RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia
* July 20, 2006
* PAPH0607.20
* Birds mentioned:
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (from shore)
Brown Pelican
Surf Scoter
MISSISSIPPI KITE (pa)
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (extralimital)
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
RUFF (extralimital)
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Laughing Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Caspian Tern
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE (nj)
Prothonotary Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
DICKCISSEL (pa, 39 in 1 area)
Grasshopper Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
pelagic trip announcement
Philadelphia Birdline
Date: July 20, 2006
Number: 215/567-BIRD
To Report: Armas Hill, 302/529-1876 (VOICE)
302/529-1085 (FAX)
Compiler: Armas Hill
Coverage: Delaware Valley, and southern New Jersey
Transcriber: Risė Hill
For Thursday, July 20th, this is the Philadelphia
Birdline, from the Academy of Natural Sciences in
Philadelphia, and supported by a number of bird
clubs and individuals. I'm Armas Hill, glad to be with you.
An adult MISSISSIPPI KITE was present last
Thursday, July 13th, all-day, at a wooded swamp
near the Pocono Environmental Education Center in
Pike County. Unfortunately, it was only seen
there that one day. The kite was found in the
late morning, and was seen through 7pm. Much of
that time it was catching dragonflies. One
observer saw it catch a GREEN DARNER that "it readily consumed".
In south-central Pennsylvania, this past weekend,
on Sunday, July 17th, as many as 39 DICKCISSELS
were found scattered in fields near Newburg, in
Cumberland County. They were found between noon and 12:45pm.
And that leads to a couple questions:
1) couldn't just one more have been found to make it an even 40?
2) weren't there any females around?
And a final question:
Has anyone out there ever heard of that many
DICKCISSELS in one area in the East?
Other birds found in those fields around Newburg
included: GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, and EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
In New Jersey, at Cape May, there's been an
immature drake SURF SCOTER at Sunset Beach.
On Tuesday, July 18th, WILSON'S STORM-PETREL was
seen offshore from Cape May Point.
A week earlier, a EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE was seen
in Cape May on a wire by the intersection of
Sunset Boulevard and Lighthouse Avenue. After it
flew, it could not be re-found.
Among shorebirds at Cape May recently: SOLITARY,
SPOTTED, and STILT SANDPIPERS. The alliteration
continues with WARBLERS there near the beanery: PROTHONOTARY and PRAIRIE.
In Ocean County NJ, these birds were found on
July 16th at Barnegat Bay during an all-day survey:
hundreds of flying young COMMON TERNS, along with
many second nesting attempts with eggs,
a few colonies of FORSTER'S TERNS doing well,
several GULL-BILLED TERNS nesting, with young either already or almost flying,
two pairs of CASPIAN TERNS still defending territories,
not as many LAUGHING GULLS as 15 years ago,
a few HERRING GULLS with flying young (a kite,
not the bird, but the paper toy, had crashed
across an island; with a very long and strong
string, it entangled nearly 20 gulls (18), both
adult and young, entangling and therefore killing them all),
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS in several colonies with most young already flying.
All of the above have been nesters at Barnegat
Bay. Not nesting were BROWN PELICANS. 12 were seen there on July 16th.
* Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia
* July 20, 2006
* PAPH0607.20
* Birds mentioned:
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (from shore)
Brown Pelican
Surf Scoter
MISSISSIPPI KITE (pa)
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (extralimital)
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
RUFF (extralimital)
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Laughing Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Caspian Tern
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE (nj)
Prothonotary Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
DICKCISSEL (pa, 39 in 1 area)
Grasshopper Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
pelagic trip announcement
Philadelphia Birdline
Date: July 20, 2006
Number: 215/567-BIRD
To Report: Armas Hill, 302/529-1876 (VOICE)
302/529-1085 (FAX)
Compiler: Armas Hill
Coverage: Delaware Valley, and southern New Jersey
Transcriber: Risė Hill
For Thursday, July 20th, this is the Philadelphia
Birdline, from the Academy of Natural Sciences in
Philadelphia, and supported by a number of bird
clubs and individuals. I'm Armas Hill, glad to be with you.
An adult MISSISSIPPI KITE was present last
Thursday, July 13th, all-day, at a wooded swamp
near the Pocono Environmental Education Center in
Pike County. Unfortunately, it was only seen
there that one day. The kite was found in the
late morning, and was seen through 7pm. Much of
that time it was catching dragonflies. One
observer saw it catch a GREEN DARNER that "it readily consumed".
In south-central Pennsylvania, this past weekend,
on Sunday, July 17th, as many as 39 DICKCISSELS
were found scattered in fields near Newburg, in
Cumberland County. They were found between noon and 12:45pm.
And that leads to a couple questions:
1) couldn't just one more have been found to make it an even 40?
2) weren't there any females around?
And a final question:
Has anyone out there ever heard of that many
DICKCISSELS in one area in the East?
Other birds found in those fields around Newburg
included: GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, and EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
In New Jersey, at Cape May, there's been an
immature drake SURF SCOTER at Sunset Beach.
On Tuesday, July 18th, WILSON'S STORM-PETREL was
seen offshore from Cape May Point.
A week earlier, a EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE was seen
in Cape May on a wire by the intersection of
Sunset Boulevard and Lighthouse Avenue. After it
flew, it could not be re-found.
Among shorebirds at Cape May recently: SOLITARY,
SPOTTED, and STILT SANDPIPERS. The alliteration
continues with WARBLERS there near the beanery: PROTHONOTARY and PRAIRIE.
In Ocean County NJ, these birds were found on
July 16th at Barnegat Bay during an all-day survey:
hundreds of flying young COMMON TERNS, along with
many second nesting attempts with eggs,
a few colonies of FORSTER'S TERNS doing well,
several GULL-BILLED TERNS nesting, with young either already or almost flying,
two pairs of CASPIAN TERNS still defending territories,
not as many LAUGHING GULLS as 15 years ago,
a few HERRING GULLS with flying young (a kite,
not the bird, but the paper toy, had crashed
across an island; with a very long and strong
string, it entangled nearly 20 gulls (18), both
adult and young, entangling and therefore killing them all),
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS in several colonies with most young already flying.
All of the above have been nesters at Barnegat
Bay. Not nesting were BROWN PELICANS. 12 were seen there on July 16th.