RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE10.01.06
Highlights:
EARED GREBE (Erie County)
GREAT EGRET
TRUMPETER SWAN
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
GADWALL
NORTHERN PINTAIL
NORTHERN SHOVELER
LESSER SCAUP
GREATER SCAUP
SURF/BLACK SCOTER (Erie County)
AMERICAN WIGEON
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
NORTHERN HARRIER
PEREGRINE FALCON
MERLIN (Washington County)
OSPREY
BALD EAGLE
COMMON MOORHEN
SORA (Washington County)
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (Erie County)
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
SANDERLING
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Erie County)
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON'S SNIPE
CASPIAN TERN
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
WINTER WREN
MARSH WREN (Washington County)
SWAINSON'S THRUSH
HERMIT THRUSH
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
VEERY
NASHVILLE WARBLER
PALM WARBLER
TENNESSEE WARBLER
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
BLACKPOLL WARBLER
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
PINE WARBLER
WILSON'S WARBLER
PRAIRIE WARBLER
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (Allegheny and Erie Counties)
OVENBIRD
LINCOLN'S SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Washington County)
SWAMP SPARROW
PURPLE FINCH
BOBOLINK
BREWER'S BLACKBIRD (Washington County)
PINE SISKIN
Contributors: John Boback, Marcia Brown, Marcy Cunkelman, Mike Fialkovich,
Ross Gallardy, Steve Gosser, Paul Hess, Craig Kern, Geoff Malosh, Jerry
McWilliams, Jack and Sue Solomon, Randy Stringer, Bob VanNewkirk, Mark Vass,
Carole Willenpart, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 24 September 2006 through Sunday, 1 October 2006
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
On 9/25 at the Imperial Grasslands pond, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 Spotted Sandpiper; on 9/28 in Imperial,
there were 4 NORTHERN HARRIERS at the toy airport, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS at
the main pond; on 9/30, 1 VESPER SPARROW, 1 SAVANNAH SPARROW, 6 PALM
WARBLERS, 3 Eastern Phoebes, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 Tree Swallows, 100
Brown-headed Cowbirds, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS; 39 Turkey Vultures at the
landfill; at the pond on 9/30, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1
Spotted Sandpiper (MV).
On the morning of 9/25 in an unspecified location, flight calls were heard
of ~700 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, ~50 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES, ~20 Wood Thrushes, 1
HERMIT THRUSH, 10-12 warblers, 8 Scarlet Tanagers, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak,
and 200+ unidentified migrants; also heard that morning were 1 VEERY in the
yard (GM).
On 9/26 at Harrison Hills Regional Park, sightings included CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, Black-and-white Warbler, immature female
American Redstart, 2 female Common Yellowthroats, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET,
Empidoax flycatcher sp., Eastern Phoebe, female Indigo Bunting, Scarlet
Tanager, Gray Catbird (JS and SS); on 10/1, 1 Red-eyed Vireo, 3 WINTER
WRENS, 7 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 3 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES (one singing), 1 Wood
Thrush, 2 Gray Catbirds, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 6 White-throated Sparrows, 1
Indigo Bunting (PH with SS and JS).
At Frick Park on 9/29, sightings included NASHVILLE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA
WARBLER, Yellow-rumped Warbler, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, OVENBIRD, 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Eastern Phoebe, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, SWAINSON'S
THRUSH, Gray Catbird, White-eyed Vireo, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, White-throated Sparrow; on 9/30, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED
BLUE WARBLER, Hooded Warbler, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Wood-Pewee,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WINTER WREN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
Scarlet Tanager, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Dark-eyed Junco,
White-throated Sparrow (SS).
On 9/25 in Etna, 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird; on 9/26, 1 Double-crested
Cormorant (DY).
On 9/26 in East Liberty, 1 juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 1 SWAINSON'S
THRUSH, 1 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, 2 WINTER WRENS, 1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLER, 1 Common Yellowthroat, 1 Yellow Warbler, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak; on 9/27, 2 Eastern Phoebes, 1 Eastern Wood Pewee, 1
Unidentified Empidonax flycatcher, 1 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, 1 SWAINSON'S
THRUSH, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1
Common Yellowthroat, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 2 BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER, 1 Yellow Warbler, 1 OVENBIRD; on 9/28, 1 White-throated Sparrow, 1
Brown Thrasher; on 9/29, 1 Eastern Wood Peewee, 1 unidentified Empidonax
flycatcher, 3 juvenile Eastern Phoebes, 1 Red-eyed Vireo, Brown Thrasher, 1
NASHVILLE WARBLER, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 1
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, 2 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, 3 Common
Yellowthroats, 1 Scarlet Tanager, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 4 White-throated
Sparrows (DY).
On 9/26 at the Fox Chapel Boat Docks/Wetlands, 3 PALM WARBLERS (DY). Across
the river from the Fox Chapel wetlands on 9/30, 1 OSPREY; at the wetlands,
Indigo Bunting (MF).
On 9/29 at Sewickley Heights Park, sightings included PALM WARBLER,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, American
Redstart, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, Common
Yellowthroat, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo, SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, Scarlet Tanager (BV).
At the Homewood Cemetery on 9/30, 1 WINTER WREN (MF).
Along Strouss Road on 9/30, 3 PURPLE FINCHES, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1
BLACKPOLL WARBLER, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 2 Common Yellowthroats, 2
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2 Gray Catbirds, Indigo Buntings (MV).
At Walker Park on 9/30, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 3 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS,
Black-and-White Warbler, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER,
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, Yellow-rumped Warbler,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (reported to MV by
Becky Smith).
BEAVER COUNTY:
At the Madden Run Road marsh on 9/29, 1 White-crowned Sparrow, 2 SWAMP
SPARROWS, 1 PALM WARBLER (MV).
At the Big Beaver Wetlands on 9/29, 1 GREAT EGRET, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE; on
10/1, 1 GREAT EGRET, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL (MV).
At Little Blue Lake on 9/29, 2 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 2 GADWALLS, 4 BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, 29 Wood Ducks, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 6 Eastern Phoebes, 1 WINTER WREN,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 3 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 4 PALM
WARBLERS, 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER,
2 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS; on 10/1, 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 8
PECTORAL SANDPIPERS (MV).
At Ambridge Reservoir on 9/29, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 Green Heron, 1 WINTER WREN,
1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 1 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER,
2 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 4 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 8-10 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 2
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, 1 American Redstart, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER, 1
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (MV and Becky Smith).
At Independence Marsh on 9/29, 5 Northern Mockingbirds, 2 SWAMP SPARROWS, 1
PALM WARBLER, 1 Green Heron (MV).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At an unspecified location on 9/26, a Dark-eyed Junco arrived at a feeder;
also 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird; on 9/30, 1 WINTER WREN (MB).
CLARION COUNTY:
In Sligo on 9/23, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH; on 9/24, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER;
on the morning of 9/25, flight calls of many SWAINSON'S THRUSHES and
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were heard overhead, along with 1 probable VEERY, 1
probable HERMIT THRUSH, and 1 possible BICKNELL'S THRUSH (CW).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
In the Pymatuning area on 9/30, sightings included BALD EAGLES, NORTHERN
HARRIERS, Turkey Vulture, NORTHERN SHOVELER, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, several
hundred Double-crested Cormorants, Common Merganser, Ring-billed Gull,
Eastern Phoebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and others (SG). On 10/1 at the fish
hatchery, 8 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 16 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 2 Solitary
Sandpipers, 6 Least Sandpipers, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 1 Common Merganser, 20
NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 16 Barn Swallows perched on a building with Tree
Swallows (MV). On 10/1 on the trail at Shelatos Pond, Yellow-rumped Warbler,
5 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 4 PALM WARBLERS (MV).
ERIE COUNTY:
On 9/26 in the reed beds at the head of Presque Isle Bay, there were 4 EARED
GREBES seen; on 9/27, a large number of American Coots had taken their
place, and a large number of Ring-billed Gulls were heading south, and large
flocks of Double-crested Cormorants were coming into the Bay; White-crowned
Sparrows and White-throated Sparrows were found in the Beach 11 areas, and
PINE WARBLERS and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were both seen near the North
Pier; on 9/28, 1 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was swimming in the area of the warm
water outlet to the Lake from Erie Coke (Coppers Inc.) just west of the boat
launch; it was not present on 9/29 (CK). A waterbird count on the morning of
9/29 included 1 Wood Duck, 1 AMERICAN WIGEON, 11 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 10
LESSER SCAUP, 5 SURF/BLACK SCOTERS, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 18
Unidentified ducks, 3 Common Loons, 590 Double-crested Cormorants, 1 CASPIAN
TERN; on 9/30, 2 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 1 Common Loon, 2 Double-crested
Cormorants, 3 SANDERLINGS, 2 immature PEREGRINE FALCONS (JM). Other
highlights at Presque Isle on 9/30 included 2 AMERICAN WIGEONS, 1 GREATER
SCAUP, 1 LESSER SCAUP (all at Gull Point), 1 second-year BALD EAGLE, 1
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER at Gull Point, 18 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 9 WINTER
WRENS, 233 mixed RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS and Golden-crowned Kinglets, 3
SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 4 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES, 7 HERMIT THRUSHES, 1 singing
White-eyed Vireo, 1 singing YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 1
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 10 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, 1 PINE WARBLER, 1
PRAIRIE WARBLER, 18 White-crowned Sparrows, 1 PURPLE FINCH, 2 Dark-eyed
Juncos (RS).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
In the Friendship Hill/Dunbar Knob area on 9/26, sightings included
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 3 Red-eyed Vireos, TENNESSEE
WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 5 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 3 BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLERS, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 3 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 3 American Redstarts,
Hooded Warbler, 2 Scarlet Tanagers (JB).
INDIANA COUNTY:
In Clarksburg on 9/26, 1 Brown Thrasher; on 9/27, 1 PINE SISKIN, 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Phoebe, Scarlet Tanager, Gray Catbird,
and others; on 9/30, CAPE MAY WARBLER, Black-and-White Warbler, several
MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-rumped Warblers,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS singing, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO; on 10/1, Indigo
Buntings, 2 PINE SISKINS (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 10/1 in New Beaver at the Wampum-New Galilee Road marsh, 2 AMERICAN
WIGEON, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 3
COMMON MOORHENS (MV).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
On 9/25 at Canonsburg Lake, a flock of 6 Yellow-rumped Warblers was present,
along with 1 PALM WARBLER, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 2 Solitary Sandpipers (MV). On
9/26, a BREWER'S BLACKBIRD was seen with roosting Red-winged Blackbirds;
also a PALM WARBLER and 2+ Yellow-rumped Warblers (RG). On 9/27,
approximately 2,000 blackbirds flew into the marsh, 95 percent being
Red-winged Blackbirds, with a few cowbirds and starlings; also seen were 2
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Sandpiper flycatching, 1
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 Green Heron (MV with Dave Wilton).
At an unspecified location on 9/26, 133 pre-dawn flight calls included
mostly SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, some GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES, 7 Wood Thrushes, 2
VEERIES, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 1 BOBOLINK, 1 Indigo Bunting, 9
unidentified warblers, 2 Eastern-Screech Owls, and one unidentified possible
sandpiper (RG).
Through 9/29 in Coal Center, several Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are still
visiting the feeder and garden; on 9/27, a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was found
dead in a backyard near Pike Run Creek (AT).
On 9/28 in Robinson Township, 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at the
pond along Old Stuebenville Pike (MV).
At the Greencove Wetlands on 9/30, sightings included 5 Wood Ducks, 4
Eastern Phoebes, 3 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, 75 SWAMP SPARROWS, 8 LINCOLN'S
SPARROWS, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW flocking with Field Sparrows, 1 PALM
WARBLER, 15 Common Yellowthroats; on 10/1, highlights included 6 Wood Ducks,
1 Ring-necked Pheasant, 1 SORA, 1 MARSH WREN, 50 SWAMP SPARROWS, 1-2
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 8 White-throated Sparrows, 30 Indigo Buntings, 2
BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 1 BLACKPOLL WARBLER, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER (RG).
On 9/30 at the former Dutch Fork Lake site, 1 MERLIN, 25 SWAMP SPARROWS, 15
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 1 White-throated Sparrow, 1 White-eyed Vireo, 3
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 1 American
Redstart, 75 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 3 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 7 BLACKPOLL
WARBLERS, 5 CAPE MAY WARBLERS, 2 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, 4 BLACK-THROATED
GREEN WARBLERS, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER, 15 Common Yellowthroats, and others (RG).
On 9/30 AT State Gamelands #232, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 10 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS,
and others (RG).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE10.01.06
Highlights:
EARED GREBE (Erie County)
GREAT EGRET
TRUMPETER SWAN
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
GADWALL
NORTHERN PINTAIL
NORTHERN SHOVELER
LESSER SCAUP
GREATER SCAUP
SURF/BLACK SCOTER (Erie County)
AMERICAN WIGEON
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
NORTHERN HARRIER
PEREGRINE FALCON
MERLIN (Washington County)
OSPREY
BALD EAGLE
COMMON MOORHEN
SORA (Washington County)
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (Erie County)
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
SANDERLING
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Erie County)
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON'S SNIPE
CASPIAN TERN
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
WINTER WREN
MARSH WREN (Washington County)
SWAINSON'S THRUSH
HERMIT THRUSH
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
VEERY
NASHVILLE WARBLER
PALM WARBLER
TENNESSEE WARBLER
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
BLACKPOLL WARBLER
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
PINE WARBLER
WILSON'S WARBLER
PRAIRIE WARBLER
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (Allegheny and Erie Counties)
OVENBIRD
LINCOLN'S SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Washington County)
SWAMP SPARROW
PURPLE FINCH
BOBOLINK
BREWER'S BLACKBIRD (Washington County)
PINE SISKIN
Contributors: John Boback, Marcia Brown, Marcy Cunkelman, Mike Fialkovich,
Ross Gallardy, Steve Gosser, Paul Hess, Craig Kern, Geoff Malosh, Jerry
McWilliams, Jack and Sue Solomon, Randy Stringer, Bob VanNewkirk, Mark Vass,
Carole Willenpart, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 24 September 2006 through Sunday, 1 October 2006
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
On 9/25 at the Imperial Grasslands pond, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 Spotted Sandpiper; on 9/28 in Imperial,
there were 4 NORTHERN HARRIERS at the toy airport, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS at
the main pond; on 9/30, 1 VESPER SPARROW, 1 SAVANNAH SPARROW, 6 PALM
WARBLERS, 3 Eastern Phoebes, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 Tree Swallows, 100
Brown-headed Cowbirds, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS; 39 Turkey Vultures at the
landfill; at the pond on 9/30, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1
Spotted Sandpiper (MV).
On the morning of 9/25 in an unspecified location, flight calls were heard
of ~700 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, ~50 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES, ~20 Wood Thrushes, 1
HERMIT THRUSH, 10-12 warblers, 8 Scarlet Tanagers, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak,
and 200+ unidentified migrants; also heard that morning were 1 VEERY in the
yard (GM).
On 9/26 at Harrison Hills Regional Park, sightings included CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, Black-and-white Warbler, immature female
American Redstart, 2 female Common Yellowthroats, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET,
Empidoax flycatcher sp., Eastern Phoebe, female Indigo Bunting, Scarlet
Tanager, Gray Catbird (JS and SS); on 10/1, 1 Red-eyed Vireo, 3 WINTER
WRENS, 7 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 3 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES (one singing), 1 Wood
Thrush, 2 Gray Catbirds, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 6 White-throated Sparrows, 1
Indigo Bunting (PH with SS and JS).
At Frick Park on 9/29, sightings included NASHVILLE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA
WARBLER, Yellow-rumped Warbler, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, OVENBIRD, 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Eastern Phoebe, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, SWAINSON'S
THRUSH, Gray Catbird, White-eyed Vireo, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, White-throated Sparrow; on 9/30, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED
BLUE WARBLER, Hooded Warbler, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Wood-Pewee,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WINTER WREN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
Scarlet Tanager, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Dark-eyed Junco,
White-throated Sparrow (SS).
On 9/25 in Etna, 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird; on 9/26, 1 Double-crested
Cormorant (DY).
On 9/26 in East Liberty, 1 juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 1 SWAINSON'S
THRUSH, 1 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, 2 WINTER WRENS, 1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLER, 1 Common Yellowthroat, 1 Yellow Warbler, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak; on 9/27, 2 Eastern Phoebes, 1 Eastern Wood Pewee, 1
Unidentified Empidonax flycatcher, 1 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, 1 SWAINSON'S
THRUSH, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1
Common Yellowthroat, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 2 BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER, 1 Yellow Warbler, 1 OVENBIRD; on 9/28, 1 White-throated Sparrow, 1
Brown Thrasher; on 9/29, 1 Eastern Wood Peewee, 1 unidentified Empidonax
flycatcher, 3 juvenile Eastern Phoebes, 1 Red-eyed Vireo, Brown Thrasher, 1
NASHVILLE WARBLER, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 1
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, 2 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, 3 Common
Yellowthroats, 1 Scarlet Tanager, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 4 White-throated
Sparrows (DY).
On 9/26 at the Fox Chapel Boat Docks/Wetlands, 3 PALM WARBLERS (DY). Across
the river from the Fox Chapel wetlands on 9/30, 1 OSPREY; at the wetlands,
Indigo Bunting (MF).
On 9/29 at Sewickley Heights Park, sightings included PALM WARBLER,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, American
Redstart, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, Common
Yellowthroat, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo, SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, Scarlet Tanager (BV).
At the Homewood Cemetery on 9/30, 1 WINTER WREN (MF).
Along Strouss Road on 9/30, 3 PURPLE FINCHES, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1
BLACKPOLL WARBLER, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 2 Common Yellowthroats, 2
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2 Gray Catbirds, Indigo Buntings (MV).
At Walker Park on 9/30, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 3 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS,
Black-and-White Warbler, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER,
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, Yellow-rumped Warbler,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (reported to MV by
Becky Smith).
BEAVER COUNTY:
At the Madden Run Road marsh on 9/29, 1 White-crowned Sparrow, 2 SWAMP
SPARROWS, 1 PALM WARBLER (MV).
At the Big Beaver Wetlands on 9/29, 1 GREAT EGRET, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE; on
10/1, 1 GREAT EGRET, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL (MV).
At Little Blue Lake on 9/29, 2 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 2 GADWALLS, 4 BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, 29 Wood Ducks, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 6 Eastern Phoebes, 1 WINTER WREN,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 3 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 4 PALM
WARBLERS, 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER,
2 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS; on 10/1, 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 8
PECTORAL SANDPIPERS (MV).
At Ambridge Reservoir on 9/29, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 Green Heron, 1 WINTER WREN,
1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 1 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER,
2 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 4 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 8-10 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 2
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, 1 American Redstart, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER, 1
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (MV and Becky Smith).
At Independence Marsh on 9/29, 5 Northern Mockingbirds, 2 SWAMP SPARROWS, 1
PALM WARBLER, 1 Green Heron (MV).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At an unspecified location on 9/26, a Dark-eyed Junco arrived at a feeder;
also 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird; on 9/30, 1 WINTER WREN (MB).
CLARION COUNTY:
In Sligo on 9/23, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH; on 9/24, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER;
on the morning of 9/25, flight calls of many SWAINSON'S THRUSHES and
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES were heard overhead, along with 1 probable VEERY, 1
probable HERMIT THRUSH, and 1 possible BICKNELL'S THRUSH (CW).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
In the Pymatuning area on 9/30, sightings included BALD EAGLES, NORTHERN
HARRIERS, Turkey Vulture, NORTHERN SHOVELER, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, several
hundred Double-crested Cormorants, Common Merganser, Ring-billed Gull,
Eastern Phoebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and others (SG). On 10/1 at the fish
hatchery, 8 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 16 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 2 Solitary
Sandpipers, 6 Least Sandpipers, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 1 Common Merganser, 20
NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 16 Barn Swallows perched on a building with Tree
Swallows (MV). On 10/1 on the trail at Shelatos Pond, Yellow-rumped Warbler,
5 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 4 PALM WARBLERS (MV).
ERIE COUNTY:
On 9/26 in the reed beds at the head of Presque Isle Bay, there were 4 EARED
GREBES seen; on 9/27, a large number of American Coots had taken their
place, and a large number of Ring-billed Gulls were heading south, and large
flocks of Double-crested Cormorants were coming into the Bay; White-crowned
Sparrows and White-throated Sparrows were found in the Beach 11 areas, and
PINE WARBLERS and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were both seen near the North
Pier; on 9/28, 1 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was swimming in the area of the warm
water outlet to the Lake from Erie Coke (Coppers Inc.) just west of the boat
launch; it was not present on 9/29 (CK). A waterbird count on the morning of
9/29 included 1 Wood Duck, 1 AMERICAN WIGEON, 11 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 10
LESSER SCAUP, 5 SURF/BLACK SCOTERS, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 18
Unidentified ducks, 3 Common Loons, 590 Double-crested Cormorants, 1 CASPIAN
TERN; on 9/30, 2 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 1 Common Loon, 2 Double-crested
Cormorants, 3 SANDERLINGS, 2 immature PEREGRINE FALCONS (JM). Other
highlights at Presque Isle on 9/30 included 2 AMERICAN WIGEONS, 1 GREATER
SCAUP, 1 LESSER SCAUP (all at Gull Point), 1 second-year BALD EAGLE, 1
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER at Gull Point, 18 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 9 WINTER
WRENS, 233 mixed RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS and Golden-crowned Kinglets, 3
SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 4 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES, 7 HERMIT THRUSHES, 1 singing
White-eyed Vireo, 1 singing YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 1
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 10 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, 1 PINE WARBLER, 1
PRAIRIE WARBLER, 18 White-crowned Sparrows, 1 PURPLE FINCH, 2 Dark-eyed
Juncos (RS).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
In the Friendship Hill/Dunbar Knob area on 9/26, sightings included
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 3 Red-eyed Vireos, TENNESSEE
WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 5 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 3 BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLERS, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 3 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 3 American Redstarts,
Hooded Warbler, 2 Scarlet Tanagers (JB).
INDIANA COUNTY:
In Clarksburg on 9/26, 1 Brown Thrasher; on 9/27, 1 PINE SISKIN, 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Phoebe, Scarlet Tanager, Gray Catbird,
and others; on 9/30, CAPE MAY WARBLER, Black-and-White Warbler, several
MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-rumped Warblers,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS singing, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO; on 10/1, Indigo
Buntings, 2 PINE SISKINS (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 10/1 in New Beaver at the Wampum-New Galilee Road marsh, 2 AMERICAN
WIGEON, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 3
COMMON MOORHENS (MV).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
On 9/25 at Canonsburg Lake, a flock of 6 Yellow-rumped Warblers was present,
along with 1 PALM WARBLER, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 2 Solitary Sandpipers (MV). On
9/26, a BREWER'S BLACKBIRD was seen with roosting Red-winged Blackbirds;
also a PALM WARBLER and 2+ Yellow-rumped Warblers (RG). On 9/27,
approximately 2,000 blackbirds flew into the marsh, 95 percent being
Red-winged Blackbirds, with a few cowbirds and starlings; also seen were 2
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Sandpiper flycatching, 1
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 Green Heron (MV with Dave Wilton).
At an unspecified location on 9/26, 133 pre-dawn flight calls included
mostly SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, some GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES, 7 Wood Thrushes, 2
VEERIES, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 1 BOBOLINK, 1 Indigo Bunting, 9
unidentified warblers, 2 Eastern-Screech Owls, and one unidentified possible
sandpiper (RG).
Through 9/29 in Coal Center, several Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are still
visiting the feeder and garden; on 9/27, a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was found
dead in a backyard near Pike Run Creek (AT).
On 9/28 in Robinson Township, 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at the
pond along Old Stuebenville Pike (MV).
At the Greencove Wetlands on 9/30, sightings included 5 Wood Ducks, 4
Eastern Phoebes, 3 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, 75 SWAMP SPARROWS, 8 LINCOLN'S
SPARROWS, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW flocking with Field Sparrows, 1 PALM
WARBLER, 15 Common Yellowthroats; on 10/1, highlights included 6 Wood Ducks,
1 Ring-necked Pheasant, 1 SORA, 1 MARSH WREN, 50 SWAMP SPARROWS, 1-2
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 8 White-throated Sparrows, 30 Indigo Buntings, 2
BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 1 BLACKPOLL WARBLER, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER (RG).
On 9/30 at the former Dutch Fork Lake site, 1 MERLIN, 25 SWAMP SPARROWS, 15
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 1 White-throated Sparrow, 1 White-eyed Vireo, 3
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 1 American
Redstart, 75 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 3 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 7 BLACKPOLL
WARBLERS, 5 CAPE MAY WARBLERS, 2 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, 4 BLACK-THROATED
GREEN WARBLERS, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER, 15 Common Yellowthroats, and others (RG).
On 9/30 AT State Gamelands #232, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 10 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS,
and others (RG).
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Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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