RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia
* February 10, 2007
* PAPH0702.10
* Birds mentioned:
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe (pa)
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose (in photo gallery)
Snow Goose
American Black Duck
Canvasback
Redhead (in photo gallery)
Bufflehead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Ring-necked Duck
Common Goldeneye
Surf Scoter (phila)
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser (in photo gallery)
Ruddy Duck
Black Vulture
Bald Eagle
SANDHILL CRANE (8 in nj)
Wilson's Snipe
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gray Catbird
Horned Lark
American Pipit
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
LAPLAND LONGSPUR (in photo gallery)
Snow Bunting
WESTERN TANAGER (in photo gallery)
PAINTED BUNTING (in photo gallery)
Philadelphia Birdline
Date: February 10, 2007
Number: 215/567-BIRD
To Report: Armas Hill, 302/529-1876 (VOICE)
302/529-1085 (FAX)
Compiler: Armas Hill
Coverage: Delaware Valley, and southern New Jersey
Transcriber: Risė Hill
For Saturday, February 10th, this is the
Philadelphia Birdline, from the Academy of
Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and supported
by a number of bird clubs and individuals. I'm Armas Hill, glad to be with you.
The WESTERN TANAGER in Hunterdon County, New
Jersey, at the Echo Hill Park in Clinton, was last reported on February 4th.
The previously-reported female PAINTED BUNTING at
the Heinz (or Tinicum) Refuge in Southwest
Philadelphia was seen last Saturday, February 3rd.
2 CACKLING GEESE were seen in South Philadelphia
at the FDR Park, in a large flock of CANADA GEESE, on February 3rd.
A male SURF SCOTER was seen in Northeast
Philadelphia on the Delaware River on February
6th, along with a single CANVASBACK and 2 HORNED
GREBES. The birds were seen from the end of Orthodox Street.
At Peace Valley in Bucks County PA last weekend,
an immature BALD EAGLE was seen, as were: 4
species of GULLS, numerous COMMON MERGANSERS, and
these SPARROWS: WHITE-CROWNED, SWAMP, AMERICAN
TREE, WHITE-THROATED, and SONG.
North of there, in Northampton County, the
morning of February 4th, at Graver's Hill, a
LAPLAND LONGSPUR and 2 SNOW BUNTINGS were found
with a couple hundred HORNED LARKS.
That same day, in Schuylkill County PA, a LAPLAND
LONGSPUR was found with about 80 HORNED LARKS near a place called Kehler.
SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS are said to be
"fairly common" on farm fields in upstate
Pennsylvania in Wyoming and southeastern Susquehanna Counties.
Back in Northampton County, on February 4th, a
large flock of 75 to 80 AMERICAN PIPITS was noted
near the PPL Martins Creek plant. They were seen
along Miller Road, feeding in bare patches of
short grass in the snow. They were also along the
roadside, just outside the window of the observer's car.
In south-central PA, in Lancaster County, a flock
of 50 to 60 PIPITS was found on February 9th, on
a field along the road that goes to the Susquehannock State Park.
That same day, on the Susquehanna River in
Lancaster County, a RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at
the Wissler Run Park, just below the Muddy Run power station.
During the recent cold spell, a number of birds
have been noted on various bodies of water in Pennsylvania:
At the Springton Reservoir, in Delaware County,
on February 7th: 3 HORNED GREBES, 5 CANVASBACK,
25 BUFFLEHEAD, and a number of MERGANSERS were
seen - by an observer without a scope. Other
birds, too, not identified, were further out.
At Lake Nockamixon, in northern Bucks County, on
February 4th & 5th, there were about 20 species
of WATERFOWL (but no RING-NECKED DUCKS or
PINTAILS), and 6 species of GULLS, Notable among
the WATERFOWL were CANVASBACKS (as many as 20), and REDHEADS (4).
Among about 4,500 CANADA GEESE, there were 2 CACKLING GEESE.
The tally of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, during those 2 days, was 55.
Further north, in eastern Pennsylvania, at the
Beltzville Reservoir, in Carbon County, on
February 9th, there were 16 species of WATERFOWL and 4 species of GULLS.
The WATERFOWL included CANVASBACK and REDHEAD,
both SCAUP, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, all 3
MERGANSERS, with 2 female RED-BREASTED; also
GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD, and RUDDY DUCK.
GULLS included both GREAT and LESSER
BLACK-BACKED. The tally, there, of LESSER BLACK-BACKED was 2.
WATERBIRDS seen along the Delaware River by the
Philadelphia International Airport on February
7th included these, in the rafts of birds: about
75 CANVASBACK, 35 LESSER SCAUP, a BUFFLEHEAD, 18
COMMON MERGANSERS, about 25 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS,
and 5 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS. These waterbirds
were from the Hog Island terminal south to the UPS warehouse.
The most interesting landbird in the area was a single AMERICAN TREE SPARROW.
Along the New Jersey side of the Delaware river
in that area, from the town of National Park, on
February 8th, WATERBIRDS seen included about 30
CANVASBACK, REDHEAD (2), and BUFFLEHEAD. Also
seen there were HORNED GREBE and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.
In southern New Jersey, on February 7th, an adult
BALD EAGLE was seen near Route 42 (the
North-South Freeway) by the Camden-Gloucester
County border. The eagle was going toward Glenloch Lake.
Further south in southern New Jersey, on February
8th, at sunset, 8 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in
flight at a place called Husted Landing.
Thousands of SNOW GEESE were also in that area by the Delaware Bay.
SNIPE, BLACK VULTURE, and a CATBIRD was also
found in that part of southern New Jersey that cold and windy day.
Earlier here, during this edition of the
Birdline, birds mentioned were WESTERN TANAGER
and PAINTED BUNTING. Those are 2 of the birds now
in photographs in the Birdline Photo Gallery
2007, in the web-site: www.focusonnature.com
Other species also mentioned here that are in
photos in that gallery are: LAPLAND LONGSPUR,
REDHEAD, CACKLING GOOSE, SNOW GOOSE, and HOODED MERGANSER.
Other species also in the 2007 Photo Gallery
include these: BAND-TAILED PIGEON (that was in
Cape May), CALIFORNIA, ICELAND, and BLACK-HEADED
GULLS (all in Bucks County PA), WESTERN KINGBIRD
and ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, and BLACK-THROATED
GRAY WARBLER (in Marlton NJ in January).
Scroll down the left-side of the home-page to
reach the 2007 Birdline Photo Gallery.
Until next time, this is Armas Hill, wishing you
good birding, wherever you may be.
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* Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia
* February 10, 2007
* PAPH0702.10
* Birds mentioned:
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe (pa)
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose (in photo gallery)
Snow Goose
American Black Duck
Canvasback
Redhead (in photo gallery)
Bufflehead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Ring-necked Duck
Common Goldeneye
Surf Scoter (phila)
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser (in photo gallery)
Ruddy Duck
Black Vulture
Bald Eagle
SANDHILL CRANE (8 in nj)
Wilson's Snipe
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gray Catbird
Horned Lark
American Pipit
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
LAPLAND LONGSPUR (in photo gallery)
Snow Bunting
WESTERN TANAGER (in photo gallery)
PAINTED BUNTING (in photo gallery)
Philadelphia Birdline
Date: February 10, 2007
Number: 215/567-BIRD
To Report: Armas Hill, 302/529-1876 (VOICE)
302/529-1085 (FAX)
Compiler: Armas Hill
Coverage: Delaware Valley, and southern New Jersey
Transcriber: Risė Hill
For Saturday, February 10th, this is the
Philadelphia Birdline, from the Academy of
Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and supported
by a number of bird clubs and individuals. I'm Armas Hill, glad to be with you.
The WESTERN TANAGER in Hunterdon County, New
Jersey, at the Echo Hill Park in Clinton, was last reported on February 4th.
The previously-reported female PAINTED BUNTING at
the Heinz (or Tinicum) Refuge in Southwest
Philadelphia was seen last Saturday, February 3rd.
2 CACKLING GEESE were seen in South Philadelphia
at the FDR Park, in a large flock of CANADA GEESE, on February 3rd.
A male SURF SCOTER was seen in Northeast
Philadelphia on the Delaware River on February
6th, along with a single CANVASBACK and 2 HORNED
GREBES. The birds were seen from the end of Orthodox Street.
At Peace Valley in Bucks County PA last weekend,
an immature BALD EAGLE was seen, as were: 4
species of GULLS, numerous COMMON MERGANSERS, and
these SPARROWS: WHITE-CROWNED, SWAMP, AMERICAN
TREE, WHITE-THROATED, and SONG.
North of there, in Northampton County, the
morning of February 4th, at Graver's Hill, a
LAPLAND LONGSPUR and 2 SNOW BUNTINGS were found
with a couple hundred HORNED LARKS.
That same day, in Schuylkill County PA, a LAPLAND
LONGSPUR was found with about 80 HORNED LARKS near a place called Kehler.
SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS are said to be
"fairly common" on farm fields in upstate
Pennsylvania in Wyoming and southeastern Susquehanna Counties.
Back in Northampton County, on February 4th, a
large flock of 75 to 80 AMERICAN PIPITS was noted
near the PPL Martins Creek plant. They were seen
along Miller Road, feeding in bare patches of
short grass in the snow. They were also along the
roadside, just outside the window of the observer's car.
In south-central PA, in Lancaster County, a flock
of 50 to 60 PIPITS was found on February 9th, on
a field along the road that goes to the Susquehannock State Park.
That same day, on the Susquehanna River in
Lancaster County, a RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at
the Wissler Run Park, just below the Muddy Run power station.
During the recent cold spell, a number of birds
have been noted on various bodies of water in Pennsylvania:
At the Springton Reservoir, in Delaware County,
on February 7th: 3 HORNED GREBES, 5 CANVASBACK,
25 BUFFLEHEAD, and a number of MERGANSERS were
seen - by an observer without a scope. Other
birds, too, not identified, were further out.
At Lake Nockamixon, in northern Bucks County, on
February 4th & 5th, there were about 20 species
of WATERFOWL (but no RING-NECKED DUCKS or
PINTAILS), and 6 species of GULLS, Notable among
the WATERFOWL were CANVASBACKS (as many as 20), and REDHEADS (4).
Among about 4,500 CANADA GEESE, there were 2 CACKLING GEESE.
The tally of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, during those 2 days, was 55.
Further north, in eastern Pennsylvania, at the
Beltzville Reservoir, in Carbon County, on
February 9th, there were 16 species of WATERFOWL and 4 species of GULLS.
The WATERFOWL included CANVASBACK and REDHEAD,
both SCAUP, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, all 3
MERGANSERS, with 2 female RED-BREASTED; also
GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD, and RUDDY DUCK.
GULLS included both GREAT and LESSER
BLACK-BACKED. The tally, there, of LESSER BLACK-BACKED was 2.
WATERBIRDS seen along the Delaware River by the
Philadelphia International Airport on February
7th included these, in the rafts of birds: about
75 CANVASBACK, 35 LESSER SCAUP, a BUFFLEHEAD, 18
COMMON MERGANSERS, about 25 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS,
and 5 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS. These waterbirds
were from the Hog Island terminal south to the UPS warehouse.
The most interesting landbird in the area was a single AMERICAN TREE SPARROW.
Along the New Jersey side of the Delaware river
in that area, from the town of National Park, on
February 8th, WATERBIRDS seen included about 30
CANVASBACK, REDHEAD (2), and BUFFLEHEAD. Also
seen there were HORNED GREBE and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.
In southern New Jersey, on February 7th, an adult
BALD EAGLE was seen near Route 42 (the
North-South Freeway) by the Camden-Gloucester
County border. The eagle was going toward Glenloch Lake.
Further south in southern New Jersey, on February
8th, at sunset, 8 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in
flight at a place called Husted Landing.
Thousands of SNOW GEESE were also in that area by the Delaware Bay.
SNIPE, BLACK VULTURE, and a CATBIRD was also
found in that part of southern New Jersey that cold and windy day.
Earlier here, during this edition of the
Birdline, birds mentioned were WESTERN TANAGER
and PAINTED BUNTING. Those are 2 of the birds now
in photographs in the Birdline Photo Gallery
2007, in the web-site: www.focusonnature.com
Other species also mentioned here that are in
photos in that gallery are: LAPLAND LONGSPUR,
REDHEAD, CACKLING GOOSE, SNOW GOOSE, and HOODED MERGANSER.
Other species also in the 2007 Photo Gallery
include these: BAND-TAILED PIGEON (that was in
Cape May), CALIFORNIA, ICELAND, and BLACK-HEADED
GULLS (all in Bucks County PA), WESTERN KINGBIRD
and ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, and BLACK-THROATED
GRAY WARBLER (in Marlton NJ in January).
Scroll down the left-side of the home-page to
reach the 2007 Birdline Photo Gallery.
Until next time, this is Armas Hill, wishing you
good birding, wherever you may be.
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