RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE04.15.07
Highlights:
COMMON LOON
HORNED GREBE
RED-NECKED GREBE (Indiana County)
GREAT EGRET
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Venango County)
TUNDRA SWAN
RING-NECKED DUCK
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
NORTHERN SHOVELER
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
GADWALL
AMERICAN WIGEON
REDHEAD
LESSER SCAUP
GREATER SCAUP
RUDDY DUCK
BUFFLEHEAD
SURF SCOTER
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER (Erie County)
LONG-TAILED DUCK (Beaver, Butler, and Erie Counties)
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
BALD EAGLE
MERLIN (Butler County)
PEREGRINE FALCON
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
OSPREY
NORTHERN HARRIER
VIRGINIA RAIL (Beaver County)
SANDHILL CRANE (Erie County)
DUNLIN (Erie County)
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
WILSON'S SNIPE
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Erie County)
BONAPARTE'S GULL
FORSTER'S TERN
CASPIAN TERN
LONG-EARED OWL (Erie County)
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
COMMON RAVEN
TREE SWALLOW
BARN SWALLOW
CLIFF SWALLOW
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
WINTER WREN
BROWN THRASHER
AMERICAN PIPIT (Butler, Indiana, and Mercer Counties)
HERMIT THRUSH
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
FOX SPARROW
SWAMP SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
RUSTY BLACKBIRD (Beaver, Mercer, and Washington Counties)
PURPLE FINCH
Contributors: Mark Bowers, Marcy Cunkelman, Mike Fialkovich, Steve Gosser,
Scott Gregg, Leonard and Linda Hess, Margaret Higbee, Craig Kern, Geoff
Malosh, Cindy McConnell, Jerry McWilliams, Jen Slade, Jack and Sue
Solomon, Leo Stember, Ryan Tomazin, Mark Vass, Timothy Vechter, Paul
Weigman, Carole Willenpart, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 8 April 2007 through Sunday, 15 April 2007
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Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
From last week: on 4/2 at Lock & Dam #2, 7 LESSER SCAUP (DY). In Fox
Chapel on 4/2, 1 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW (DY). On 4/3 in Etna, 1
BARN SWALLOW (DY). On 4/3 in Cheswick, 1 COMMON RAVEN (DY).
Along Moody Road on 4/10, sightings included 1 RUDDY DUCK, 4 BUFFLEHEADS,
4 RING-NECKED DUCKS (MV).
On 4/10 at the Imperial grasslands, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 22 WILSON'S
SNIPE, 1 Pied-billed Grebe (MV).
At Frick Park on 4/10, sightings included BROWN THRASHER, WINTER WREN; on
4/11, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, HERMIT THRUSH; on 4/12, 4 WINTER WRENS,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, Field Sparrow, FOX
SPARROW (SS); on 4/13, 1 singing LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, WINTER WREN (JS
and SS); on 4/14, WINTER WREN, FOX SPARROW, HERMIT THRUSH, Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-throated Sparrow (SS).
On 4/11 in north Oakland, 2 Brown-headed Cowbirds (LS).
In East Liberty on 4/10, 1 BROAD-WINGED HAWK, 1 FOX SPARROW, 1 Yellow-
bellied Sapsucker, 1 BROWN THRASHER; on 4/14, 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers,
26 White-throated Sparrows, 7 Dark-eyed Juncos, and others (DY).
At Dashields Dam on 4/13, 2 FORSTER'S TERNS, 41 Double-crested Cormorants;
on 4/15, 14 CASPIAN TERNS, 5 FORSTER'S TERNS, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 BARN
SWALLOWS (MV).
On 4/14 in Etna, sightings included 2 hen RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 8
BUFFLEHEADS, 1 HORNED GREBE (DY).
At Lock & Dam #2 in Highland Park on 4/14, 4 BUFFLEHEADS, 3 LESSER SCAUP
(DY).
On 4/14 in Blawnox, 9 BUFFLEHEADS (DY).
At Homewood Cemetery on 4/14, 1 FOX SPARROW (MF).
In Sewickley on 4/14, 1 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (Walker Park), 1 YELLOW-
THROATED WARBLER (Pontefrac Park) (MF).
BEAVER COUNTY:
From last week: in Hopewell Township through 4/1, 2+ PURPLE FINCHES; on
4/5, Chipping Sparrow (reported to MV by Bill Walbek).
At Little Blue Lake on 4/10, sightings included 20 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 44
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 4 GADWALL, 11 AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS, 20 SCAUP SP., 13 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, flock of Dark-eyed Juncos;
on 4/15, 13 COMMON LOONS, 7 BUFFLEHEADS, 32 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 51 GREEN-
WINGED TEAL, 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 10 AMERICAN WIGEON (MV).
On 4/10 at Ambridge Reservoir, 3 COMMON LOONS, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 6 GREATER
SCAUP, 4 BUFFLEHEADS, 4 HORNED GREBES, 6 Hooded Mergansers, 3 NORTHERN
SHOVELERS, 2 GADWALL, 1 BONAPARTE'S GULL; on 4/15, 36 COMMON LOONS, 4 LONG-
TAILED DUCKS, 4 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 5 LESSER SCAUP, 5 HORNED GREBES
(MV).
At Independence Marsh on 4/10, sightings included 1 GREAT EGRET, 4
BUFFLEHEADS, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 Hooded Merganser;
on 4/15, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 2 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS (MV).
On 4/10 at Brady's Run Lake, 1 OSPREY (SGr).
Over West Mayfield on 4/12, 1 immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK (SGr).
On 4/12 in Rochester, 1 COMMON LOON (MV).
At a marsh in northern Beaver County on 4/12, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 16 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS, 24 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, several SWAMP SPARROWS (MV).
On 4/12 at the Big Beaver Wetlands, sightings included 4 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 3 American Coots (MV).
At the Three Rivers gravel pond on 4/12, 13 LESSER SCAUP, 6 Hooded
Mergansers, many TREE SWALLOWS, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS (MV).
BUTLER COUNTY:
On 4/8 at Moraine State Park, ~100 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 2 OSPREY, 3
COMMON LOONS, BUFFLEHEAD, Pied-billed Grebe, HORNED GREBE, 2 RUDDY DUCKS,
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, SCAUP SP., Wood Ducks (CM); on 4/9, sightings included
a pair of LONG-TAILED DUCKS, ~160 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 1 MERLIN, 1
TREE SWALLOW, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 BROWN THRASHER (reported to MV by
Debbie Darney). On 4/10, BONAPARTE'S GULLS, TREE SWALLOWS, 2 GREAT EGRETS,
1 OSPREY, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 200+ RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS, 8 REDHEADS, 100+ BUFFLEHEADS, 75+ RUDDY DUCKS, 20+ LESSER
SCAUP, 30 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 15+ Wood Ducks, 6 COMMON LOONS, 20+ HORNED
GREBES, 50+ American Coots (MF). On 4/13, sightings included 3 GREAT
EGRETS, 100+ Double-crested Cormorants, 3-4 COMMON LOONS, Wood Duck,
LESSER SCAUP, RING-NECKED DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, BUFFLEHEAD, American
Coot, Pied-Billed Grebe, HORNED GREBE, female RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS,
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 OSPREY, Turkey Vulture, AMERICAN PIPIT, Eastern
Towhee, TREE SWALLOWS, Red-Winged Blackbirds (SGo).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle State Park on 4/9, 1 SANDHILL CRANE, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL (JM); on 4/10, sightings included numerous BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 1
flyover SANDHILL CRANE, 1 LONG-EARED OWL, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 4 SURF
SCOTERS, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, CASPIAN TERNS, FORSTER'S TERNS, HORNED
GREBES, COMMON LOONS, SCAUP SP., RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, and others (GM).
On 4/14, sightings included 1 Barred Owl (very unusual for the park), 15
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 3 HERMIT THRUSHES, 1 singing WINTER WREN, 2
BROWN THRASHERS, 10 SURF SCOTERS, 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, pair of BLUE-
WINGED TEAL, 1 BARN SWALLOW, TREE SWALLOWS, Gray Catbird, 6 FOX SPARROWS,
flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers, 14 DUNLIN, 56 CASPIAN TERNS, 1 PEREGRINE
FALCON, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 1 SAVANNAH SPARROW, 1 GREAT EGRET (MV with
Dave Darney and Bob Machesney).
On 4/14 in Wesleyville Borough, 1 singing Northern Mockingbird (CK).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
On 4/11 at Jacob's Creek Lake, sightings included 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1
BUFFLEHEAD, 1 HORNED GREBE, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 1 Double-crested
Cormorant, 6 American Coots (MF). On 4/15, 23 Double-crested Cormorants,
11 COMMON LOONS, 15 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 12 American Coots, 3 RING-
NECKED DUCKS, 8 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 1 HORNED GREBE, 1
CASPIAN TERN, 5 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 6 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS (LH).
INDIANA COUNTY:
At Yellow Creek State Park on 4/9, 1 BALD EAGLE, 1 OSPREY, 1 WILSON'S
SNIPE, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 17 AMERICAN PIPITS; on 4/10, 4 Wood
Ducks, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 4 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 6 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 16 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2 GREATER SCAUP, 36 LESSER SCAUP,
116 BUFFLEHEADS, 28 RUDDY DUCKS, 1 COMMON LOON, 10 Pied-billed Grebes, 11
HORNED GREBES, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 5 Double-crested Cormorants, 3 GREAT
EGRETS, 227 American Coots, 47 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 1 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH,
and others (MHi). On 4/14, 1 adult BALD EAGLE, Turkey Vultures, 13+ Pied-
billed Grebes, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 COMMON LOON, many BUFFLEHEADS, American
Coots, small raft of SCAUP SP., 2 CASPIAN TERNS, many TREE SWALLOWS,
Eastern Phoebes, RING-NECKED DUCKS, and others (MC).
In clarksburg on 4/11, 1 singing LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, singing Dark-eyed
Juncos, singing White-throated Sparrows, calling RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET;
through 4/14, singing PURPLE FINCHES, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-throated
Sparrows (MC).
At Musser's Pond on 4/14, TREE SWALLOWS, BUFFLEHEADS, Pied-billed Grebes,
RING-NECKED DUCKS (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
From last week: in Perry Township on 4/6, 2 Eastern Phoebes, 1 Eastern
Towhee, 1 lone male and 2 pairs of Wood Ducks (JSl).
At Black Swamp on 4/10, 2 OSPREYS, 1 GREAT EGRET; at nearby ponds were
LESSER SCAUP, RUDDY DUCKS, RING-NECKED DUCKS, American Coots, Double-
crested Cormorants (MF).
On 4/10 in Edinburg, pair of NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 6 American Coots, 5 RUDDY
DUCKS, 2 BUFFLEHEADS, 3 Pied-billed Grebes, 1 HORNED GREBE; on 4/14, 4
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 6 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 20+ BUFFLEHEADS, 18+ RUDDY DUCKS, 3
HORNED GREBES, 1 Wood Duck, 12+ American Coots, 1 TUNDRA SWAN (CM).
MERCER COUNTY:
At Pennsy Swamp on 4/10, TREE SWALLOWS, singing SWAMP SPARROWS, RING-
NECKED DUCKS, 1 male NORTHERN SHOVELER, pair of GREEN-WINGED TEAL, Wood
Ducks, Pied-billed Grebes, 2 FOX SPARROWS, 4 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 16 flyover
AMERICAN PIPITS (MF).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
On 4/13 between the outflow and the confluence with the Casselman River, 1
OSPREY, several Eastern Phoebes, 25-30 Turkey Vultures, SWALLOW SP. (PW).
VENANGO COUNTY:
On 4/11 in Cranberry, 1 adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (CW).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
At Canonsburg Lake on 4/9, sightings included 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 1
GREAT EGRET, 1 Hooded Merganser, 4-5 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS (MV).
On the evening of 4/11, 1 singing RUSTY BLACKBIRD (RT).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
At Saint Vincent Lake through 4/9, 1 OSPREY (TV).
On 4/9 in West Newton, 1 TREE SWALLOW, 1 Wood Duck, and others (MB).
At Donegal Lake on 4/15, sightings included 1 COMMON LOON, 2 RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS, 1 HORNED GREBE, 2 OSPREY, 2 Turkey Vultures, 12 BARN SWALLOWS,
1 SWAMP SPARROW, 1 Eastern Meadowlark (LH).
On 4/15 at Acme Dam, sightings included 1 FORSTER'S TERN, 7 GREATER SCAUP,
1 American Coot, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 2 CLIFF SWALLOWS, 40+ BARN, TREE,
AND NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, 2 Killdeer, 1 Ring-necked Pheasant
(LH).
At Bridgeport Dam on 4/15, 2 HORNED GREBES, 1 TREE SWALLOW, 1 American
Coot (LH).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE04.15.07
Highlights:
COMMON LOON
HORNED GREBE
RED-NECKED GREBE (Indiana County)
GREAT EGRET
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Venango County)
TUNDRA SWAN
RING-NECKED DUCK
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
NORTHERN SHOVELER
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
GADWALL
AMERICAN WIGEON
REDHEAD
LESSER SCAUP
GREATER SCAUP
RUDDY DUCK
BUFFLEHEAD
SURF SCOTER
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER (Erie County)
LONG-TAILED DUCK (Beaver, Butler, and Erie Counties)
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
BALD EAGLE
MERLIN (Butler County)
PEREGRINE FALCON
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
OSPREY
NORTHERN HARRIER
VIRGINIA RAIL (Beaver County)
SANDHILL CRANE (Erie County)
DUNLIN (Erie County)
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
WILSON'S SNIPE
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Erie County)
BONAPARTE'S GULL
FORSTER'S TERN
CASPIAN TERN
LONG-EARED OWL (Erie County)
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
COMMON RAVEN
TREE SWALLOW
BARN SWALLOW
CLIFF SWALLOW
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
WINTER WREN
BROWN THRASHER
AMERICAN PIPIT (Butler, Indiana, and Mercer Counties)
HERMIT THRUSH
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
FOX SPARROW
SWAMP SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
RUSTY BLACKBIRD (Beaver, Mercer, and Washington Counties)
PURPLE FINCH
Contributors: Mark Bowers, Marcy Cunkelman, Mike Fialkovich, Steve Gosser,
Scott Gregg, Leonard and Linda Hess, Margaret Higbee, Craig Kern, Geoff
Malosh, Cindy McConnell, Jerry McWilliams, Jen Slade, Jack and Sue
Solomon, Leo Stember, Ryan Tomazin, Mark Vass, Timothy Vechter, Paul
Weigman, Carole Willenpart, Dan Yagusic.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Sunday, 8 April 2007 through Sunday, 15 April 2007
***This report is distributed by e-mail only. Compiler is not responsible
for errors on websites who reproduce/reprint these reports. If you would
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Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
From last week: on 4/2 at Lock & Dam #2, 7 LESSER SCAUP (DY). In Fox
Chapel on 4/2, 1 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW (DY). On 4/3 in Etna, 1
BARN SWALLOW (DY). On 4/3 in Cheswick, 1 COMMON RAVEN (DY).
Along Moody Road on 4/10, sightings included 1 RUDDY DUCK, 4 BUFFLEHEADS,
4 RING-NECKED DUCKS (MV).
On 4/10 at the Imperial grasslands, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 22 WILSON'S
SNIPE, 1 Pied-billed Grebe (MV).
At Frick Park on 4/10, sightings included BROWN THRASHER, WINTER WREN; on
4/11, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, HERMIT THRUSH; on 4/12, 4 WINTER WRENS,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, Field Sparrow, FOX
SPARROW (SS); on 4/13, 1 singing LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, WINTER WREN (JS
and SS); on 4/14, WINTER WREN, FOX SPARROW, HERMIT THRUSH, Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-throated Sparrow (SS).
On 4/11 in north Oakland, 2 Brown-headed Cowbirds (LS).
In East Liberty on 4/10, 1 BROAD-WINGED HAWK, 1 FOX SPARROW, 1 Yellow-
bellied Sapsucker, 1 BROWN THRASHER; on 4/14, 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers,
26 White-throated Sparrows, 7 Dark-eyed Juncos, and others (DY).
At Dashields Dam on 4/13, 2 FORSTER'S TERNS, 41 Double-crested Cormorants;
on 4/15, 14 CASPIAN TERNS, 5 FORSTER'S TERNS, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 BARN
SWALLOWS (MV).
On 4/14 in Etna, sightings included 2 hen RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 8
BUFFLEHEADS, 1 HORNED GREBE (DY).
At Lock & Dam #2 in Highland Park on 4/14, 4 BUFFLEHEADS, 3 LESSER SCAUP
(DY).
On 4/14 in Blawnox, 9 BUFFLEHEADS (DY).
At Homewood Cemetery on 4/14, 1 FOX SPARROW (MF).
In Sewickley on 4/14, 1 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (Walker Park), 1 YELLOW-
THROATED WARBLER (Pontefrac Park) (MF).
BEAVER COUNTY:
From last week: in Hopewell Township through 4/1, 2+ PURPLE FINCHES; on
4/5, Chipping Sparrow (reported to MV by Bill Walbek).
At Little Blue Lake on 4/10, sightings included 20 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 44
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 4 GADWALL, 11 AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS, 20 SCAUP SP., 13 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, flock of Dark-eyed Juncos;
on 4/15, 13 COMMON LOONS, 7 BUFFLEHEADS, 32 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 51 GREEN-
WINGED TEAL, 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 10 AMERICAN WIGEON (MV).
On 4/10 at Ambridge Reservoir, 3 COMMON LOONS, 1 LESSER SCAUP, 6 GREATER
SCAUP, 4 BUFFLEHEADS, 4 HORNED GREBES, 6 Hooded Mergansers, 3 NORTHERN
SHOVELERS, 2 GADWALL, 1 BONAPARTE'S GULL; on 4/15, 36 COMMON LOONS, 4 LONG-
TAILED DUCKS, 4 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 5 LESSER SCAUP, 5 HORNED GREBES
(MV).
At Independence Marsh on 4/10, sightings included 1 GREAT EGRET, 4
BUFFLEHEADS, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 Hooded Merganser;
on 4/15, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 2 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS (MV).
On 4/10 at Brady's Run Lake, 1 OSPREY (SGr).
Over West Mayfield on 4/12, 1 immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK (SGr).
On 4/12 in Rochester, 1 COMMON LOON (MV).
At a marsh in northern Beaver County on 4/12, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 16 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS, 24 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, several SWAMP SPARROWS (MV).
On 4/12 at the Big Beaver Wetlands, sightings included 4 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 3 American Coots (MV).
At the Three Rivers gravel pond on 4/12, 13 LESSER SCAUP, 6 Hooded
Mergansers, many TREE SWALLOWS, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS (MV).
BUTLER COUNTY:
On 4/8 at Moraine State Park, ~100 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 2 OSPREY, 3
COMMON LOONS, BUFFLEHEAD, Pied-billed Grebe, HORNED GREBE, 2 RUDDY DUCKS,
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, SCAUP SP., Wood Ducks (CM); on 4/9, sightings included
a pair of LONG-TAILED DUCKS, ~160 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 1 MERLIN, 1
TREE SWALLOW, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 BROWN THRASHER (reported to MV by
Debbie Darney). On 4/10, BONAPARTE'S GULLS, TREE SWALLOWS, 2 GREAT EGRETS,
1 OSPREY, 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 200+ RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS, 8 REDHEADS, 100+ BUFFLEHEADS, 75+ RUDDY DUCKS, 20+ LESSER
SCAUP, 30 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 15+ Wood Ducks, 6 COMMON LOONS, 20+ HORNED
GREBES, 50+ American Coots (MF). On 4/13, sightings included 3 GREAT
EGRETS, 100+ Double-crested Cormorants, 3-4 COMMON LOONS, Wood Duck,
LESSER SCAUP, RING-NECKED DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, BUFFLEHEAD, American
Coot, Pied-Billed Grebe, HORNED GREBE, female RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS,
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 OSPREY, Turkey Vulture, AMERICAN PIPIT, Eastern
Towhee, TREE SWALLOWS, Red-Winged Blackbirds (SGo).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle State Park on 4/9, 1 SANDHILL CRANE, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL (JM); on 4/10, sightings included numerous BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 1
flyover SANDHILL CRANE, 1 LONG-EARED OWL, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 4 SURF
SCOTERS, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, CASPIAN TERNS, FORSTER'S TERNS, HORNED
GREBES, COMMON LOONS, SCAUP SP., RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, and others (GM).
On 4/14, sightings included 1 Barred Owl (very unusual for the park), 15
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 3 HERMIT THRUSHES, 1 singing WINTER WREN, 2
BROWN THRASHERS, 10 SURF SCOTERS, 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, pair of BLUE-
WINGED TEAL, 1 BARN SWALLOW, TREE SWALLOWS, Gray Catbird, 6 FOX SPARROWS,
flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers, 14 DUNLIN, 56 CASPIAN TERNS, 1 PEREGRINE
FALCON, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 1 SAVANNAH SPARROW, 1 GREAT EGRET (MV with
Dave Darney and Bob Machesney).
On 4/14 in Wesleyville Borough, 1 singing Northern Mockingbird (CK).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
On 4/11 at Jacob's Creek Lake, sightings included 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1
BUFFLEHEAD, 1 HORNED GREBE, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 1 Double-crested
Cormorant, 6 American Coots (MF). On 4/15, 23 Double-crested Cormorants,
11 COMMON LOONS, 15 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 12 American Coots, 3 RING-
NECKED DUCKS, 8 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 1 HORNED GREBE, 1
CASPIAN TERN, 5 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 6 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS (LH).
INDIANA COUNTY:
At Yellow Creek State Park on 4/9, 1 BALD EAGLE, 1 OSPREY, 1 WILSON'S
SNIPE, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 17 AMERICAN PIPITS; on 4/10, 4 Wood
Ducks, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 4 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 6 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 16 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2 GREATER SCAUP, 36 LESSER SCAUP,
116 BUFFLEHEADS, 28 RUDDY DUCKS, 1 COMMON LOON, 10 Pied-billed Grebes, 11
HORNED GREBES, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 5 Double-crested Cormorants, 3 GREAT
EGRETS, 227 American Coots, 47 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 1 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH,
and others (MHi). On 4/14, 1 adult BALD EAGLE, Turkey Vultures, 13+ Pied-
billed Grebes, 1 GREAT EGRET, 1 COMMON LOON, many BUFFLEHEADS, American
Coots, small raft of SCAUP SP., 2 CASPIAN TERNS, many TREE SWALLOWS,
Eastern Phoebes, RING-NECKED DUCKS, and others (MC).
In clarksburg on 4/11, 1 singing LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, singing Dark-eyed
Juncos, singing White-throated Sparrows, calling RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET;
through 4/14, singing PURPLE FINCHES, Dark-eyed Juncos, White-throated
Sparrows (MC).
At Musser's Pond on 4/14, TREE SWALLOWS, BUFFLEHEADS, Pied-billed Grebes,
RING-NECKED DUCKS (MC).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
From last week: in Perry Township on 4/6, 2 Eastern Phoebes, 1 Eastern
Towhee, 1 lone male and 2 pairs of Wood Ducks (JSl).
At Black Swamp on 4/10, 2 OSPREYS, 1 GREAT EGRET; at nearby ponds were
LESSER SCAUP, RUDDY DUCKS, RING-NECKED DUCKS, American Coots, Double-
crested Cormorants (MF).
On 4/10 in Edinburg, pair of NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 6 American Coots, 5 RUDDY
DUCKS, 2 BUFFLEHEADS, 3 Pied-billed Grebes, 1 HORNED GREBE; on 4/14, 4
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 6 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 20+ BUFFLEHEADS, 18+ RUDDY DUCKS, 3
HORNED GREBES, 1 Wood Duck, 12+ American Coots, 1 TUNDRA SWAN (CM).
MERCER COUNTY:
At Pennsy Swamp on 4/10, TREE SWALLOWS, singing SWAMP SPARROWS, RING-
NECKED DUCKS, 1 male NORTHERN SHOVELER, pair of GREEN-WINGED TEAL, Wood
Ducks, Pied-billed Grebes, 2 FOX SPARROWS, 4 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 16 flyover
AMERICAN PIPITS (MF).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
On 4/13 between the outflow and the confluence with the Casselman River, 1
OSPREY, several Eastern Phoebes, 25-30 Turkey Vultures, SWALLOW SP. (PW).
VENANGO COUNTY:
On 4/11 in Cranberry, 1 adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (CW).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
At Canonsburg Lake on 4/9, sightings included 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 1
GREAT EGRET, 1 Hooded Merganser, 4-5 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS (MV).
On the evening of 4/11, 1 singing RUSTY BLACKBIRD (RT).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
At Saint Vincent Lake through 4/9, 1 OSPREY (TV).
On 4/9 in West Newton, 1 TREE SWALLOW, 1 Wood Duck, and others (MB).
At Donegal Lake on 4/15, sightings included 1 COMMON LOON, 2 RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS, 1 HORNED GREBE, 2 OSPREY, 2 Turkey Vultures, 12 BARN SWALLOWS,
1 SWAMP SPARROW, 1 Eastern Meadowlark (LH).
On 4/15 at Acme Dam, sightings included 1 FORSTER'S TERN, 7 GREATER SCAUP,
1 American Coot, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 2 CLIFF SWALLOWS, 40+ BARN, TREE,
AND NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, 2 Killdeer, 1 Ring-necked Pheasant
(LH).
At Bridgeport Dam on 4/15, 2 HORNED GREBES, 1 TREE SWALLOW, 1 American
Coot (LH).
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Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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