- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* April 19, 2007
* PAEA0704.19
- Birds mentioned
GLOSSY IBIS
ICELAND GULL
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
GREATER SCAUP
LONG-TAILED DUCK
LAZULI BUNTING (apparently gone)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
LARK SPARROW
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER (2nd Bucks County record)
RED-NECKED GREBE
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: April 19th 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@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 April 19th at 11:00 PM.
There will be a field trip to the Bethlehem Boat Club area of the Lehigh
Canal on April 21st. Meet at the Park & Ride Lot at the William Penn
Highway exit of Route 33 at 7:30 AM. I will be leading this trip.
There will also be a Beginner's Bird Walk at Jacobsburg State Park on April
22nd. Meet at the Henry's Woods parking lot at 2:00 PM. Trip leader will
be Dennis Miller.
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 GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
GLOSSY IBIS - 2 on 4/19
ICELAND GULLS - 1 on 4/17 (first-year bird); 2 on 4/18 (one first-year bird,
one second-winter bird); 1 on 4/19 (a different bird than the two on 4/18)
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 164 on 4/14; 132 on 4/18
Dunlin - 2 on 4/19.
Also Greater Yellowlegs.
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS - 2 on 4/15
GREATER SCAUP - 9 on 4/15
Northern Flickers - 72 on 4/15 (58 in one group)
American Pipits - 116 on 4/16
Rusty Blackbird - 1 on 4/16.
Also Bald Eagle, Brown Thrasher, and Savannah Sparrow.
Sightings from the PENN FOREST RESERVOIR area, Carbon County included:
Hermit Thrushes - 24 on 4/16 (along Hell Hollow Road).
Sightings from the LEHIGH GAP WILDLIFE REFUGE, Carbon County included:
Common Raven - 1 on 4/14.
Also Fox Sparrow.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
LONG-TAILED DUCKS - 4 on 4/12.
And, at the nearby town of Red Hill:
LAZULI BUNTING - not seen since 4/10.
Also seen at this spot:
American Tree Sparrow - 1 to at least 4/18.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON - 1 on 4/13
Bonaparte's Gulls - 22 on 4/14
Least Sandpipers - 2 on 4/14
Brown Thrasher - 1 on 4/14.
Also Bald Eagle and Fox Sparrow.
Sightings from BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, Bucks County included:
LARK SPARROW - 1 to at least 4/14 (still at the Maple Knoll Farm).
Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County included:
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER - 1 on 4/19.
To my knowledge, this bird represents the 2nd record for Bucks County and
only the 5th record for the state of Pennsylvania!
RED-NECKED GREBES - 3 on 4/17, 1 on 4/18 and 4/19
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS - 2 on 4/16
Red-breasted Mergansers - 2 on 4/19
ICELAND GULLS - 1 on 4/13; 3 on 4/18; 1 on 4/19
Caspian Tern - 1 on 4/19.
Also Bald Eagle and Spotted Sandpiper.
- End transcript
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* April 19, 2007
* PAEA0704.19
- Birds mentioned
GLOSSY IBIS
ICELAND GULL
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
GREATER SCAUP
LONG-TAILED DUCK
LAZULI BUNTING (apparently gone)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
LARK SPARROW
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER (2nd Bucks County record)
RED-NECKED GREBE
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: April 19th 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@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 April 19th at 11:00 PM.
There will be a field trip to the Bethlehem Boat Club area of the Lehigh
Canal on April 21st. Meet at the Park & Ride Lot at the William Penn
Highway exit of Route 33 at 7:30 AM. I will be leading this trip.
There will also be a Beginner's Bird Walk at Jacobsburg State Park on April
22nd. Meet at the Henry's Woods parking lot at 2:00 PM. Trip leader will
be Dennis Miller.
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 GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
GLOSSY IBIS - 2 on 4/19
ICELAND GULLS - 1 on 4/17 (first-year bird); 2 on 4/18 (one first-year bird,
one second-winter bird); 1 on 4/19 (a different bird than the two on 4/18)
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 164 on 4/14; 132 on 4/18
Dunlin - 2 on 4/19.
Also Greater Yellowlegs.
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS - 2 on 4/15
GREATER SCAUP - 9 on 4/15
Northern Flickers - 72 on 4/15 (58 in one group)
American Pipits - 116 on 4/16
Rusty Blackbird - 1 on 4/16.
Also Bald Eagle, Brown Thrasher, and Savannah Sparrow.
Sightings from the PENN FOREST RESERVOIR area, Carbon County included:
Hermit Thrushes - 24 on 4/16 (along Hell Hollow Road).
Sightings from the LEHIGH GAP WILDLIFE REFUGE, Carbon County included:
Common Raven - 1 on 4/14.
Also Fox Sparrow.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
LONG-TAILED DUCKS - 4 on 4/12.
And, at the nearby town of Red Hill:
LAZULI BUNTING - not seen since 4/10.
Also seen at this spot:
American Tree Sparrow - 1 to at least 4/18.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON - 1 on 4/13
Bonaparte's Gulls - 22 on 4/14
Least Sandpipers - 2 on 4/14
Brown Thrasher - 1 on 4/14.
Also Bald Eagle and Fox Sparrow.
Sightings from BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, Bucks County included:
LARK SPARROW - 1 to at least 4/14 (still at the Maple Knoll Farm).
Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County included:
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER - 1 on 4/19.
To my knowledge, this bird represents the 2nd record for Bucks County and
only the 5th record for the state of Pennsylvania!
RED-NECKED GREBES - 3 on 4/17, 1 on 4/18 and 4/19
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS - 2 on 4/16
Red-breasted Mergansers - 2 on 4/19
ICELAND GULLS - 1 on 4/13; 3 on 4/18; 1 on 4/19
Caspian Tern - 1 on 4/19.
Also Bald Eagle and Spotted Sandpiper.
- End transcript