- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* March 15, 2007
* PAEA0703.15
- Birds mentioned
EURASIAN WIGEON
GREATER SCAUP
CANVASBACK
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
REDHEAD
GLAUCOUS GULL
SHORT-EARED OWL
SANDHILL CRANE
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
ROSS'S GOOSE
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
LAZULI BUNTING (3rd PA record)
ICELAND GULL
SCOTT'S ORIOLE (gone?)
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: March 15th 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@rcn.com 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 'Eastern PA Birding' Website for photos and information at
http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html.
This is Dave DeReamus, for the Eastern PA Birdline, sponsored by the Lehigh
Valley Audubon Society, recorded on March 15th at 5:00 PM.
The field trip to Green Lane Reservoir, originally scheduled for March 17th,
is being switched to March 24th due to the predicted snowstorm. Meet at the
Tilghman Square Parking lot, near the Red Robin restaurant, just west of
Route 309 at 8:30 AM. Trip leader will be Mark Boyd.
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 ECHO LAKE, Northampton County included:
EURASIAN WIGEON -1 on 3/14 (seen only in the morning).
American Wigeon - 150 on 3/14 and 3/15
GREATER SCAUP - 5 on 3/14
CANVASBACKS - 3 on 3/14
Ring-necked Ducks - 300+ on 3/15.
Also Ruddy Duck, Killdeer, and Tree Swallow.
Sightings from LAKE MINSI, Northampton County included:
Common Loon - 1 on 3/14
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER - 1 on 3/14
REDHEADS - 6 on 3/14
Red-breasted Mergansers - 3 on 3/14.
Also Bald Eagle, Lesser Black-backed Gull, and Tree Swallow.
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK PPL POWER PLANT area, Northampton County
included:
GLAUCOUS GULL - 1 on 3/12 (seen circling over the 'off-limits' fly-ash pond)
SHORT-EARED OWL - 1 on 3/7 to at least 3/12.
Sightings from LOWER NAZARETH TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
At the private Dutch Springs Quarry:
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS - 4 to at least 3/15.
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - ~55 on 3/9.
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
SANDHILL CRANES - 3 on 3/11 (fly-by's)
Northern Pintails - 101 on 3/14
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 on 3/11 (Christman's Trail area).
Also Bald Eagle and Eastern Meadowlark.
Sightings from the PARRYVILLE DAM, Carbon County included:
REDHEAD - seen to at least 3/10
GREATER SCAUP - seen on 3/10.
Sightings from the LEHIGH GAP WILDLIFE REFUGE, Carbon County included:
ROSS'S GOOSE - 1 on 3/14 (fly-by').
Sightings from LYNN TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER - 1 on 3/13 (along Kunkles Mill Road).
Sightings from the NEW TRIPOLI area, Lehigh County included:
Snow Geese - ~20,000 on 3/13 (fly-by's).
Sightings from the FOGELSVILLE QUARRY, Lehigh County included:
CANVASBACK - 1 on 3/10.
Also Killdeer.
And, in a nearby field along Church Road: ~10,000 Snow Geese.
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
At the lake at Dorney Park:
REDHEADS - 2 on 3/10.
And, at PPL Building downtown: Peregrine Falcon.
Sightings from the HENNINGSVILLE area, Berks County included:
Common Raven - 1 on 3/10.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
At the nearby town of Red Hill:
LAZULI BUNTING - 1 seen on 3/4, 3/6, 3/8 to at least 3/13 (along St. Paul's
Church Road).
To reach the spot where the bunting has been seen, from the intersection of
Routes 663 and 29 in Pennsburg, take Route 29 south to the 2nd light (6th
St - Red Hill) at Red Hill Ford. Turn left and go about a half-mile to a
stop sign. Turn left onto St. Paul's Church Road and proceed to the bridge
over Macoby Creek. There is parking for 4 vehicles just past the bridge on
the right. PARK COMPLETELY OFF THE ROAD! More parking is available about
an eighth-mile farther up the road in an undeveloped housing area. DO NOT
PARK on residents' lawns. Please bring seed in order to help entice the
bird to stay. This bird represents the 1st record for Montgomery County and
only the 3rd record for Pennsylvania!
Other birds seen at the bunting spot were:
Brown Thrasher - 1 on 3/4.
Also American Woodcock, 'fly-by' Bald Eagle, Eastern Towhee, and Swamp
Sparrow.
At the Walt Road area:
Northern Pintails - 144 back on 3/1
American Wigeon - 61 back on 3/1
CANVASBACK - 1 on 3/13 ('fly-by')
Red-breasted Mergansers - 3 back on 3/2.
Also Bald Eagle and Hermit Thrush.
Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County included:
Tundra Swans - 50+ on 3/10; 92 on 3/11
GREATER SCAUP - 4 on 3/11
Common Mergansers - 1500 on 3/15
Red-breasted Mergansers - 10 on 3/15
Herring Gulls - 1500 on 3/15
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 160 on 3/15
ICELAND GULL - 1 on 3/11.
Also Bald Eagle and Killdeer.
American Woodcocks were noted doing 'display flights' from several areas
this past week and Eastern Phoebes also made their presence known.
Farther afield, I did not hear of any positive reports of the SCOTT'S ORIOLE
near Mechanicsburg, PA during this past week.
- End transcript
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* March 15, 2007
* PAEA0703.15
- Birds mentioned
EURASIAN WIGEON
GREATER SCAUP
CANVASBACK
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
REDHEAD
GLAUCOUS GULL
SHORT-EARED OWL
SANDHILL CRANE
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
ROSS'S GOOSE
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
LAZULI BUNTING (3rd PA record)
ICELAND GULL
SCOTT'S ORIOLE (gone?)
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: March 15th 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@rcn.com 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 'Eastern PA Birding' Website for photos and information at
http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html.
This is Dave DeReamus, for the Eastern PA Birdline, sponsored by the Lehigh
Valley Audubon Society, recorded on March 15th at 5:00 PM.
The field trip to Green Lane Reservoir, originally scheduled for March 17th,
is being switched to March 24th due to the predicted snowstorm. Meet at the
Tilghman Square Parking lot, near the Red Robin restaurant, just west of
Route 309 at 8:30 AM. Trip leader will be Mark Boyd.
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 ECHO LAKE, Northampton County included:
EURASIAN WIGEON -1 on 3/14 (seen only in the morning).
American Wigeon - 150 on 3/14 and 3/15
GREATER SCAUP - 5 on 3/14
CANVASBACKS - 3 on 3/14
Ring-necked Ducks - 300+ on 3/15.
Also Ruddy Duck, Killdeer, and Tree Swallow.
Sightings from LAKE MINSI, Northampton County included:
Common Loon - 1 on 3/14
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER - 1 on 3/14
REDHEADS - 6 on 3/14
Red-breasted Mergansers - 3 on 3/14.
Also Bald Eagle, Lesser Black-backed Gull, and Tree Swallow.
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK PPL POWER PLANT area, Northampton County
included:
GLAUCOUS GULL - 1 on 3/12 (seen circling over the 'off-limits' fly-ash pond)
SHORT-EARED OWL - 1 on 3/7 to at least 3/12.
Sightings from LOWER NAZARETH TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
At the private Dutch Springs Quarry:
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS - 4 to at least 3/15.
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - ~55 on 3/9.
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
SANDHILL CRANES - 3 on 3/11 (fly-by's)
Northern Pintails - 101 on 3/14
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 on 3/11 (Christman's Trail area).
Also Bald Eagle and Eastern Meadowlark.
Sightings from the PARRYVILLE DAM, Carbon County included:
REDHEAD - seen to at least 3/10
GREATER SCAUP - seen on 3/10.
Sightings from the LEHIGH GAP WILDLIFE REFUGE, Carbon County included:
ROSS'S GOOSE - 1 on 3/14 (fly-by').
Sightings from LYNN TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER - 1 on 3/13 (along Kunkles Mill Road).
Sightings from the NEW TRIPOLI area, Lehigh County included:
Snow Geese - ~20,000 on 3/13 (fly-by's).
Sightings from the FOGELSVILLE QUARRY, Lehigh County included:
CANVASBACK - 1 on 3/10.
Also Killdeer.
And, in a nearby field along Church Road: ~10,000 Snow Geese.
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
At the lake at Dorney Park:
REDHEADS - 2 on 3/10.
And, at PPL Building downtown: Peregrine Falcon.
Sightings from the HENNINGSVILLE area, Berks County included:
Common Raven - 1 on 3/10.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
At the nearby town of Red Hill:
LAZULI BUNTING - 1 seen on 3/4, 3/6, 3/8 to at least 3/13 (along St. Paul's
Church Road).
To reach the spot where the bunting has been seen, from the intersection of
Routes 663 and 29 in Pennsburg, take Route 29 south to the 2nd light (6th
St - Red Hill) at Red Hill Ford. Turn left and go about a half-mile to a
stop sign. Turn left onto St. Paul's Church Road and proceed to the bridge
over Macoby Creek. There is parking for 4 vehicles just past the bridge on
the right. PARK COMPLETELY OFF THE ROAD! More parking is available about
an eighth-mile farther up the road in an undeveloped housing area. DO NOT
PARK on residents' lawns. Please bring seed in order to help entice the
bird to stay. This bird represents the 1st record for Montgomery County and
only the 3rd record for Pennsylvania!
Other birds seen at the bunting spot were:
Brown Thrasher - 1 on 3/4.
Also American Woodcock, 'fly-by' Bald Eagle, Eastern Towhee, and Swamp
Sparrow.
At the Walt Road area:
Northern Pintails - 144 back on 3/1
American Wigeon - 61 back on 3/1
CANVASBACK - 1 on 3/13 ('fly-by')
Red-breasted Mergansers - 3 back on 3/2.
Also Bald Eagle and Hermit Thrush.
Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County included:
Tundra Swans - 50+ on 3/10; 92 on 3/11
GREATER SCAUP - 4 on 3/11
Common Mergansers - 1500 on 3/15
Red-breasted Mergansers - 10 on 3/15
Herring Gulls - 1500 on 3/15
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 160 on 3/15
ICELAND GULL - 1 on 3/11.
Also Bald Eagle and Killdeer.
American Woodcocks were noted doing 'display flights' from several areas
this past week and Eastern Phoebes also made their presence known.
Farther afield, I did not hear of any positive reports of the SCOTT'S ORIOLE
near Mechanicsburg, PA during this past week.
- End transcript