-RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania
*PAWE09.10.05
some notable species reported:
COMMON LOON
GREAT EGRET
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
SANDHILL CRANE
TRUMPETER SWAN (Beaver County)
AMERICAN WIGEON
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
SANDERLING
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
WESTERN SANDPIPER
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (Allegheny County, Beaver County)
RED PHALAROPE (Allegheny County)
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (Beaver County)
WILSON'S PHALAROPE (Indiana County)
RING-BILLED GULL
LITTLE GULL (9/1 Erie County)
LAUGHING GULL
MERLIN (Westmoreland County)
PEREGRINE FALCON
BALD EAGLE
COMMON RAVEN
LEAST FLYCATCHER
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
VEERY
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
SWAINSON'S THRUSH
PINE WARBLER
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
BLACKPOLL WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER
TENNESSEE WARBLER
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
NORTHERN PARULA
WILSON'S WARBLER
CERULEAN WARBLER
BREWSTER'S WARBLER (9/3 Erie County)
CANADA WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
PURPLE FINCH
contributors: Marcy Cunkleman, Leonard Hess, Margaret Higbee, Scott
Kinzey, Michael Lanzone, Geoff Malosh, Jerry McWilliams, Randy Stringer,
Bob VanNewkirk, Mark Vass, Carole Willenpart, Dan Yagusic.
compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 4 September 2005 through Saturday, 10 September 2005
***This report is distributed by e-mail only. If you would like to receive
western PA RBAs, contact meadowlark4@verizon.net
Transcript-
Allegheny County:
Backyard birding on the morning of 9/4 included RED-EYED VIREO, WARBLING
VIREO, NORTHERN PARULA, 3 CEDAR WAXWING, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 2 RUBY-
THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (BV).
In the Bald Knob area on 9/4: Coal pond-- 1 molting juvenile RED PHALAROPE
(MV/GM), 1 LEAST SANDPIPER, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 1
PIED-BILLED GREBE; Main pond-- 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 1 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 4 COMMON NIGHTHAWK (MV). The Phalarope
was still present at the coal pond on 9/5, and 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
were present at the main pond on 9/5; 2 PEREGRINE FALCON flew over the
main pond on 9/5 (GM). On 9/10 in the Bald Knob area, sightings included 4-
5 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, several MAGNOLIA WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART,
CERULEAN WARBLER, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 PIED-
BILLED GREBE (MV).
At Sewickley Heights Park on the morning of 9/5, sightings included 7
AMERICAN REDSTART, 3 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (2 singing), 1 BLACK-AND-
WHITE WARBLER, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 3 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 WILSON'S
WARBLER, 1 HOODED WARBLER, 1 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, 3 OVENBIRD, RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET, SCARLET TANAGER, 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLE, 2 BROWN THRASHER, 7 RED-EYED
VIREO, 1 WARBLING VIREO, PILEATED WOODPECKER, 3 NORTHERN FLICKER, 2 BLUE-
GRAY GNATCATCHER, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE, 1 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 3 RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD (BV).
Along a few roads in the Clinton section of Findlay Township 9/6,
sightings included NORTHERN PARULA, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, NASHVILLE
WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER,
RED-EYED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, 3 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCH, INDIGO BUNTING, SCARLET TANAGER, BELTED KINGFISHER, EASTERN
PHOEBE; on 9/10, male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, INDIGO BUNTING, RUBY-
THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, SCARLET TANAGER, EASTERN PHOEBE, Empidonax
flycatcher sp., NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, PILEATED WOODPECKER (MV).
On 9/5 in Etna, sightings included 3 GREAT BLUE HERON, 2 ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 1
MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE, 1 RED-
EYED VIREO, and 11 CEDAR WAXWING (DY).
On 9/7 in Fox Chapel, on the Old Squaw Trail: 1 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, 1
SCARLET TANAGER, 6 female RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, 2 WOOD THRUSH, 1
VEERY, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 1 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, 1 RED-EYED VIREO, 1
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 1 AMERICAN REDSTART, 4 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 BLACK-
THROATED GREEN WARBLER, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 1 BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER, 2 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, 1 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, 2 NASHVILLE
WARBLER, 1 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (DY).
Beaver County:
At Little Blue Lake on 9/4, 1 COMMON LOON, 1 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, 1 GREEN-
WINGED TEAL, 1 MALLARD, 1 WOOD DUCK, 1 CANADA GOOSE, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
3 SANDERLING, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 7 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 4 LEAST
SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
KILLDEER, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL, 1 BELTED KINGFISHER, 2 RING-BILLED GULL,
WHITE-EYED VIREO; on 9/5, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 SANDERLING, 1 PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 8 LEAST SANDPIPER, 5
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE; on the evening of 9/8, 1 juvenile RED-
NECKED PHALAROPE, 1 SANDERLING; on 9/9, the Phalarope was still present,
along with 22 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 1 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and a few peeps (MV). On 9/10, the Phalarope
was NOT SEEN, but 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER were present (reported to MV by
Dave Wilton); that evening, sightings included 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 9 BLUE-
WINGED TEAL, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL (MV).
On 9/5 at the Atlantic States gravel pond (Rt. 168, Beaver side) 1 PIED-
BILLED GREBE, 2 TRUMPETER SWAN (MV).
On 9/5 at the Big Beaver wetland, 3 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 5 LEAST SANDPIPER
(MV).
On 9/5 on the Ohio River at Industry, 1 OSPREY (MV).
Over an Ambridge neighborhood on the evening of 9/7, one calling COMMON
NIGHTHAWK (MV).
At Ambridge Reservoir on 9/10, several RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH (MV).
At Independence Marsh on 9/10, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS (MV).
Butler County:
At Moraine State Park (Lake Arthur along the south shore) on 9/5, 1 BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVER, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 2 AMERICAN
WIGEON, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 5 OSPREY, 1 GREEN HERON,
1 BELTED KINGFISHER (MV).
Clarion County:
Near Sligo through the morning of 9/5, sights and sounds included EASTERN
SCREECH OWL, KILLDEER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, WOOD THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, GRAY
CATBIRD, 2 fledgling NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, CEDAR WAXWING, 2 RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCH, HOUSE WREN, CAROLINA WREN, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO, many RED-EYED
VIREO, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, OVENBIRD,
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, AMERICAN REDSTART, SCARLET TANAGER, BALTIMORE ORIOLE,
INDIGO BUNTING, 3-4 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, CANADA WARBLER, MAGNOLIA
WARBLER; That evening, 3 CAPE MAY WARBLER of varying plumages were seen as
well (CW). On 9/10, sightings here included BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, BLACK-
THROATED BLUE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, SCARLET TANAGER, BROWN THRASHER,
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, COOPER'S HAWK,
COMMON NIGHTHAWK (CW).
Crawford County:
At the Pymatuning spillway parking lot on the evening of 9/5, 1 first-year
LAUGHING GULL along with RING-BILLED GULLS (reported to MV by Scott
Kinzey). The Gull was still present on 9/6 (SK).
Erie County:
>From last week: 6 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen through 8/30 at the
Erie Waste Treatment Plant; on 8/30 at Gull Point, Presque Isle State
Park, 1 LAUGHING GULL; on 8/30 in Presque Isle, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER;
on 8/31 at Gull Point, 1 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 23 BLACK TERN; on 9/1
at Gull Point, 2 LITTLE GULL; on 9/3 at the Pine Tree Trail, 1 BREWSTER'S
WARBLER; on 9/4 at Pine Tree Trail, 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (JM).
At Presque Isle State Park on 9/10, 1 DARK-EYED JUNCO (Sidewalk Trail), 1
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Pine Tree Trail), twelve species of warblers
including PINE, CANADA, BAY-BREASTED, 7 MAGNOLIA, BLACKPOLL, CHESTNUT-
SIDED, 2 NASHVILLE, 3 WILSON'S, 6 BLACK-AND-WHITE, 10 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT,
BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED GREEN; PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 38 SWAINSON'S
THRUSH, VEERY, 2 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, WARBLING VIREO, WHITE-EYED VIREO,
HOUSE WREN (RS).
Indiana County:
Backyard birding in Clarksburg on 9/4 included 2 COMMON RAVEN, 2 RED-
TAILED HAWK, COOPER'S HAWK, 3 TURKEY VULTURE, 1 adult BALD EAGLE; on 9/5,
NORTHERN HARRIER, 2 BROAD-WINGED HAWK, COOPER'S HAWK; on 9/10, RED-
BREASTED NUTHATCH (MC).
At Yellow Creek State park on 9/4, sightings included 12+ GREEN HERON, 2
PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 4 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1
SANDERLING, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 8 LEAST SANDPIPER,
3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER, 1 WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 4
WILSON'S/COMMON SNIPE, KILLDEER, LAUGHING GULL, EASTERN PHOEBE, CEDAR
WAXWING, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, PURPLE FINCH (DY). The Phalarope was
still present as of late afternoon on 9/6, along with 1 GREAT EGRET (MH).
In the town of Indiana on 9/9, a singing YELLOW WARBLER was heard (MC).
Lawrence County:
On 9/5 in Plain Grove: on Mason Road, 2 LEAST SANDPIPER, 1 PIED-BILLED
GREBE, 3 GREEN HERON; On Golf Course Road, 2 SANDHILL CRANE; at the
Slippery Rock gravel pond on 9/5, 10 LEAST SANDPIPER, 7 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER; at the Vosler Road farm pond, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVER (MV).
On 9/5 in New Beaver, at Wampum-New Galillee Road, 23 COMMON MOORHEN (MV).
Washington County:
In Coal Center 9/9-9/10, many COMMON NIGHTHAWK have been seen flying high
over some local warm-season grass fields, in small groups (AT).
Westmoreland County:
>From last week: on 9/1 an adult LAUGHING GULL was seen flying over
Powdermill Nature Reserve, headed southwest (ML).
In Stahlstown on 9/5, sightings included TENNESSEE WARBLER, PHILADELPHIA
VIREO, MERLIN, BALD EAGLE, BROAD-WINGED HAWK (LH).
At Randall Reserve near Donegal Lake on 9/5, 34 species were seen,
including GREEN HERON, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE,
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, CEDAR WAXWING, WARBLING VIREO,
RED-EYED VIREO, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK,
EASTERN TOWHEE (LH).
End transcript-
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania
*PAWE09.10.05
some notable species reported:
COMMON LOON
GREAT EGRET
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
SANDHILL CRANE
TRUMPETER SWAN (Beaver County)
AMERICAN WIGEON
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
SANDERLING
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
WESTERN SANDPIPER
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (Allegheny County, Beaver County)
RED PHALAROPE (Allegheny County)
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (Beaver County)
WILSON'S PHALAROPE (Indiana County)
RING-BILLED GULL
LITTLE GULL (9/1 Erie County)
LAUGHING GULL
MERLIN (Westmoreland County)
PEREGRINE FALCON
BALD EAGLE
COMMON RAVEN
LEAST FLYCATCHER
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
VEERY
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
SWAINSON'S THRUSH
PINE WARBLER
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
BLACKPOLL WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER
TENNESSEE WARBLER
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
NORTHERN PARULA
WILSON'S WARBLER
CERULEAN WARBLER
BREWSTER'S WARBLER (9/3 Erie County)
CANADA WARBLER
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
PURPLE FINCH
contributors: Marcy Cunkleman, Leonard Hess, Margaret Higbee, Scott
Kinzey, Michael Lanzone, Geoff Malosh, Jerry McWilliams, Randy Stringer,
Bob VanNewkirk, Mark Vass, Carole Willenpart, Dan Yagusic.
compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 4 September 2005 through Saturday, 10 September 2005
***This report is distributed by e-mail only. If you would like to receive
western PA RBAs, contact meadowlark4@verizon.net
Transcript-
Allegheny County:
Backyard birding on the morning of 9/4 included RED-EYED VIREO, WARBLING
VIREO, NORTHERN PARULA, 3 CEDAR WAXWING, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 2 RUBY-
THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (BV).
In the Bald Knob area on 9/4: Coal pond-- 1 molting juvenile RED PHALAROPE
(MV/GM), 1 LEAST SANDPIPER, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 1
PIED-BILLED GREBE; Main pond-- 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 1 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 4 COMMON NIGHTHAWK (MV). The Phalarope
was still present at the coal pond on 9/5, and 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
were present at the main pond on 9/5; 2 PEREGRINE FALCON flew over the
main pond on 9/5 (GM). On 9/10 in the Bald Knob area, sightings included 4-
5 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, several MAGNOLIA WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART,
CERULEAN WARBLER, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 PIED-
BILLED GREBE (MV).
At Sewickley Heights Park on the morning of 9/5, sightings included 7
AMERICAN REDSTART, 3 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (2 singing), 1 BLACK-AND-
WHITE WARBLER, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 3 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 WILSON'S
WARBLER, 1 HOODED WARBLER, 1 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, 3 OVENBIRD, RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET, SCARLET TANAGER, 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLE, 2 BROWN THRASHER, 7 RED-EYED
VIREO, 1 WARBLING VIREO, PILEATED WOODPECKER, 3 NORTHERN FLICKER, 2 BLUE-
GRAY GNATCATCHER, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE, 1 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 3 RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD (BV).
Along a few roads in the Clinton section of Findlay Township 9/6,
sightings included NORTHERN PARULA, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, NASHVILLE
WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER,
RED-EYED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, 3 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCH, INDIGO BUNTING, SCARLET TANAGER, BELTED KINGFISHER, EASTERN
PHOEBE; on 9/10, male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, INDIGO BUNTING, RUBY-
THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, SCARLET TANAGER, EASTERN PHOEBE, Empidonax
flycatcher sp., NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, PILEATED WOODPECKER (MV).
On 9/5 in Etna, sightings included 3 GREAT BLUE HERON, 2 ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 1
MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE, 1 RED-
EYED VIREO, and 11 CEDAR WAXWING (DY).
On 9/7 in Fox Chapel, on the Old Squaw Trail: 1 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, 1
SCARLET TANAGER, 6 female RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, 2 WOOD THRUSH, 1
VEERY, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 1 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, 1 RED-EYED VIREO, 1
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 1 AMERICAN REDSTART, 4 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 BLACK-
THROATED GREEN WARBLER, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 1 BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER, 2 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, 1 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, 2 NASHVILLE
WARBLER, 1 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (DY).
Beaver County:
At Little Blue Lake on 9/4, 1 COMMON LOON, 1 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, 1 GREEN-
WINGED TEAL, 1 MALLARD, 1 WOOD DUCK, 1 CANADA GOOSE, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
3 SANDERLING, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 7 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 4 LEAST
SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
KILLDEER, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL, 1 BELTED KINGFISHER, 2 RING-BILLED GULL,
WHITE-EYED VIREO; on 9/5, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 SANDERLING, 1 PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 8 LEAST SANDPIPER, 5
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE; on the evening of 9/8, 1 juvenile RED-
NECKED PHALAROPE, 1 SANDERLING; on 9/9, the Phalarope was still present,
along with 22 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 1 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and a few peeps (MV). On 9/10, the Phalarope
was NOT SEEN, but 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER were present (reported to MV by
Dave Wilton); that evening, sightings included 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 9 BLUE-
WINGED TEAL, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL (MV).
On 9/5 at the Atlantic States gravel pond (Rt. 168, Beaver side) 1 PIED-
BILLED GREBE, 2 TRUMPETER SWAN (MV).
On 9/5 at the Big Beaver wetland, 3 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 5 LEAST SANDPIPER
(MV).
On 9/5 on the Ohio River at Industry, 1 OSPREY (MV).
Over an Ambridge neighborhood on the evening of 9/7, one calling COMMON
NIGHTHAWK (MV).
At Ambridge Reservoir on 9/10, several RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH (MV).
At Independence Marsh on 9/10, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS (MV).
Butler County:
At Moraine State Park (Lake Arthur along the south shore) on 9/5, 1 BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVER, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 2 AMERICAN
WIGEON, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 5 OSPREY, 1 GREEN HERON,
1 BELTED KINGFISHER (MV).
Clarion County:
Near Sligo through the morning of 9/5, sights and sounds included EASTERN
SCREECH OWL, KILLDEER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, WOOD THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, GRAY
CATBIRD, 2 fledgling NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, CEDAR WAXWING, 2 RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCH, HOUSE WREN, CAROLINA WREN, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO, many RED-EYED
VIREO, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, OVENBIRD,
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, AMERICAN REDSTART, SCARLET TANAGER, BALTIMORE ORIOLE,
INDIGO BUNTING, 3-4 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, CANADA WARBLER, MAGNOLIA
WARBLER; That evening, 3 CAPE MAY WARBLER of varying plumages were seen as
well (CW). On 9/10, sightings here included BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, BLACK-
THROATED BLUE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, SCARLET TANAGER, BROWN THRASHER,
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, COOPER'S HAWK,
COMMON NIGHTHAWK (CW).
Crawford County:
At the Pymatuning spillway parking lot on the evening of 9/5, 1 first-year
LAUGHING GULL along with RING-BILLED GULLS (reported to MV by Scott
Kinzey). The Gull was still present on 9/6 (SK).
Erie County:
>From last week: 6 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen through 8/30 at the
Erie Waste Treatment Plant; on 8/30 at Gull Point, Presque Isle State
Park, 1 LAUGHING GULL; on 8/30 in Presque Isle, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER;
on 8/31 at Gull Point, 1 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 23 BLACK TERN; on 9/1
at Gull Point, 2 LITTLE GULL; on 9/3 at the Pine Tree Trail, 1 BREWSTER'S
WARBLER; on 9/4 at Pine Tree Trail, 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (JM).
At Presque Isle State Park on 9/10, 1 DARK-EYED JUNCO (Sidewalk Trail), 1
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Pine Tree Trail), twelve species of warblers
including PINE, CANADA, BAY-BREASTED, 7 MAGNOLIA, BLACKPOLL, CHESTNUT-
SIDED, 2 NASHVILLE, 3 WILSON'S, 6 BLACK-AND-WHITE, 10 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT,
BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED GREEN; PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 38 SWAINSON'S
THRUSH, VEERY, 2 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, WARBLING VIREO, WHITE-EYED VIREO,
HOUSE WREN (RS).
Indiana County:
Backyard birding in Clarksburg on 9/4 included 2 COMMON RAVEN, 2 RED-
TAILED HAWK, COOPER'S HAWK, 3 TURKEY VULTURE, 1 adult BALD EAGLE; on 9/5,
NORTHERN HARRIER, 2 BROAD-WINGED HAWK, COOPER'S HAWK; on 9/10, RED-
BREASTED NUTHATCH (MC).
At Yellow Creek State park on 9/4, sightings included 12+ GREEN HERON, 2
PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 4 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1
SANDERLING, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 8 LEAST SANDPIPER,
3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER, 1 WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 4
WILSON'S/COMMON SNIPE, KILLDEER, LAUGHING GULL, EASTERN PHOEBE, CEDAR
WAXWING, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, PURPLE FINCH (DY). The Phalarope was
still present as of late afternoon on 9/6, along with 1 GREAT EGRET (MH).
In the town of Indiana on 9/9, a singing YELLOW WARBLER was heard (MC).
Lawrence County:
On 9/5 in Plain Grove: on Mason Road, 2 LEAST SANDPIPER, 1 PIED-BILLED
GREBE, 3 GREEN HERON; On Golf Course Road, 2 SANDHILL CRANE; at the
Slippery Rock gravel pond on 9/5, 10 LEAST SANDPIPER, 7 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER; at the Vosler Road farm pond, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVER (MV).
On 9/5 in New Beaver, at Wampum-New Galillee Road, 23 COMMON MOORHEN (MV).
Washington County:
In Coal Center 9/9-9/10, many COMMON NIGHTHAWK have been seen flying high
over some local warm-season grass fields, in small groups (AT).
Westmoreland County:
>From last week: on 9/1 an adult LAUGHING GULL was seen flying over
Powdermill Nature Reserve, headed southwest (ML).
In Stahlstown on 9/5, sightings included TENNESSEE WARBLER, PHILADELPHIA
VIREO, MERLIN, BALD EAGLE, BROAD-WINGED HAWK (LH).
At Randall Reserve near Donegal Lake on 9/5, 34 species were seen,
including GREEN HERON, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE,
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, CEDAR WAXWING, WARBLING VIREO,
RED-EYED VIREO, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK,
EASTERN TOWHEE (LH).
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