wood Thrushes,
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Ruffed Grouse, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, Red-eyed Vireo,
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Barn Swallow, House Wren, Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, Gray Catbird, OVENBIRD, Common Yellowthroat, Scarlet Tanager,
INDIGO BUNTING, Baltimore Oriole (KSJ).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
In Slippery Rock Township at the Copper Road marsh on 5/13, 1 Blue-winged
Teal, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 6 Wood Ducks, 1 GREEN HERON (MV).
At the Wampum - New Galilee Road marsh on 5/13, 7 COMMON MOORHENS, 4 Wood
Ducks, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 3 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS (MV).
At the Three Rivers gravel pond on 5/13, a pair of Hooded Mergansers here
with 15 chicks, 4 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 6 SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS (MV).
In Plain Grove on 5/14, 1 Common Loon (adult in breeding plumage), 2 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 LEAST SANDPIPER, 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS (MV).
MERCER COUNTY:
On 5/7 at Lake Wilhelm (Goddard State Park), sightings included 3 LEAST
FLYCATCHERS, Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Warbler, WARBLING VIREO,
WHITE-EYED VIREOS, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, Wood Thrush, Yellow Warbler,
Yellow-rumped Warbler, BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, HOODED WARBLER, BLACKPOLL
WARBLER, 2 NORTHERN PARULA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, Louisiana
Waterthrush, many AMERICAN REDSTARTS, NASHVILLE WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, 3
Scarlet Tanagers (JB).
At Shenango Reservoir on 5/13, 1 Ruffed Grouse, 1 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, 1
Northern Mockingbird (RS).
VENANGO COUNTY:
At Buttermilk Hill on 5/10, 1 WORM-EATING WARBLER, 1 Orchard Oriole, 1
LINCOLN'S SPARROW at a water garden, 4 TENNESSEE WARBLERS; on 5/11, 1
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, 1 Orchard Oriole, 1 MOURNING WARBLER, 2 LINCOLN'S
SPARROWS (JS).
At Kahle Lake on 5/11, 1 BLACK TERN, 17 Common Terns, 1 Common Loon (JS).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
On the afternoon of 5/9 at Mingo Creek Park, highlights were WARBLING VIREO,
KENTUCKY WARBLER, CERULEAN WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, Louisiana Waterthrush, INDIGO BUNTING,
Scarlet Tanager, Eastern Phoebe, Wood Thrush, probable PHILADELPHIA VIREO
singing, Baltimore Orioles (AT). On 5/13 during the migration count,
highlights here were TENNESSEE WARBLER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS, AMERICAN
REDSTARTS, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS,
ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS, WARBLING VIREOS, CERULEAN WARBLERS, OVENBIRD, Northern
Rough-winged Swallow, Wood Thrushes, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, Louisiana
Waterthrushes, VEERY, BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
Yellow-throated Warblers, HOODED WARBLERS, Scarlet Tanagers, Rose-breasted
Grosbeaks, INDIGO BUNTINGS, Orchard Orioles, Baltimore Orioles (AT).
On 5/11 along McDowell Lane to Canonsburg Lake, 54 species were counted
including CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanagers,
Red-eyed Vireos, WHITE-EYED VIREO, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, AMERICAN
REDSTART, SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, WARBLING VIREO, TENNESSEE
WARBLER; on 5/12, many Rose-breastsed Grosbeaks, 2 HOODED WARBLERS, 2 INDIGO
BUNTINGS, WARBLING VIREO, Barn Swallow, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged
Swallow, BANK SWALLOWS, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, 7 Wood Ducks (RT).
On 5/13 for the migration count, sightings around western and northern
Washington County included Great Horned Owl, American Black Duck, Wood
Ducks, Broad-winged Hawks, NORTHERN HARRIER, American Coot, SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS, SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS,
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbirds, GREAT
CRESTED FLYCATCHERS, ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS, WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, LEAST
FLYCATCHERS, BANK SWALLOWS, PURPLE MARTIN, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, WHITE-EYED
VIREOS, YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS, WARBLING VIREOS, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER,
BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, CERULEAN WARBLERS, HOODED WARBLERS, KENTUCKY WARBLERS,
NORTHERN PARULAS, PRAIRIE WARBLERS, OVENBIRDS, TENNESSEE WARBLERS,
Yellow-rumped Warblers, Yellow-throated Warblers, Orchard Orioles, SAVANNAH
SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, HENSLOW'S SPARROWS (at Bavington Gamelands),
SWAMP SPARROWS (RT).
On the evening of 5/14 over California, calling COMMON NIGHTHAWK (AT).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
From last week: in Washington Township 5/5 through 5/7, AMERICAN REDSTARTS,
Scarlet Tanagers, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER,
ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS (DB).
In New Kensington on 5/7, Yellow Warbler (DB).
On 5/7 in Allegheny Township near Leechburg, 1 singing BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
(CW).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
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Highlights:
GREAT EGRET
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Erie County)
GREEN HERON
LEAST BITTERN (Crawford County)
NORTHERN SHOVELER
BALD EAGLE
OSPREY
NORTHERN HARRIER
MERLIN
COMMON MOORHEN
SORA (Beaver County)
VIRGINIA RAIL (Beaver and Lawrence Counties)
WILSON'S PHALAROPE (Crawford County)
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Erie County)
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
LEAST SANDPIPER
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
UPLAND SANDPIPER (Crawford County)
DUNLIN
SANDERLING (Erie County)
BONAPARTE'S GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
BLACK TERN (Erie and Venango Counties)
CASPIAN TERN
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
WHIP-POOR-WILL (Erie County)
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (Venango County)
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER
LEAST FLYCATCHER
WILLOW/ALDER FLYCATCHER
WILLOW FLYCATCHER
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
WARBLING VIREO
WHITE-EYED VIREO
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
BANK SWALLOW
CLIFF SWALLOW
PURPLE MARTIN (Washington County)
WINTER WREN
VEERY
SWAINSON'S THRUSH (Allegheny and Washington Counties)
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (Erie County)
HERMIT THRUSH
AMERICAN PIPIT
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (Fayette County)
BREWSTER'S WARBLER (Erie County)
LAWRENCE'S WARBLER (Clarion County)
PRAIRIE WARBLER
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
CERULEAN WARBLER
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER
PINE WARBLER
PALM WARBLER
HOODED WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
TENNESSEE WARBLER
BLACKPOLL WARBLER (Allegheny, Crawford, and Mercer Counties)
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
KENTUCKY WARBLER
CANADA WARBLER (Allegheny and Beaver Counties)
CAPE MAY WARBLER (Beaver County)
MOURNING WARBLER (Beaver and Venango Counties)
WORM-EATING WARBLER
NORTHERN PARULA
AMERICAN REDSTART
OVENBIRD
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
HENSLOW'S SPARROW (Beaver, Clarion, and Washington Counties)
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Clarion County)
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
LINCOLN'S SPARROW (Erie and Venango Counties)
SWAMP SPARROW
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
INDIGO BUNTING
BOBOLINK
PURPLE FINCH
Contributors: Douglas Bauman, Jeff Brinker, Mike Fialkovich, Paul Hess,
Michael Leahy, Flo McGuire, Jerry McWilliams, Geoff Malosh (with Dave
Wilton), Diane Reckless, Kate St. John, Fred Schroyer, Jerry Stanley, Randy
Stringer, Ryan Tomazin, Mark Vass, Carole Willenpart.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 7 May 2006 through Sunday, 14 May 2006
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
From last week: on 5/6 at Harrison Hills Park, sightings included 1 SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 VEERY, 1 WARBLING VIREO, 2 Common
Yellowthroats, 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 1 Orchard
Oriole; at a feeder in Natrona Heights through the weekend, 1-2
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (PH).
On 5/7 at the Strouss Farm, 6 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (MV).
On 5/7 at the Imperial Grasslands, 9 AMERICAN PIPITS, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
7 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 7 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 3 SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS (MV). On 5/13 during the migration count, highlights at Imperial
included TENNESSEE WARBLERS, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 3
WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, SAVANNAH SPARROWS, BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOO, INDIGO BUNTINGS, Orchard Orioles, Baltimore Orioles, Eastern
Towhees, Wood Thrushes, BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, WHITE-EYED VIREOS, Brown
Thrashers (MF).
At Dashield's Dam on 5/8, 1 CLIFF SWALLOW, several BANK SWALLOWS, Northern
Rough-winged Swallows, Barn Swallows, Tree Swallows, several Double-crested
Cormorants, 9 Wood Ducks, Ring-billed Gull (MV).
At Sewickley Heights Park on 5/9, highlights included BLUE-WINGED WARBLER,
NASHVILLE WARBLER, Yellow Warbler, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, Yellow-rumped
Warbler, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, Yellow-throated
Warbler, CERULEAN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART,
OVENBIRD, Louisiana Waterthrush, KENTUCKY WARBLER, Common Yellowthroat,
HOODED WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, 5 species of VIREO (no
Philadelphia), LEAST FLYCATCHER, and EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (GM and DW).
At Magee Field on 5/10, 1 COMMON NIGHTHAWK (KSJ).
Over Dormont on 5/10, 1 COMMON NIGHTHAWK (DR).
At Harrison Hills Park on 5/10, highlights were BLUE-WINGED WARBLER,
NASHVILLE WARBLER, Yellow Warbler, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PALM WARBLER,
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, CERULEAN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AMERICAN
REDSTART, WORM-EATING WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, Common Yellowthroat, HOODED
WARBLER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, Broad-winged Hawk, Ruby-throated Hummingbird,
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, Eastern
Kingbird, WHITE-EYED VIREO, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, INDIGO BUNTING, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole,
PURPLE FINCH, and dozens of male Scarlet Tanagers (PH).
BEAVER COUNTY:
At Ambridge Reservoir and Raccoon Creek State Park on 5/11, sightings
included Yellow Warblers, CERULEAN WARBLERS, 11 TENNESSEE WARBLERS (Raccoon
Creek), AMERICAN REDSTARTS, HOODED WARBLERS, OVENBIRDS, Yellow-throated
Warblers (Raccoon Creek), Common Yellowthroats, BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (Raccoon Creek), 3 NASHVILLE WARBLERS (Raccoon
Creek), Louisiana Waterthrushes (Raccoon Creek), BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLERS, KENTUCKY WARBLERS, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, 4 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS,
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER (Raccoon Creek), WORM-EATING
WARBLER (Raccoon Creek), BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (Raccoon Creek), CAPE MAY
WARBLER (Raccoon Creek), Yellow-rumped Warblers, PALM WARBLER (Ambridge),
WHITE-EYED VIREO, Red-eyed Vireo, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, WARBLING VIREOS,
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, LEAST
FLYCATCHER, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, Eastern Kingbird
(GM). At Raccoon Creek on 5/12, 2 MOURNING WARBLERS were seen along Lakeside
Lodge Road; at Ambridge Reservoir on 5/12, 5 species of swallows including
several CLIFF SWALLOWS and BANK SWALLOWS (MV).
At Little Blue Lake on 5/12, 2 drake NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 29-30 Cedar
Waxwings, 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (MV).
On 5/12 at the Ohio River in Industry, 3 OSPREY; at the New Brighton boat
launch, 1 American Coot, 1 COMMON MOORHEN (MV). The COMMON MOORHEN was still
present on 5/14 (GM).
On 5/12 in Darlington Township at the Madden Run Road marsh, 5-6 VIRGINIA
RAILS (MV).
On 5/13 for the migration count, highlights around the county were 1-2 SORA
and 6 VIRGINIA RAILS at Madden Run Road marsh, 3 CLIFF SWALLOWS at Raccoon
Creek and Ambridge Reservoir, CANADA WARBLER at Raccoon Creek, 18+ HENSLOW'S
SPARROWS at State Gamelands #285, 13 BOBOLINKS on and near SGL 285 (GM).
Near Montgomery Dam on 5/14, 1 Common Tern (GM).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At Moraine State Park on 5/13, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, 8 Ruddy Ducks, 1
Double-crested Cormorant, 6 Wood Ducks, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 GREEN HERON (MV).
CLARION COUNTY:
At the Piney Tract area on 5/7, highlights were HENSLOW'S SPARROWS,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, SAVANNAH SPARROWS, Field
Sparrows, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, Tree Swallows, Barn Swallows, Chimney
Swift, Turkey Vulture, NORTHERN HARRIER, Eastern Meadowlark, CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, PRAIRIE
WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, Yellow-rumped Warbler, PINE WARBLER,
OVENBIRD, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Baltimore Oriole, Ring-necked
Pheasant, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, PURPLE FINCH, Red-breasted Nuthatch,
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER (ML).
In East Brady on 5/8, sightings included BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER, and a singing WINTER WREN; on 5/13, a LAWRENCE'S WARBLER was seen
here and was singing the Blue-winged Warbler song; also seen in the area
were WORM-EATING WARBLER and many CERULEAN WARBLERS; other sightings that
day were TENNESSEE WARBLERS and 2 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES (CW).
Along the Armstrong Trail on 5/8, 4 CERULEAN WARBLERS, 1 YELLOW-THROATED
VIREO, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 WORM-EATING WARBLER, 1 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER,
Baltimore Orioles, INDIGO BUNTINGS, Scarlet Tanager, BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER, Yellow Warbler, HOODED WARBLER (CW).
All week at the Curllsville Strips area, 3+ CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS have been
active and singing (CW).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
The WILSON'S PHALAROPE at Miller's Ponds was still present on 5/7 (FM). On
5/14, sightings there included 47 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 UPLAND SANDPIPER, 1
DUNLIN, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 7 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 18 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS (MV).
On 5/13 a LEAST BITTERN and a COMMON MOORHEN were calling at Hartstown Marsh
(RS).
At Pymatuming Reservoir on 5/13, 9 BALD EAGLES (mostly immatures) (RS).
At the fish hatchery on 5/14, 4 DUNLIN, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 5 BALD EAGLES;
at the Spillway, 2 1st-year BONAPARTE'S GULLS; and at the Shelota Pond
parking lot, BLACKPOLL WARBLERS with the Yellow-rumped Warblers (MV).
ERIE COUNTY:
From last week: on 5/5, CERULEAN WARBLERS were found along Six Mile Creek
County Park (JM).
At Presque Isle State Park this week, highlights were GREAT EGRET at Niagara
Pond and Leo's Landing, MERLIN, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, and BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER at Gull Point, Orchard Oriole on Sidewalk Trail and also at Franklin
Center, WHIP-POOR-WILL at Fry's landing, and BREWSTER'S WARBLER at Fry's
landing, BLACK TERN at Waterford on 5/9, Northern Mockingbird at Beach 11 on
5/11; also on 5/11, a peak total of 23 warbler species were counted,
including NORTHERN PARULA; other less common species reported recently have
been WHITE-EYED VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, CERULEAN
WARBLER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW (JM). Another report on 5/11 produced DUNLIN,
SANDERLING, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, and LEAST SANDPIPER at Gull Point; Niagara
Pond had American Woodcock, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and SPOTTED SANDPIPER; Pine
Tree Trail yielded SOLITARY SANDPIPER; Thompson Bay had a LESSER YELLOWLEGS;
a third-year BALD EAGLE and 4 migrating NORTHERN HARRIERS over Gull Point;
thrushes included HERMIT THRUSH GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH; vireos included
PHILADELPHIA VIREO and 4 WHITE-EYED VIREOS; seven species of duck; an
AMERICAN PIPIT was seen on a spit in Thompson Bay; flycatchers included 4
calling LEAST FLYCATCHERS, 7 WILLOW/ALDER FLYCATCHERS, and 20 Eastern
Kingbirds; Red-breasted Nuthatches were found in four locations; 24 species
of warblers were seen or heard, mostly at Fry's Landing; seven species of
sparrows with nearly 100+ White-throated Sparrows and 100+ WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROWS feeding everywhere; 22 migrating BOBOLINKS; total species seen or
heard in the park was 125 (RS). On 5/12, highlights were BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON on Pine Tree Trail, 7 GREAT EGRETS at the head of the park, 3
BLACK TERNS at Misery Bay, Northern Mockingbird at Beach 11; on 5/13, 8
GREAT EGRETS and 3-4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were at the head of Presque
Isle Bay, and 3 BLACK TERNS were at Niagara Pond (JM).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
At Ohiopyle State Park on 5/10, sightings included 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 1
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 7 Chimney
Swifts, 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, 1 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 2 ACADIAN
FLYCATCHERS, 1 LEAST FLYCATCHER, 4 Eastern Phoebes, 2 Eastern Kingbirds, 1
WHITE-EYED VIREO, 4 YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS, 2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 2 WARBLING
VIREOS, 15 Red-eyed Vireos, 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows, 10+ CLIFF
SWALLOWS, 20+ Barn Swallows, 1 House Wren, 3 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, 13 Wood
Thrushes, 3 Gray Catbirds, 3 BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, 4 GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS,
4 NORTHERN PARULAS, 4 Yellow Warblers, 4 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, 1 MAGNOLIA
WARBLER, 4 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, 8 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 1
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 1 Yellow-throated Warbler, 1 PALM WARBLER, 1 CERULEAN
WARBLER, 9 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, 17 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, 7 OVENBIRDS, 3
Louisiana Waterthrushes, 3 KENTUCKY WARBLERS, 6 Common Yellowthroats, 17
HOODED WARBLERS, 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, 12 Scarlet Tanagers, 6 SAVANNAH
SPARROWS, 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 9 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, 18 INDIGO
BUNTINGS, 6+ BOBOLINKS, 1 Eastern Meadowlark, 12 Baltimore Orioles, 2 PURPLE
FINCHES (MF et. al.).
FOREST COUNTY:
At Tionesta Lake on 5/8, sightings included WHITE-EYED VIREO, Wood Thrush,
NORTHERN PARULA, Yellow Warbler, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (FM).
On 5/12 at Buzzard Swamp near Marienville, 15 DUNLIN, a Pied-billed Grebe, 2
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 12 LEAST SANDPIPERS, and a
possible STILT SANDPIPER (FM).
GREENE COUNTY:
In suburban Waynesburg on 5/11, Common Yellowthroat (FS).
INDIANA COUNTY:
At Blacklick Valley Natural Area on 5/7, sightings included BLACK-THROATED
BLUE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 2 HOODED
WARBLERS, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, Wood Thrushes,
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Ruffed Grouse, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, Red-eyed Vireo,
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Barn Swallow, House Wren, Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, Gray Catbird, OVENBIRD, Common Yellowthroat, Scarlet Tanager,
INDIGO BUNTING, Baltimore Oriole (KSJ).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
In Slippery Rock Township at the Copper Road marsh on 5/13, 1 Blue-winged
Teal, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 6 Wood Ducks, 1 GREEN HERON (MV).
At the Wampum - New Galilee Road marsh on 5/13, 7 COMMON MOORHENS, 4 Wood
Ducks, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 3 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS (MV).
At the Three Rivers gravel pond on 5/13, a pair of Hooded Mergansers here
with 15 chicks, 4 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 6 SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS (MV).
In Plain Grove on 5/14, 1 Common Loon (adult in breeding plumage), 2 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 LEAST SANDPIPER, 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS (MV).
MERCER COUNTY:
On 5/7 at Lake Wilhelm (Goddard State Park), sightings included 3 LEAST
FLYCATCHERS, Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Warbler, WARBLING VIREO,
WHITE-EYED VIREOS, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, Wood Thrush, Yellow Warbler,
Yellow-rumped Warbler, BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, HOODED WARBLER, BLACKPOLL
WARBLER, 2 NORTHERN PARULA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, Louisiana
Waterthrush, many AMERICAN REDSTARTS, NASHVILLE WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, 3
Scarlet Tanagers (JB).
At Shenango Reservoir on 5/13, 1 Ruffed Grouse, 1 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, 1
Northern Mockingbird (RS).
VENANGO COUNTY:
At Buttermilk Hill on 5/10, 1 WORM-EATING WARBLER, 1 Orchard Oriole, 1
LINCOLN'S SPARROW at a water garden, 4 TENNESSEE WARBLERS; on 5/11, 1
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, 1 Orchard Oriole, 1 MOURNING WARBLER, 2 LINCOLN'S
SPARROWS (JS).
At Kahle Lake on 5/11, 1 BLACK TERN, 17 Common Terns, 1 Common Loon (JS).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
On the afternoon of 5/9 at Mingo Creek Park, highlights were WARBLING VIREO,
KENTUCKY WARBLER, CERULEAN WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, Louisiana Waterthrush, INDIGO BUNTING,
Scarlet Tanager, Eastern Phoebe, Wood Thrush, probable PHILADELPHIA VIREO
singing, Baltimore Orioles (AT). On 5/13 during the migration count,
highlights here were TENNESSEE WARBLER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS, AMERICAN
REDSTARTS, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS,
ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS, WARBLING VIREOS, CERULEAN WARBLERS, OVENBIRD, Northern
Rough-winged Swallow, Wood Thrushes, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, Louisiana
Waterthrushes, VEERY, BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
Yellow-throated Warblers, HOODED WARBLERS, Scarlet Tanagers, Rose-breasted
Grosbeaks, INDIGO BUNTINGS, Orchard Orioles, Baltimore Orioles (AT).
On 5/11 along McDowell Lane to Canonsburg Lake, 54 species were counted
including CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanagers,
Red-eyed Vireos, WHITE-EYED VIREO, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, AMERICAN
REDSTART, SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, WARBLING VIREO, TENNESSEE
WARBLER; on 5/12, many Rose-breastsed Grosbeaks, 2 HOODED WARBLERS, 2 INDIGO
BUNTINGS, WARBLING VIREO, Barn Swallow, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged
Swallow, BANK SWALLOWS, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, 7 Wood Ducks (RT).
On 5/13 for the migration count, sightings around western and northern
Washington County included Great Horned Owl, American Black Duck, Wood
Ducks, Broad-winged Hawks, NORTHERN HARRIER, American Coot, SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS, SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS,
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbirds, GREAT
CRESTED FLYCATCHERS, ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS, WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, LEAST
FLYCATCHERS, BANK SWALLOWS, PURPLE MARTIN, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, WHITE-EYED
VIREOS, YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS, WARBLING VIREOS, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER,
BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, CERULEAN WARBLERS, HOODED WARBLERS, KENTUCKY WARBLERS,
NORTHERN PARULAS, PRAIRIE WARBLERS, OVENBIRDS, TENNESSEE WARBLERS,
Yellow-rumped Warblers, Yellow-throated Warblers, Orchard Orioles, SAVANNAH
SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, HENSLOW'S SPARROWS (at Bavington Gamelands),
SWAMP SPARROWS (RT).
On the evening of 5/14 over California, calling COMMON NIGHTHAWK (AT).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
From last week: in Washington Township 5/5 through 5/7, AMERICAN REDSTARTS,
Scarlet Tanagers, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER,
ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS (DB).
In New Kensington on 5/7, Yellow Warbler (DB).
On 5/7 in Allegheny Township near Leechburg, 1 singing BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
(CW).
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Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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