RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia
* August 4, 2006
* PAPH0608.04
* Birds mentioned:
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron (pa)
Snowy Egret (pa)
Green Heron
Glossy Ibis (pa)
Wood Duck
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
KING RAIL (pa)
American Avocet (nj)
Piping Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Red Knot
CURLEW SANDPIPER
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (nj)
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Reeve (de)
Short-billed Dowitcher
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
LEAST TERN (pa)
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-and-white Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
"Brewster's Warbler"
Northern Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Ovenbird
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
White-throated Sparrow (near phila)
pelagic trip announcement
Philadelphia Birdline
Date: August 4, 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 Friday, August 4th, 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.
The CURLEW SANDPIPER noted here last time as
being near Cape May, New Jersey, along the Ocean
Drive, was seen in the morning (at around high
tide) back on Friday, July 28th. 2 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS were also there at that time. There
have been no recent sightings of that CURLEW
SANDPIPER, but there has been one since in
Delaware, at Bombay Hook Refuge, along with a REEVE.
An interesting sighting in that area near Cape
May on August 2nd was a juvenile UPLAND SANDPIPER
at Two Mile Landing, standing on flattened
spartina at the edge of a mudflat. It was
observed standing there, at that odd location for
an UPLAND SANDPIPER for about 20 minutes.
Other shorebirds in that area included near a
hundred (96) SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, DOWITCHERS,
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and WESTERN SANDPIPER and other peeps.
The previous day, August 1st, at 2 Mile Beach
there were: over 2,000 SANDERLING, easily over
700 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, only one PIPING PLOVER, and 10 RED KNOTS.
At Higbee's Beach that morning a first-summer
female YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen, as were
a nice number of BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS.
At Cape May Point, at the north end of the second
pond in the state park (beyond Bunker Pond), late
in the day on July 30th, there was a Calidris
SANDPIPER that "looked good for a BAIRD'S".
Apparently, a second BAIRD'S SANDPIPER appeared
there subsequently, and has continued there as of today, August 4th.
At the Bunker Pond, there was a BLACK TERN still
in almost complete breeding plumage on July 30th.
On August 3rd, 8 AVOCETS were seen flying around
Bunker Pond, until they were observed continuing south over the Delaware Bay.
At sod farms in southern New Jersey:
Along Route 40 west of Sharptown in Salem County,
on Sunday, July 30th, there was an UPLAND
SANDPIPER, and 2 or 3 PECTORAL and 10 LEAST
SANDPIPERS, close to the road one-quarter mile east of County Route 646.
Further east, near the Salem-Cumberland county
line at the Johnson's Sod Farm that day, there
were about 30 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS.
Now, some recent Pennsylvania sightings, starting
with shorebirds recently at Tinicum (or the John
Heinz) Refuge in Southwest Philadelphia:
On July 28th: 32 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, and 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS.
At the opposite end of Philadelphia, where the
Poquessing Creek flows in the Delaware River,
near the Northeast Philadelphia-Bucks county
line, there have been 2 fledglings from an OSPREY nest.
In Northampton County PA, a juvenile LITTLE BLUE
HERON and a juvenile GLOSSY IBIS have been at one
pond, known as Green Pond. Directions follow:
From the intersection of Routes 22 & 33, take
Route 33 north to the Hecktown exit. Turn right.
Then, turn left onto Country Club Road. Follow
this road back over Route 22 and make a right
onto Green Pond Road. The pond is along that road, near a "T" intersection.
Those two species, LITTLE BLUE HERON and GLOSSY
IBIS are not commonly seen in Northamption County, PA.
Other species seen at Green Pond recently have
included: GREAT EGRET and GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and
PECTORAL and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS.
In Chester County PA, an immature PIED-BILLED
GREBE was found on July 30th at Chambers Lake.
How often has that species been recorded there in July?
7 GREAT EGRETS were also seen there (flying over).
In suburban Philadelphia, in the afternoon on
July 31st, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was in a yard
in Ambler, in Montgomery County. Has there ever
been another record of a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in Ambler in July?
Also in Montgomery County, but further north, at
the Green Lane Reservoir, a male RUDDY DUCK in
breeding plumage was seen on August 3rd, in the morning, by Walt Road.
In Berks County PA, at a place called Stony
Creek, on Sunday, July 30th, in the afternoon, an
adult male "BREWSTER'S WARBLER" was found
(that's of course one of the
GOLDEN-WINGED/BLUE-WINGED HYBRIDS). Also, among
48 species (excluding the hybrid) found there
that day was a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. WARBLER
species were: BLUE-WINGED (3), PARULA (1),
BLACK-THROATED GREEN (1), PINE (1), PRAIRIE (3),
BLACK-AND-WHITE (6), REDSTART (2), WORM-EATING
(2), OVENBIRD (2), YELLOWTHROAT (9), and HOODED
(3). That's 11 species of warblers, plus the BREWSTER'S.
In south-central Pennsylvania, a KING RAIL was
found on August 1st, at the State Game Lands 169
in Cumberland County. Other birds found there
that day included: 15 GREAT EGRETS, 15 GREAT BLUE
HERONS, 7 GREEN HERONS, 20 WOOD DUCKS, a BARRED
OWL, and 2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS.
Also in south-central PA, along the Susquehanna
River, at the Conejohela Flats, Washington Boro,
Lancaster County, on August 1st, a single LEAST
TERN was the best of the gulls and terns. Others
were: 250 RING-BILLED GULLS, a single BONAPARTE'S
GULL, 5 HERRING GULLS, 2 COMMON TERNS, and 28 FORSTER'S TERNS.
There were 9 species of shorebirds: 45 KILLDEER,
2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 9 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 27
LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 9 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 7 PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS, and 2 SANDERLINGS.
Also, there was 1 SNOWY EGRET, and over a dozen
BALD EAGLES: 11 immatures and 2 adults.
Now, an announcement regarding an upcoming offshore pelagic trip:
One will be going offshore from Barnegat Light NJ
on Sunday, September 10th, leaving just after
midnight. It'll be a good time for WHITE-FACED
STORM-PETREL and other seabirds. The cost will be
$139 per person. Return to the dock will be in
the afternoon. As of now, this trip is about
3/4ths full. If you'd like to join, either e-mail
or call FONT (Focus On Nature Tours) at: font@focusonnature.com
or at 1-800-721-9986.
Info is in the website: www.focusonnature.com
Thank you for tuning in to the Birdline, and
until next time, good birding, wherever you may be.
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* Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia
* August 4, 2006
* PAPH0608.04
* Birds mentioned:
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron (pa)
Snowy Egret (pa)
Green Heron
Glossy Ibis (pa)
Wood Duck
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
KING RAIL (pa)
American Avocet (nj)
Piping Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Red Knot
CURLEW SANDPIPER
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (nj)
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Reeve (de)
Short-billed Dowitcher
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
LEAST TERN (pa)
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-and-white Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
"Brewster's Warbler"
Northern Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Ovenbird
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
White-throated Sparrow (near phila)
pelagic trip announcement
Philadelphia Birdline
Date: August 4, 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 Friday, August 4th, 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.
The CURLEW SANDPIPER noted here last time as
being near Cape May, New Jersey, along the Ocean
Drive, was seen in the morning (at around high
tide) back on Friday, July 28th. 2 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS were also there at that time. There
have been no recent sightings of that CURLEW
SANDPIPER, but there has been one since in
Delaware, at Bombay Hook Refuge, along with a REEVE.
An interesting sighting in that area near Cape
May on August 2nd was a juvenile UPLAND SANDPIPER
at Two Mile Landing, standing on flattened
spartina at the edge of a mudflat. It was
observed standing there, at that odd location for
an UPLAND SANDPIPER for about 20 minutes.
Other shorebirds in that area included near a
hundred (96) SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, DOWITCHERS,
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and WESTERN SANDPIPER and other peeps.
The previous day, August 1st, at 2 Mile Beach
there were: over 2,000 SANDERLING, easily over
700 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, only one PIPING PLOVER, and 10 RED KNOTS.
At Higbee's Beach that morning a first-summer
female YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen, as were
a nice number of BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS.
At Cape May Point, at the north end of the second
pond in the state park (beyond Bunker Pond), late
in the day on July 30th, there was a Calidris
SANDPIPER that "looked good for a BAIRD'S".
Apparently, a second BAIRD'S SANDPIPER appeared
there subsequently, and has continued there as of today, August 4th.
At the Bunker Pond, there was a BLACK TERN still
in almost complete breeding plumage on July 30th.
On August 3rd, 8 AVOCETS were seen flying around
Bunker Pond, until they were observed continuing south over the Delaware Bay.
At sod farms in southern New Jersey:
Along Route 40 west of Sharptown in Salem County,
on Sunday, July 30th, there was an UPLAND
SANDPIPER, and 2 or 3 PECTORAL and 10 LEAST
SANDPIPERS, close to the road one-quarter mile east of County Route 646.
Further east, near the Salem-Cumberland county
line at the Johnson's Sod Farm that day, there
were about 30 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS.
Now, some recent Pennsylvania sightings, starting
with shorebirds recently at Tinicum (or the John
Heinz) Refuge in Southwest Philadelphia:
On July 28th: 32 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, and 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS.
At the opposite end of Philadelphia, where the
Poquessing Creek flows in the Delaware River,
near the Northeast Philadelphia-Bucks county
line, there have been 2 fledglings from an OSPREY nest.
In Northampton County PA, a juvenile LITTLE BLUE
HERON and a juvenile GLOSSY IBIS have been at one
pond, known as Green Pond. Directions follow:
From the intersection of Routes 22 & 33, take
Route 33 north to the Hecktown exit. Turn right.
Then, turn left onto Country Club Road. Follow
this road back over Route 22 and make a right
onto Green Pond Road. The pond is along that road, near a "T" intersection.
Those two species, LITTLE BLUE HERON and GLOSSY
IBIS are not commonly seen in Northamption County, PA.
Other species seen at Green Pond recently have
included: GREAT EGRET and GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and
PECTORAL and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS.
In Chester County PA, an immature PIED-BILLED
GREBE was found on July 30th at Chambers Lake.
How often has that species been recorded there in July?
7 GREAT EGRETS were also seen there (flying over).
In suburban Philadelphia, in the afternoon on
July 31st, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was in a yard
in Ambler, in Montgomery County. Has there ever
been another record of a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in Ambler in July?
Also in Montgomery County, but further north, at
the Green Lane Reservoir, a male RUDDY DUCK in
breeding plumage was seen on August 3rd, in the morning, by Walt Road.
In Berks County PA, at a place called Stony
Creek, on Sunday, July 30th, in the afternoon, an
adult male "BREWSTER'S WARBLER" was found
(that's of course one of the
GOLDEN-WINGED/BLUE-WINGED HYBRIDS). Also, among
48 species (excluding the hybrid) found there
that day was a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. WARBLER
species were: BLUE-WINGED (3), PARULA (1),
BLACK-THROATED GREEN (1), PINE (1), PRAIRIE (3),
BLACK-AND-WHITE (6), REDSTART (2), WORM-EATING
(2), OVENBIRD (2), YELLOWTHROAT (9), and HOODED
(3). That's 11 species of warblers, plus the BREWSTER'S.
In south-central Pennsylvania, a KING RAIL was
found on August 1st, at the State Game Lands 169
in Cumberland County. Other birds found there
that day included: 15 GREAT EGRETS, 15 GREAT BLUE
HERONS, 7 GREEN HERONS, 20 WOOD DUCKS, a BARRED
OWL, and 2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS.
Also in south-central PA, along the Susquehanna
River, at the Conejohela Flats, Washington Boro,
Lancaster County, on August 1st, a single LEAST
TERN was the best of the gulls and terns. Others
were: 250 RING-BILLED GULLS, a single BONAPARTE'S
GULL, 5 HERRING GULLS, 2 COMMON TERNS, and 28 FORSTER'S TERNS.
There were 9 species of shorebirds: 45 KILLDEER,
2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 9 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 27
LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 9 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 7 PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS, and 2 SANDERLINGS.
Also, there was 1 SNOWY EGRET, and over a dozen
BALD EAGLES: 11 immatures and 2 adults.
Now, an announcement regarding an upcoming offshore pelagic trip:
One will be going offshore from Barnegat Light NJ
on Sunday, September 10th, leaving just after
midnight. It'll be a good time for WHITE-FACED
STORM-PETREL and other seabirds. The cost will be
$139 per person. Return to the dock will be in
the afternoon. As of now, this trip is about
3/4ths full. If you'd like to join, either e-mail
or call FONT (Focus On Nature Tours) at: font@focusonnature.com
or at 1-800-721-9986.
Info is in the website: www.focusonnature.com
Thank you for tuning in to the Birdline, and
until next time, good birding, wherever you may be.
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