Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania RBA
August 21, 2008
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA western Pennsylvania, 21 August 2008
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RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE08.21.08
Highlights:
GREAT EGRET
VIRGINIA RAIL
STILT SANDPIPER (Allegheny County)
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (Crawford County)
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
WILLOW FLYCATCHER
PHILADELPHIA VIREO (Westmoreland County)
PURPLE MARTIN
WINTER WREN
SWAINSON'S THRUSH
VEERY
AMERICAN PIPIT
NASHVILLE WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER (Westmoreland County)
PINE WARBLER
BLACKPOLL WARBLER
WORM-EATING WARBLER (Westmoreland County)
VESPER SPARROW (Somerset County)
SUMMER TANAGER (Allegheny County)
PURPLE FINCH
Contributors: Scott Gregg, Amy Henrici, Leonard Hess, Ray Hoffman, Jerry Kruth,
Geoff Malosh, Clare Nicolls, Jack and Sue Solomon, Bob VanNewkirk, Mark Vass.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Monday, 11 August 2008 through Thursday, 21 August 2008
***This report is distributed by e-mail only. Compiler is not responsible for
errors on websites who reproduce/reprint these reports. If you would like to
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Transcript-
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
On 8/15 at the Imperial Grasslands, 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER; on 8/17, 8/18, and 8/20,
1 juvenile STILT SANDPIPER; also on 8/18, BARN SWALLOW, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS;
also on 8/20, 1 LEAST SANDPIPER, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS (MV).
On 8/17 at Dashields Dam, 7 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS (MV).
In Moon Township Park on 8/18, 1 second-year male SUMMER TANAGER (GM).
On 8/20 at Sewickley Heights Park and along Little Sewickley Creek, sightings
included BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, VEERY, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO,
RED-EYED VIREO, HOODED WARBLER, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, BALTIMORE ORIOLE,
BROAD-WINGED HAWK (BV).
Along Freeport Road in O'Hara Township on 8/20, 1 OSPREY (AH).
BEAVER COUNTY:
On 8/13 at Independence Marsh, 5 GREAT EGRETS, 3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and
more; on 8/15, 5 GREAT EGRETS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 42 KILLDEER, 18 SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS, 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 6 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 2
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, 1 ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, 1 WILLOW FLYCATCHER (MV).
On 8/19 at the New Brighton (Townsend's) Dam, 1 first-year OSPREY (SGr).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At Moraine State Park on 8/18, 2 VIRGINIA RAILS, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS (RH); on
8/19, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (reported to MV by Debbie Darney).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
On 8/14 in Springboro, 1 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (CN).
At the Hartstown State Gamelands #214 on 8/17, 3 juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS
(JK).
ERIE COUNTY:
On 8/17 at Presque Isle Bay, an estimated 50,000 or more PURPLE MARTINS were at
the reed beds at the head of the bay, and 2,000 or more BARN SWALLOWS were noted
also (posted on OHIOBIRDS, reported by MV).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
Last week at Deer Valley YMCA Camp near Meyersdale, sightings included GREAT
EGRET and EASTERN KINGBIRDS at Highpoint Lake, NASHVILLE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED
GREEN WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
VESPER SPARROW, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE at Deer Valley (reported to JS by SS).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
In Stahlstown in early August, sightings included WARBLING VIREO, PHILADELPHIA
VIREO, TENNESSEE WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, PINE
WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER;
on 8/20-8/21, SCARLET TANAGER, BALTIMORE ORIOLES, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, pair of
WINTER WRENS, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, PRAIRIE WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, CAPE MAY WARBLER, WORM-EATING WARBLER,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, PURPLE FINCH,
BARN SWALLOW, EASTERN KINGBIRD, AMERICAN PIPITS, KILLDEER (LH).
End transcript-
Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA
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