RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE02.25.07
Highlights:
HORNED GREBE
TUNDRA SWAN
NORTHERN SHOVELER
NORTHERN PINTAIL
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
RING-NECKED DUCK
GADWALL
REDHEAD
CANVASBACK
LESSER SCAUP
GREATER SCAUP
BUFFLEHEAD
COMMON GOLDENEYE
COMMON MERGANSER
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
RUDDY DUCK
BALD EAGLE
GOLDEN EAGLE (Warren County)
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
NORTHERN HARRIER
WILSON'S SNIPE
THAYER'S GULL (Allegheny County)
ICELAND GULL (Allegheny County)
GLAUCOUS GULL (Allegheny County)
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Allegheny County)
COMMON RAVEN
NORTHERN SHRIKE (Cambria and Washington Counties)
WINTER WREN
COMMON REDPOLL (Beaver County)
SNOW BUNTING
Contributors: Marcy Cunkelman, Mike Fialkovich, Ross Gallardy, Steve Gosser,
Amy Henrici, Margaret Higbee, Scott Kinzey, Geoff Malosh, Flo McGuire, Cathy
Skidmore, Russ States, Scott Stoleson, Jarred Taracido, Mark Vass, Timothy
Vechter, Bill Walbek, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 18 February 2007 through Sunday, 25 February 2007
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for errors on other websites who reproduce/reprint these reports. If you
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Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
From last week: on 2/16 in Edgeworth, 1 Turkey Vulture (reported to MV by
Becky Smith).
On 2/18 at the Point in Pittsburgh, 2 ICELAND GULLS, 1 GREAT BLACK-BACKED
GULL, 1 first-winter THAYER'S GULL, CANVASBACKS, BUFFLEHEADS, COMMON
GOLDENEYES (MF). On 2/20 there were 2 ICELAND GULLS, 3 CANVASBACKS, 3 COMMON
GOLDENEYES, 1 BUFFLEHEAD, 2 Hooded Mergansers (SK); on 2/21, 2 first-winter
ICELAND GULLS and 1 first-year GLAUCOUS GULL were among the ~2,500 gulls,
along with 4 CANVASBACKS and 2 COMMON GOLDENEYES; on 2/22, 3 first-year
ICELAND GULLS (DY); on 2/23, 1 first-winter ICELAND GULL, 4 CANVASBACKS, 5
BUFFLEHEADS, 1 Hooded Merganser (MV); on 2/25, 1 third-winter GLAUCOUS GULL,
1 first-winter ICELAND GULL, 1 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 5 CANVASBACKS, 6
BUFFLEHEADS (DY and GM).
On 2/19 at Lock & Dam #2, 46 COMMON MERGANSERS, 10 Double-crested
Cormorants, 1 adult BALD EAGLE (DY).
At the Imperial grasslands on 2/23, 1 AMERICAN PIPIT, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE, 5
Horned Larks (MV).
At Brunot's Island on 2/23, 9 CANVASBACKS, 4 BUFFLEHEADS, 6 COMMON
GOLDENEYES, 1 Hooded Merganser (MV).
In Plum and Cheswick along the Allegheny River bluffs on 2/25, sightings
included Red-shouldered Hawk, 3 flyover COMMON MERGANSERS, 2 TUNDRA SWANS,
14 CANVASBACKS, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 1 male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (AH).
On 2/25 in various parts of Pittsburgh, 29 CANVASBACKS were counted, and 1
HORNED GREBE, 1 American Coot, 3 GREATER SCAUP, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 28 COMMON
GOLDENEYES, 15 BUFFLEHEADS, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 10 Double-crested
Cormorants, 2 Turkey Vultures (MV).
BEAVER COUNTY:
At State Gamelands #285 on 2/18, 1 adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK, Ruffed Grouse,
White-crowned Sparrows, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbirds (GM).
On the Beaver River on 2/18, sightings included 3-4 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 1
REDHEAD, 1 CANVASBACK, 4 BUFFLEHEADS, 8 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 1 COMMON
MERGANSER, 1 RUDDY DUCK, 1 HORNED GREBE (GM). On 2/23, 11 American Coots, 13
AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 2 Wood Ducks, 11 BUFFLEHEADS, 6 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 1
COMMON MERGANSER (MV).
At a home in Hopewell Township from 2/17 through 2/21, a COMMON REDPOLL was
seen at a feeder (BW).
On 2/23 in North Sewickley Township, 1 WILSON'S SNIPE, Horned Larks (MV).
On 2/23 in the town of Beaver, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 9
COMMON MERGANSERS (MV).
On 2/23 in Rochester, 2 drake GREATER SCAUP; on 2/24, 1 CANVASBACK, 1
REDHEAD, 3 GREATER SCAUP, 5 LESSER SCAUP, 2 COMMON MERGANSERS, 2 AMERICAN
BLACK DUCKS (MV), pair of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 1 HORNED GREBE (reported
to MV by Becky Smith).
CAMBRIA COUNTY:
Along Route 22 near the Munster-Portage exit on 2/25, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (MH).
FOREST COUNTY:
Near Tionesta on 2/19, 1 TUNDRA SWAN; on 2/20, area sightings included 1
male BUFFLEHEAD, 13 REDHEADS, 2 adult BALD EAGLES (FM).
INDIANA COUNTY:
Near Marion Center on 2/18, 2 dark-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, ~100 Horned
Larks (MH).
Near Indiana on 2/18, 7 Horned Larks (MH).
In Clarksburg on 2/22, 1 adult male, 1 adult female, and 1 immature male
Red-winged Blackbird, 1 male Ring-necked Pheasant; on 2/23, 1 male NORTHERN
HARRIER (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 2/19 in the Amish farm area, 75 Horned Larks (SG).
VENANGO COUNTY:
On the Allegheny River between Franklin and Oil City on 2/20, sightings
included 89 COMMON MERGANSERS, 206 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 10 CANVASBACKS, 11
AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 21 BUFFLEHEADS, 2 BALD
EAGLES, 3 LESSER SCAUP, 2 GREATER SCAUP, 1 Wood Duck, 1 GADWALL, 4
RING-NECKED DUCKS (RS).
WARREN COUNTY:
In the western portion of the county on 2/17, sightings included 4 adult
Red-shouldered Hawks, 1 light-morph adult and 3 dark-morph ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWKS, 1 adult and 1 immature BALD EAGLE, 1 immature GOLDEN EAGLE, 20 Horned
Larks, 8 SNOW BUNTINGS, 1 COMMON RAVEN, 25 Hooded Mergansers, 10 COMMON
MERGANSERS, 8 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 12 BUFFLEHEADS, 4 COMMON GOLDENEYES (SS).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
At the Hahn Road AMD pond on 2/19, 18 CANVASBACKS, 5 REDHEADS, 1 RING-NECKED
DUCK, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 3 American Coots (RG). In the evening of 2/19, 1 drake
GREATER SCAUP, 1 hen COMMON GOLDENEYE, 12+ CANVASBACKS (MV). On 2/24, 1
drake NORTHERN SHOVELER, 1 drake NORTHERN PINTAIL, 19 CANVASBACKS, 5
REDHEADS, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 5 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 3
American Coots (MV). On 2/25, 7 AMERICAN WIGEON and 1 female BUFFLEHEAD
joined the 19 CANVASBACKS and 5 REDHEADS, and also present were 2 Hooded
Mergansers and 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS (GM).
On the Monongahela River at California University on 2/20, 1 hen COMMON
GOLDENEYE (JT).
In rural Coal Center on 2/21, 1 female NORTHERN HARRIER (JT).
In Peters Township on 2/24, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (CS).
At the Shaw Mine grasslands on 2/24, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE, 1 dark-phase
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS (MV). The ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen
again on 2/25 (GM).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
In Latrobe along Loyalhanna Creek through 2/18, 1 WINTER WREN (TV).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
To send in reports:
meadowlark4@verizon.net
724-938-0655
Thank you to all the contributors.
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE02.25.07
Highlights:
HORNED GREBE
TUNDRA SWAN
NORTHERN SHOVELER
NORTHERN PINTAIL
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
RING-NECKED DUCK
GADWALL
REDHEAD
CANVASBACK
LESSER SCAUP
GREATER SCAUP
BUFFLEHEAD
COMMON GOLDENEYE
COMMON MERGANSER
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
RUDDY DUCK
BALD EAGLE
GOLDEN EAGLE (Warren County)
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
NORTHERN HARRIER
WILSON'S SNIPE
THAYER'S GULL (Allegheny County)
ICELAND GULL (Allegheny County)
GLAUCOUS GULL (Allegheny County)
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Allegheny County)
COMMON RAVEN
NORTHERN SHRIKE (Cambria and Washington Counties)
WINTER WREN
COMMON REDPOLL (Beaver County)
SNOW BUNTING
Contributors: Marcy Cunkelman, Mike Fialkovich, Ross Gallardy, Steve Gosser,
Amy Henrici, Margaret Higbee, Scott Kinzey, Geoff Malosh, Flo McGuire, Cathy
Skidmore, Russ States, Scott Stoleson, Jarred Taracido, Mark Vass, Timothy
Vechter, Bill Walbek, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 18 February 2007 through Sunday, 25 February 2007
***This report is distributed by e-mail only. Compiler is not responsible
for errors on other websites who reproduce/reprint these reports. If you
would like to receive western PA RBAs, contact meadowlark4@verizon.net.
Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
From last week: on 2/16 in Edgeworth, 1 Turkey Vulture (reported to MV by
Becky Smith).
On 2/18 at the Point in Pittsburgh, 2 ICELAND GULLS, 1 GREAT BLACK-BACKED
GULL, 1 first-winter THAYER'S GULL, CANVASBACKS, BUFFLEHEADS, COMMON
GOLDENEYES (MF). On 2/20 there were 2 ICELAND GULLS, 3 CANVASBACKS, 3 COMMON
GOLDENEYES, 1 BUFFLEHEAD, 2 Hooded Mergansers (SK); on 2/21, 2 first-winter
ICELAND GULLS and 1 first-year GLAUCOUS GULL were among the ~2,500 gulls,
along with 4 CANVASBACKS and 2 COMMON GOLDENEYES; on 2/22, 3 first-year
ICELAND GULLS (DY); on 2/23, 1 first-winter ICELAND GULL, 4 CANVASBACKS, 5
BUFFLEHEADS, 1 Hooded Merganser (MV); on 2/25, 1 third-winter GLAUCOUS GULL,
1 first-winter ICELAND GULL, 1 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 5 CANVASBACKS, 6
BUFFLEHEADS (DY and GM).
On 2/19 at Lock & Dam #2, 46 COMMON MERGANSERS, 10 Double-crested
Cormorants, 1 adult BALD EAGLE (DY).
At the Imperial grasslands on 2/23, 1 AMERICAN PIPIT, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE, 5
Horned Larks (MV).
At Brunot's Island on 2/23, 9 CANVASBACKS, 4 BUFFLEHEADS, 6 COMMON
GOLDENEYES, 1 Hooded Merganser (MV).
In Plum and Cheswick along the Allegheny River bluffs on 2/25, sightings
included Red-shouldered Hawk, 3 flyover COMMON MERGANSERS, 2 TUNDRA SWANS,
14 CANVASBACKS, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 1 male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (AH).
On 2/25 in various parts of Pittsburgh, 29 CANVASBACKS were counted, and 1
HORNED GREBE, 1 American Coot, 3 GREATER SCAUP, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 28 COMMON
GOLDENEYES, 15 BUFFLEHEADS, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 10 Double-crested
Cormorants, 2 Turkey Vultures (MV).
BEAVER COUNTY:
At State Gamelands #285 on 2/18, 1 adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK, Ruffed Grouse,
White-crowned Sparrows, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbirds (GM).
On the Beaver River on 2/18, sightings included 3-4 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 1
REDHEAD, 1 CANVASBACK, 4 BUFFLEHEADS, 8 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 1 COMMON
MERGANSER, 1 RUDDY DUCK, 1 HORNED GREBE (GM). On 2/23, 11 American Coots, 13
AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 2 Wood Ducks, 11 BUFFLEHEADS, 6 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 1
COMMON MERGANSER (MV).
At a home in Hopewell Township from 2/17 through 2/21, a COMMON REDPOLL was
seen at a feeder (BW).
On 2/23 in North Sewickley Township, 1 WILSON'S SNIPE, Horned Larks (MV).
On 2/23 in the town of Beaver, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 9
COMMON MERGANSERS (MV).
On 2/23 in Rochester, 2 drake GREATER SCAUP; on 2/24, 1 CANVASBACK, 1
REDHEAD, 3 GREATER SCAUP, 5 LESSER SCAUP, 2 COMMON MERGANSERS, 2 AMERICAN
BLACK DUCKS (MV), pair of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 1 HORNED GREBE (reported
to MV by Becky Smith).
CAMBRIA COUNTY:
Along Route 22 near the Munster-Portage exit on 2/25, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (MH).
FOREST COUNTY:
Near Tionesta on 2/19, 1 TUNDRA SWAN; on 2/20, area sightings included 1
male BUFFLEHEAD, 13 REDHEADS, 2 adult BALD EAGLES (FM).
INDIANA COUNTY:
Near Marion Center on 2/18, 2 dark-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, ~100 Horned
Larks (MH).
Near Indiana on 2/18, 7 Horned Larks (MH).
In Clarksburg on 2/22, 1 adult male, 1 adult female, and 1 immature male
Red-winged Blackbird, 1 male Ring-necked Pheasant; on 2/23, 1 male NORTHERN
HARRIER (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 2/19 in the Amish farm area, 75 Horned Larks (SG).
VENANGO COUNTY:
On the Allegheny River between Franklin and Oil City on 2/20, sightings
included 89 COMMON MERGANSERS, 206 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 10 CANVASBACKS, 11
AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 21 BUFFLEHEADS, 2 BALD
EAGLES, 3 LESSER SCAUP, 2 GREATER SCAUP, 1 Wood Duck, 1 GADWALL, 4
RING-NECKED DUCKS (RS).
WARREN COUNTY:
In the western portion of the county on 2/17, sightings included 4 adult
Red-shouldered Hawks, 1 light-morph adult and 3 dark-morph ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWKS, 1 adult and 1 immature BALD EAGLE, 1 immature GOLDEN EAGLE, 20 Horned
Larks, 8 SNOW BUNTINGS, 1 COMMON RAVEN, 25 Hooded Mergansers, 10 COMMON
MERGANSERS, 8 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 12 BUFFLEHEADS, 4 COMMON GOLDENEYES (SS).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
At the Hahn Road AMD pond on 2/19, 18 CANVASBACKS, 5 REDHEADS, 1 RING-NECKED
DUCK, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 3 American Coots (RG). In the evening of 2/19, 1 drake
GREATER SCAUP, 1 hen COMMON GOLDENEYE, 12+ CANVASBACKS (MV). On 2/24, 1
drake NORTHERN SHOVELER, 1 drake NORTHERN PINTAIL, 19 CANVASBACKS, 5
REDHEADS, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 5 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 3
American Coots (MV). On 2/25, 7 AMERICAN WIGEON and 1 female BUFFLEHEAD
joined the 19 CANVASBACKS and 5 REDHEADS, and also present were 2 Hooded
Mergansers and 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS (GM).
On the Monongahela River at California University on 2/20, 1 hen COMMON
GOLDENEYE (JT).
In rural Coal Center on 2/21, 1 female NORTHERN HARRIER (JT).
In Peters Township on 2/24, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (CS).
At the Shaw Mine grasslands on 2/24, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE, 1 dark-phase
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS (MV). The ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen
again on 2/25 (GM).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
In Latrobe along Loyalhanna Creek through 2/18, 1 WINTER WREN (TV).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
To send in reports:
meadowlark4@verizon.net
724-938-0655
Thank you to all the contributors.