- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* August 31, 2006
* PAEA0608.31
- Birds mentioned
STILT SANDPIPER
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
MOURNING WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
BLACK TERN
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
LAUGHING GULL
COMMON TERN
FORSTER'S TERN
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: August 31st at 9:00 PM
Phone Number: (610) 252-3455
To Report by Phone: Call (610) 252-3455, press the (*) key and leave your
message.
To Report by E-Mail: Send to becard@fast.net with "Birdline" in subject
heading.
Compiler: Dave DeReamus
You can visit our Website for information about the Lehigh Valley Audubon
Society at
http://www.lehigh.edu/~bcm0/lvas.html. Click on our new "BBoard" link if
you'd like to discuss local birding information and issues, offer or ask for
rides to field trips, or check on birding items for sale.
You can visit my Website for photos and information about Eastern PA Birding
at http://www.users.fast.net/~becard/index.html.
This is Dave DeReamus, for the Eastern PA Birdline, sponsored by the Lehigh
Valley Audubon Society, recorded on August 31st at 9:00 PM.
There will be a field trip to the Whitehall Parkway on September 9th. Meet
at the Tilghman Square Parking lot, near the Red Robin restaurant, just west
of Route 309 at 7:30 AM. Trip leader will be Ted Fritzinger.
Directions to many of the sites in this report can be found in the area's
birding guidebook, "Birds of the Lehigh Valley and Vicinity".
NOW FOR THE BIRDS!
Sightings from BEAR SWAMP, Northampton County included:
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 on 8/26.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Great-crested and Least Flycatcher, Canada, Prairie, Blue-winged and
Magnolia Warbler, and Bobolink.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
At the flooded field:
Great Egrets - 19 on 8/29 (new high count for the site)
STILT SANDPIPERS - up to 5 from 8/28 to at least 8/30
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS - 2 from 8/23 to 8/28
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - 1 on 8/28
Semipalmated Plover - 1 from 8/25 to at least 8/26.
Also Green-winged Teal, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and Bobolink.
Sightings from the MONOCACY NATURE CENTER, Northampton County included:
MOURNING WARBLER - 1 on 8/29
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT - 1 on 8/29.
Also Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Black-and-white, and Black-throated Green
Warbler, and American Redstart.
Sightings from the BELTZVILLE LAKE area, Carbon County included:
BLACK TERNS - 7 on 8/30.
Bald Eagle - 1 on 8/30
Semipalmated Plover - 1 on 8/30.
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Bald Eagles - 3 on 8/31.
Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County included:
Great Egrets - 2 to at least 8/26
Wilson's Snipe - 2 on 8/26
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 reported on 8/26.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON - 1 on 8/23
BLACK TERNS - 13 on 8/28 (high count for the site?)
Also Bank Swallow.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON -1 juvenile seen this past week
Bald Eagle - 1 seen this past week
LAUGHING GULL 1 juvenile back on 8/16
COMMON TERN - 1 on 8/30.
Also Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Least Flycatcher, Wilson's Warbler, Magnolia
Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, and Bobolink.
Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County included:
FORSTER'S TERNS - 4 seen late last week.
Sightings from LAKE TOWHEE, Bucks County included:
BLACK TERNS - 11 on 8/30.
- End transcript
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* August 31, 2006
* PAEA0608.31
- Birds mentioned
STILT SANDPIPER
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
MOURNING WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
BLACK TERN
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
LAUGHING GULL
COMMON TERN
FORSTER'S TERN
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: August 31st at 9:00 PM
Phone Number: (610) 252-3455
To Report by Phone: Call (610) 252-3455, press the (*) key and leave your
message.
To Report by E-Mail: Send to becard@fast.net with "Birdline" in subject
heading.
Compiler: Dave DeReamus
You can visit our Website for information about the Lehigh Valley Audubon
Society at
http://www.lehigh.edu/~bcm0/lvas.html. Click on our new "BBoard" link if
you'd like to discuss local birding information and issues, offer or ask for
rides to field trips, or check on birding items for sale.
You can visit my Website for photos and information about Eastern PA Birding
at http://www.users.fast.net/~becard/index.html.
This is Dave DeReamus, for the Eastern PA Birdline, sponsored by the Lehigh
Valley Audubon Society, recorded on August 31st at 9:00 PM.
There will be a field trip to the Whitehall Parkway on September 9th. Meet
at the Tilghman Square Parking lot, near the Red Robin restaurant, just west
of Route 309 at 7:30 AM. Trip leader will be Ted Fritzinger.
Directions to many of the sites in this report can be found in the area's
birding guidebook, "Birds of the Lehigh Valley and Vicinity".
NOW FOR THE BIRDS!
Sightings from BEAR SWAMP, Northampton County included:
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 on 8/26.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Great-crested and Least Flycatcher, Canada, Prairie, Blue-winged and
Magnolia Warbler, and Bobolink.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
At the flooded field:
Great Egrets - 19 on 8/29 (new high count for the site)
STILT SANDPIPERS - up to 5 from 8/28 to at least 8/30
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS - 2 from 8/23 to 8/28
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - 1 on 8/28
Semipalmated Plover - 1 from 8/25 to at least 8/26.
Also Green-winged Teal, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and Bobolink.
Sightings from the MONOCACY NATURE CENTER, Northampton County included:
MOURNING WARBLER - 1 on 8/29
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT - 1 on 8/29.
Also Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Black-and-white, and Black-throated Green
Warbler, and American Redstart.
Sightings from the BELTZVILLE LAKE area, Carbon County included:
BLACK TERNS - 7 on 8/30.
Bald Eagle - 1 on 8/30
Semipalmated Plover - 1 on 8/30.
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Bald Eagles - 3 on 8/31.
Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County included:
Great Egrets - 2 to at least 8/26
Wilson's Snipe - 2 on 8/26
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 reported on 8/26.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON - 1 on 8/23
BLACK TERNS - 13 on 8/28 (high count for the site?)
Also Bank Swallow.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON -1 juvenile seen this past week
Bald Eagle - 1 seen this past week
LAUGHING GULL 1 juvenile back on 8/16
COMMON TERN - 1 on 8/30.
Also Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Least Flycatcher, Wilson's Warbler, Magnolia
Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, and Bobolink.
Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County included:
FORSTER'S TERNS - 4 seen late last week.
Sightings from LAKE TOWHEE, Bucks County included:
BLACK TERNS - 11 on 8/30.
- End transcript