RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE07.09.06
Highlights:
GREATER SCAUP
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
NORTHERN HARRIER
PEREGRINE FALCON
BALD EAGLE
OSPREY
WILLET (Erie County)
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
CASPIAN TERN
COMMON TERN
LAUGHING GULL
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (Butler County)
WARBLING VIREO
FISH CROW (Allegheny County)
BANK SWALLOW
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
WORM-EATING WARBLER
PRAIRIE WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Clarion County)
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
HENSLOW'S SPARROW (Clarion County)
SWAMP SPARROW
BOBOLINK
Contributors: Marcia Brown, Mike Fialkovich, Scott Gregg, Mark Vass, Tim
Vechter.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 2 July 2006 through Sunday, 9 July 2006
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western PA RBAs, contact meadowlark4@verizon.net
Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
At the Imperial grasslands on the evening of 7/5, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 10
Least Sandpipers, 4 Spotted Sandpipers, Killdeer; on 7/7, 1 Solitary
Sandpiper, 3 Least Sandpipers, 6 Spotted Sandpipers, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1
Green Heron, Eastern Kingbird, SAVANNAH SPARROWS, Cedar Waxwings, and a
singing male PRAIRIE WARBLER (MV).
On 7/9 at All Souls Cemetery in North Braddock, 2 FISH CROWS (MF).
BEAVER COUNTY:
On 7/6 at Little Blue Lake, sightings included 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 6 Least
Sandpipers, 1 immature BALD EAGLE, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, White-eyed Vireo,
Eastern Kingbird, BANK SWALLOWS; on 7/7, highlights were 1 PEREGRINE FALCON,
3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 Least Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, 92 Mallards,
7 Wood Ducks (MV).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At an unspecified location on 7/7, a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was seen in a
backyard with several Mourning Doves at a feeder (MB).
CLARION COUNTY:
On 7/4 along the Armstrong Trail near East Brady, WORM-EATING WARBLER, 2
male Scarlet Tanagers, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, Rose-breasted Grosbeak (MV).
At the Curllsville Strips on 7/4, CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, GRASSHOPPER
SPARROWS, HENSLOW'S SPARROWS, Field Sparrows, male and female NORTHERN
HARRIERS, BOBOLINKS, Eastern Kingbirds (MV).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Gull Point in Presque Isle State Park on 7/8, highlights were 1 WILLET, 2
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 12 Least Sandpipers, 1 American Woodcock, 1 LAUGHING
GULL, 26 CASPIAN TERNS, 5 COMMON TERNS, 1 hen GREATER SCAUP, 1 drake
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (MV).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
In Plain Grove on 7/8, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 13 American Kestrels (MV).
MERCER COUNTY:
At Shenango Lake on 7/8, 25+ OSPREY, 1 BALD EAGLE (SG).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
At Keystone State Park on 7/5, sightings included singing SWAMP SPARROWS at
the Davis Run Marsh, Hooded Warbler, Ovenbird, Black-throated Green Warbler,
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, Acadian Flycatcher, Wood Thrush, WARBLING VIREO,
Red-eyed Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, Green Heron, OSPREY, Barn Swallow, NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, Chimney Swift (TV).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
To send in reports:
meadowlark4@verizon.net
724-938-0655
Thank you to all the contributors.
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE07.09.06
Highlights:
GREATER SCAUP
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
NORTHERN HARRIER
PEREGRINE FALCON
BALD EAGLE
OSPREY
WILLET (Erie County)
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
CASPIAN TERN
COMMON TERN
LAUGHING GULL
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (Butler County)
WARBLING VIREO
FISH CROW (Allegheny County)
BANK SWALLOW
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
WORM-EATING WARBLER
PRAIRIE WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Clarion County)
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
HENSLOW'S SPARROW (Clarion County)
SWAMP SPARROW
BOBOLINK
Contributors: Marcia Brown, Mike Fialkovich, Scott Gregg, Mark Vass, Tim
Vechter.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 2 July 2006 through Sunday, 9 July 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:
At the Imperial grasslands on the evening of 7/5, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 10
Least Sandpipers, 4 Spotted Sandpipers, Killdeer; on 7/7, 1 Solitary
Sandpiper, 3 Least Sandpipers, 6 Spotted Sandpipers, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1
Green Heron, Eastern Kingbird, SAVANNAH SPARROWS, Cedar Waxwings, and a
singing male PRAIRIE WARBLER (MV).
On 7/9 at All Souls Cemetery in North Braddock, 2 FISH CROWS (MF).
BEAVER COUNTY:
On 7/6 at Little Blue Lake, sightings included 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 6 Least
Sandpipers, 1 immature BALD EAGLE, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, White-eyed Vireo,
Eastern Kingbird, BANK SWALLOWS; on 7/7, highlights were 1 PEREGRINE FALCON,
3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 Least Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, 92 Mallards,
7 Wood Ducks (MV).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At an unspecified location on 7/7, a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was seen in a
backyard with several Mourning Doves at a feeder (MB).
CLARION COUNTY:
On 7/4 along the Armstrong Trail near East Brady, WORM-EATING WARBLER, 2
male Scarlet Tanagers, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, Rose-breasted Grosbeak (MV).
At the Curllsville Strips on 7/4, CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, GRASSHOPPER
SPARROWS, HENSLOW'S SPARROWS, Field Sparrows, male and female NORTHERN
HARRIERS, BOBOLINKS, Eastern Kingbirds (MV).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Gull Point in Presque Isle State Park on 7/8, highlights were 1 WILLET, 2
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 12 Least Sandpipers, 1 American Woodcock, 1 LAUGHING
GULL, 26 CASPIAN TERNS, 5 COMMON TERNS, 1 hen GREATER SCAUP, 1 drake
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (MV).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
In Plain Grove on 7/8, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 13 American Kestrels (MV).
MERCER COUNTY:
At Shenango Lake on 7/8, 25+ OSPREY, 1 BALD EAGLE (SG).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
At Keystone State Park on 7/5, sightings included singing SWAMP SPARROWS at
the Davis Run Marsh, Hooded Warbler, Ovenbird, Black-throated Green Warbler,
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, Acadian Flycatcher, Wood Thrush, WARBLING VIREO,
Red-eyed Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, Green Heron, OSPREY, Barn Swallow, NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, Chimney Swift (TV).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
To send in reports:
meadowlark4@verizon.net
724-938-0655
Thank you to all the contributors.