- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Central Pennsylvania
* July 6, 2006
* PACE0607.06
Bird Highlights
Forster’s Tern
Black Tern
Dickcissel
- Transcript
Hotline: Central Pennsylvania Birdline
Date: July 6, 2006
To Report: TimeTraveler@email.msn.com
Compiler: Mark A. McConaughy
Coverage: Central Pennsylvania, Susquehanna River
Drainage System
Transcriber: Mark A. McConaughy
Welcome to Pennsylvania Audubon's and the Patriot-News' Birdline. This
Birdline covers sightings made primarily during the week prior to
Thursday, July 6, 2006.
ADAMS COUNTY:
A nesting WOOD THRUSH was found in a Gettysburg yard on July 4 (DB).
CARBON COUNTY:
On June 30 in the extreme northwestern corner of the county there were 5
TURKEY VULTURES, AMERICAN CROWS and 3 COMMON RAVENS observed chasing
each other (AK, KS).
Birds found in the eastern portion of the county on July 4 included
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, VEERY, 4 BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLERS, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PINE
WARLBER, HOODED WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER (DK).
CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
Two DICKCISSELS were found near Newville on July 4 (VG).
LANCASTER COUNTY:
Birds seen at Conejohela Flats on June 28 included 1 MUTE SWAN, 56 WOOD
DUCKS, MALLARD, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, GREAT BLUE HERON, 1 GREAT
EGRET, GREEN HERON, 1 adult and 2 immature BALD EAGLES, 13 KILLDEER, 2
SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 2 BONAPARTE’S GULLS, RING-BILLED GULLS, 2 FORSTER’S
TERNS, 1 BLACK TERN, AMERICAN CROW, TREE SWALLOW and COMMON GRACKLE
(BS).
A BALD EAGLE was seen in an unspecified breeding bird atlas block on
June 30 (AH).
TIOGA COUNTY:
Birds seen around Lake Williams on July 4 included WHITE-EYED VIREO,
CEDAR WAXWINGS, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER, WORM-EATING
WARBLER, 2 SCARLET TANAGERS, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES
(BH, JH).
CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS:
If you miss the usual Thursday postings of the Central PA Birdline on
BIRDEAST and PABIRDS, I will also be posting it on my page web site at:
http://people.delphiforums.com/MCCONAUGHY/currentbl.htm
The address for the home page of the web site is:
http://people.delphiforums.com/MCCONAUGHY/index.html
Also, people can access both the current and older birdlines at:
http://groups.msn.com/CentralPABirdlinebackupfiles/messages.msnw
*PORC = Pennsylvania Ornithological Record Committee. Rare bird
sightings should be documented with written descriptions and photographs
whenever possible and sent to PORC for review. Send PORC reports to
Nick Pulcinella, 613 Howard Road, West Chester, PA 19380.
I would like to acknowledge people who have contributed to this report;
Diane Berger (DB), Vern Gauthier (VG), Barry Horton (BH), Jenni Horton
(JH), Anne Hurst (AH), Arlene Koch (AK), Dave Kruel (DK), Bob Schutsky
(BS) and Kathy Sieminski (KS). I apologize if I have misspelled their
names and I will also refrain from naming that person on request.
I would also like to point out that one of the people who regularly
reports to the hotline is Bob Schutsky, owner of BIRD TREKS Tours. He
leads birding tours in other areas of North and Central America. You
can contact him at 717-548-3303 or at his new web site:
http://www.birdtreks.com
I want to thank Bob for his reports and recommend booking one of his
tours if you want to view local and extraregional birds.
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Mark A. McConaughy TimeTraveler@email.msn.com
Bushy Run Battlefield
P.O. Box 486
Harrison City, PA 15636-0468 (724) 527-5585 x103
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* Pennsylvania
* Central Pennsylvania
* July 6, 2006
* PACE0607.06
Bird Highlights
Forster’s Tern
Black Tern
Dickcissel
- Transcript
Hotline: Central Pennsylvania Birdline
Date: July 6, 2006
To Report: TimeTraveler@email.msn.com
Compiler: Mark A. McConaughy
Coverage: Central Pennsylvania, Susquehanna River
Drainage System
Transcriber: Mark A. McConaughy
Welcome to Pennsylvania Audubon's and the Patriot-News' Birdline. This
Birdline covers sightings made primarily during the week prior to
Thursday, July 6, 2006.
ADAMS COUNTY:
A nesting WOOD THRUSH was found in a Gettysburg yard on July 4 (DB).
CARBON COUNTY:
On June 30 in the extreme northwestern corner of the county there were 5
TURKEY VULTURES, AMERICAN CROWS and 3 COMMON RAVENS observed chasing
each other (AK, KS).
Birds found in the eastern portion of the county on July 4 included
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, VEERY, 4 BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLERS, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PINE
WARLBER, HOODED WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER (DK).
CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
Two DICKCISSELS were found near Newville on July 4 (VG).
LANCASTER COUNTY:
Birds seen at Conejohela Flats on June 28 included 1 MUTE SWAN, 56 WOOD
DUCKS, MALLARD, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, GREAT BLUE HERON, 1 GREAT
EGRET, GREEN HERON, 1 adult and 2 immature BALD EAGLES, 13 KILLDEER, 2
SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 2 BONAPARTE’S GULLS, RING-BILLED GULLS, 2 FORSTER’S
TERNS, 1 BLACK TERN, AMERICAN CROW, TREE SWALLOW and COMMON GRACKLE
(BS).
A BALD EAGLE was seen in an unspecified breeding bird atlas block on
June 30 (AH).
TIOGA COUNTY:
Birds seen around Lake Williams on July 4 included WHITE-EYED VIREO,
CEDAR WAXWINGS, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER, WORM-EATING
WARBLER, 2 SCARLET TANAGERS, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES
(BH, JH).
CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS:
If you miss the usual Thursday postings of the Central PA Birdline on
BIRDEAST and PABIRDS, I will also be posting it on my page web site at:
http://people.delphiforums.com/MCCONAUGHY/currentbl.htm
The address for the home page of the web site is:
http://people.delphiforums.com/MCCONAUGHY/index.html
Also, people can access both the current and older birdlines at:
http://groups.msn.com/CentralPABirdlinebackupfiles/messages.msnw
*PORC = Pennsylvania Ornithological Record Committee. Rare bird
sightings should be documented with written descriptions and photographs
whenever possible and sent to PORC for review. Send PORC reports to
Nick Pulcinella, 613 Howard Road, West Chester, PA 19380.
I would like to acknowledge people who have contributed to this report;
Diane Berger (DB), Vern Gauthier (VG), Barry Horton (BH), Jenni Horton
(JH), Anne Hurst (AH), Arlene Koch (AK), Dave Kruel (DK), Bob Schutsky
(BS) and Kathy Sieminski (KS). I apologize if I have misspelled their
names and I will also refrain from naming that person on request.
I would also like to point out that one of the people who regularly
reports to the hotline is Bob Schutsky, owner of BIRD TREKS Tours. He
leads birding tours in other areas of North and Central America. You
can contact him at 717-548-3303 or at his new web site:
http://www.birdtreks.com
I want to thank Bob for his reports and recommend booking one of his
tours if you want to view local and extraregional birds.
-End Transcript
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark A. McConaughy TimeTraveler@email.msn.com
Bushy Run Battlefield
P.O. Box 486
Harrison City, PA 15636-0468 (724) 527-5585 x103
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~