Central PA Birdline
- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Central Pennsylvania
* May 10, 2007
* PACE0705.10
Bird Highlights
YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Dauphin Co.)
EARED GREBE (Luzerne Co.)
LITTLE BLUE HERON (York Co.)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS (Lancaster Co.)
SORA (Centre, Cumberland & Dauphin Cos.)
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (Adams & York Cos.)
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (Lancaster Co.)
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (Dauphin & Juniata Cos.)
"BREWSTER'S WARBLER" (Dauphin Co.)
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Dauphin & Lancaster Cos.)
SUMMER TANAGER (Dauphin Co.)
BLUE GROSBEAK (Lancaster Co.)
PAINTED BUNTING (Wyoming Co.)
- Transcript
Hotline: Central Pennsylvania Birdline
Date: May 10, 2007
To Report: TimeTraveler@email.msn.com
Compiler: Mark A. McConaughy
TimeTraveler@email.msn.com
Coverage: Central Pennsylvania, Susquehanna River
Drainage System
Transcriber: Mark A. McConaughy
Welcome to Pennsylvania Audubon's and the Patriot-News' Birdline. This
Birdline covers sightings made primarily during the week prior to
Thursday, May 10, 2007.
ADAMS COUNTY:
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the Siefken's property on May 6
(DSi, RSi).
BEDFORD/SOMERSET COUNTY:
Allegheny Front Hawk Watch reported counting 1 BLACK VULTURE, 20 OSPREY,
2 BALD EAGLE, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 9 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 13 COOPER'S
HAWKS, 11 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 12 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 1 GOLDEN EAGLE
between May 3 and 7 (EG, JRo, GF, NF, MMc, BS, EH).
CENTRE COUNTY:
A juvenile BALD EAGLE and a calling SORA were at Millbrook Marsh on the
evening of May 2 (NB).
CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
State Game Lands 169 yielded SORA, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE and 2 RED-HEADED
WOODPECKERS on May 2 (DC, LC).
DAUPHIN COUNTY:
The previously reported PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at Wildwood Lake Nature
Preserve in northern Harrisburg continued to be observed through at
least May 4 (AS). A SORA was seen at Wildwood Lake on May 5 (RM).
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found at State Game Lands 246 on May 4
(RK, JR).
A YELLOW-BILLED LOON was seen with 3 COMMON LOONS in the Susquehanna
River on May 4 from Routes 11/15 between the Harvey Taylor Bridge and
West Fairview Boat Lauch (CR). It was seen later that evening on May 4
just north of the Wade Bridge (first bridge south of the West Fairview
Boat Launch)(RK). It was still present between May 5 and the early
morning of May 7 in the same general area (DW, AK, LU, CR, JH, DK, CK,
EP, TP, AT, DD, JD, DWe, SS, KG, Asa, TJ, TL, DB, LLH, EW, DH). There is
a report that the YELLOW-THROATED LOON was seen taking off after 6 AM on
May 7, and it flew north over the I-81 bridge along the Susquehanna
River (BM). It has not been seen near the Harvey Taylor Bridge since the
early morning of May 7 (LU, DH).
A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (where the paved Stony Creek Road becomes a dirt
road [Elizabeth Furnace area?]) and 1 BREWSTER'S WARBLER (at the power
line along Hahn Road) were found in Stony Creek Valley on May 5 (TS,
CR).
A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was found in Weiser State Forest on May 7 (DH).
State Game Lands 246 produced a SUMMER TANAGER on the morning of May 9
(DH, ASt).
JUNIATA COUNTY:
A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen along Mountain Road near the clear cut
behind Oakland Mills on May 7 (CK, AT).
LANCASTER COUNTY:
An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at an unspecified location in the
county on May 2 (AO).
The BALD EAGLE chick in the Holtwood Tailrace nest is now large enough
to be observed being fed by its parents. It was fed a large fish
(probably a Gizzard Shad) on May 3 (CC).
There were 2 male BLUE GROSBEAKS in the Ash Basin #2 on May 5 (JS).
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS were observed behind Ephrata Hospital on May
5 (JM).
There were 2 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS and 2 YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS at
Conoy Canal Park near Falmouth on May 7 (DH).
A walk along Pumping Station Road from its intersection with Route 322
on May 9 found 1 BLUE GROSBEAK (CC).
LUZERNE COUNTY:
An EARED GREBE was observed in the Susquehanna River from Kirby Park on
May 3 (JD).
MIFFLIN COUNTY:
A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was found along Licking Creek Road above
Mattawana on May 5 (MK, JDu).
SCHUYKILL/BERKS COUNTY:
Hawk Mountain reported counting 5 OSPREY, 1 BALD EAGLE, 1 NORTHERN
HARRIER, 4 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 2 COOPER'S HAWKS, 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK,
8 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 9 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS between
May 3 and 9 (LG).
WYOMING COUNTY:
A male PAINTED BUNTING is visiting a feeder at a private residence in
Meshoppen through at least May 6 (JSk). Unfortunately, the private
residence is not open to visitors at this time (JSk).
YORK COUNTY:
A LITTLE BLUE HERON was observed on May 3 at the PPL wetlands project at
Brunner's Island (LC, DC).
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was observed catching insects on the Defense
Distribution Center grounds (not open to the public) on May 8 (SW).
Closing Announcements:
If you miss the usual Thursday postings of the Central PA Birdline on
BIRDEAST and PABIRDS, I will also be posting it on my page web site at:
http://people.delphiforums.com/MCCONAUGHY/currentbl.htm
The address for the home page of the web site is:
http://people.delphiforums.com/MCCONAUGHY/index.html
Also, people can access both the current and older birdlines at:
http://groups.msn.com/CentralPABirdlinebackupfiles/messages.msnw
*PORC = Pennsylvania Ornithological Record Committee. Rare bird
sightings should be documented with written descriptions and photographs
whenever possible and sent to PORC for review. Send PORC reports to Nick
Pulcinella, 613 Howard Road, West Chester, PA 19380.
The following people have contributed to this birdline: Nan Butkovich
(NB), Dick Byers (DB), Lou Carpenter (LC), Chuck Chalfant (CC), Dick
Cleary (DC), Jonathan DeBalko (JD), Dave DeReamus (DD), Jim Dunn (JDu),
Gene Flament (GF), Nancy Flament (NF), Kevin Georg (KG), Laurie Goodrich
(LG), Ed Gowarty (EG), Eric Hall (EH), Molly Heath (MH), Len and Linda
Hess (LLH), Deuane Hoffman (DH), Jeff Hopkins (JH), Tom Johnson (TJ),
Chad Kauffman (CK), Dave Kerr (DK), Arlene Koch (AK), Ramsay Koury (RK),
Tim Lenz (TL), Rhetta Martin (RM), Mark McConaughy (MMc), Jean Miller
(JM), Bob Moul (BM), Andrew Odell (AD), Elmer Petersheim (EP), Toby
Petersheim (TP), Joan Renninger (JR), Jim Rocco (JR), Cameron Rutt (CR),
Adam Sabatine (ASa), Art Schiavo (AS), Deborah Siefken (DSi), Ralph
Siefken (RSi), Jerry Skinner (JSk), Jim Smith (JS), Tom Smith (TS), Sam
Stuart (SS), Bob Stewart (BS), Adam Stuckert (ASt), Aden Troyer (AT),
Larry Usselman (LU), Scott Walker (SW), Dustin Welch (DWe), Dick
Williams (DW) and Eric Witmer (EW). I apologize if I have misspelled
their names and I will also refrain from naming that person on request.
-End Transcript
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Mark A. McConaughy TimeTraveler@email.msn.com
Bushy Run Battlefield
P.O. Box 486
Harrison City, PA 15636-0468 (724) 527-5585 x103
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- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Central Pennsylvania
* May 10, 2007
* PACE0705.10
Bird Highlights
YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Dauphin Co.)
EARED GREBE (Luzerne Co.)
LITTLE BLUE HERON (York Co.)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS (Lancaster Co.)
SORA (Centre, Cumberland & Dauphin Cos.)
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (Adams & York Cos.)
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (Lancaster Co.)
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (Dauphin & Juniata Cos.)
"BREWSTER'S WARBLER" (Dauphin Co.)
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Dauphin & Lancaster Cos.)
SUMMER TANAGER (Dauphin Co.)
BLUE GROSBEAK (Lancaster Co.)
PAINTED BUNTING (Wyoming Co.)
- Transcript
Hotline: Central Pennsylvania Birdline
Date: May 10, 2007
To Report: TimeTraveler@email.msn.com
Compiler: Mark A. McConaughy
TimeTraveler@email.msn.com
Coverage: Central Pennsylvania, Susquehanna River
Drainage System
Transcriber: Mark A. McConaughy
Welcome to Pennsylvania Audubon's and the Patriot-News' Birdline. This
Birdline covers sightings made primarily during the week prior to
Thursday, May 10, 2007.
ADAMS COUNTY:
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at the Siefken's property on May 6
(DSi, RSi).
BEDFORD/SOMERSET COUNTY:
Allegheny Front Hawk Watch reported counting 1 BLACK VULTURE, 20 OSPREY,
2 BALD EAGLE, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 9 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 13 COOPER'S
HAWKS, 11 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 12 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 1 GOLDEN EAGLE
between May 3 and 7 (EG, JRo, GF, NF, MMc, BS, EH).
CENTRE COUNTY:
A juvenile BALD EAGLE and a calling SORA were at Millbrook Marsh on the
evening of May 2 (NB).
CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
State Game Lands 169 yielded SORA, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE and 2 RED-HEADED
WOODPECKERS on May 2 (DC, LC).
DAUPHIN COUNTY:
The previously reported PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at Wildwood Lake Nature
Preserve in northern Harrisburg continued to be observed through at
least May 4 (AS). A SORA was seen at Wildwood Lake on May 5 (RM).
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found at State Game Lands 246 on May 4
(RK, JR).
A YELLOW-BILLED LOON was seen with 3 COMMON LOONS in the Susquehanna
River on May 4 from Routes 11/15 between the Harvey Taylor Bridge and
West Fairview Boat Lauch (CR). It was seen later that evening on May 4
just north of the Wade Bridge (first bridge south of the West Fairview
Boat Launch)(RK). It was still present between May 5 and the early
morning of May 7 in the same general area (DW, AK, LU, CR, JH, DK, CK,
EP, TP, AT, DD, JD, DWe, SS, KG, Asa, TJ, TL, DB, LLH, EW, DH). There is
a report that the YELLOW-THROATED LOON was seen taking off after 6 AM on
May 7, and it flew north over the I-81 bridge along the Susquehanna
River (BM). It has not been seen near the Harvey Taylor Bridge since the
early morning of May 7 (LU, DH).
A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (where the paved Stony Creek Road becomes a dirt
road [Elizabeth Furnace area?]) and 1 BREWSTER'S WARBLER (at the power
line along Hahn Road) were found in Stony Creek Valley on May 5 (TS,
CR).
A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was found in Weiser State Forest on May 7 (DH).
State Game Lands 246 produced a SUMMER TANAGER on the morning of May 9
(DH, ASt).
JUNIATA COUNTY:
A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen along Mountain Road near the clear cut
behind Oakland Mills on May 7 (CK, AT).
LANCASTER COUNTY:
An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at an unspecified location in the
county on May 2 (AO).
The BALD EAGLE chick in the Holtwood Tailrace nest is now large enough
to be observed being fed by its parents. It was fed a large fish
(probably a Gizzard Shad) on May 3 (CC).
There were 2 male BLUE GROSBEAKS in the Ash Basin #2 on May 5 (JS).
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS were observed behind Ephrata Hospital on May
5 (JM).
There were 2 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS and 2 YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS at
Conoy Canal Park near Falmouth on May 7 (DH).
A walk along Pumping Station Road from its intersection with Route 322
on May 9 found 1 BLUE GROSBEAK (CC).
LUZERNE COUNTY:
An EARED GREBE was observed in the Susquehanna River from Kirby Park on
May 3 (JD).
MIFFLIN COUNTY:
A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was found along Licking Creek Road above
Mattawana on May 5 (MK, JDu).
SCHUYKILL/BERKS COUNTY:
Hawk Mountain reported counting 5 OSPREY, 1 BALD EAGLE, 1 NORTHERN
HARRIER, 4 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 2 COOPER'S HAWKS, 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK,
8 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 9 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS between
May 3 and 9 (LG).
WYOMING COUNTY:
A male PAINTED BUNTING is visiting a feeder at a private residence in
Meshoppen through at least May 6 (JSk). Unfortunately, the private
residence is not open to visitors at this time (JSk).
YORK COUNTY:
A LITTLE BLUE HERON was observed on May 3 at the PPL wetlands project at
Brunner's Island (LC, DC).
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was observed catching insects on the Defense
Distribution Center grounds (not open to the public) on May 8 (SW).
Closing Announcements:
If you miss the usual Thursday postings of the Central PA Birdline on
BIRDEAST and PABIRDS, I will also be posting it on my page web site at:
http://people.delphiforums.com/MCCONAUGHY/currentbl.htm
The address for the home page of the web site is:
http://people.delphiforums.com/MCCONAUGHY/index.html
Also, people can access both the current and older birdlines at:
http://groups.msn.com/CentralPABirdlinebackupfiles/messages.msnw
*PORC = Pennsylvania Ornithological Record Committee. Rare bird
sightings should be documented with written descriptions and photographs
whenever possible and sent to PORC for review. Send PORC reports to Nick
Pulcinella, 613 Howard Road, West Chester, PA 19380.
The following people have contributed to this birdline: Nan Butkovich
(NB), Dick Byers (DB), Lou Carpenter (LC), Chuck Chalfant (CC), Dick
Cleary (DC), Jonathan DeBalko (JD), Dave DeReamus (DD), Jim Dunn (JDu),
Gene Flament (GF), Nancy Flament (NF), Kevin Georg (KG), Laurie Goodrich
(LG), Ed Gowarty (EG), Eric Hall (EH), Molly Heath (MH), Len and Linda
Hess (LLH), Deuane Hoffman (DH), Jeff Hopkins (JH), Tom Johnson (TJ),
Chad Kauffman (CK), Dave Kerr (DK), Arlene Koch (AK), Ramsay Koury (RK),
Tim Lenz (TL), Rhetta Martin (RM), Mark McConaughy (MMc), Jean Miller
(JM), Bob Moul (BM), Andrew Odell (AD), Elmer Petersheim (EP), Toby
Petersheim (TP), Joan Renninger (JR), Jim Rocco (JR), Cameron Rutt (CR),
Adam Sabatine (ASa), Art Schiavo (AS), Deborah Siefken (DSi), Ralph
Siefken (RSi), Jerry Skinner (JSk), Jim Smith (JS), Tom Smith (TS), Sam
Stuart (SS), Bob Stewart (BS), Adam Stuckert (ASt), Aden Troyer (AT),
Larry Usselman (LU), Scott Walker (SW), Dustin Welch (DWe), Dick
Williams (DW) and Eric Witmer (EW). I apologize if I have misspelled
their names and I will also refrain from naming that person on request.
-End Transcript
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark A. McConaughy TimeTraveler@email.msn.com
Bushy Run Battlefield
P.O. Box 486
Harrison City, PA 15636-0468 (724) 527-5585 x103
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~