Eastern Pennsylvania RBA
February 12, 2010
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] Eastern PA Birdline: 2/12/2010
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- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* February 12, 2010
* PAEA1002.12
- Birds mentioned
CLAY COLORED SPARROW
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
SNOW BUNTING
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: February 12th at 3:00 AM
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
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 Thursday, more often when necessary.
You can visit the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society Website at
http://www.lehigh.edu/lvas.
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 February 12th at 3:00 AM.
There will be a field trip to the New Jersey Shore on February 27th. Meet
at the Tilghman Square parking lot, near the Red Robin restaurant, just west
of Route 309 at 8:00 AM. Trip leader will be Mark Boyd.
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 CHERRY VALLEY N.W.R., Monroe County included:
Golden Eagle - 1 on 2/6.
Sightings from the BANGOR area, Northampton County included:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Fox and Chipping Sparrow
Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
CLAY COLORED SPARROW - 1 from 1/21 to at least 2/2.
Also Field, Chipping, and Savannah Sparrow.
Sightings from EAST ALLEN TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
LAPLAND LONGSPUR - 1 on 2/7 (along Arrowhead Road).
Sightings from the SEEMSVILLE area, Northampton County included:
Bald Eagle and Savannah Sparrow.
Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
Hooded Merganser, Bald Eagle, and Northern Harrier.
Sightings from HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
SNOW BUNTING - 1 on 2/7 (near the intersection of Bullhead and Sawmill
Roads).
Sightings from SMITH LANE, near Alburtis, Lehigh County included:
LAPLAND LONGSPURS - 2 on 2/8.
Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County included:
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 on 2/3
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 34 on 2/4.
Also Hooded Merganser, Great Black-backed Gull, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and
Fox Sparrow.
Sightings from DURHAM TOWNSHIP, Bucks County included:
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - 1 on 2/4.
- End transcript
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