- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* October 12, 2006
* PAEA0610.12
- Birds mentioned
PINE SISKIN
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
SORA
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
PURPLE GALLINULE (1st Lehigh County record)
SURF SCOTER
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
SEDGE WREN
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: October 12th at 10:00 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 October 12th at 10:00 PM.
There will be a field trip to Williams Township on October 15th at 9:00 AM.
Call Arlene Koch for directions and reservations at (610) 253-6377.
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 the DELAWARE WATER GAP area, Northampton County included:
Along National Park Drive:
PINE SISKINS - 2 on 10/12.
Also Ruffed Grouse and Red-breasted Nuthatch.
Sightings from the KIRKRIDGE area, Northampton County included:
Ovenbird and Blackburnian Warbler.
Sightings from ECHO LAKE, Northampton County included:
Ruddy Ducks - 5 on 10/8; 8 on 10/12.
Sightings from BEAR SWAMP, Northampton County included:
Rusty Blackbirds - 2 on 10/8.
Sightings from along BANGOR VEIN ROAD, Northampton County included:
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 on 10/12.
Sightings from UPPER MOUNT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
SORA - 1 heard on 10/8 and 10/12/06.
Rusty Blackbirds - 6 on 10/12.
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK PPL POWER PLANT area, Northampton County
included:
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER - 1 on 10/12 (along the Martins Creek-Belvidere
Highway opposite Birch Lane).
Sightings from WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER - 1 on 10/12
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW - 1 on 10/12.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
Great Egrets - up to 4 to at least 10/8
Dunlin - 2 from 10/6 to at least 10/8.
Sightings from the MONOCACY NATURE CENTER, Northampton County included:
Black-and-white Warbler.
Sightings from the KUNKLETOWN area, Monroe County included:
PINE SISKIN - 1 on 10/8.
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Bald Eagles - 5 on 10/5; 4 on 10/7
Merlins - 4 on 10/6.
Also Snow Geese and Common Raven.
Sightings from the NEW TRIPOLI area, Lehigh County included:
Snow Geese - 15 on 10/6 ('fly-by's).
Sightings from LYNN TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS - 2 on 10/7 (along Kunkle's Mill Road).
Sightings from the JORDAN CREEK PARKWAY, Lehigh County included:
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER - 1 on 10/10.
Also Red-eyed Vireo and Tennessee Warbler.
Sightings from the MACUNGIE area, Lehigh County included:
PURPLE GALLINULE - 1 from 9/30 to at least 10/12 (immature; at a retention
pond along Scenic Drive).
This bird represents the 1st record for Lehigh County.
To reach this spot, from I-78, take the Route 100 South (Fogelsville) exit.
Follow Route 100 south for 6 miles. Just before reaching Macungie, turn
right at a stoplight (with a McDonald's on the left) onto Alburtis Road. Go
0.5 mile past the Mack Truck plant. Where Alburtis Road goes right, go
straight onto Orchard Road. In 0.3 mile, cross the railroad tracks and then
turn right at the first intersection onto Scenic Drive. Go another 0.3 mile
to the detention pond where the gallinule has been seen.
Sightings from SMITH LANE, near Alburtis, Lehigh County included:
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER - 1 on 10/9.
Sightings from SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
Chestnut-sided Warbler.
Sightings from the HENNINGSVILLE area, Berks County included:
Golden Eagle and Peregrine Falcon 'fly-by's.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
At the Walt Road area:
SURF SCOTERS - 8 on 10/6
Ruddy Ducks - 7 on 10/6.
Also Northern Shoveler.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON - 1 on 10/5
Great Egret - 1 to at least 10/7
Ruddy Ducks - 3 back on 10/3
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS - 2 on 10/7
Bald Eagle - 1 seen this past week
SEDGE WREN - 1 on 10/7 (at Sailor's Point)
CONNECTICUT WARBLER - 1 on 10/7.
Also Solitary and Spotted Sandpiper, Common Nighthawk, Eastern Wood-Pewee,
and Red-eyed Vireo.
Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey included:
At the Scotts Mountain Hawkwatch:
Bald Eagles - 4 on 10/6; 9 on 10/7 and 10/8; 4 on 10/10 and 10/12
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 on 10/6
Peregrine Falcons - 2 on 10/8 and 10/12
Merlins - 3 on 10/8
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS - 2 on 10/5.
Northern Pintail, Hermit Thrush, Magnolia Warbler, Northern Parula, Scarlet
Tanager, and White-crowned Sparrow were reported from several sites this
past week.
- End transcript
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* October 12, 2006
* PAEA0610.12
- Birds mentioned
PINE SISKIN
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
SORA
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
PURPLE GALLINULE (1st Lehigh County record)
SURF SCOTER
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
SEDGE WREN
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: October 12th at 10:00 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 October 12th at 10:00 PM.
There will be a field trip to Williams Township on October 15th at 9:00 AM.
Call Arlene Koch for directions and reservations at (610) 253-6377.
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 the DELAWARE WATER GAP area, Northampton County included:
Along National Park Drive:
PINE SISKINS - 2 on 10/12.
Also Ruffed Grouse and Red-breasted Nuthatch.
Sightings from the KIRKRIDGE area, Northampton County included:
Ovenbird and Blackburnian Warbler.
Sightings from ECHO LAKE, Northampton County included:
Ruddy Ducks - 5 on 10/8; 8 on 10/12.
Sightings from BEAR SWAMP, Northampton County included:
Rusty Blackbirds - 2 on 10/8.
Sightings from along BANGOR VEIN ROAD, Northampton County included:
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 on 10/12.
Sightings from UPPER MOUNT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
SORA - 1 heard on 10/8 and 10/12/06.
Rusty Blackbirds - 6 on 10/12.
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK PPL POWER PLANT area, Northampton County
included:
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER - 1 on 10/12 (along the Martins Creek-Belvidere
Highway opposite Birch Lane).
Sightings from WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER - 1 on 10/12
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW - 1 on 10/12.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
Great Egrets - up to 4 to at least 10/8
Dunlin - 2 from 10/6 to at least 10/8.
Sightings from the MONOCACY NATURE CENTER, Northampton County included:
Black-and-white Warbler.
Sightings from the KUNKLETOWN area, Monroe County included:
PINE SISKIN - 1 on 10/8.
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Bald Eagles - 5 on 10/5; 4 on 10/7
Merlins - 4 on 10/6.
Also Snow Geese and Common Raven.
Sightings from the NEW TRIPOLI area, Lehigh County included:
Snow Geese - 15 on 10/6 ('fly-by's).
Sightings from LYNN TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS - 2 on 10/7 (along Kunkle's Mill Road).
Sightings from the JORDAN CREEK PARKWAY, Lehigh County included:
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER - 1 on 10/10.
Also Red-eyed Vireo and Tennessee Warbler.
Sightings from the MACUNGIE area, Lehigh County included:
PURPLE GALLINULE - 1 from 9/30 to at least 10/12 (immature; at a retention
pond along Scenic Drive).
This bird represents the 1st record for Lehigh County.
To reach this spot, from I-78, take the Route 100 South (Fogelsville) exit.
Follow Route 100 south for 6 miles. Just before reaching Macungie, turn
right at a stoplight (with a McDonald's on the left) onto Alburtis Road. Go
0.5 mile past the Mack Truck plant. Where Alburtis Road goes right, go
straight onto Orchard Road. In 0.3 mile, cross the railroad tracks and then
turn right at the first intersection onto Scenic Drive. Go another 0.3 mile
to the detention pond where the gallinule has been seen.
Sightings from SMITH LANE, near Alburtis, Lehigh County included:
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER - 1 on 10/9.
Sightings from SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
Chestnut-sided Warbler.
Sightings from the HENNINGSVILLE area, Berks County included:
Golden Eagle and Peregrine Falcon 'fly-by's.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
At the Walt Road area:
SURF SCOTERS - 8 on 10/6
Ruddy Ducks - 7 on 10/6.
Also Northern Shoveler.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON - 1 on 10/5
Great Egret - 1 to at least 10/7
Ruddy Ducks - 3 back on 10/3
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS - 2 on 10/7
Bald Eagle - 1 seen this past week
SEDGE WREN - 1 on 10/7 (at Sailor's Point)
CONNECTICUT WARBLER - 1 on 10/7.
Also Solitary and Spotted Sandpiper, Common Nighthawk, Eastern Wood-Pewee,
and Red-eyed Vireo.
Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey included:
At the Scotts Mountain Hawkwatch:
Bald Eagles - 4 on 10/6; 9 on 10/7 and 10/8; 4 on 10/10 and 10/12
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 on 10/6
Peregrine Falcons - 2 on 10/8 and 10/12
Merlins - 3 on 10/8
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS - 2 on 10/5.
Northern Pintail, Hermit Thrush, Magnolia Warbler, Northern Parula, Scarlet
Tanager, and White-crowned Sparrow were reported from several sites this
past week.
- End transcript