- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* May 25, 2006
* PAEA0605.25
- Birds mentioned
ALDER FLYCATCHER
MOURNING WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
"Brewster's" Warbler (Blue-winged X Golden-winged hybrid)
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK
CATTLE EGRET
GRAY-CHEEKED / BICKNELL'S THRUSH
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
MISSISSIPPI KITE
RUDDY TURNSTONE
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: May 25th at 10:00 PM
Phone Number: (610) 252-3455
To Report by Phone: Call (610) 252-3455, press the (*) key and leave your
message.
To Report by E-Mail: Send to becard@fast.net with "Birdline" in subject
heading.
Compiler: Dave DeReamus
You can visit our Website for information about the Lehigh Valley Audubon
Society at
http://www.lehigh.edu/~bcm0/lvas.html. Click on our new "BBoard" link if
you'd like to discuss local birding information and issues, offer or ask for
rides to field trips, or check on birding items for sale.
You can visit my Website for photos and information about Eastern PA Birding
at http://www.users.fast.net/~becard/index.html.
This is Dave DeReamus, for the Eastern PA Birdline, sponsored by the Lehigh
Valley Audubon Society, recorded on May 25th at 11:00 PM.
There will be a canoe trip down the Lehigh River from Bethlehem to Easton on
June 3rd. Advanced registration is required. Please call Karen Dolan at
(610) 317-1618 before June 3rd to register.
Directions to many of the sites in this report can be found in the area's
birding guidebook, "Birds of the Lehigh Valley and Vicinity".
NOW FOR THE BIRDS!
Sightings from BEAR SWAMP, Northampton County included:
ALDER FLYCATCHER - 1 on 5/23
MOURNING WARBLER - 1 on 5/23
Cape May Warbler - 1 on 5/23.
Also Broad-winged Hawk and Acadian Flycatcher.
Sightings from JACOBSBURG STATE PARK, Northampton County included:
YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS - 2 on 5/25.
Sightings from MOORE TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
At the Moore Township Recreation Center:
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER - 1 on 5/25.
At Graver's Hill: Horned Lark.
And, along Lily Hill Road: Grasshopper Sparrow.
Sightings from the BELTZVILLE LAKE area, Carbon County included:
Semipalmated Plover - 1 on 5/23
Ring-billed Gulls - 45 on 5/24
Common Ravens - 2 seen during this past week
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER - 1 on 5/16
"Brewster's" Warbler - 1 back on 5/11 (Blue-winged X Golden-winged hybrid).
Also Bald Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk, Acadian Flycatcher, Cliff Swallow,
Hermit Thrush, Grasshopper Sparrow, and Bobolink.
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER - 1 on 5/24 (along Bake Oven Road).
Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County included:
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK - 1 reported on 5/24.
Accidentally omitted last week:
Dunlin - seen back on 5/13
Kentucky Warbler - seen back on 5/13
Also Greater Yellowlegs, Bald Eagle, White-throated Sparrow, and Orchard
Oriole.
Sightings from the TREXLERTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
CATTLE EGRET - 1 from 5/16 to at least 5/19 (in a small pond near Air
Products).
Sightings from the MACUNGIE area, Lehigh County included:
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH - 1 on 5/24
GRAY-CHEEKED / BICKNELL'S THRUSH - 1 on 5/21
Swainson's Thrushes - several on 5/21.
Sightings from SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH - 1 on 5/16 (at the Lehigh Mountain uplands)
Swainson's Thrush - 1 on 5/17 (at the Lehigh Mountain uplands).
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
Snow Geese - 4 on 5/24
Dunlin - 3 on 5/21; 1 on 5/23 and 5/24
Semipalmated Plovers - 3 on 5/24
White-rumped Sandpiper - 1 on 5/23 and 5/24.
Also Common Merganser, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and Bald Eagle.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
Great Egrets - 2 from 5/16 to at least 5/20
Peregrine Falcon - 1 back on 5/14
Merlin - 1 back on 5/14
Common Nighthawks - 4 on 5/19
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER - 1 on 5/19
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH - 1 back on 5/14
Swainson's Thrush - 1 on 5/17 and 5/18
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER - 1 back on 5/11 and 5/12
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 on 5/17
Kentucky Warbler - 1 on 5/11
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER - 1 on 5/17 and 5/20.
Also Common Merganser, Bald Eagle, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Lincoln's
Sparrow.
Sightings from the PIPERSVILLE area, Bucks County included:
MISSISSIPPI KITE - 1 seen on 5/21 ('fly-by' adult).
Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County included:
RUDDY TURNSTONE - 1 on 5/24 (at the Tohickon boat access).
Also Bald Eagle.
Other birds and new arrivals reported from several sites this past week
included Double-crested Cormorant, Green Heron, Spotted, Solitary, and Least
Sandpiper, Cooper's Hawk, Wild Turkey, Hairy Woodpecker, Ruby-throated
Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee,
Willow and Least Flycatcher, Brown Thrasher, Veery, Wood Thrush, Cedar
Waxwing, Red-eyed, Warbling, and Yellow-throated Vireo, Indigo Bunting,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, White-throated and White-crowned Sparrow, Baltimore
and Orchard Oriole, Scarlet Tanager, and warblers that included Pine, Palm,
Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Prairie, Nashville, Blue-winged, Hooded, Wilson's,
Chestnut-sided, Worm-eating, Canada, Magnolia, Blackpoll, Blackburnian,
Black-and-white, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Ovenbird,
Northern Parula, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, and Northern and
Louisiana Waterthrush.
- End transcript
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* May 25, 2006
* PAEA0605.25
- Birds mentioned
ALDER FLYCATCHER
MOURNING WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
"Brewster's" Warbler (Blue-winged X Golden-winged hybrid)
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK
CATTLE EGRET
GRAY-CHEEKED / BICKNELL'S THRUSH
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
MISSISSIPPI KITE
RUDDY TURNSTONE
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: May 25th at 10:00 PM
Phone Number: (610) 252-3455
To Report by Phone: Call (610) 252-3455, press the (*) key and leave your
message.
To Report by E-Mail: Send to becard@fast.net with "Birdline" in subject
heading.
Compiler: Dave DeReamus
You can visit our Website for information about the Lehigh Valley Audubon
Society at
http://www.lehigh.edu/~bcm0/lvas.html. Click on our new "BBoard" link if
you'd like to discuss local birding information and issues, offer or ask for
rides to field trips, or check on birding items for sale.
You can visit my Website for photos and information about Eastern PA Birding
at http://www.users.fast.net/~becard/index.html.
This is Dave DeReamus, for the Eastern PA Birdline, sponsored by the Lehigh
Valley Audubon Society, recorded on May 25th at 11:00 PM.
There will be a canoe trip down the Lehigh River from Bethlehem to Easton on
June 3rd. Advanced registration is required. Please call Karen Dolan at
(610) 317-1618 before June 3rd to register.
Directions to many of the sites in this report can be found in the area's
birding guidebook, "Birds of the Lehigh Valley and Vicinity".
NOW FOR THE BIRDS!
Sightings from BEAR SWAMP, Northampton County included:
ALDER FLYCATCHER - 1 on 5/23
MOURNING WARBLER - 1 on 5/23
Cape May Warbler - 1 on 5/23.
Also Broad-winged Hawk and Acadian Flycatcher.
Sightings from JACOBSBURG STATE PARK, Northampton County included:
YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS - 2 on 5/25.
Sightings from MOORE TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
At the Moore Township Recreation Center:
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER - 1 on 5/25.
At Graver's Hill: Horned Lark.
And, along Lily Hill Road: Grasshopper Sparrow.
Sightings from the BELTZVILLE LAKE area, Carbon County included:
Semipalmated Plover - 1 on 5/23
Ring-billed Gulls - 45 on 5/24
Common Ravens - 2 seen during this past week
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER - 1 on 5/16
"Brewster's" Warbler - 1 back on 5/11 (Blue-winged X Golden-winged hybrid).
Also Bald Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk, Acadian Flycatcher, Cliff Swallow,
Hermit Thrush, Grasshopper Sparrow, and Bobolink.
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER - 1 on 5/24 (along Bake Oven Road).
Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County included:
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK - 1 reported on 5/24.
Accidentally omitted last week:
Dunlin - seen back on 5/13
Kentucky Warbler - seen back on 5/13
Also Greater Yellowlegs, Bald Eagle, White-throated Sparrow, and Orchard
Oriole.
Sightings from the TREXLERTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
CATTLE EGRET - 1 from 5/16 to at least 5/19 (in a small pond near Air
Products).
Sightings from the MACUNGIE area, Lehigh County included:
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH - 1 on 5/24
GRAY-CHEEKED / BICKNELL'S THRUSH - 1 on 5/21
Swainson's Thrushes - several on 5/21.
Sightings from SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH - 1 on 5/16 (at the Lehigh Mountain uplands)
Swainson's Thrush - 1 on 5/17 (at the Lehigh Mountain uplands).
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
Snow Geese - 4 on 5/24
Dunlin - 3 on 5/21; 1 on 5/23 and 5/24
Semipalmated Plovers - 3 on 5/24
White-rumped Sandpiper - 1 on 5/23 and 5/24.
Also Common Merganser, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and Bald Eagle.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
Great Egrets - 2 from 5/16 to at least 5/20
Peregrine Falcon - 1 back on 5/14
Merlin - 1 back on 5/14
Common Nighthawks - 4 on 5/19
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER - 1 on 5/19
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH - 1 back on 5/14
Swainson's Thrush - 1 on 5/17 and 5/18
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER - 1 back on 5/11 and 5/12
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 on 5/17
Kentucky Warbler - 1 on 5/11
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER - 1 on 5/17 and 5/20.
Also Common Merganser, Bald Eagle, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Lincoln's
Sparrow.
Sightings from the PIPERSVILLE area, Bucks County included:
MISSISSIPPI KITE - 1 seen on 5/21 ('fly-by' adult).
Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County included:
RUDDY TURNSTONE - 1 on 5/24 (at the Tohickon boat access).
Also Bald Eagle.
Other birds and new arrivals reported from several sites this past week
included Double-crested Cormorant, Green Heron, Spotted, Solitary, and Least
Sandpiper, Cooper's Hawk, Wild Turkey, Hairy Woodpecker, Ruby-throated
Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee,
Willow and Least Flycatcher, Brown Thrasher, Veery, Wood Thrush, Cedar
Waxwing, Red-eyed, Warbling, and Yellow-throated Vireo, Indigo Bunting,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, White-throated and White-crowned Sparrow, Baltimore
and Orchard Oriole, Scarlet Tanager, and warblers that included Pine, Palm,
Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Prairie, Nashville, Blue-winged, Hooded, Wilson's,
Chestnut-sided, Worm-eating, Canada, Magnolia, Blackpoll, Blackburnian,
Black-and-white, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Ovenbird,
Northern Parula, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, and Northern and
Louisiana Waterthrush.
- End transcript