- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* October 19, 2006
* PAEA0610.19
- Birds mentioned
SORA
LARK SPARROW (2nd Northampton County record)
DICKCISSEL
MARSH WREN
PURPLE GALLINULE (1st Lehigh County record)
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: October 19th at 7:00 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 19th at 5:00 PM.
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 KIRKRIDGE area, Northampton County included:
Common Raven and Red-breasted Nuthatch.
Sightings from EAST BANGOR DAM, Northampton County included:
SORA - 1 on 10/14
Rusty Blackbirds - 8 on 10/14.
Also Blue-winged Teal.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
LARK SPARROW - 1 on 10/19 (2nd Northampton County record)
DICKCISSEL - 1 on 10/19
MARSH WREN - 1 on 10/19.
Also Nashville and Cape May Warbler.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
Great Egrets - up to 5 to at least 10/17.
Sightings from the SEEMSVILLE area, Northampton County included:
Rusty Blackbird - 1 on 10/13.
Sightings from LITTLE GAP, Northampton County included:
Golden Eagles - 2 on 10/14; 1 on 10/15
Peregrine Falcons - 2 on 10/14
Merlins - 4 on 10/14.
Nashville Warbler and White-crowned Sparrow.
Sightings from the LEHIGH GAP WILDLIFE REFUGE, Carbon County included:
Blackpoll Warbler.
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Bald Eagles - 3 on 10/15
Golden Eagle - 1 on 10/15 and 10/18
Peregrine Falcons - 4 on 10/14; 2 on 10/18
Merlins - 3 on 10/14 and 10/15; 4 on 10/18.
Also Common Raven.
Sightings from the JORDAN CREEK PARKWAY, Lehigh County included:
DICKCISSEL - 1 on 10/12 and 10/13.
Also Eastern Wood-Pewee and Black-throated Blue Warbler.
Sightings from the MACUNGIE area, Lehigh County included:
PURPLE GALLINULE - 1 from 9/30 to 10/15 (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 (had?) been seen.
Sightings from LOWER MILFORD TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
Scarlet Tanager.
Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey included:
At the Scotts Mountain Hawkwatch:
Bald Eagles - 7 on 10/13; 3 on 10/15
NORTHERN GOSHAWKS - 1 on 10/15 and 10/16; 2 on 10/18 and 10/19
Golden Eagle - 1 on 10/19
Peregrine Falcons - 2 on 10/13 and 10/18
Merlins - 3 on 10/13; 4 on 10/18.
- End transcript
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* October 19, 2006
* PAEA0610.19
- Birds mentioned
SORA
LARK SPARROW (2nd Northampton County record)
DICKCISSEL
MARSH WREN
PURPLE GALLINULE (1st Lehigh County record)
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: October 19th at 7:00 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 19th at 5:00 PM.
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 KIRKRIDGE area, Northampton County included:
Common Raven and Red-breasted Nuthatch.
Sightings from EAST BANGOR DAM, Northampton County included:
SORA - 1 on 10/14
Rusty Blackbirds - 8 on 10/14.
Also Blue-winged Teal.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
LARK SPARROW - 1 on 10/19 (2nd Northampton County record)
DICKCISSEL - 1 on 10/19
MARSH WREN - 1 on 10/19.
Also Nashville and Cape May Warbler.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
Great Egrets - up to 5 to at least 10/17.
Sightings from the SEEMSVILLE area, Northampton County included:
Rusty Blackbird - 1 on 10/13.
Sightings from LITTLE GAP, Northampton County included:
Golden Eagles - 2 on 10/14; 1 on 10/15
Peregrine Falcons - 2 on 10/14
Merlins - 4 on 10/14.
Nashville Warbler and White-crowned Sparrow.
Sightings from the LEHIGH GAP WILDLIFE REFUGE, Carbon County included:
Blackpoll Warbler.
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Bald Eagles - 3 on 10/15
Golden Eagle - 1 on 10/15 and 10/18
Peregrine Falcons - 4 on 10/14; 2 on 10/18
Merlins - 3 on 10/14 and 10/15; 4 on 10/18.
Also Common Raven.
Sightings from the JORDAN CREEK PARKWAY, Lehigh County included:
DICKCISSEL - 1 on 10/12 and 10/13.
Also Eastern Wood-Pewee and Black-throated Blue Warbler.
Sightings from the MACUNGIE area, Lehigh County included:
PURPLE GALLINULE - 1 from 9/30 to 10/15 (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 (had?) been seen.
Sightings from LOWER MILFORD TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
Scarlet Tanager.
Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey included:
At the Scotts Mountain Hawkwatch:
Bald Eagles - 7 on 10/13; 3 on 10/15
NORTHERN GOSHAWKS - 1 on 10/15 and 10/16; 2 on 10/18 and 10/19
Golden Eagle - 1 on 10/19
Peregrine Falcons - 2 on 10/13 and 10/18
Merlins - 3 on 10/13; 4 on 10/18.
- End transcript