- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* May 10, 2007
* PAEA0705.10
- Birds mentioned
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
WHIP-POOR-WILL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
COMMON TERN
LARK SPARROW (apparently gone)
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: May 10th at 9:00 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 May 10th at 9:00 PM.
There will be a field trip to Leaser Lake on May 12th. Meet at the Tilghman
Square Parking lot, near the Red Robin restaurant, just west of Route 309 at
6:30 AM. Trip leader will be Fritz Brock.
There will also be a field trip to the Lehigh Canal towpath near
Freemansburg on May 13th. Meet at the Park & Ride Lot at the William Penn
Highway exit of Route 33 at 7:00 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 NORTH BANGOR area, Northampton County included:
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 on 5/3.
Sightings from UPPER MOUNT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Northern Harrier - 1 during this past week (along Miller Road).
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK PPL POWER PLANT area, Northampton County
included:
Peregrine Falcons - 2 during this past week
Bobolinks - seen on 5/5.
Sightings from the ALBERT ROAD PONDS, Northampton County included:
Hooded Merganser - 1 on 5/7.
Sightings from JACOBSBURG STATE PARK, Northampton County included:
Bald Eagle - 1 on 5/2 ('fly-by')
Winter Wren - 1 on 5/6 to at least 5/10
White-eyed Vireo - 1 on 5/6.
Sightings from the FREEMANSBURG area, Northampton County included:
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER - 1 on 5/4 (at the Farmersville Road area along the
Lehigh River).
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
Blue-winged Teal - 4 to at least 5/7
Semipalmated Plover - 1 from 5/3 to at least 5/9; 8 on 5/10
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 83 on 5/4
Great Black-backed Gull - 1 to at least 5/7.
Sightings from the KUNKLETOWN area, Monroe County included:
Swainson's Thrush - 1 on 5/6.
Also Magnolia Warbler.
Sightings from the SAYLORSBURG area, Monroe County included:
Fox Sparrow - 1 on 5/8.
Also Dark-eyed Junco.
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
Snow Goose - 1 on 5/8
Ruffed Grouse - 1 on 5/8
WHIP-POOR-WILL - 1 on 5/4
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER - 1 on 5/10 (SW corner of the picnic area).
Also Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser, Bonaparte's
Gull, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, American Pipit, Bobolink, White-crowned Sparrow,
and warblers that included Cape May, Hooded, Magnolia, and Blackburnian.
Sightings from the PENN FOREST RESERVOIR area, Carbon County included:
Ruffed Grouse - 1 on 5/3 and 5/4.
Sightings from LEHIGH FURNACE GAP, Lehigh County included:
Worm-eating Warbler - 1 on 5/8.
Sightings from HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
Along Bake Oven Road: Cerulean and Worm-eating Warbler.
Along Handwerk Road: Horned Lark and Bobolink.
Along Fritzinger Road: Bobolink.
Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County included:
Bank Swallow, Horned Lark, Blackburnian and Worm-eating Warbler, Bobolink,
and Vesper Sparrow.
Sightings from LYNN TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
Hermit Thrush - seen on 5/6.
Also Hooded and Blackburnian Warbler, and White-crowned Sparrow.
Sightings from WEISENBERG TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
UPLAND SANDPIPERS - 2 on 5/6 and 5/7 (along Homestead Road).
Also Horned Lark, Bobolink, and Vesper and Grasshopper Sparrow.
Sightings from the WHITEHALL PARKWAY, Lehigh County included:
Dark-eyed Junco - 1 on 5/4.
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
At Cedar Creek Park (Lake Muhlenberg):
Snow Geese - 2 on 5/4; 3 on 5/10.
And, on the PPL building: Peregrine Falcon - 1 on 5/4.
Sightings from UPPER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
Along Cetronia Road behind Air Products:
Common Shelduck - 1 on 5/2 (most likely an escapee)
Semipalmated Plover - 1 on 5/4.
Sightings from the BREINIGSVILLE area, Lehigh County included:
Dunlin - 4 on 5/9 (at the intersection of Long Lane and Tillage Road).
Sightings from LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
American Pipit - 1 on 5/7 (at a small retention pond).
Sightings from the QUAKERTOWN area, Bucks County included:
Solitary Sandpipers - 17 on 5/7
Wilson's Snipe - 1 on 5/7
American Pipit - 1 on 5/7.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
Hooded Mergansers - 2 to at least 5/3
Bonaparte's Gull - seen during this past week
COMMON TERN - 1 back on 5/2
Common Nighthawk - seen on 5/2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - seen on 5/5
Hermit Thrush - seen on 5/5
Yellow-throated Vireo - seen on 5/2
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 on 5/5.
Rusty Blackbird - seen back on 5/2.
Also Bald Eagle, Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoo, and Magnolia and
Blackburnian Warbler.
Sightings from BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, Bucks County included:
LARK SPARROW - last reported on 5/1 (at the Maple Knoll Farm).
Notable birds seen at several sites during this past week included
Double-crested Cormorant, Green Heron, Spotted, Solitary, and Least
Sandpiper, Eastern Kingbird, Great Crested and Least Flycatcher, Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, Brown Thrasher, Wood Thrush, Veery, Gray Catbird, Baltimore and
Orchard Oriole, Indigo Bunting, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager,
Red-eyed, Blue-headed, and Warbling Vireo, and warblers that included Palm,
Prairie, Blue-winged, Nashville, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Chestnut-sided,
Black-and-white, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Ovenbird,
Northern Parula, American Redstart, and Common Yellowthroat.
- End transcript
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* May 10, 2007
* PAEA0705.10
- Birds mentioned
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
WHIP-POOR-WILL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
COMMON TERN
LARK SPARROW (apparently gone)
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: May 10th at 9:00 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 May 10th at 9:00 PM.
There will be a field trip to Leaser Lake on May 12th. Meet at the Tilghman
Square Parking lot, near the Red Robin restaurant, just west of Route 309 at
6:30 AM. Trip leader will be Fritz Brock.
There will also be a field trip to the Lehigh Canal towpath near
Freemansburg on May 13th. Meet at the Park & Ride Lot at the William Penn
Highway exit of Route 33 at 7:00 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 NORTH BANGOR area, Northampton County included:
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 on 5/3.
Sightings from UPPER MOUNT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Northern Harrier - 1 during this past week (along Miller Road).
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK PPL POWER PLANT area, Northampton County
included:
Peregrine Falcons - 2 during this past week
Bobolinks - seen on 5/5.
Sightings from the ALBERT ROAD PONDS, Northampton County included:
Hooded Merganser - 1 on 5/7.
Sightings from JACOBSBURG STATE PARK, Northampton County included:
Bald Eagle - 1 on 5/2 ('fly-by')
Winter Wren - 1 on 5/6 to at least 5/10
White-eyed Vireo - 1 on 5/6.
Sightings from the FREEMANSBURG area, Northampton County included:
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER - 1 on 5/4 (at the Farmersville Road area along the
Lehigh River).
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County included:
Blue-winged Teal - 4 to at least 5/7
Semipalmated Plover - 1 from 5/3 to at least 5/9; 8 on 5/10
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 83 on 5/4
Great Black-backed Gull - 1 to at least 5/7.
Sightings from the KUNKLETOWN area, Monroe County included:
Swainson's Thrush - 1 on 5/6.
Also Magnolia Warbler.
Sightings from the SAYLORSBURG area, Monroe County included:
Fox Sparrow - 1 on 5/8.
Also Dark-eyed Junco.
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
Snow Goose - 1 on 5/8
Ruffed Grouse - 1 on 5/8
WHIP-POOR-WILL - 1 on 5/4
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER - 1 on 5/10 (SW corner of the picnic area).
Also Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser, Bonaparte's
Gull, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, American Pipit, Bobolink, White-crowned Sparrow,
and warblers that included Cape May, Hooded, Magnolia, and Blackburnian.
Sightings from the PENN FOREST RESERVOIR area, Carbon County included:
Ruffed Grouse - 1 on 5/3 and 5/4.
Sightings from LEHIGH FURNACE GAP, Lehigh County included:
Worm-eating Warbler - 1 on 5/8.
Sightings from HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
Along Bake Oven Road: Cerulean and Worm-eating Warbler.
Along Handwerk Road: Horned Lark and Bobolink.
Along Fritzinger Road: Bobolink.
Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County included:
Bank Swallow, Horned Lark, Blackburnian and Worm-eating Warbler, Bobolink,
and Vesper Sparrow.
Sightings from LYNN TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
Hermit Thrush - seen on 5/6.
Also Hooded and Blackburnian Warbler, and White-crowned Sparrow.
Sightings from WEISENBERG TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
UPLAND SANDPIPERS - 2 on 5/6 and 5/7 (along Homestead Road).
Also Horned Lark, Bobolink, and Vesper and Grasshopper Sparrow.
Sightings from the WHITEHALL PARKWAY, Lehigh County included:
Dark-eyed Junco - 1 on 5/4.
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
At Cedar Creek Park (Lake Muhlenberg):
Snow Geese - 2 on 5/4; 3 on 5/10.
And, on the PPL building: Peregrine Falcon - 1 on 5/4.
Sightings from UPPER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
Along Cetronia Road behind Air Products:
Common Shelduck - 1 on 5/2 (most likely an escapee)
Semipalmated Plover - 1 on 5/4.
Sightings from the BREINIGSVILLE area, Lehigh County included:
Dunlin - 4 on 5/9 (at the intersection of Long Lane and Tillage Road).
Sightings from LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
American Pipit - 1 on 5/7 (at a small retention pond).
Sightings from the QUAKERTOWN area, Bucks County included:
Solitary Sandpipers - 17 on 5/7
Wilson's Snipe - 1 on 5/7
American Pipit - 1 on 5/7.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
Hooded Mergansers - 2 to at least 5/3
Bonaparte's Gull - seen during this past week
COMMON TERN - 1 back on 5/2
Common Nighthawk - seen on 5/2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - seen on 5/5
Hermit Thrush - seen on 5/5
Yellow-throated Vireo - seen on 5/2
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 on 5/5.
Rusty Blackbird - seen back on 5/2.
Also Bald Eagle, Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoo, and Magnolia and
Blackburnian Warbler.
Sightings from BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, Bucks County included:
LARK SPARROW - last reported on 5/1 (at the Maple Knoll Farm).
Notable birds seen at several sites during this past week included
Double-crested Cormorant, Green Heron, Spotted, Solitary, and Least
Sandpiper, Eastern Kingbird, Great Crested and Least Flycatcher, Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, Brown Thrasher, Wood Thrush, Veery, Gray Catbird, Baltimore and
Orchard Oriole, Indigo Bunting, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager,
Red-eyed, Blue-headed, and Warbling Vireo, and warblers that included Palm,
Prairie, Blue-winged, Nashville, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Chestnut-sided,
Black-and-white, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Ovenbird,
Northern Parula, American Redstart, and Common Yellowthroat.
- End transcript