RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE09.24.06
Highlights:
GREAT EGRET
GLOSSY IBIS (Crawford County)
TRUMPETER SWAN
NORTHERN SHOVELER
AMERICAN WIGEON
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
NORTHERN HARRIER
BALD EAGLE
MERLIN (Indiana County)
SANDHILL CRANE
COMMON MOORHEN
SANDERLING
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Beaver County)
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON'S SNIPE
CASPIAN TERN
LAUGHING GULL (Crawford County)
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
COMMON RAVEN
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
LEAST FLYCATCHER
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
WARBLING VIREO
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
SWAINSON'S THRUSH
TENNESSEE WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
NORTHERN PARULA
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
BLACKPOLL WARBLER
PALM WARBLER
CERULEAN WARBLER
CANADA WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
WILSON'S WARBLER
PINE WARBLER
OVENBIRD
VESPER SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
HENSLOW'S SPARROW
LINCOLN'S SPARROW
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
Contributors: Jeff Brinker, Marcy Cunkelman, Leonard Hess, Paul Hess,
Margaret Higbee, Craig Kern, Geoff Malosh, Pam Nelson, Jack and Sue Solomon,
Kate St. John, Bob VanNewkirk, Mark Vass.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Saturday, 16 September 2006 through Sunday, 24 September 2006
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Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
At the Imperial grasslands on the evening of 9/17, 5 NORTHERN HARRIERS were
flying around together; also seen were 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 Spotted
Sandpiper, 1 Least Sandpiper; on 9/23, 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 1 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 Spotted Sandpiper (MV).
On 9/16 at Harrison Hills Park, the Three Rivers Birding Club noted
Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, 8 Red-eyed Vireos, 1 GRAY-CHEEKED
THRUSH, 6 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 4 Wood Thrushes, 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER, 1
NASHVILLE WARBLER, 1 NORTHERN PARULA, 3 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, 5 MAGNOLIA
WARBLERS, 1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 2
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 6 BAY-BREASTED
WARBLERS, 5 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 2 Black-and-white Warblers, 3 American
Redstarts, 2 Hooded Warblers, 1 Scarlet Tanager, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 2
Indigo Buntings (PH).
On 9/17 at Sewickley Heights Park along the Pine Tree Trail, sightings
included TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER,
Black-and-White Warbler, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded
Warbler, 1 PINE WARBLER, Red-eyed Vireo, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, Eastern Phoebe,
Eastern Wood-Pewee, 1 unidentified Empidonax flycatcher, 1 YELLOW-BILLED
CUCKOO, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, Indigo Bunting, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET (MV). On
9/20, 2 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, 1 Scarlet Tanager,
2 NASHVILLE WARBLERS, 6 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 4 American Redstarts, 1
Black-and-White Warbler, 1 Brown Thrasher, and others (BV).
At Frick Park on 9/21, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, American Redstart,
NASHVILLE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, and others; on 9/22, BLACKPOLL WARBLER (drab
immature female), MAGNOLIA WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, OVENBIRD (JS and
SS).
At Dashield's Dam on 9/23, GREAT EGRET (MV).
BEAVER COUNTY:
Through 9/18 at the Zelienople Airport, 1 adult BALD EAGLE; an adult BALD
EAGLE has also been seen flying down the Connoquenessing Creek (PN).
At Little Blue Lake on 9/19, 1 SANDERLING, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper, 3 Least Sandpipers, flock of 10 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS
with 3 Least Sandpipers flying over, 8 Wood Ducks, 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 5
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 22 BLUE-WINGED TEAL; on 9/22, 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 3
Semipalmated Plovers, 6 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper, 3 Least Sandpipers (MV).
On 9/22 at Raccoon Creek State Park, several waves of birds were seen on
Lakeside Lodge Road and Lake Trail, including 8 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 1
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 6-7 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, 2 BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLERS, 3 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 10 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, 3
BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 2 Black-and-White Warblers, 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS, 2
NASHVILLE WARBLERS, 1 NORTHERN PARULA, 1 OVENBIRD, ~15 Common Yellowthroats,
1 Hooded Warbler, 2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 1 White-eyed Vireo, 1 Red-eyed
Vireo, ~20 Scarlet Tanagers, 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, 1 RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET, 2 Indigo Buntings (MV and GM).
At Ambridge Reservoir on 9/23, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 Green Heron, 24 Wood Ducks,
1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 1 Double-crested Cormorant (MV).
On 9/23 at Montgomery Dam Road in Potter Township, 2 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 2
Indigo Buntings, 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 2 Eastern Wood-Pewees, 1
Eastern Phoebe, 1 OVENBIRD, 1 Hooded Warbler, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 2
Scarlet Tanagers, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (MV).
At State Gamelands #285 on 9/24, 13 PALM WARBLERS, 1 male CERULEAN WARBLER,
1 HENSLOW'S SPARROW, 2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 3-4
White-throated Sparrows, Catharus thrushes, 6 CAPE MAY WARBLERS, many
SAVANNAH SPARROWS (GM).
On 9/24 at the Big Beaver Wetlands, 1 GREAT EGRET, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE (MV).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
On 9/17 the GLOSSY IBIS was still present at Miller's Ponds in Pymatuning
(reported to MV by Mike & Evelyn Fowles). It was NOT seen on 9/19, but birds
present in the area were 8 SANDHILL CRANES along Swamp Road; 5 BALD EAGLES
(2 at the Fish Hatchery, 3 at the Wildlife Center); 1 GREAT EGRET at
Miller's Pond; Yellow Warbler, WARBLING VIREO, Red-eyed Vireo, 2
Yellow-rumped Warblers at the Fish Hatchery; BLUE-HEADED VIREO and Common
Yellowthroat at Geneva Wells (BV). On 9/21 at the fish hatchery, 1
first-winter LAUGHING GULL was seen on the shore of the large pond; also
here was a Solitary Sandpiper (MV).
ERIE COUNTY:
On 9/18 at Presque Isle Bay, 1 CASPIAN TERN (at Chestnut Street boat
launch), 1 NORTHERN HARRIER (CK).
INDIANA COUNTY:
On 9/22 in Clarksburg, 1 female MERLIN, CANADA WARBLER; on 9/24,
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, OVENBIRD, 12 Turkey Vultures, 1 Gray Catbird, and
others (MC).
At Blue Spruce County Park on 9/22, highlights of 45 species included 1
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 4 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, 2 Red-eyed Vireos, 3
SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 4 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER, 1
NASHVILLE WARBLER, 1 NORTHERN PARULA, 2 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, 3 MAGNOLIA
WARBLERS, 10 CAPE MAY WARBLERS, 5 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler, 6 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 1 BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER, 2 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 1 Black-and-white Warbler, 3 American
Redstarts, 10 Common Yellowthroats, 1 Hooded Warbler, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER, 6
Scarlet Tanagers, 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (MH).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 9/24 in New Beaver, at the Three Rivers gravel pond were 1 Hooded
Merganser, 3 Pied-billed Grebes, 3 GREEN-WINGED TEAL; at Wampum-New Galilee
Road were 6 COMMON MOORHENS, 1 American Coot, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 2
TRUMPETER SWANS, 26 Wood Ducks, 1 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 Green Heron (MV).
MERCER COUNTY:
At a home in Mercer on 9/19, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (JB).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
On 9/17 on the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, sightings included
Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-eyed Vireos, COMMON RAVEN, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, Wood
Thrush, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 2 BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLERS, American Redstart, OVENBIRD, CANADA WARBLER, Scarlet Tanager (KSJ).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
Along Old Steubenville Pike Road in Robinson Township on 9/23, 1 AMERICAN
WIGEON (reported to MV by Mike Fialkovich); on 9/24, 2 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 9 Eastern
Meadowlarks, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER (MV).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
On 9/22 at Forbes State Forest near Jones Mills, sightings included 5 Turkey
Vultures, 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, 1 LEAST
FLYCATCHER, 11 Eastern Phoebes, 1 YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 6 BLUE-HEADED
VIREOS, 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, 7 Red-eyed Vireos, 1 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 4
Gray Catbirds, 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 13 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 5 Scarlet
Tanagers, 1 VESPER SPARROW, 5 Indigo Buntings (LH).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE09.24.06
Highlights:
GREAT EGRET
GLOSSY IBIS (Crawford County)
TRUMPETER SWAN
NORTHERN SHOVELER
AMERICAN WIGEON
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
NORTHERN HARRIER
BALD EAGLE
MERLIN (Indiana County)
SANDHILL CRANE
COMMON MOORHEN
SANDERLING
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Beaver County)
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON'S SNIPE
CASPIAN TERN
LAUGHING GULL (Crawford County)
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
COMMON RAVEN
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
LEAST FLYCATCHER
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
WARBLING VIREO
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
SWAINSON'S THRUSH
TENNESSEE WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
NORTHERN PARULA
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
BLACKPOLL WARBLER
PALM WARBLER
CERULEAN WARBLER
CANADA WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
WILSON'S WARBLER
PINE WARBLER
OVENBIRD
VESPER SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
HENSLOW'S SPARROW
LINCOLN'S SPARROW
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
Contributors: Jeff Brinker, Marcy Cunkelman, Leonard Hess, Paul Hess,
Margaret Higbee, Craig Kern, Geoff Malosh, Pam Nelson, Jack and Sue Solomon,
Kate St. John, Bob VanNewkirk, Mark Vass.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Saturday, 16 September 2006 through Sunday, 24 September 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 9/17, 5 NORTHERN HARRIERS were
flying around together; also seen were 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 Spotted
Sandpiper, 1 Least Sandpiper; on 9/23, 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 1 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 Spotted Sandpiper (MV).
On 9/16 at Harrison Hills Park, the Three Rivers Birding Club noted
Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, 8 Red-eyed Vireos, 1 GRAY-CHEEKED
THRUSH, 6 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 4 Wood Thrushes, 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER, 1
NASHVILLE WARBLER, 1 NORTHERN PARULA, 3 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, 5 MAGNOLIA
WARBLERS, 1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 2
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 6 BAY-BREASTED
WARBLERS, 5 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 2 Black-and-white Warblers, 3 American
Redstarts, 2 Hooded Warblers, 1 Scarlet Tanager, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 2
Indigo Buntings (PH).
On 9/17 at Sewickley Heights Park along the Pine Tree Trail, sightings
included TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER,
Black-and-White Warbler, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded
Warbler, 1 PINE WARBLER, Red-eyed Vireo, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, Eastern Phoebe,
Eastern Wood-Pewee, 1 unidentified Empidonax flycatcher, 1 YELLOW-BILLED
CUCKOO, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, Indigo Bunting, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET (MV). On
9/20, 2 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, 1 Scarlet Tanager,
2 NASHVILLE WARBLERS, 6 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 4 American Redstarts, 1
Black-and-White Warbler, 1 Brown Thrasher, and others (BV).
At Frick Park on 9/21, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, American Redstart,
NASHVILLE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, and others; on 9/22, BLACKPOLL WARBLER (drab
immature female), MAGNOLIA WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, OVENBIRD (JS and
SS).
At Dashield's Dam on 9/23, GREAT EGRET (MV).
BEAVER COUNTY:
Through 9/18 at the Zelienople Airport, 1 adult BALD EAGLE; an adult BALD
EAGLE has also been seen flying down the Connoquenessing Creek (PN).
At Little Blue Lake on 9/19, 1 SANDERLING, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper, 3 Least Sandpipers, flock of 10 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS
with 3 Least Sandpipers flying over, 8 Wood Ducks, 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 5
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 22 BLUE-WINGED TEAL; on 9/22, 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 3
Semipalmated Plovers, 6 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper, 3 Least Sandpipers (MV).
On 9/22 at Raccoon Creek State Park, several waves of birds were seen on
Lakeside Lodge Road and Lake Trail, including 8 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 1
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 6-7 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, 2 BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLERS, 3 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 10 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, 3
BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 2 Black-and-White Warblers, 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS, 2
NASHVILLE WARBLERS, 1 NORTHERN PARULA, 1 OVENBIRD, ~15 Common Yellowthroats,
1 Hooded Warbler, 2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 1 White-eyed Vireo, 1 Red-eyed
Vireo, ~20 Scarlet Tanagers, 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, 1 RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET, 2 Indigo Buntings (MV and GM).
At Ambridge Reservoir on 9/23, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 Green Heron, 24 Wood Ducks,
1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 1 Double-crested Cormorant (MV).
On 9/23 at Montgomery Dam Road in Potter Township, 2 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 2
Indigo Buntings, 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 2 Eastern Wood-Pewees, 1
Eastern Phoebe, 1 OVENBIRD, 1 Hooded Warbler, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 2
Scarlet Tanagers, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (MV).
At State Gamelands #285 on 9/24, 13 PALM WARBLERS, 1 male CERULEAN WARBLER,
1 HENSLOW'S SPARROW, 2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 3-4
White-throated Sparrows, Catharus thrushes, 6 CAPE MAY WARBLERS, many
SAVANNAH SPARROWS (GM).
On 9/24 at the Big Beaver Wetlands, 1 GREAT EGRET, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE (MV).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
On 9/17 the GLOSSY IBIS was still present at Miller's Ponds in Pymatuning
(reported to MV by Mike & Evelyn Fowles). It was NOT seen on 9/19, but birds
present in the area were 8 SANDHILL CRANES along Swamp Road; 5 BALD EAGLES
(2 at the Fish Hatchery, 3 at the Wildlife Center); 1 GREAT EGRET at
Miller's Pond; Yellow Warbler, WARBLING VIREO, Red-eyed Vireo, 2
Yellow-rumped Warblers at the Fish Hatchery; BLUE-HEADED VIREO and Common
Yellowthroat at Geneva Wells (BV). On 9/21 at the fish hatchery, 1
first-winter LAUGHING GULL was seen on the shore of the large pond; also
here was a Solitary Sandpiper (MV).
ERIE COUNTY:
On 9/18 at Presque Isle Bay, 1 CASPIAN TERN (at Chestnut Street boat
launch), 1 NORTHERN HARRIER (CK).
INDIANA COUNTY:
On 9/22 in Clarksburg, 1 female MERLIN, CANADA WARBLER; on 9/24,
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, OVENBIRD, 12 Turkey Vultures, 1 Gray Catbird, and
others (MC).
At Blue Spruce County Park on 9/22, highlights of 45 species included 1
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 4 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, 2 Red-eyed Vireos, 3
SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 4 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER, 1
NASHVILLE WARBLER, 1 NORTHERN PARULA, 2 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, 3 MAGNOLIA
WARBLERS, 10 CAPE MAY WARBLERS, 5 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler, 6 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 1 BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER, 2 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 1 Black-and-white Warbler, 3 American
Redstarts, 10 Common Yellowthroats, 1 Hooded Warbler, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER, 6
Scarlet Tanagers, 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (MH).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 9/24 in New Beaver, at the Three Rivers gravel pond were 1 Hooded
Merganser, 3 Pied-billed Grebes, 3 GREEN-WINGED TEAL; at Wampum-New Galilee
Road were 6 COMMON MOORHENS, 1 American Coot, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 2
TRUMPETER SWANS, 26 Wood Ducks, 1 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 Green Heron (MV).
MERCER COUNTY:
At a home in Mercer on 9/19, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (JB).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
On 9/17 on the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, sightings included
Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-eyed Vireos, COMMON RAVEN, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, Wood
Thrush, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 2 BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLERS, American Redstart, OVENBIRD, CANADA WARBLER, Scarlet Tanager (KSJ).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
Along Old Steubenville Pike Road in Robinson Township on 9/23, 1 AMERICAN
WIGEON (reported to MV by Mike Fialkovich); on 9/24, 2 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 9 Eastern
Meadowlarks, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER (MV).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
On 9/22 at Forbes State Forest near Jones Mills, sightings included 5 Turkey
Vultures, 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, 1 LEAST
FLYCATCHER, 11 Eastern Phoebes, 1 YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 6 BLUE-HEADED
VIREOS, 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, 7 Red-eyed Vireos, 1 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 4
Gray Catbirds, 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 13 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 5 Scarlet
Tanagers, 1 VESPER SPARROW, 5 Indigo Buntings (LH).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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meadowlark4@verizon.net
724-938-0655
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