- RBA
- Pennsylvania
- Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
- May 23, 2015
PAEA1505.23
Birds mentioned
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH MOURNING WARBLER YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER ALDER FLYCATCHER COMMON GALLINULE OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
PINE SISKIN
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Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline Date: May 23rd at 7:00 AM To Report by E-Mail: Send to becard@rcn.com with “Birdline” in subject heading. Compiler: Dave DeReamus My reporting area includes all of Lehigh and Northampton Counties with the northern edge of the area reaching Beltzville State Park and the southern edge reaching Peace Valley Park in Bucks County. Updates are typically done every Friday, more often when necessary.
You can visit the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society Website at http://www.lvaudubon.org/ .
You can visit my 'Eastern PA Birding' Website for photos and information at http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html .
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”. A completely revised, 2nd edition of the book can be ordered at: http://www.lvaudubon.org/shop/ .
NOW FOR THE BIRDS!
Sightings from UPPER MOUNT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: Along National Park Drive: GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH – 1 on 5/18 MOURNING WARBLERS – 2 on 5/19.
Sightings from BEAR SWAMP, Northampton County: GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH – 1 on 5/18.
Sightings from JACOBSBURG STATE PARK, Northampton County: YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER – 1 on 5/21 ALDER FLYCATCHERS – 2 on 5/17 MOURNING WARBLER – 1 on 5/19.
Sightings from LOWER NAZARETH TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: At the Gremar Road retention ponds: COMMON GALLINULE – 1 on 5/17.
Sightings from the MONOCACY NATURE CENTER, Northampton County: MOURNING WARBLER – 1 on 5/19.
Sightings from STATE GAME LANDS 217, Lehigh County: OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER – 1 on 5/15 and 5/17 ALDER FLYCATCHER – 1 on 5/17.
Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County: Ruffed Grouse – 1 on 5/16 (near top of mountain).
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County: At Lehigh Canal Park: YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER – 1 on 5/17.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County: PROTHONOTARY WARBLER – 2 continued this past week.
PINE SISKINS continued to be reported from several sites this past week.
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Eastern PA Birdline: 5/15/2015
- RBA
- Pennsylvania
- Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
- May 15, 2015
PAEA1505.15
Birds mentioned
PINE SISKIN ALDER FLYCATCHER MISSISSIPPI KITE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
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Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline Date: May 15th at 6:00 AM To Report by E-Mail: Send to becard@rcn.com with “Birdline” in subject heading. Compiler: Dave DeReamus My reporting area includes all of Lehigh and Northampton Counties with the northern edge of the area reaching Beltzville State Park and the southern edge reaching Peace Valley Park in Bucks County. Updates are typically done every Friday, more often when necessary.
You can visit the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society Website at http://www.lvaudubon.org/ .
You can visit my 'Eastern PA Birding' Website for photos and information at http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html .
There will also be a field trip to State Game Lands 217 below Furnace Gap on May 17th. Meet at the Park & Ride lot at the William Penn Highway exit of Route 33, just south of Route 22, at 6:00 AM. Trip leader will be Adam Smith. another field trip will be to the Monocacy Nature Center on May 17th. Meet at the Illicks Mill road parking lot at the park at 7:30 AM. Trip leaders will be Barbara Malt and Linda Freedman.
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”. A completely revised, 2nd edition of the book can be ordered at: http://www.lvaudubon.org/shop/ .
NOW FOR THE BIRDS!
Sightings from UPPER MOUNT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: Along National Park Drive: PINE SISKIN – 1 on 5/8.
Sightings from JACOBSBURG STATE PARK, Northampton County: ALDER FLYCATCHER – 1 on 5/12.
Sightings from the ARCHIBALD JOHNSTON CONSERVATION AREA, Northampton County: PINE SISKIN – 1 on 5/9.
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County: MISSISSIPPI KITE – 1 on 5/13 (‘fly-by’ over I-476 just NW of park).
Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County: Ruffed Grouse – 1 on 5/14 (near top of mountain) RED-HEADED WOODPECKER – 1 on 5/10 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH – 1 on 5/8.
Sightings from the FOGELSVILLE area, Lehigh County: Short-billed Dowitchers – 3 on 5/10 (at Schantz Road and Boulder Drive).
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County: PROTHONOTARY WARBLER – 1 from 5/4 to at least 5/14.
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Eastern PA Birdline: 5/9/2015
- RBA
- Pennsylvania
- Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
- May 9, 2015
PAEA1505.09
Birds mentioned
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER HARRIS’S SPARROW YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER GLOSSY IBIS BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON RED-NECKED GREBE AMERICAN AVOCET MARSH WREN ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER CONNECTICUT WARBLER AMERICAN BITTERN PINE SISKIN
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Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline Date: May 9th at 1:00 AM To Report by E-Mail: Send to becard@rcn.com with “Birdline” in subject heading. Compiler: Dave DeReamus My reporting area includes all of Lehigh and Northampton Counties with the northern edge of the area reaching Beltzville State Park and the southern edge reaching Peace Valley Park in Bucks County. Updates are typically done every Friday, more often when necessary.
You can visit the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society Website at http://www.lvaudubon.org/ .
You can visit my 'Eastern PA Birding' Website for photos and information at http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html .
There will be a field trip to the Plainfield Township Recreation Trail on May 9th. Meet at the Park & Ride lot at the William Penn Highway exit of Route 33, just south of Route 22, at 7:00 AM. I will be leading this trip.
Next week’s field trips include one to Leaser Lake on May 16th, one to the Monocacy Nature Center on May 17th, and another to State Game Lands 217 below Furnace Gap, also on May 17th.
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”. A completely revised, 2nd edition of the book can be ordered at: http://www.lvaudubon.org/shop/ .
NOW FOR THE BIRDS!
Sightings from UPPER MOUNT BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: Along National Park Drive: GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER – 1 on 5/4.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: HARRIS’S SPARROW – 1 to at least 5/4.
Sightings from the BETHLEHEM BOAT CLUB area, Northampton County: YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER – 1 continuing since 4/12.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County: GLOSSY IBIS – 1 on 5/4.
Sightings from the MONOCACY NATURE CENTER, Northampton County: BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON – 1 on 4/30.
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County: RED-NECKED GREBE – 1 from 4/23 to at least 4/25; 12 on 4/27; 1 on 4/28 AMERICAN AVOCET – 1 on 4/29 MARSH WREN – 1 on 4/26 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER – 1 on 5/3.
Sightings from the GERMANSVILLE area, Lehigh County: CONNECTICUT WARBLER – 1 on 5/6.
Sightings from the FOGELSVILLE QUARRY, Lehigh County: RED-NECKED GREBE – 1 from 4/29.
Sightings from QUAKERTOWN SWAMP, Bucks County: AMERICAN BITTERNS – 2 on 4/25.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County: Double-crested Cormorants – 230+ during last week of April.
PINE SISKINS remained at several sites this past week.
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Eastern PA Birdline: 4/24/2015
- RBA
- Pennsylvania
- Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
- April 24, 2015
PAEA1504.24
Birds mentioned
HARRIS’S SPARROW YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER SURF SCOTER WHITE-WINGED SCOTER LONG-TAILED DUCK GREATER SCAUP RED-NECKED GREBE PINE SISKIN LEAST BITTERN WILLET
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Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline Date: April 24th at 3:30 AM To Report by E-Mail: Send to becard@rcn.com with “Birdline” in subject heading. Compiler: Dave DeReamus My reporting area includes all of Lehigh and Northampton Counties with the northern edge of the area reaching Beltzville State Park and the southern edge reaching Peace Valley Park in Bucks County. Updates are typically done every Friday, more often when necessary.
You can visit the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society Website at http://www.lvaudubon.org/ .
You can visit my 'Eastern PA Birding' Website for photos and information at http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html .
Upcoming field trips include one to the Trexler Nature Preserve on May 2nd, one to Jacobsburg State Park for novices, also on May 2nd, and another to Jacobsburg State Park on May 3rd.
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”. A completely revised, 2nd edition of the book can be ordered at: http://www.lvaudubon.org/shop/ .
NOW FOR THE BIRDS!
Sightings from LAKE MINSI, Northampton County: Red-breasted Mergansers – 3 on 4/20; 4 on 4/21.
Sightings from JACOBSBURG STATE PARK, Northampton County: Red-breasted Nuthatch – 1 on 4/19.
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: HARRIS’S SPARROW – 1 to at least 4/22 (near adult plumage). Also Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Sightings from the BETHLEHEM BOAT CLUB area, Northampton County: YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER – 1 since 4/12.
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County: SURF SCOTER – 1 on 4/21 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS – 3 on 4/21 LONG-TAILED DUCKS – 2 on 4/21 GREATER SCAUP – 4 on 4/21 Common Goldeneye – 1 on 4/21 Red-breasted Mergansers – 1 from 4/17 to 4/21; 5 on 4/22 RED-NECKED GREBES – 2 from 4/19 to at least 4/22 Bonaparte’s Gulls – 3 on 4/21 Caspian Terns – 2 on 4/20 PINE SISKINS – 1 on 4/19; 2 on 4/20. Also Black-and-white Warbler and Prairie Warbler.
Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County: LONG-TAILED DUCK – 1 on 4/21 Red-breasted Merganser – 1 on 4/17 and 4/18 Bonaparte’s Gull – 1 on 4/21.
Sightings from UPPER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County: Along Cetronia Road (near Air Products): Greater Yellowlegs – 1 on 4/21 Solitary Sandpipers – 2 at least 4/21.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County: At the Walt Road area: WHITE-WINGED SCOTER – 1 on 4/21 RED-NECKED GREBE – 1 on 4/20 Bonaparte’s Gulls – 1 on 4/19; 2 on 4/20. At the Deep Creek Lake area: LEAST BITTERN – 1 on 4/17 YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER – 1 from 4/17 to at least 4/22.
Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County: RED-NECKED GREBE – 1 on 4/21.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County: WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS – 2 on 4/21 Red-breasted Merganser – 1 to at least 4/18 RED-NECKED GREBES – 2 on 4/21 and 4/22 Double-crested Cormorants – 258 on 4/17 WILLET – 1 on 4/21 Bonaparte's Gull – 1 to at least 4/18. Also Great Egret, Purple Martin, and Louisiana Waterthrush.
Green Heron, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Broad-winged Hawk, and Purple Finch were reported at several sites this past week.
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Eastern PA Birdline: 4/17/2015
- RBA
- Pennsylvania
- Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
- April 17, 2015
PAEA1504.17
Birds mentioned
LONG-TAILED DUCK BLACK SCOTER RED-THROATED LOON RED-NECKED GREBE COMMON TERN YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER SANDHILL CRANE PINE SISKIN
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Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline Date: April 17th at 1:00 AM To Report by E-Mail: Send to becard@rcn.com with “Birdline” in subject heading. Compiler: Dave DeReamus My reporting area includes all of Lehigh and Northampton Counties with the northern edge of the area reaching Beltzville State Park and the southern edge reaching Peace Valley Park in Bucks County. Updates are typically done every Friday, more often when necessary.
You can visit the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society Website at http://www.lvaudubon.org/ .
You can visit my 'Eastern PA Birding' Website for photos and information at http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html .
There will be a field trip to Housenick Park in Bethlehem on April 18th. Meet at the park, located at 3817 Christian Springs Road, Bethlehem, at 7:30 AM. Trip leader will be Scott Burnet.
The next field trip will be a beginner’s bird walk to the Monocacy Nature Center on April 25th. Meet at the parking lot at Illicks Mill Road at 8:00 AM. Trip leaders will be Sue Mahan and Stephen Kloiber.
There will also be a field trip to the Lehigh Parkway on April 25th. Meet at the Tilghman Square parking lot, near the Red Robin restaurant, just west of Route 309 at 7:30 AM. Trip leader will be Barbara Malt.
Yet another field trip will go to the Bethlehem Boat Club area of the Lehigh Canal on April 26th. Meet at the Park & Ride lot at the William Penn Highway exit of Route 33, just south of Route 22 at 7:30 AM. Trip leader will be Adam Smith.
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”. A completely revised, 2nd edition of the book can be ordered at: http://www.lvaudubon.org/shop/ .
NOW FOR THE BIRDS!
Sightings from LAKE MINSI, Northampton County: LONG-TAILED DUCKS – 1 to at least 4/10; 2 on 4/14 BLACK SCOTERS – 10 on 4/17 Red-breasted Mergansers – 6 on 4/10 RED-THROATED LOON – 1 on 4/17 RED-NECKED GREBE – 1 on 4/17 Dunlin – 1 on 4/10 Bonaparte’s Gulls – 12 on 4/9; 2 on 4/14 COMMON TERN – 1 on 4/10.
Sightings from BEAR SWAMP, Northampton County: Northern Waterthrush – 1 on 4/15.
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK PPL POWER PLANT area, Northampton County: Bonaparte’s Gulls – 8 on 4/10. Also Bank Swallow.
Sightings from the NAZARETH QUARRY, Northampton County: RED-THROATED LOON – 1 from 4/9 to at least 4/14 Bonaparte’s Gulls – 4 on 4/14.
Sightings from LOWER NAZARETH TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: At the Gremar Road retention ponds: LONG-TAILED DUCKS – 5 to at least 4/10 Bonaparte’s Gull – 1 on 4/10. Also Hooded Merganser and Wilson’s Snipe.
Sightings from the BETHLEHEM BOAT CLUB area, Northampton County: YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER – 1 returning on 4/12.
Sightings from the GREEN POND area, Northampton County: Bonaparte’s Gulls – 2 on 4/10. Also Blue-winged Teal.
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County: Red-breasted Mergansers – 2 on 4/14 RED-THROATED LOON – 1 from 4/10 to at least 4/12. Also Cliff Swallow.
Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County: Bald Eagles – 2 on 4/15 Broad-winged Hawks – 77 on 4/15 Merlin – 1 on 4/15.
Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County: Red-breasted Mergansers – 1 on 4/14 Caspian Tern – 1 on 4/12.
Sightings from the HAAFSVILLE area, Lehigh County: SANDHILL CRANE – 1 on 4/14. Also Wilson’s Snipe.
Sightings from UPPER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County: Along Cetronia Road (near Air Products): Solitary Sandpiper – 1 to at least 4/12.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County: At the Walt Road area: Red-breasted Mergansers – 9 on 4/10 RED-THROATED LOONS – 2 to at least 4/12 Dunlin – 1 on 4/11 Bonaparte’s Gull – 1 on 4/10 and 4/11; 18 on 4/14; 1 on 4/16. At the Church Road area: Green Heron – 1 on 4/10.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County: Common Goldeneye – 1 to at least 4/10 RED-NECKED GREBE – 1 on 4/11 Peregrine Falcon – 1 on 4/11. Also Green Heron, Broad-winged Hawk, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
Double-crested Cormorant, Osprey, Bald Eagle, and PINE SISKINS were reported at several sites this past week.
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Eastern PA Birdline: 4/3/2015
- RBA
- Pennsylvania
- Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
- April 3, 2015
PAEA1504.03
Birds mentioned
REDHEAD CANVASBACK ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK SANDHILL CRANE ICELAND GULL MISSISSIPPI KITE HARRIS’S SPARROW AMERICAN BITTERN GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE ROSS’S GOOSE Cackling Goose BULLOCK’S ORIOLE PINE SISKIN
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Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline Date: April 3rd at 4:00 AM To Report by E-Mail: Send to becard@rcn.com with “Birdline” in subject heading. Compiler: Dave DeReamus My reporting area includes all of Lehigh and Northampton Counties with the northern edge of the area reaching Beltzville State Park and the southern edge reaching Peace Valley Park in Bucks County. Updates are typically done every Friday, more often when necessary.
You can visit the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society Website at http://www.lvaudubon.org/ .
You can visit my 'Eastern PA Birding' Website for photos and information at http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html .
The next Audubon program will be held on April 3rd at 7:00 PM at the Wildlands Conservancy in Emmaus. Scott Burnet will do a program called “Attracting Birds with Nest Boxes, Feeders, and Water Features.”
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”. A completely revised, 2nd edition of the book can be ordered at: http://www.lvaudubon.org/shop/ .
NOW FOR THE BIRDS!
Sightings from the RIVERTON area, Northampton County: REDHEADS – 4 on 3/29.
Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK PPL POWER PLANT area, Northampton County: CANVASBACKS – 2 on 3/28; 3 on 3/29 REDHEADS – 3 on 3/28; 9 on 3/29 and 3/31 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK – 1 on 3/29 Peregrine Falcon – 1 on 3/29.
Sightings from LOWER NAZARETH TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: SANDHILL CRANE – 1 on 4/1 (‘fly-by’).
Sightings from FORKS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: ICELAND GULLS – 2 on 3/27 (at Braden Airpark).
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: MISSISSIPPI KITE – 1 on 3/31 (‘fly-by’) HARRIS’S SPARROW – 1 to at least 3/29.
Sightings from the BETHLEHEM area, Lehigh County: AMERICAN BITTERN – 1 on 3/30 (in a private backyard).
Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County: REDHEADS – 4 from 3/29 to at least 3/31 Double-crested Cormorants – 3 on 4/2.
Sightings from the HAAFSVILLE area, Lehigh County: Greater Yellowlegs – 2 on 3/31.
Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County: At the Dorney Park pond: GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE – 1 on 3/27 CANVASBACKS – 2 on 3/27.
Sightings from WALKING PURCHASE PARK, Lehigh County: Red-breasted Mergansers – 3 on 3/28.
Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County: At the Church Road area: ROSS’S GOOSE – 1 on 3/27 and 3/28 Cackling Goose – 1 on 3/28 and 3/29 CANVASBACKS – 8 on 3/30 REDHEADS – 8 on 3/27; 5 on 3/28 and 3/29; 3 on 3/30; 13 on 4/1 Double-crested Cormorant – 1 on 3/29 Peregrine Falcon – 1 on 3/27. At Deep Creek Lake: Cackling Goose – 1 on 3/27 and 3/28. Also Common Raven.
Sightings from the GILBERTSVILLE area, Montgomery County: BULLOCK’S ORIOLE – 1 to at least 4/2 (along Oberholtzer Road).
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County: ICELAND GULLS – 2 on 3/28. Also Blue-winged Teal.
Osprey, Bald Eagle, displaying American Woodcock, Eastern Phoebe, Northern Rough-winged and Barn Swallow, and PINE SISKINS were reported at several sites this past week.
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