RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE03.04.07
Highlights:
RED-NECKED GREBE (Allegheny and Erie Counties)
HORNED GREBE
TUNDRA SWAN
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Westmoreland County)
NORTHERN PINTAIL
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
CANVASBACK
NORTHERN SHOVELER
REDHEAD
GADWALL
RING-NECKED DUCK
AMERICAN WIGEON
BUFFLEHEAD
GREATER SCAUP
LESSER SCAUP
COMMON GOLDENEYE
COMMON MERGANSER
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
BALD EAGLE
PEREGRINE FALCON
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
NORTHERN HARRIER
SANDHILL CRANE (Lawrence County)
WILSON'S SNIPE
GLAUCOUS GULL (Allegheny and Erie Counties)
CALIFORNIA GULL (probable, Allegheny County)
ICLEAND GULL (Beaver County)
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Allegheny County)
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Erie County)
BLACK-BACKED GULL SP. (Erie County)
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
TREE SWALLOW (Lawrence County)
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
FOX SPARROW
SNOW BUNTING
RUSTY BLACKBIRD (Lawrence and Somerset Counties)
PINE SISKIN
Contributors: Anthony Bledsoe, Mark Bowers, Dick Byers, Lauren Conkle, Marcy
Cunkelman, Mike Fialkovich, Steve Gosser, Amy Henrici, Leonard Hess, Craig
Kern, Scott Kinzey, Michael Leahy, Geoff Malosh, Flo McGuire, Jerry
McWilliams, Bob Sepesy, Walt Shaffer, Brian Shema, Randy Stringer, Ryan
Tomazin, Jim Valimont, Mark Vass, Timothy Vechter, Paul Wiegman, Dave
Wilton, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 25 February 2007 through Sunday, 4 March 2007
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Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
From last week: on 2/24 in Harmar Township, 1 FOX SPARROW (JV).
At the Point in Pittsburgh on 2/26 through 2/28, 1 third-winter GLAUCOUS
GULL was present among over 3,500 gulls (DW, GM, SK). On 2/27, a RED-NECKED
GREBE was also seen here (reported by Scott Kinzey to GM), and 2 GREAT
BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 1 first-winter GLAUCOUS GULL (DY). Other birds seen
here and nearby areas on 2/27 included 16 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 American Coot,
1 REDHEAD, 1 GADWALL, 4 CANVASBACKS, 13 BUFFLEHEADS, 6 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 6
SCAUP SP., 2 COMMON MERGANSERS, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and possibly 40
more flyovers, 2 TUNDRA SWANS (SK). From 2/28-3/1 and 3/4, a RED-NECKED
GREBE was still present (MV, DY, GM, MF). On 3/3, 4 CANVASBACKS (DY). On
3/4, 5 CANVASBACKS, 1 BUFFLEHEAD (MV). On the Ohio River near the Science
Center on 3/3, pair of CANVASBACKS (SG).
On 2/26 in McKees Rocks, 6 CANVASBACKS, 1 REDHEAD, 1 American Coot (MV).
At Emsworth Dam on 2/26, 9 CANVASBACKS, 8 COMMON GOLDENEYES; on 3/4, 10
CANVASBACKS, 3 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 3 LESSER SCAUP (MV).
In Etna on 2/27, 2 Wood Ducks, 5 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 4
COMMON GOLDENEYES, 1 CANVASBACK, 14 LESSER SCAUP; on 2/28, 2 Wood Ducks, 9
AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 CANVASBACKS, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 6 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 26
mixed SCAUP SP.; on 3/1, 10 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 7 SCAUP SP., 2 CANVASBACKS, 1
Killdeer; on 3/3, 1 RED-NECKED GREBE, 10 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 4 SCAUP SP., 2
COMMON GOLDENEYES (DY).
On 2/27 in Oakland, 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS (AB).
At Lock & Dam #2 in Highland Park on 2/27, 1 third-winter GLAUCOUS GULL; on
3/3, 1 Turkey Vulture, 3 Common Grackles (DY).
In Verona on 2/27, sightings included 2 HORNED GREBES, ~5 COMMON MERGANSERS,
and many gulls (AH).
On 2/28 in Blawnox, 2 Wood Ducks, 4 AMERICAN WIGEON, 7 LESSER SCAUP, 2
BUFFLEHEADS, 6 CANVASBACKS, 15 COMMON MERGANSERS (DY).
At Lock & Dam #3 in Cheswick on 2/28, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 3 COMMON
MERGANSERS; at Reid's Marina in Cheswick, 4 AMERICAN WIGEON, 17 CANVASBACKS,
3 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 24 SCAUP SP., 3 BUFFLEHEADS (DY).
On 3/1 in Harmar Township, 6 Common Grackles (JV).
In Beechwood on 3/2, 1 Turkey Vulture (BSh).
On 3/3 in Duck Hollow, 2 COMMON MERGANSERS, 15 RING-NECKED DUCKS (DY).
On 3/3 in an unspecified location, 1 probable CALIFORNIA GULL (DW).
At the Imperial Grasslands on 3/3, 6 Killdeer, 1 WILSON'S SNIPE, 1 Horned
Lark, 1 male NORTHERN HARRIER, Common Grackles, Turkey Vultures (MF); on
3/4, 3 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 male NORTHERN HARRIER (MV).
On 3/4 at Brunot's Island, 10 CANVASBACKS, 8 BUFFLEHEADS, 2 Hooded
Mergansers, 1 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 1 Double-crested Cormorant (MV).
ARMSTRONG COUNTY:
Near Kittanning on 2/26, 1 Turkey Vulture (AB).
BEAVER COUNTY:
On 2/27 in Rochester, 5 HORNED GREBES, 4 Hooded Mergansers, 4 BUFFLEHEADS, 1
drake RING-NECKED DUCK, 8 SCAUP SP., 4 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, and several
hundred gulls (MV). On 3/1, 3 drake CANVASBACKS, 1 REDHEAD, 3 GREATER SCAUP,
8 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 4 BUFFLEHEADS, 5 Hooded Mergansers; on 3/2, 5 LESSER
SCAUP, 2 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 3 Wood Ducks, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 American Coot
(MV). On 3/4, 1 first-winter ICELAND GULL flew past Rochester (GM).
At Riverfront Park on 2/27, 1 HORNED GREBE, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 COMMON
GOLDENEYE (MV).
On 3/3 in Independence Township, 21 Turkey Vultures (MV).
On 3/3 at Raccoon Creek Wildflower Reserve, sightings included a pair of
Wood Ducks, 1 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, 1 drake RING-NECKED DUCK (MV).
On 3/2 at Independence Marsh, 200 Red-winged Blackbirds, 17 Killdeer; on
3/3, 8 Hooded Mergansers (MV).
On 3/2 at Little Blue Lake, 15 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 11 AMERICAN WIGEON, 6
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 10 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 6 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2 BALD
EAGLES; on 3/4, 13 AMERICAN WIGEON, 5 COMMON GOLDENEYES (MV).
At Montgomery Dam on 3/4, 1 BALD EAGLE (GM).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At Glade Dam Lake on 3/3, sightings included 2 BALD EAGLES, 1 ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWK, Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbirds (SG).
CLARION COUNTY:
In Knox on 2/25, 1 Turkey Vulture (ML).
ERIE COUNTY:
On 2/27 in Union City, 1 light-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (JM).
At the Erie landfill on 2/27, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL; on 3/2, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL (JM).
In Edinboro on 2/28, 1 PINE SISKIN (JM).
On 3/1 in Millcreek Township, 1 Northern Mockingbird (JM).
On 3/3 in Harborcreek Township, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BUFFLEHEADS, Hooded
Mergansers, RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS (CK).
At Six-mile Creek on 3/3, 1 RED-NECKED GREBE, 3 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS (CK).
Along the lakefront on 3/3, several BLACK-BACKED GULL SP. were observed
flying (CK).
In Northeast Township on 3/3, 1 adult and 1 immature BALD EAGLE (CK).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
At Deer Lake on 3/2, 7 Wood Ducks (WS).
On 3/2 at On 3/2 at Indian Creek Reservoir, 6 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 6 Hooded
Mergansers, 4 COMMON MERGANSERS, COMMON GOLDENEYE (WS).
On 3/4 along the Youghiogheny River (here and in Somerset County), sightings
included 5 Hooded Mergansers, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 4 COMMON MERGANSERS,
7 BUFFLEHEADS, 27 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 3 SCAUP SP., 2 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 8
RING-NECKED DUCKS (PW).
FOREST COUNTY:
Along the Allegheny River in Tionesta on 2/27, sightings included 1 immature
BALD EAGLE, 1 AMERICAN WIGEON, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1 TUNDRA SWAN, COMMON
MERGANSERS (FM).
On 3/2 at the Tionesta Fish Hatchery, 1 Hooded Merganser, 3 RING-NECKED
DUCKS (FM).
On 3/2 in Tionesta at a feeder, 2 Red-winged Blackbirds (FM).
INDIANA COUNTY:
In Clarksburg on 2/26 and 3/4, Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbirds; also
on 3/4, 2 Turkey Vultures, Killdeer (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 3/3 in an unspecified location, 1 TREE SWALLOW, Red-winged Blackbirds,
Brown-headed Cowbird, RUSTY BLACKBIRD (RS).
On 3/3 over Golf Course Road, 2 flyover SANDHILL CRANES (RS).
At the Lake Road extension on 3/3, 10-12 SNOW BUNTINGS (RS).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
Along the Youghiogheny River on 3/3, sightings included 7 Hooded Mergansers,
13 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 6 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 1 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 SCAUP
SP., 1 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, 2 American Coots; on 3/4 (here and in Fayette
County), sightings included 5 Hooded Mergansers, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 4
COMMON MERGANSERS, 7 BUFFLEHEADS, 27 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 3 SCAUP SP., 2
AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 8 RING-NECKED DUCKS (PW).
In an unspecified location on 3/3, RUSTY BLACKBIRDS (PW).
WARREN COUNTY:
On 2/25 in Mead Township, 1 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL (reported to CK).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
From late January: a very late report of an adult BALD EAGLE seen flying
around Coal Center near the Monongahela River, a very rare sighting for this
township or even county (BSe).
On 2/26 at the Hahn Road AMD pond, 17 CANVASBACKS, 5 REDHEADS, 1 RING-NECKED
DUCK, 1 BUFFLEHEAD, 3 American Coots; on 2/28, 17-19 CANVASBACKS, 6
REDHEADS, 12 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 American Coots (MV, RT). Also on 2/28, 2
BUFFLEHEADS, 2 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 1 LESSER SCAUP (RT). On 3/1, 8
RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 19 CANVASBACKS, 4 American Coots
(RT). On 3/2, sightings included 2 BUFFLEHEADS, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 5
CANVASBACKS (RT). On 3/3, 6 CANVASBACKS, 2 REDHEADS, 4 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1
AMERICAN WIGEON, 4 American Coots (MV).
On 3/1 in Buffalo Creek IBA #80 area, 2 pairs of Hooded Mergansers, 1 Turkey
Vulture (LC).
At Canonsburg Lake on 3/2, CANVASBACK, 2 REDHEADS, 3 Hooded Mergansers (RT);
on 3/3, 5 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 2
LESSER SCAUP, 8 Hooded Mergansers, 1 Killdeer (MV).
At the Van Emman pond on 3/3, 7 Wood Ducks (MV).
on 3/3 at Boone Reservoir, 4 Hooded Mergansers (MV).
On 3/3 at Washington Reservoir #4, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1
American Coot (MV).
At Washington Cemetery on 3/3, 1 hen NORTHERN PINTAIL, 5 RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCHES (MV).
On 3/4 in Coal Center, a flock of over 100 American Robins arrived and fed
in the 4-5 small backyards along Pike Run Creek for only about 10-15 minutes
(AT).
At a pond in northern Washington County on 3/4, 4 WILSON'S SNIPE (MV).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were present with some Canada Geese at Twin
Lakes County Park on 2/27 (reported to LH) and 2/28 (LH).
At Loyalhanna Lake on 3/3, 50+ COMMON MERGANSERS, 2 BALD EAGLES (TV).
In Rostraver Township on 3/3, 50-100 Red-winged Blackbirds (MB).
On 3/2 at Donegal Lake, sightings included 2 COMMON MERGANSERS, 9
RING-NECKED DUCKS (WS); on 3/4, 3 BUFFLEHEADS, 5 Killdeer (DB).
At a small pond on route 982 near Laurelville on 3/4, 20 Hooded Mergansers (DB).
At Bridgeport on 3/4, sightings included 2 Hooded Mergansers (DB).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE03.04.07
Highlights:
RED-NECKED GREBE (Allegheny and Erie Counties)
HORNED GREBE
TUNDRA SWAN
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Westmoreland County)
NORTHERN PINTAIL
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
CANVASBACK
NORTHERN SHOVELER
REDHEAD
GADWALL
RING-NECKED DUCK
AMERICAN WIGEON
BUFFLEHEAD
GREATER SCAUP
LESSER SCAUP
COMMON GOLDENEYE
COMMON MERGANSER
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
BALD EAGLE
PEREGRINE FALCON
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
NORTHERN HARRIER
SANDHILL CRANE (Lawrence County)
WILSON'S SNIPE
GLAUCOUS GULL (Allegheny and Erie Counties)
CALIFORNIA GULL (probable, Allegheny County)
ICLEAND GULL (Beaver County)
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Allegheny County)
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Erie County)
BLACK-BACKED GULL SP. (Erie County)
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
TREE SWALLOW (Lawrence County)
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
FOX SPARROW
SNOW BUNTING
RUSTY BLACKBIRD (Lawrence and Somerset Counties)
PINE SISKIN
Contributors: Anthony Bledsoe, Mark Bowers, Dick Byers, Lauren Conkle, Marcy
Cunkelman, Mike Fialkovich, Steve Gosser, Amy Henrici, Leonard Hess, Craig
Kern, Scott Kinzey, Michael Leahy, Geoff Malosh, Flo McGuire, Jerry
McWilliams, Bob Sepesy, Walt Shaffer, Brian Shema, Randy Stringer, Ryan
Tomazin, Jim Valimont, Mark Vass, Timothy Vechter, Paul Wiegman, Dave
Wilton, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 25 February 2007 through Sunday, 4 March 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 2/24 in Harmar Township, 1 FOX SPARROW (JV).
At the Point in Pittsburgh on 2/26 through 2/28, 1 third-winter GLAUCOUS
GULL was present among over 3,500 gulls (DW, GM, SK). On 2/27, a RED-NECKED
GREBE was also seen here (reported by Scott Kinzey to GM), and 2 GREAT
BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 1 first-winter GLAUCOUS GULL (DY). Other birds seen
here and nearby areas on 2/27 included 16 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 American Coot,
1 REDHEAD, 1 GADWALL, 4 CANVASBACKS, 13 BUFFLEHEADS, 6 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 6
SCAUP SP., 2 COMMON MERGANSERS, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and possibly 40
more flyovers, 2 TUNDRA SWANS (SK). From 2/28-3/1 and 3/4, a RED-NECKED
GREBE was still present (MV, DY, GM, MF). On 3/3, 4 CANVASBACKS (DY). On
3/4, 5 CANVASBACKS, 1 BUFFLEHEAD (MV). On the Ohio River near the Science
Center on 3/3, pair of CANVASBACKS (SG).
On 2/26 in McKees Rocks, 6 CANVASBACKS, 1 REDHEAD, 1 American Coot (MV).
At Emsworth Dam on 2/26, 9 CANVASBACKS, 8 COMMON GOLDENEYES; on 3/4, 10
CANVASBACKS, 3 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 3 LESSER SCAUP (MV).
In Etna on 2/27, 2 Wood Ducks, 5 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 4
COMMON GOLDENEYES, 1 CANVASBACK, 14 LESSER SCAUP; on 2/28, 2 Wood Ducks, 9
AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 CANVASBACKS, 1 RING-NECKED DUCK, 6 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 26
mixed SCAUP SP.; on 3/1, 10 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 7 SCAUP SP., 2 CANVASBACKS, 1
Killdeer; on 3/3, 1 RED-NECKED GREBE, 10 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 4 SCAUP SP., 2
COMMON GOLDENEYES (DY).
On 2/27 in Oakland, 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS (AB).
At Lock & Dam #2 in Highland Park on 2/27, 1 third-winter GLAUCOUS GULL; on
3/3, 1 Turkey Vulture, 3 Common Grackles (DY).
In Verona on 2/27, sightings included 2 HORNED GREBES, ~5 COMMON MERGANSERS,
and many gulls (AH).
On 2/28 in Blawnox, 2 Wood Ducks, 4 AMERICAN WIGEON, 7 LESSER SCAUP, 2
BUFFLEHEADS, 6 CANVASBACKS, 15 COMMON MERGANSERS (DY).
At Lock & Dam #3 in Cheswick on 2/28, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 3 COMMON
MERGANSERS; at Reid's Marina in Cheswick, 4 AMERICAN WIGEON, 17 CANVASBACKS,
3 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 24 SCAUP SP., 3 BUFFLEHEADS (DY).
On 3/1 in Harmar Township, 6 Common Grackles (JV).
In Beechwood on 3/2, 1 Turkey Vulture (BSh).
On 3/3 in Duck Hollow, 2 COMMON MERGANSERS, 15 RING-NECKED DUCKS (DY).
On 3/3 in an unspecified location, 1 probable CALIFORNIA GULL (DW).
At the Imperial Grasslands on 3/3, 6 Killdeer, 1 WILSON'S SNIPE, 1 Horned
Lark, 1 male NORTHERN HARRIER, Common Grackles, Turkey Vultures (MF); on
3/4, 3 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 male NORTHERN HARRIER (MV).
On 3/4 at Brunot's Island, 10 CANVASBACKS, 8 BUFFLEHEADS, 2 Hooded
Mergansers, 1 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 1 Double-crested Cormorant (MV).
ARMSTRONG COUNTY:
Near Kittanning on 2/26, 1 Turkey Vulture (AB).
BEAVER COUNTY:
On 2/27 in Rochester, 5 HORNED GREBES, 4 Hooded Mergansers, 4 BUFFLEHEADS, 1
drake RING-NECKED DUCK, 8 SCAUP SP., 4 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, and several
hundred gulls (MV). On 3/1, 3 drake CANVASBACKS, 1 REDHEAD, 3 GREATER SCAUP,
8 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 4 BUFFLEHEADS, 5 Hooded Mergansers; on 3/2, 5 LESSER
SCAUP, 2 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 3 Wood Ducks, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 American Coot
(MV). On 3/4, 1 first-winter ICELAND GULL flew past Rochester (GM).
At Riverfront Park on 2/27, 1 HORNED GREBE, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 COMMON
GOLDENEYE (MV).
On 3/3 in Independence Township, 21 Turkey Vultures (MV).
On 3/3 at Raccoon Creek Wildflower Reserve, sightings included a pair of
Wood Ducks, 1 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, 1 drake RING-NECKED DUCK (MV).
On 3/2 at Independence Marsh, 200 Red-winged Blackbirds, 17 Killdeer; on
3/3, 8 Hooded Mergansers (MV).
On 3/2 at Little Blue Lake, 15 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 11 AMERICAN WIGEON, 6
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 10 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 6 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2 BALD
EAGLES; on 3/4, 13 AMERICAN WIGEON, 5 COMMON GOLDENEYES (MV).
At Montgomery Dam on 3/4, 1 BALD EAGLE (GM).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At Glade Dam Lake on 3/3, sightings included 2 BALD EAGLES, 1 ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWK, Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbirds (SG).
CLARION COUNTY:
In Knox on 2/25, 1 Turkey Vulture (ML).
ERIE COUNTY:
On 2/27 in Union City, 1 light-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (JM).
At the Erie landfill on 2/27, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL; on 3/2, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL (JM).
In Edinboro on 2/28, 1 PINE SISKIN (JM).
On 3/1 in Millcreek Township, 1 Northern Mockingbird (JM).
On 3/3 in Harborcreek Township, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BUFFLEHEADS, Hooded
Mergansers, RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS (CK).
At Six-mile Creek on 3/3, 1 RED-NECKED GREBE, 3 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS (CK).
Along the lakefront on 3/3, several BLACK-BACKED GULL SP. were observed
flying (CK).
In Northeast Township on 3/3, 1 adult and 1 immature BALD EAGLE (CK).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
At Deer Lake on 3/2, 7 Wood Ducks (WS).
On 3/2 at On 3/2 at Indian Creek Reservoir, 6 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 6 Hooded
Mergansers, 4 COMMON MERGANSERS, COMMON GOLDENEYE (WS).
On 3/4 along the Youghiogheny River (here and in Somerset County), sightings
included 5 Hooded Mergansers, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 4 COMMON MERGANSERS,
7 BUFFLEHEADS, 27 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 3 SCAUP SP., 2 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 8
RING-NECKED DUCKS (PW).
FOREST COUNTY:
Along the Allegheny River in Tionesta on 2/27, sightings included 1 immature
BALD EAGLE, 1 AMERICAN WIGEON, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1 TUNDRA SWAN, COMMON
MERGANSERS (FM).
On 3/2 at the Tionesta Fish Hatchery, 1 Hooded Merganser, 3 RING-NECKED
DUCKS (FM).
On 3/2 in Tionesta at a feeder, 2 Red-winged Blackbirds (FM).
INDIANA COUNTY:
In Clarksburg on 2/26 and 3/4, Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbirds; also
on 3/4, 2 Turkey Vultures, Killdeer (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 3/3 in an unspecified location, 1 TREE SWALLOW, Red-winged Blackbirds,
Brown-headed Cowbird, RUSTY BLACKBIRD (RS).
On 3/3 over Golf Course Road, 2 flyover SANDHILL CRANES (RS).
At the Lake Road extension on 3/3, 10-12 SNOW BUNTINGS (RS).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
Along the Youghiogheny River on 3/3, sightings included 7 Hooded Mergansers,
13 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 6 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 1 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 SCAUP
SP., 1 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, 2 American Coots; on 3/4 (here and in Fayette
County), sightings included 5 Hooded Mergansers, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 4
COMMON MERGANSERS, 7 BUFFLEHEADS, 27 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 3 SCAUP SP., 2
AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 8 RING-NECKED DUCKS (PW).
In an unspecified location on 3/3, RUSTY BLACKBIRDS (PW).
WARREN COUNTY:
On 2/25 in Mead Township, 1 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL (reported to CK).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
From late January: a very late report of an adult BALD EAGLE seen flying
around Coal Center near the Monongahela River, a very rare sighting for this
township or even county (BSe).
On 2/26 at the Hahn Road AMD pond, 17 CANVASBACKS, 5 REDHEADS, 1 RING-NECKED
DUCK, 1 BUFFLEHEAD, 3 American Coots; on 2/28, 17-19 CANVASBACKS, 6
REDHEADS, 12 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 American Coots (MV, RT). Also on 2/28, 2
BUFFLEHEADS, 2 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 1 LESSER SCAUP (RT). On 3/1, 8
RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 19 CANVASBACKS, 4 American Coots
(RT). On 3/2, sightings included 2 BUFFLEHEADS, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 5
CANVASBACKS (RT). On 3/3, 6 CANVASBACKS, 2 REDHEADS, 4 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1
AMERICAN WIGEON, 4 American Coots (MV).
On 3/1 in Buffalo Creek IBA #80 area, 2 pairs of Hooded Mergansers, 1 Turkey
Vulture (LC).
At Canonsburg Lake on 3/2, CANVASBACK, 2 REDHEADS, 3 Hooded Mergansers (RT);
on 3/3, 5 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 2
LESSER SCAUP, 8 Hooded Mergansers, 1 Killdeer (MV).
At the Van Emman pond on 3/3, 7 Wood Ducks (MV).
on 3/3 at Boone Reservoir, 4 Hooded Mergansers (MV).
On 3/3 at Washington Reservoir #4, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1
American Coot (MV).
At Washington Cemetery on 3/3, 1 hen NORTHERN PINTAIL, 5 RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCHES (MV).
On 3/4 in Coal Center, a flock of over 100 American Robins arrived and fed
in the 4-5 small backyards along Pike Run Creek for only about 10-15 minutes
(AT).
At a pond in northern Washington County on 3/4, 4 WILSON'S SNIPE (MV).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were present with some Canada Geese at Twin
Lakes County Park on 2/27 (reported to LH) and 2/28 (LH).
At Loyalhanna Lake on 3/3, 50+ COMMON MERGANSERS, 2 BALD EAGLES (TV).
In Rostraver Township on 3/3, 50-100 Red-winged Blackbirds (MB).
On 3/2 at Donegal Lake, sightings included 2 COMMON MERGANSERS, 9
RING-NECKED DUCKS (WS); on 3/4, 3 BUFFLEHEADS, 5 Killdeer (DB).
At a small pond on route 982 near Laurelville on 3/4, 20 Hooded Mergansers (DB).
At Bridgeport on 3/4, sightings included 2 Hooded Mergansers (DB).
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Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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