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* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* September 22, 2005
* PAEA0509.22

- Birds mentioned

PHILADELPHIA VIREO
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
ANHINGA ('fly-by')

- Transcript

Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: September 22nd at 11:00 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 September 22nd at 11:00 PM.

There will be a field trip to Little Gap on October 8th. Meet at the Blue
Mountain Ski Area entrance at 8:30 AM. I will be leading this trip.

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 the GRACEDALE area, Northampton County included:
PHILADELPHIA VIREO - 1 on 9/16
CONNECTICUT WARBLER - 1 on 9/16
Also White-throated Sparrow.

Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW - 1 on 9/19.

Sightings from the MONOCACY NATURE CENTER, Northampton County included:
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER - 1 on 9/18.

Sightings from LITTLE GAP, Northampton County included:
CONNECTICUT WARBLER - 1 on 9/17; 1 on 9/20
Cerulean Warblers - 2 on 9/18.
Also Ruffed Grouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Winter Wren, Hermit Thrush, and
Baltimore Oriole.

Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Bald Eagles - 3 on 9/18
Peregrine Falcon - 3 on 9/18
Merlins - 3 on 9/18.

Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER - 1 on 9/18
Stilt Sandpiper - 1 on 9/18
American Pipits - 17 on 9/18.
Also Green-winged Teal.

Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - ~100 on 9/18
Bald Eagles - up to 9 seen during this past week
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH - 1 on 9/18
CONNECTICUT WARBLER - seen during this past week
Also Blue-winged Teal, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and
American Pipit.

Sightings from the BUCKINGHAM area, Bucks County included:
ANHINGA - 1 on 9/19 (female 'fly-by')
Broad-winged Hawks - 1622 on 9/19.

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