- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* November 30, 2006
* PAEA0611.30
- Birds mentioned
DARK-EYED "OREGON" JUNCO
RED-THROATED LOON
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
BLACK SCOTER
BRANT
CACKLING GOOSE
LAUGHING GULL
LE CONTE'S SPARROW (1st Bucks County record)
LARK SPARROW
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: November 30th at 5:00 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 November 30th at 5:00 PM.
The Allentown Christmas Bird Count will be held on December 16th. If
interested, call Mark Boyd at (610) 432-0170.
The Bethlehem / Easton / Hellertown Count will be held on December 30th. If
interested, call Don and Elaine Mease at (610) 346-7754.
The Penn Forest / Wild Creek Count (incorrectly listed previously as being
held on December 17th) will be held on December 31st. If interested, call
Josh Nemeth at (610) 573-8577 (or E-mail him at allroy1313@rcn.com).
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 LAKE MINSI, Northampton County included:
Black Swan - 1 to at least 11/26 (escaped bird).
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 on 11/24.
Sightings from ALLEN TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
DARK-EYED "OREGON" JUNCO - 1 from 11/18 to at least 11/25 (adult male; at a
private feeder).
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
RED-THROATED LOON - 1 on 11/26
Also Red-shouldered Hawk, Ruffed Grouse, and Red-breasted Nuthatch.
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Osprey - 1 on 11/24
Bald Eagle - 1 on 11/24
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 on 11/24
Golden Eagles - 4 on 11/24; 1 on 11/25
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 on 11/18 (late date).
Also Common Raven.
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
At the Allentown Waste Water Treatment Plant:
BLACK SCOTER - 1 on 11/24 (female; on the Lehigh River).
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
RED-THROATED LOON - 1 on 11/24
Pied-billed Grebes - 2 to at least 11/25
BRANT - 1 to at least 11/25
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 100+ on 11/25.
Sightings from PINE RUN DAM, Bucks County included:
CACKLING GEESE - up to 3 on 11/24
Wilson's Snipe - 1 on 11/24 to at least 11/27
LAUGHING GULL - 1 on 11/27
LE CONTE'S SPARROW - 1 on 11/24 to at least 11/27 (1st Bucks County record)
Grasshopper Sparrow - 1 on 11/24.
Also Common Yellowthroat and Eastern Meadowlark.
Sightings from BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, Bucks County included:
LARK SPARROW - 1 from 10/14 to at least 11/27 (at the Maple Knoll Farm).
Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey included:
At the Scotts Mountain Hawkwatch:
Bald Eagle - 1 on 11/24 and 11/25
Golden Eagle - 1 on 11/24.
- End transcript
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* November 30, 2006
* PAEA0611.30
- Birds mentioned
DARK-EYED "OREGON" JUNCO
RED-THROATED LOON
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
BLACK SCOTER
BRANT
CACKLING GOOSE
LAUGHING GULL
LE CONTE'S SPARROW (1st Bucks County record)
LARK SPARROW
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: November 30th at 5:00 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 November 30th at 5:00 PM.
The Allentown Christmas Bird Count will be held on December 16th. If
interested, call Mark Boyd at (610) 432-0170.
The Bethlehem / Easton / Hellertown Count will be held on December 30th. If
interested, call Don and Elaine Mease at (610) 346-7754.
The Penn Forest / Wild Creek Count (incorrectly listed previously as being
held on December 17th) will be held on December 31st. If interested, call
Josh Nemeth at (610) 573-8577 (or E-mail him at allroy1313@rcn.com).
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 LAKE MINSI, Northampton County included:
Black Swan - 1 to at least 11/26 (escaped bird).
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 on 11/24.
Sightings from ALLEN TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
DARK-EYED "OREGON" JUNCO - 1 from 11/18 to at least 11/25 (adult male; at a
private feeder).
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
RED-THROATED LOON - 1 on 11/26
Also Red-shouldered Hawk, Ruffed Grouse, and Red-breasted Nuthatch.
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Osprey - 1 on 11/24
Bald Eagle - 1 on 11/24
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 on 11/24
Golden Eagles - 4 on 11/24; 1 on 11/25
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 on 11/18 (late date).
Also Common Raven.
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
At the Allentown Waste Water Treatment Plant:
BLACK SCOTER - 1 on 11/24 (female; on the Lehigh River).
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
RED-THROATED LOON - 1 on 11/24
Pied-billed Grebes - 2 to at least 11/25
BRANT - 1 to at least 11/25
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 100+ on 11/25.
Sightings from PINE RUN DAM, Bucks County included:
CACKLING GEESE - up to 3 on 11/24
Wilson's Snipe - 1 on 11/24 to at least 11/27
LAUGHING GULL - 1 on 11/27
LE CONTE'S SPARROW - 1 on 11/24 to at least 11/27 (1st Bucks County record)
Grasshopper Sparrow - 1 on 11/24.
Also Common Yellowthroat and Eastern Meadowlark.
Sightings from BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, Bucks County included:
LARK SPARROW - 1 from 10/14 to at least 11/27 (at the Maple Knoll Farm).
Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey included:
At the Scotts Mountain Hawkwatch:
Bald Eagle - 1 on 11/24 and 11/25
Golden Eagle - 1 on 11/24.
- End transcript