Schuylkill County RBA
April 15, 2003
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 00:49:17 -0400
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From: Dave Kruel <accip@POTTSVILLE.INFI.NET>
Subject: [BIRDEAST] Schuylkill County, PA Bird Report - 4/15/03
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-RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Schuylkill County
*April 15, 2003
*PASC0304.15
-HIGHLIGHTS-
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Blue-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Bonaparte's Gull
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Tree Swallow
N Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
date: April 15, 2003
compiler: Dave Kruel
coverage: Schuylkill County, PA
The Rattling Run Creek area held a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH on 4/6.
On 4/13, the Swatara Sate Park had GREAT BLUE HERON, WOOD DUCK, 5
NORTHERN FLICKERS, 2 BELTED KINGFISHERS, 5 EASTERN PHOEBES, 2 BROWN
CREEPERS, 2 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 6 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 6 TREE
SALLOW, 3 BARN SWALLOW, 12 PALM WARBLERS, 4 FIELD SPARROWS, 2 SWAMP
SPARROWS, and 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.
PINE WARBLER and PURPLE FINCH were at a feeder in West Penn Twp on 4/6.
The Hidden Valley area held 3 FOX SPARROWS, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW,
CAROLINA WREN, CHIPPING SPARROW, DOWNY WOODPECKER, RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, GREAT HORNED OWLS, WILD TURKEYS, NORTHERN
FLICKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD,
AMERICAN KESTREL, and RED-TAILED HAWK. EASTERN TOWHEE was here on 4/15.
An EASTERN TOWHEE was seen in Schuylkill Haven on 4/8.
The New Ringgold area head CHIPPING SPARROW on 4/7, and a PURPLE FINCH
on 4/11. On 4/14, there was 4 PURPLE FINCH, 26 AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, 6
DOWNY WOODPECKERS, HAIRY WOODPECKER, 2 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS, 30
DARK-EYED JUNCOS, 3 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, and 2 COOPER'S HAWK.
EASTERN TOWHEE, FOX SPARROWS, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and EASTERN PHOEBE
were seen near Deer Lake on 4/14.
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER has been seen at Kaska.
On 4/7, Sweet Arrow lake had 3 COMMON LOONS, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and 4
AMERICAN PIPITS. A BONAPARTE'S GULL was seen here on 4/10, along with 3
GREAT BLUE HERONS, 3 AMERICAN KESTRELS, FISH CROW, 2 WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW, and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. REDHEAD was a good find here on
4/13.
The Lebanon Reservation had 3 RED-BREASTEN MERGANSERS, COMMON MERGANSER,
BROWN CREEPER, and GOLDEN CROWNEDHED.
The Hometown area had COMMON LOONS, RED-NECKED GREBE, 3 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS 2 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, and a NORHTERN FLICKERS.
On 4/12, the Landingville Dam had PIED-BIELLED GREBE, 9 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 2 COMMON MERGS, 2 RUDDY DUCKS, 2 OSPREY, 8 EASTERN PHOEBE, 2
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, 4 PINE WAREBLERS, 12 PALM WARBERLS, CHIPPING
SPAROOW, and 14 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. The 14th saw COMMON LOON, RUDDY DUCK,
PIED-BILLED GREBE, FISH CROW, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, 2 COWBIRDS, PINE
WARBLER, 2 SWAMP SPARROWS, N ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, COMMON MERGANSER, 11
PALM WARBLERS, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, OSPREY, and BALD EAGLE.
Owl Creek held COMMON LOONS, PINE WARBLERS, RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES , and 3 BROWN CREEPER on 4/12.
BLUE-HEADED VIREO was at the Black Creek area on 4/13.
Pitman had a few HORNED LARKS, 2 VESPER SPARROWS, and an EASTERN
MEADOWLARK on 4/15. An AMERICAN PIPIT was here on 4/15.
Enjoy your birding.
Dave Kruel
Pottsville
accip@pottsville.infi.net
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