RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE10.15.06
Highlights:
RED-THROATED LOON (Erie County)
HORNED GREBE
GREAT EGRET
TRUMPETER SWAN
AMERICAN WIGEON
GADWALL
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
NORTHERN SHOVELER
NORTHERN PINTAIL
RING-NECKED DUCK
RUDDY DUCK
CANVASBACK
SURF SCOTER
BLACK SCOTER
LESSER SCAUP
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
NORTHERN HARRIER
OSPREY
MERLIN
DUNLIN
SANDERLING
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
WILSON'S SNIPE
COMMON TERN
LITTLE GULL (Erie County)
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
COMMON RAVEN
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
WINTER WREN
MARSH WREN
HERMIT THRUSH
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (Allegheny County)
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
PALM WARBLER
SWAMP SPARROW
LINCOLN'S SPARROW
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
PINE SISKIN
Contributors: Douglas Bauman, Margaret Buckwalter, Lauren Conkle, Mark
McConaughy, Mike Fialkovich, Leonard Hess, Jerry McWilliams, Tom Roberts,
Bob VanNewkirk, Mark Vass.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 8 October 2006 through Sunday, 15 October 2006
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Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
On 10/9 in East Liberty, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 2 BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLERS, 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 3 Common Yellowthroats, 1 WINTER WREN,
3-4 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 3 Eastern Phoebes, 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 1
HERMIT THRUSH, and others (MV with Dan Yagusic, Dave Wilton).
At an unspecified location on 10/10 just before midnight, 1 calling Eastern
Screech Owl, 1 calling NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL (MM).
At the Imperial grasslands pond on 10/11, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS; on 10/13, 1
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 Least Sandpiper (MV).
In a Ross Township backyard on 10/13, 1 White-crowned Sparrow (BV).
On 10/13 at Dashields Dam, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 OSPREY (MV).
On 10/13 in Youthtowne (Clinton), 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS (MV).
In Fox Chapel on 10/14, 1 MARSH WREN, 2 flyover GREAT EGRETS, 1 NASHVILLE
WARBLER, 2 PALM WARBLERS, 2 White-crowned Sparrows, 1 SWAMP SPARROW, and
others (MF).
On 10/14 near Pittsburgh near the 40th Street Bridge, 1 flyover COMMON RAVEN
(MF).
On 10/14 at the Moody Road ponds, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS (MF).
BEAVER COUNTY:
At the Ambridge Reservoir on 10/9, sightings included 48 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 4
Wood Ducks, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 GREAT EGRET, 4 Solitary Sandpipers, 1
WILSON'S SNIPE (MV with Becky Smith). On 10/10, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 Pied-billed
Grebe, 5 Solitary Sandpipers, 1 Hooded Warbler, 3 Common Yellowthroats, 20+
Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 HERMIT THRUSH, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 BLUE-HEADED
VIREO, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, and others; on
10/12, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 16 Wood Ducks, 1 American Coot, 3
Solitary Sandpipers; on 10/15, 1 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, 3
Pied-billed Grebes, Yellow-rumped Warbler (MV).
At Independence Marsh on 10/9, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 1 Green Heron, and
others; on 10/12, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Spotted
Sandpiper (MV).
At the Beaver River on 10/10, 2 American Coots, 1 Wood Duck, 5 Ring-billed
Gulls, 2 Herring Gulls, 8 Double-crested Cormorants (MV).
At Little Blue Lake on 10/12, 5 AMERICAN WIGEON, 14 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 24 Wood Ducks, 1 American Coot, 1 Barn Swallow, 5
Ring-billed Gulls, Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 1 PALM
WARBLER, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 Common Yellowthroat; on 10/15, 3 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, SAVANNAH SPARROW,
White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, SWAMP SPARROW, LINCOLN'S
SPARROW, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and others (MV).
CAMBRIA COUNTY:
Along Route 56 in the Conemaugh Gap on 10/10, a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was
found dead (TR).
CLARION COUNTY
In Marble on 10/13, 1 GREAT EGRET (reported to MB by Pete Dalby).
ERIE COUNTY:
On 10/10 at Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park, sightings included 6
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 2 SURF SCOTERS, 4 HORNED GREBES, 970
Double-crested Cormorants, 2 second-year LITTLE GULLS, 226 COMMON TERNS; on
10/12, 11 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 4 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 1
CANVASBACK, 77 LESSER SCAUP, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 8 Common Loons, 2
Double-crested Cormorants, 2 GREAT EGRETS; on 10/13, 20 GADWALL, 13 AMERICAN
WIGEON, 59 LESSER SCAUP, 2 SURF SCOTERS, 1 SURF/BLACK SCOTER, 1 RED-BREASTED
MERGANSER, 15 Unidentified ducks, 4 Common Loons, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 2
HORNED GREBES, 6 SANDERLINGS, 1 DUNLIN; on 10/14, 5 LESSER SCAUP, 1 SURF
SCOTER, 3 Common Loons, 1 Double-crested Cormorant, 1 WILSON'S SNIPE; on
10/15, 1 RED-THROATED LOON, 1 BLACK SCOTER (JM).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
On 10/15 at Bridgeport Dam, 1 GREAT EGRET, 7 Pied-billed Grebes, 2
Double-crested Cormorants, 15 Wood Ducks (LH).
On 10/15 at Jacobs Creek Reservoir, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 4 RUDDY DUCKS (LH).
INDIANA COUNTY:
In Clarksburg on 10/12, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 singing RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 1
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 10/13 at the Three Rivers gravel pond, 1 drake NORTHERN PINTAIL, 10
RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 Hooded Merganser, 1 Pied-billed
Grebe, 2 American Coots, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS; on 10/15, 18 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 6 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 American Coots (MV).
On 10/13 at Edwards Road, 3 Pied-billed Grebes (MV).
On 10/13 at Wampum-New Galilee Road, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 6 GREEN-WINGED
TEAL, 2 Wood Ducks, 5 American Coots; on 10/15, 4 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 4 Wood
Ducks, 1 TRUMPETER SWAN, 4 American Coots (MV).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
On 10/15 in Davidsville, 1 MERLIN, White-throated Sparrows, 2 AMERICAN TREE
SPARROWS, Yellow-rumped Warblers (TR).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
On 10/11 at the Old Steubenville Pike pond in Robinson Township, 2 PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS, 1 Least Sandpiper, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 AMERICAN WIGEON (MV).
On 10/12 in the the grasslands along Beagle Club & Donaldsons Roads in
Robinson Township, 5 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 Tree Swallows, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO
(MV).
On 10/15 at the pond at Washington Park School in Washington, 1 American
Coot (LC).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
At Duff Park in Murrysville on 10/9, several PINE SISKINS were observed
feeding in the hemlocks (DB).
On 10/15 at Donegal Lake, 7 Pied-billed Grebes, 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2
American Coots (LH).
At Acme Dam on 10/15, 3 Pied-billed Grebes (LH).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE10.15.06
Highlights:
RED-THROATED LOON (Erie County)
HORNED GREBE
GREAT EGRET
TRUMPETER SWAN
AMERICAN WIGEON
GADWALL
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
NORTHERN SHOVELER
NORTHERN PINTAIL
RING-NECKED DUCK
RUDDY DUCK
CANVASBACK
SURF SCOTER
BLACK SCOTER
LESSER SCAUP
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
NORTHERN HARRIER
OSPREY
MERLIN
DUNLIN
SANDERLING
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
WILSON'S SNIPE
COMMON TERN
LITTLE GULL (Erie County)
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
COMMON RAVEN
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
WINTER WREN
MARSH WREN
HERMIT THRUSH
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (Allegheny County)
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
PALM WARBLER
SWAMP SPARROW
LINCOLN'S SPARROW
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
PINE SISKIN
Contributors: Douglas Bauman, Margaret Buckwalter, Lauren Conkle, Mark
McConaughy, Mike Fialkovich, Leonard Hess, Jerry McWilliams, Tom Roberts,
Bob VanNewkirk, Mark Vass.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 8 October 2006 through Sunday, 15 October 2006
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western PA RBAs, contact meadowlark4@verizon.net
Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
On 10/9 in East Liberty, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 2 BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLERS, 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 3 Common Yellowthroats, 1 WINTER WREN,
3-4 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 3 Eastern Phoebes, 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 1
HERMIT THRUSH, and others (MV with Dan Yagusic, Dave Wilton).
At an unspecified location on 10/10 just before midnight, 1 calling Eastern
Screech Owl, 1 calling NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL (MM).
At the Imperial grasslands pond on 10/11, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS; on 10/13, 1
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 Least Sandpiper (MV).
In a Ross Township backyard on 10/13, 1 White-crowned Sparrow (BV).
On 10/13 at Dashields Dam, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 OSPREY (MV).
On 10/13 in Youthtowne (Clinton), 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS (MV).
In Fox Chapel on 10/14, 1 MARSH WREN, 2 flyover GREAT EGRETS, 1 NASHVILLE
WARBLER, 2 PALM WARBLERS, 2 White-crowned Sparrows, 1 SWAMP SPARROW, and
others (MF).
On 10/14 near Pittsburgh near the 40th Street Bridge, 1 flyover COMMON RAVEN
(MF).
On 10/14 at the Moody Road ponds, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS (MF).
BEAVER COUNTY:
At the Ambridge Reservoir on 10/9, sightings included 48 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 4
Wood Ducks, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 GREAT EGRET, 4 Solitary Sandpipers, 1
WILSON'S SNIPE (MV with Becky Smith). On 10/10, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 Pied-billed
Grebe, 5 Solitary Sandpipers, 1 Hooded Warbler, 3 Common Yellowthroats, 20+
Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 HERMIT THRUSH, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 BLUE-HEADED
VIREO, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, and others; on
10/12, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 16 Wood Ducks, 1 American Coot, 3
Solitary Sandpipers; on 10/15, 1 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, 3
Pied-billed Grebes, Yellow-rumped Warbler (MV).
At Independence Marsh on 10/9, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 1 Green Heron, and
others; on 10/12, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Spotted
Sandpiper (MV).
At the Beaver River on 10/10, 2 American Coots, 1 Wood Duck, 5 Ring-billed
Gulls, 2 Herring Gulls, 8 Double-crested Cormorants (MV).
At Little Blue Lake on 10/12, 5 AMERICAN WIGEON, 14 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 24 Wood Ducks, 1 American Coot, 1 Barn Swallow, 5
Ring-billed Gulls, Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 1 PALM
WARBLER, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 Common Yellowthroat; on 10/15, 3 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, SAVANNAH SPARROW,
White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, SWAMP SPARROW, LINCOLN'S
SPARROW, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and others (MV).
CAMBRIA COUNTY:
Along Route 56 in the Conemaugh Gap on 10/10, a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was
found dead (TR).
CLARION COUNTY
In Marble on 10/13, 1 GREAT EGRET (reported to MB by Pete Dalby).
ERIE COUNTY:
On 10/10 at Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park, sightings included 6
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 2 SURF SCOTERS, 4 HORNED GREBES, 970
Double-crested Cormorants, 2 second-year LITTLE GULLS, 226 COMMON TERNS; on
10/12, 11 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 4 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 1
CANVASBACK, 77 LESSER SCAUP, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 8 Common Loons, 2
Double-crested Cormorants, 2 GREAT EGRETS; on 10/13, 20 GADWALL, 13 AMERICAN
WIGEON, 59 LESSER SCAUP, 2 SURF SCOTERS, 1 SURF/BLACK SCOTER, 1 RED-BREASTED
MERGANSER, 15 Unidentified ducks, 4 Common Loons, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 2
HORNED GREBES, 6 SANDERLINGS, 1 DUNLIN; on 10/14, 5 LESSER SCAUP, 1 SURF
SCOTER, 3 Common Loons, 1 Double-crested Cormorant, 1 WILSON'S SNIPE; on
10/15, 1 RED-THROATED LOON, 1 BLACK SCOTER (JM).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
On 10/15 at Bridgeport Dam, 1 GREAT EGRET, 7 Pied-billed Grebes, 2
Double-crested Cormorants, 15 Wood Ducks (LH).
On 10/15 at Jacobs Creek Reservoir, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 4 RUDDY DUCKS (LH).
INDIANA COUNTY:
In Clarksburg on 10/12, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 singing RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 1
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 10/13 at the Three Rivers gravel pond, 1 drake NORTHERN PINTAIL, 10
RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 Hooded Merganser, 1 Pied-billed
Grebe, 2 American Coots, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS; on 10/15, 18 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 6 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 American Coots (MV).
On 10/13 at Edwards Road, 3 Pied-billed Grebes (MV).
On 10/13 at Wampum-New Galilee Road, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 6 GREEN-WINGED
TEAL, 2 Wood Ducks, 5 American Coots; on 10/15, 4 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 4 Wood
Ducks, 1 TRUMPETER SWAN, 4 American Coots (MV).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
On 10/15 in Davidsville, 1 MERLIN, White-throated Sparrows, 2 AMERICAN TREE
SPARROWS, Yellow-rumped Warblers (TR).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
On 10/11 at the Old Steubenville Pike pond in Robinson Township, 2 PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS, 1 Least Sandpiper, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 AMERICAN WIGEON (MV).
On 10/12 in the the grasslands along Beagle Club & Donaldsons Roads in
Robinson Township, 5 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 Tree Swallows, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO
(MV).
On 10/15 at the pond at Washington Park School in Washington, 1 American
Coot (LC).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
At Duff Park in Murrysville on 10/9, several PINE SISKINS were observed
feeding in the hemlocks (DB).
On 10/15 at Donegal Lake, 7 Pied-billed Grebes, 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2
American Coots (LH).
At Acme Dam on 10/15, 3 Pied-billed Grebes (LH).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
To send in reports:
meadowlark4@verizon.net
724-938-0655
Thank you to all the contributors.