-RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania
*PAWE09.03.05
Some Notable Species Reported:
PIED-BILLED GREBE
LEAST BITTERN (Erie County)
COMMON MOORHEN
AMERICAN WIGEON
NORTHERN SHOVELER
NORTHERN PINTAIL
RUDDY DUCK
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
RING-NECKED DUCK
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
GADWALL
LONG-BILLED CURLEW (Erie County)
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WHIMBREL
DUNLIN
SANDERLING
WESTERN SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (Indiana County, Erie County)
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
STILT SANDPIPER
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (Crawford County)
RUDDY TURNSTONE
RED KNOT (Erie County)
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (Indiana County, 1st county record; Erie County, Beaver
County)
WILSON'S PHALAROPE (Indiana County)
BLACK TERN (Westmoreland County, Butler County)
FORSTER'S TERN
CASPIAN TERN
LAUGHING GULL
BONAPARTE'S GULL
RING-BILLED GULL
HERRING GULL
BALD EAGLE
PEREGRINE FALCON
NORTHERN HARRIER
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
AMERICAN PIPIT (Indiana County)
LEAST FLYCATCHER
WILLOW FLYCATCHER
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
PRAIRIE WARBLER
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
MOURNING WARBLER
WILSON'S WARBLER
VEERY
contributors: Mark Bowers, Dick Byers, Marcy Cunkleman, John Fedak, Mike
Fialkovich, Leonard and Linda Hess, Margaret Higbee, Geoff Malosh, Jerry
McWilliams, Dan Snell, Mark Vass, Carole Willenpart, Dan Yagusic.
compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 28 August 2005 through Saturday, 3 September 2005
***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 Bald Knob on 8/29, sightings included 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE, 3-4 GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLETS (kinglets were in the pines along the road); on 9/2, 1 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER (MV).
At Moody Road in Clinton on 9/2, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 1
NORTHERN HARRIER, 18 WILD TURKEY (MV).
At the Imperial grasslands on 9/2, 6 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWK, 2
NORTHERN HARRIER (MV).
On 8/31 at L&D #2 in Highland Park, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT (DY).
On 9/1 in Etna, 11 GREAT BLUE HERON, 1 GREEN HERON, 2 AMERICAN KESTREL, 1
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 LEAST SANDPIPER, 11 CEDAR WAXWING (DY).
At Harrison Hills Park on the morning of 9/3, sightings included 1
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, 2 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE, 1
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 1 RED-EYED VIREO, 1-2 WOOD THRUSH, 1 NASHVILLE
WARBLER, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER, 3 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 1
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, 1 AMERICAN REDSTART, 1 male MOURNING WARBLER, 1
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, 1 HOODED WARBLER, 15+ SCARLET TANAGER, 1 BALTIMORE
ORIOLE (GM).
At Frick Park on the morning of 9/3, sightings included 2 WILSON'S WARBLER
(male and female/immature), 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 3 AMERICAN REDSTART, 1
OVENBIRD, 2 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 3 SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
2 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (one singing), 2 RED-EYED VIREO, 2 RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, 20+ CEDAR WAXWING (MF).
On 9/3 at nearby Duck Hollow on the Monongahela River, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE (MF).
Beaver County:
At Independence Marsh on 8/31, 1 adult BALD EAGLE and 1 PEREGRINE FALCON
(reported to MV by Becky Smith).
At Little Blue Lake on the evening of 8/31, sightings included 1 WESTERN
SANDPIPER, 5 SANDERLING, several BAIRD'S SANDPIPER among the more common
shorebirds (MV). At Little Blue on the morning 9/1, a juvenile RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE was seen along with a juvenile WESTERN SANDPIPER (GM). That
evening, the phalarope was still present, along with KILLDEER, 3 SANDERLING,
and 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL (MV). On 9/2, the Phalarope was NOT SEEN, but
sightings included 2 SANDERLING, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER,
1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 16 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 3 LEAST SANDPIPER, 1
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (MV).
Butler County:
At Moraine State Park on 8/31, sightings included 1 OSPREY, 1 BALD EAGLE, 15
BLACK TERN (terns all in non-breeding plumage at the waterfowl observatory),
3 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, 2 BANK SWALLOW, 83 CEDAR WAXWING (DY).
Clarion County:
In Sligo through 9/2, 2 ORCHARD ORIOLE, many CEDAR WAXWING, calling WILLOW
FLYCATCHER and LEAST FLYCATCHER, several young COMMON YELLOWTHROAT,
NASHVILLE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER, ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH (CW).
Crawford County:
On 9/3 at the Pymatuning Fish Hatchery, 2 GREAT EGRET (MV).
At the Pymatuning Spillway on 9/3, 1 RUDDY DUCK (MV).
At Miller's Pond on 9/3, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN
PINTAIL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, AMERICAN
BLACK DUCK (MV).
At the Pymatuning Wildlife Management Area on 9/3, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER (MV).
At Hartstown Marsh on 9/3, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 COMMON MOORHEN (MV).
Erie County:
At Gull Point, Presque Isle State Park on 8/30, 37 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 20
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 WHIMBREL,
18 SANDERLING, 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 21 LEAST SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 CASPIAN TERN, 300+ COMMON TERN, 1
FORSTER'S TERN (JM). A great fallout during the International Shorebird
Survey at Gull Point on 8/31 produced 25+ BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 12
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1 KILLDEER, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 15 LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 3 WHIMBREL, 1 LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 16 RUDDY TURNSTONE, 5
RED KNOT, 165+ SANDERLING, 190+ SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 10 LEAST SANDPIPER,
35+ WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 3 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 65+ PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 7
STILT SANDPIPER, 1 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 9 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2
COMMON SNIPE, 1 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (JM).
On 9/3 at Gull Point from 9:00am until 12:00pm, sightings included 10
SANDERLING, 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER,
3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 3 DUNLIN, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 GREEN HERON, 2 GADWALL,
1 AMERICAN WIGEON, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 BALD EAGLE, 1 OSPREY, 1 BELTED
KINGFISHER, 2 CHIMNEY SWIFT, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, CASPIAN TERN, COMMON
TERN (MV).
At Leo's Landing on 9/3, 1 LEAST BITTERN, 1 WILSON'S/COMMON SNIPE, 1 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 2 GREEN HERON, 2 BELTED KINGFISHER (MV).
Indiana County:
In Clarksburg on the morning of 8/29, a vocal immature VEERY (MC).
On 8/31 at Yellow Creek State Park, one RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and one
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were seen from the 2nd path off the observatory
trail (reported to MH by Mike and Evelyn Fowles); also seen at the park were
15 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 54 KILLDEER, 2 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
2 RUDDY TURNSTONE, 1 SANDERLING, 23 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 19 LEAST
SANDPIPER, 3 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 26 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 STILT SANDPIPER, 2
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 3 COMMON/WILSON'S SNIPE (MH). On 9/1 and 9/2, the
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was still present (MH and DS), and also seen were
LAUGHING GULL and WESTERN SANDPIPER (MH), 18 KILLDEER, 1 SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER, 9 LEAST SANDPIPER, 3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 4
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 8 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, VEERY,
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, OVENBIRD, several hundred COMMON GRACKLE (DS).
On the afternoon of 9/2 at Yellow Creek, the Red-necked Phalarope and
Laughing Gull were NOT SEEN (MF). Many shorebirds were present as posted
earlier; and a group of 6 NORTHERN SHOVELER were at the site, and an
AMERICAN PIPIT (MF). On 9/3, 3 LAUGHING GULL, 3 WESTERN SANDPIPER, and
1/possibly 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPE (MH).
Warren County:
At Kinzua Point on 9/1, sightings included 7 RING-BILLED GULL, 1 BONAPARTE'S
GULL, 1 HERRING GULL, and 1 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (JF).
Washington County:
Near New Eagle on Mingo Creek 9/1, an immature BALD EAGLE was seen standing
on a sediment bar, to which it later returned after being flushed by a
passing boat (MB).
Westmoreland County:
At Donegal Lake on 8/30, a single BLACK TERN in winter plumage was seen,
along with 6 KILLDEER, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 18
MALLARD, 1 BELTED KINGFISHER, 1 OSPREY, 1 adult and 1 juvenile GREEN HERON;
On the evening of 8/31, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 3 BLACK TERN, 1 BELTED
KINGFISHER, 2 GREEN HERON, 1 GREAT BLUE HERON, 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 6
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 6 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 6 KILLDEER, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
20+ MALLARD, 2 WOOD DUCK (male & female), 50+ CEDAR WAXWING, 18 CHIMNEY
SWIFT (LH).
On 9/1 one adult LAUGHING GULL was seen flying over Beaver Run Reservoir (DB).
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*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania
*PAWE09.03.05
Some Notable Species Reported:
PIED-BILLED GREBE
LEAST BITTERN (Erie County)
COMMON MOORHEN
AMERICAN WIGEON
NORTHERN SHOVELER
NORTHERN PINTAIL
RUDDY DUCK
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
RING-NECKED DUCK
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
GADWALL
LONG-BILLED CURLEW (Erie County)
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WHIMBREL
DUNLIN
SANDERLING
WESTERN SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (Indiana County, Erie County)
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
STILT SANDPIPER
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (Crawford County)
RUDDY TURNSTONE
RED KNOT (Erie County)
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (Indiana County, 1st county record; Erie County, Beaver
County)
WILSON'S PHALAROPE (Indiana County)
BLACK TERN (Westmoreland County, Butler County)
FORSTER'S TERN
CASPIAN TERN
LAUGHING GULL
BONAPARTE'S GULL
RING-BILLED GULL
HERRING GULL
BALD EAGLE
PEREGRINE FALCON
NORTHERN HARRIER
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
AMERICAN PIPIT (Indiana County)
LEAST FLYCATCHER
WILLOW FLYCATCHER
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
PRAIRIE WARBLER
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
MOURNING WARBLER
WILSON'S WARBLER
VEERY
contributors: Mark Bowers, Dick Byers, Marcy Cunkleman, John Fedak, Mike
Fialkovich, Leonard and Linda Hess, Margaret Higbee, Geoff Malosh, Jerry
McWilliams, Dan Snell, Mark Vass, Carole Willenpart, Dan Yagusic.
compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 28 August 2005 through Saturday, 3 September 2005
***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 Bald Knob on 8/29, sightings included 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE, 3-4 GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLETS (kinglets were in the pines along the road); on 9/2, 1 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER (MV).
At Moody Road in Clinton on 9/2, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 1
NORTHERN HARRIER, 18 WILD TURKEY (MV).
At the Imperial grasslands on 9/2, 6 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWK, 2
NORTHERN HARRIER (MV).
On 8/31 at L&D #2 in Highland Park, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT (DY).
On 9/1 in Etna, 11 GREAT BLUE HERON, 1 GREEN HERON, 2 AMERICAN KESTREL, 1
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 LEAST SANDPIPER, 11 CEDAR WAXWING (DY).
At Harrison Hills Park on the morning of 9/3, sightings included 1
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, 2 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE, 1
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 1 RED-EYED VIREO, 1-2 WOOD THRUSH, 1 NASHVILLE
WARBLER, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER, 3 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 1
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, 1 AMERICAN REDSTART, 1 male MOURNING WARBLER, 1
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, 1 HOODED WARBLER, 15+ SCARLET TANAGER, 1 BALTIMORE
ORIOLE (GM).
At Frick Park on the morning of 9/3, sightings included 2 WILSON'S WARBLER
(male and female/immature), 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 3 AMERICAN REDSTART, 1
OVENBIRD, 2 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 3 SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
2 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (one singing), 2 RED-EYED VIREO, 2 RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, 20+ CEDAR WAXWING (MF).
On 9/3 at nearby Duck Hollow on the Monongahela River, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE (MF).
Beaver County:
At Independence Marsh on 8/31, 1 adult BALD EAGLE and 1 PEREGRINE FALCON
(reported to MV by Becky Smith).
At Little Blue Lake on the evening of 8/31, sightings included 1 WESTERN
SANDPIPER, 5 SANDERLING, several BAIRD'S SANDPIPER among the more common
shorebirds (MV). At Little Blue on the morning 9/1, a juvenile RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE was seen along with a juvenile WESTERN SANDPIPER (GM). That
evening, the phalarope was still present, along with KILLDEER, 3 SANDERLING,
and 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL (MV). On 9/2, the Phalarope was NOT SEEN, but
sightings included 2 SANDERLING, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER,
1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 16 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 3 LEAST SANDPIPER, 1
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (MV).
Butler County:
At Moraine State Park on 8/31, sightings included 1 OSPREY, 1 BALD EAGLE, 15
BLACK TERN (terns all in non-breeding plumage at the waterfowl observatory),
3 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, 2 BANK SWALLOW, 83 CEDAR WAXWING (DY).
Clarion County:
In Sligo through 9/2, 2 ORCHARD ORIOLE, many CEDAR WAXWING, calling WILLOW
FLYCATCHER and LEAST FLYCATCHER, several young COMMON YELLOWTHROAT,
NASHVILLE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER, ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH (CW).
Crawford County:
On 9/3 at the Pymatuning Fish Hatchery, 2 GREAT EGRET (MV).
At the Pymatuning Spillway on 9/3, 1 RUDDY DUCK (MV).
At Miller's Pond on 9/3, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN
PINTAIL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, AMERICAN
BLACK DUCK (MV).
At the Pymatuning Wildlife Management Area on 9/3, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER (MV).
At Hartstown Marsh on 9/3, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 COMMON MOORHEN (MV).
Erie County:
At Gull Point, Presque Isle State Park on 8/30, 37 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 20
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 WHIMBREL,
18 SANDERLING, 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 21 LEAST SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 CASPIAN TERN, 300+ COMMON TERN, 1
FORSTER'S TERN (JM). A great fallout during the International Shorebird
Survey at Gull Point on 8/31 produced 25+ BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 12
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1 KILLDEER, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 15 LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 3 WHIMBREL, 1 LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 16 RUDDY TURNSTONE, 5
RED KNOT, 165+ SANDERLING, 190+ SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 10 LEAST SANDPIPER,
35+ WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 3 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 65+ PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 7
STILT SANDPIPER, 1 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 9 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2
COMMON SNIPE, 1 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (JM).
On 9/3 at Gull Point from 9:00am until 12:00pm, sightings included 10
SANDERLING, 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER,
3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 3 DUNLIN, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 GREEN HERON, 2 GADWALL,
1 AMERICAN WIGEON, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 BALD EAGLE, 1 OSPREY, 1 BELTED
KINGFISHER, 2 CHIMNEY SWIFT, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, CASPIAN TERN, COMMON
TERN (MV).
At Leo's Landing on 9/3, 1 LEAST BITTERN, 1 WILSON'S/COMMON SNIPE, 1 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 2 GREEN HERON, 2 BELTED KINGFISHER (MV).
Indiana County:
In Clarksburg on the morning of 8/29, a vocal immature VEERY (MC).
On 8/31 at Yellow Creek State Park, one RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and one
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were seen from the 2nd path off the observatory
trail (reported to MH by Mike and Evelyn Fowles); also seen at the park were
15 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 54 KILLDEER, 2 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
2 RUDDY TURNSTONE, 1 SANDERLING, 23 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 19 LEAST
SANDPIPER, 3 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 26 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 STILT SANDPIPER, 2
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 3 COMMON/WILSON'S SNIPE (MH). On 9/1 and 9/2, the
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was still present (MH and DS), and also seen were
LAUGHING GULL and WESTERN SANDPIPER (MH), 18 KILLDEER, 1 SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER, 9 LEAST SANDPIPER, 3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 4
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 8 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, VEERY,
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, OVENBIRD, several hundred COMMON GRACKLE (DS).
On the afternoon of 9/2 at Yellow Creek, the Red-necked Phalarope and
Laughing Gull were NOT SEEN (MF). Many shorebirds were present as posted
earlier; and a group of 6 NORTHERN SHOVELER were at the site, and an
AMERICAN PIPIT (MF). On 9/3, 3 LAUGHING GULL, 3 WESTERN SANDPIPER, and
1/possibly 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPE (MH).
Warren County:
At Kinzua Point on 9/1, sightings included 7 RING-BILLED GULL, 1 BONAPARTE'S
GULL, 1 HERRING GULL, and 1 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (JF).
Washington County:
Near New Eagle on Mingo Creek 9/1, an immature BALD EAGLE was seen standing
on a sediment bar, to which it later returned after being flushed by a
passing boat (MB).
Westmoreland County:
At Donegal Lake on 8/30, a single BLACK TERN in winter plumage was seen,
along with 6 KILLDEER, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 18
MALLARD, 1 BELTED KINGFISHER, 1 OSPREY, 1 adult and 1 juvenile GREEN HERON;
On the evening of 8/31, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 3 BLACK TERN, 1 BELTED
KINGFISHER, 2 GREEN HERON, 1 GREAT BLUE HERON, 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 6
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 6 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 6 KILLDEER, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
20+ MALLARD, 2 WOOD DUCK (male & female), 50+ CEDAR WAXWING, 18 CHIMNEY
SWIFT (LH).
On 9/1 one adult LAUGHING GULL was seen flying over Beaver Run Reservoir (DB).
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