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Ottawa/Gatineau 17 Dec 09 - weekly update

2009-12-17T03:31:24Z

Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
17 December 2009

Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
Phone number: 613-860-9000
For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star)
To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one)
Rare bird alerts are now included in the introductory message
Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W.
Quebec
Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis hagenius@...

At 6:30 am, Thursday December 17, 2009 this is Chris Lewis reporting.

It looks like winter has arrived to stay in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. Local
ponds are now mostly frozen, and ice has begun to form on calmer sections of
our local rivers. The "deep freeze" weather forecast for the next few days
will no doubt affect conditions for the upcoming Ottawa-Gatineau Christmas
Bird Count on Sunday Dec. 20th.

Lingering waterfowl this past week included a single female WOOD DUCK and a
male NORTHERN SHOVELER on the Rideau River behind the Rideau Tennis Club on
the 14th. A few RING-NECKED DUCKS, LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, and all three
species of MERGANSERS were also still around. Two male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
remain on the Rideau as of the 16th, and a female BARROW'S was on the Ottawa
River below the Deschenes rapids on the 14th.

On the 16th a covey of 16 GRAY PARTRIDGE was observed flying into a
cornfield at Eagleson and Fallowfield Rds., and on the 12th approx. 70 WILD
TURKEYS were enjoying the offerings at feeders along Riviere Blanche Rd. in
the Lac Lablanche area north of Mayo, Quebec. A rather late COMMON LOON was
on the river at Shirley's Bay on the 12th and an even later GREAT BLUE HERON
flew over Hwy 417 near exit #96 on the 14th. Three immature BALD EAGLES
circled over Shirley's Bay on the 12th and an adult was seen from Britannia
the same day. A report of a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK on the 13th in Quebec along
Aylmer Rd. between Ch. Grimes and Rue du Golf was interesting - an
individual of this species has spent recent winters in the Aylmer area.

BOHEMIAN WAXWING reports continue to come in, with flocks numbering from 30
to over 200 seen mainly in the west end of Ottawa; locations included
Carling Ave. at Moodie Dr. and at Herzberg Rd., March Rd. at Shirley's Brook
in Kanata, and again at Donald B. Munro Rd. and Salisbury Rd. in Carp. A
pair of PILEATED WOODPECKERS in the Britannia woods, 15 AMERICAN ROBINS at
Shirley's Bay, and a lingering WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at a feeder in
Carleton Place were noted on the 12th. Large flocks of SNOW BUNTINGS
containing several LAPLAND LONGSPURS were reported from the Ste-Rose area
along Concessions #19 and #20 from the 11th to the 14th. And it's not the
first time that a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT has been caught by winter in Ottawa -
one was seen foraging near the Britannia filtration plant on the 15th.

Thank you - Good Birding!

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Delaware Valley RBA, 16 DEC 2009

2009-12-16T20:34:49Z

- RBA

* PA, NJ, DE
* Delaware Valley: Southeast PA, Central/Southern NJ & DE
* PADV0912.16
* December 16, 2009

- Birds Mentioned

Western Grebe (NJ)+
American White Pelican (NJ)+
Barnacle Goose (NJ)+
Sandhill Crane (DE)+
Ivory Gull (NJ)+
Allen's Hummingbird (PA)+
Spotted Towhee (NJ)+
(NJ)+ (Details requested by NJBRC)
(PA)+ (Details requested by PORC)
(DE)+ (Details requested by DERC)
Red-throated Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Gannet
Great Cormorant
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Tundra Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Common Eider
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Sandhill Crane
American Woodcock
Parasitic Jaeger
Bonaparte's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black Skimmer
Monk Parakeet
Snowy Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
Ipswich Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Rusty Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll

- Transcript

Hotline: Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert
Email reports to: rba@...
Compiler: Steve Kacir, Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Phone: (215) 240-7547
Voice of the Delaware Valley RBA: Cindy Ahern & Win Shafer
URL: http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm

Welcome to the December 16, 2009 edition of the Delaware Valley
Rare Bird Alert, a service provided by the joint efforts of the
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley
Ornithological Club (DVOC), covering the Delaware Valley Region of
Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

I'm Steve Kacir your guide for birding in the Greater Philadelphia
Region. This week, we highlight reports of WESTERN GREBE in
Middlesex County, NJ; AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS in Atlantic County,
NJ; BARNACLE GOOSE in Hunterdon County, NJ; IVORY GULL in Cape May
County, NJ; ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD in Lancaster County, PA and SPOTTED
TOWHEE in Burlington County, NJ. Remember to check out our website
for additional content and information:
http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm
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FOR NEW JERSEY:

Cape May County:
The IVORY GULL was at the outer wall of the Bree-Zee-Lee Yacht
Basin on Dec 11, and it was last seen on Dec 13. Up to five
EURASIAN WIGEONS and a REDHEAD were at Lighthouse Pond in Cape May
Point State Park through Dec 15. On Dec 15, thirty-six SNOW
BUNTINGS were on the beach opposite the plover ponds, and a single
SNOW BUNTING was reported from the St Mary's jetty and the hawk
watch dune crossover. That day, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was the
aluminum bridge at the park's Yellow Trail. A BALTIMORE ORIOLE was
near the Cape May Point State Park Hawk Watch on Dec 12. At least
3 River Otters were at Lily Lake on Dec 15. A CACKLING GOOSE was
at the pond near the intersection of Stimpson Ln and Shunpike Rd on
Dec 14-16. Another CACKLING GOOSE was at the Rea Farm. Four
COMMON EIDERS were at the Concrete Ship on Dec 10, and up to 20
COMMON EIDERS were there through Dec 16. A Harbor Seal was on the
Concrete Ship on Dec 14. An IPSWICH SPARROW was at South Beach on
Dec 9. Nine BLACK SKIMMERS were still at the beach near the 2nd
Ave jetty on Dec 9, and BONAPARTE'S GULLS were seen there on Dec
15. A HORNED GREBE was on Sunset Lake in Wildwood. Two COMMON
REDPOLLS flew north over Reed's Beach on Dec 15. On Dec 14, Reed's
Beach had COMMON GOLDENEYES and an IPSWICH SPARROW. On Dec 16,
Stone Harbor had COMMON EIDER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and PURPLE
SANDPIPERS. The Avalon Sea Watch reported COMMON EIDERS through
Dec 16 and a PARASITIC JAEGER on Dec 10. A very late AMERICAN
REDSTART was at Avalon on Dec 15. Other reports from Avalon
featured RED-THROATED LOONS, HORNED GREBES, NORTHERN GANNETS, GREAT
CORMORANT, WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, COMMON GOLDENEYES, BONAPARTE'S
GULLS and PURPLE SANDPIPERS.

Atlantic County:
On Dec 10, seven AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, a EURASIAN WIGEON and a
REDHEAD were seen from the north dike of the Brigantine Division of
Edwin B Forsythe NWR. Other sightings from Brigantine included
HORNED GREBES and TUNDRA SWANS.

Ocean County:
COMMON EIDERS were at Barnegat Inlet on Dec 11.

Monmouth County:
On Dec 12, thirteen COMMON EIDERS were on bayside cove, just south
of the Sandy Hook Bird Observatory. Eight WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS
have been at the cove, seen from Sandy Hook's C Lot through Dec 12.
An ICELAND GULL was on the cove off C Lot on Dec 12. That day, an
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was at the North Pond, and 45 SNOW BUNTINGS
were at the dunes around the north end of Fisherman's Trail at
Sandy Hook.

Burlington County:
The SPOTTED TOWHEE at Palmyra Cove Nature Park was reported through
Dec 9. The SPOTTED TOWHEE has been seen near the intersection of
the Red-winged Blackbird Trail and Saw-whet Trail, often seen in or
around the Big Pit or the Little Pit in that area.

Gloucester County:
Eighty TUNDRA SWANS roosted at the Floodgates area at low tide on
Dec 12. That day, RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS were at Floodgates and
Mannington Marsh.

Middlesex County:
The WESTERN GREBE and 2 RED-NECKED GREBES were on Raritan Bay on
Dec 12.

Somerset County:
Three SANDHILL CRANES flew over Weston Canal Rd in Franklin Twp on
Dec 15. On Dec 16, the three CRANES were in a cornfield on the
west side of Randolph Rd, just north of the intersection of
Randolph Rd and Pierce St. The CRANES have also been seen at the
intersection of Mettlers Rd and Weston Rd.

Hunterdon County:
The Califon BARNACLE GOOSE was with a flock of Canada Geese in a
corn stubble field near the intersection of County Rd 512 and Young
Dr, 1.5miles east of Califon. On Dec 12, a BONAPARTE'S GULL was at
the Beach Area of Spruce Run Reservoir, while 15 SNOW BUNTINGS were
at the main boat launch area.

Morris County:
On Dec 13, a NORTHERN SHRIKE was at Great Swamp NWR, seen from the
heronry overlook at Pleasant Plains Rd.

NJ Extralimitals:
A SNOWY OWL was seen at the first parking lot on the right with the
boat launch at Liberty State Park in Hudson County on Dec 12. This
appears to be the same SNOWY OWL that was seen on Nov 21, 2009. On
Dec 11-16, a NORTHERN SHRIKE was at Disposal Rd, north of the
northern end of Saw Mill Creek Trail at DeKorte State Park, Bergen
County. Two MONK PARAKEETS visited a suet feeder in Englewood,
Bergen County on Dec 12.
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FOR DELAWARE:

New Castle County:
On Dec 14, four SANDHILL CRANES were spotted flying toward
Hockessin from the Mount Cuba Center.

Kent County:
Two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Kitts Hummock on Dec 16.
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FOR PENNSYLVANIA:

Bucks County:
Recent reports from Churchville Nature Center included CACKLING
GOOSE, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, PILEATED WOODPECKER and RED-
BREASTED NUTHATCHES. Twelve RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were at Durham Twp on
Dec 13. Nine CACKLING GEESE were at the Chapman Rd bridge of Peace
Valley Park on Dec 12. That day, AMERICAN PIPITS were at the
Sailor's Point farm field. BONAPARTE'S GULLS were at Peace Valley
on Dec 11-12. Peace Valley had 22 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS on Dec
11. On Dec 15, a drake CANVASBACK was on the pond behind the
Kohl's Department Store near Five Mile Woods in Yardley. On Dec
13, eight HORNED LARKS were at the vacant business park lot outside
the entrance to Warminster Community Park. A PILEATED WOODPECKER
was at the Garden of Reflection in Lower Makefield Memorial Park on
Dec 14.

Lehigh County:
On Dec 16, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was on Dorney Pond. On
Dec 14, a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at a farm on Kunkels Mill
Rd off PA-863.

Northampton County:
On Dec 13, an OREGON JUNCO was at a feeder on private property at
the base of Kirkridge, south of National Park Drive and west of
boundary of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. A
COMMON GOLDENEYE was on the Delaware River near the Tekening Hiking
Trails at Martins Creek. The Koch property had PURPLE FINCHES.

Berks County:
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was behind Bowers off Bastian Rd on Dec 12.
On Dec 14, Blue Marsh National Recreation Area had a BONAPARTE'S
GULL and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. A REDHEAD was on Blue Marsh
Lake on Dec 12. A flock of HORNED LARKS with SNOW BUNTINGS was at
Marion Twp on Dec 13. The Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Hawk Watch
reported NORTHERN GOSHAWKS on Dec 10 & Dec 12 and GOLDEN EAGLES on
Dec 10-12 & Dec 14. Other sightings from Hawk Mountain included
RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS and COMMON RAVENS.

Lancaster County:
An ALLEN'S HUMMINBIRD was banded in Leola on Dec 12. This is the
first record of ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD in PA. The ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD
first appeared in September and was still visiting feeders through
Dec 16. Homeowner, Debra Raudenbush, welcomes birders to see her
visiting hummingbird, the street address is: 106 Battens Circle.
Do not knock or ring the bell, simply observer the porch feeder
from behind the conifers by the white fence. Please be respectful
of local homeowners if you visit this bird. The township police
are aware of the situation, and ask that birders park only in the
visitors' parking area opposite Debra's home, which has room for
eight cars. Alternatively, visiting birders can park with the flow
of traffic on the south side of Butter Lane between Concord and
Batten. Do not park in any spaces in front of townhouse units, and
do not block any spaces. Violators will be ticketed. More
guidelines and local restrictions on parking and avoiding contact
with neighbors' property can be found on the Pennsylvania Birding
List archives at http://list.audubon.org/archives/pabirds.html
A map of the area and restrictions can be found on Rob Fergus's
blog at: http://birdchaser.blogspot.com/ Please be extremely
courteous to homeowners when visiting this hummingbird. On Dec 11,
the Washington Boro Water Treatment Plant had flocks of AMERICAN
PIPITS.

Lebanon County:
The SANDHILL CRANE at Lake Duffy in SGL 145 was reported as
recently as Dec 14. A light phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen from
School Rd in Merion Twp on Dec 12. The Second Mountain Hawk Watch
reported a NORTHERN GOSHAWK on Dec 12 and 25 SNOW BUNTINGS on Dec
16. Other birds seen at Second Mountain included RED-SHOULDERED
HAWKS, PILEATED WOODPECKERS and COMMON RAVENS. On Dec 11, an
AMERICAN WOODCOCK was at SGL 145.

PA Extralimitals:
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was near the park office at Bald Eagle State Park
on Dec 12.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The next meeting of the DVOC is on Dec 17, featuring "A Montgomery
County Big Year" by Stephen Kacir. Details are on the website, and
guests are always welcome. The 120th Annual DVOC Members Meeting
takes place on Jan 7, 2010, which will include club elections and
an overview of regional Christmas Bird Counts. More details are
available on the DVOC website: http://www.dvoc.org

The Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert is a weekly report on birding
in the Delaware Valley Region including Pennsylvania, Delaware and
New Jersey. To report birds or significant birding events and
planned pelagic trips, please email rba@.... This is Steve
Kacir, good birding to you all and thanks for calling, surfing and
reporting.

- End Transcript

Steve Kacir
rba@...
DVOC Rare Bird Alert Committee Chair
Academy of Natural Sciences
Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Philadelphia

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RBA, New Hampshire, December 16, 2009

2009-12-16T17:16:46Z

-RBA

*New Hampshire

*December 16, 2009

*NHNH1612.09

This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, December
16th, 2009.

A BLACK VULTURE was seen in East Kingston on December 13th and 14th.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen in Portsmouth in the area between the
railroad tracks between North Mill Pond and McDonough Street in Portsmouth
on December 15th.

A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was seen off of Bicentennial Park in Hampton on
December 15th.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen off of Seal Rocks in Rye on December 16th.

23 NORTHERN FULMARS, 2 ICELAND GULLS, a GLAUCOUS GULL
a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 5 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 2 BLACK GUILLEMOTS,
23 RAZORBILLS, 6 DOVEKIES, an ATLANTIC PUFFIN, and a COMMON MURRE were
tallied by birders on a boat cruise out of Rye to Jeffrey's Ledge on
December 13th.

2 RAZORBILLS and 2 BLACK GUILLEMOTS were seen off of the coast in Rye on
December 15th.

3 ICELAND GULLS and a NORTHERN PINTAIL were seen at the Rochester Wastewater
Treatment Plant on December 15th. The treatment plant is gated and the hours
of operation are 7:30-3:00 on weekdays. If you visit, please check in at the
office and be out of the plant by 2:45 so that plant personnel do not have
to ask birders to leave. Do not drive on the dikes and do not block the
road. Birders should not enter the gates on Saturday or Sunday, even if they
are open. The Trails at Pickering Ponds, located east of the plant, are not
gated, and are always open during daylight hours.

2 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were seen off of Foss Beach in Rye on December
15th.

A single BOHEMIAN WAXWING was reported together with a flock of 20 CEDAR
WAXWINGS in North Conway on December 14th.

An EASTERN SCREECH-OWL was seen on Route 1A in Odiorne Point State Park in
Rye on December 12th.

9 BALD EAGLES, and 30 COMMON RAVENS were seen at an animal carcass in Dummer
on December 12th.

6 EVENING GROSBEAKS were reported from Littleton, and 6 were reported from
Jefferson, all on December 14th.

A FOX SPARROW was reported from Hancock on December 14th.

2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were seen at Yudicky Farm/Southwest Park in Nashua
on December 13th.

A KILLDEER was seen off of Jenness Beach in Rye on December 16th.

A PIED-BILLED GREBE was seen in Nashua on December 12th.

17 LESSER SCAUP were seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on
December 14th.

A HORNED GREBE and 40 HOODED MERGANSERS were reported from Spofford Lake in
Chesterfield on December 13th.

A female BLACK SCOTER was reported from Lake Massebesic in Auburn on
December 16th.

This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and
press 2 as directed or ask to be transferred. If you have seen any
interesting birds recently, you can leave a message at the end of the
recording or send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail at:
birdsetc@.... Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird
Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and
phone number. The RBA is also available on-line at the New Hampshire Audubon
web site, www.nhaudubon.org

Thanks very much and good birding.

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2009-12-16T14:41:56Z

- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Central Pennsylvania
* December 17, 2009
* PACE0912.17
Bird Highlights
PRAIRIE FALCON (Cumberland Co.)
SANDHILL CRANE (Lebanon Cos.)
ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD (Lancaster Co.)
NORTHERN SHRIKE (Centre Co.)
- Transcript
Hotline: Central Pennsylvania Birdline
December 17, 2009
To Report: TimeTraveler50@...
Compiler: Mark A. McConaughy
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, December 17, 2009.

BEDFORD/SOMERSET COUNTIES:
Allegheny Front Hawk Watch reported counting 1 BALD EAGLE, 2 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS and 1 RED-TAILED HAWK between December 10 and 14 (GF, NF, BSt, JR, TD, EH, BG, TBa, RMc).

CENTRE COUNTY:
Four GOLDEN EAGLES were seen at Jo Hayes Vista on December 10 (CW).

The NORTHERN SHRIKE continues to be seen at Bald Eagle State Park near the park office through December 12 (JS).

CLINTON COUNTY:
Two AMERICAN PIPITS were seen on December 14 on the dike in Lock Haven (JS).

CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
Waggoner's Gap Hawk Watch counted 10 BLACK VULTURES, 8 BALD EAGLES, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 1 COOPER'S HAWK, 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS, 41 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 8 GOLDEN EAGLES between December 10 and 15 (RF, DG, CH, GW).

The PRAIRIE FALCON continues to be observed through at least December 12 near the intersection of Mud Level and Duncan Roads (VG, AM)

DAUPHIN COUNTY:
There were 9 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and 1 SURF SCOTER in the Susquehanna River between Marysville and Wormleysburg on December 12 (CR). The SURF SCOTER was also seen near Marysville on December 13 (MS, AM).

FRANKLIN COUNTY:
There were 7 SNOW GEESE and 1 MERLIN along Boundary Road west of Chambersburg on December 11 (BO).

A juvenile NORTHERN GOSHAWK was observed on December 13 along Rocky Spring Road west of Chambersburg (BO).

HUNTINGDON/MIFFLIN COUNTIES:
Stone Mountain Hawk Watch reported counting 1 BALD EAGLE, 1 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 6 GOLDEN EAGLES between December 10 and (DB, GG, DWe, JB, TK, NBo).

LANCASTER COUNTY:
The area around the Washington Boro Water Treatment Plant produced 2 BALD EAGLES, 16 AMERICAN PIPITS, 18 YELLOW-RUMPED WABLERS and 3 PALM WARBLERS on December 11 (DW, CR).

Pennsylvania's first state record Allen's hummingbird was banded on December 12 by Scott Weidensaul near Leola, Lancaster County, an adult female (SW). It continued to be observed through December 16 (FH, MS, AM, DD, AK, AL, BO, GM, CK, TS, BS, RWi, AS, RFer, LGe). Scott indicated the homeowner is happy to oblige birders who want to see it, but with some significant caveats, given the situation. The location is a townhouse development, and the feeder is on a deck in the small backyard, with limited viewing. The homeowner does not want to be disturbed; do not knock on the door, go up onto her (or anyone else's) deck, or ask to come inside. Parking restrictions (below) also apply. Scott's asking *everyone* who looks for this bird to please abide by the guidelines, or else access may be withdrawn. The homeowner is Debra Raudenbush, 106 Battens Circle, Leola PA 17540. Note that Mapquest gives erroneous directions for this location, although Google Maps seems to OK. From the intersection with Rt. 23 and Shirk Road west of New Holland (at the Sheetz), go 1.3 miles west, turn right onto N. Groffdale Road, and drive .5 miles to Butter Lane. Make a left on Butter, and drive .6 miles. Batten Circle is on the left, and the home is the second unit in the first townhouse on the left. The township police are aware of the situation, and ask that birders park only in the visitors' parking area opposite Debra's home (room for eight cars), or on the south side of Butter Lane between Concord and Batten, *parked with the flow* of traffic. Do not park in any spaces in front of townhouse units, and do not block any spaces. Violators will be ticketed. There is a large area with a white fence between the townhouse and Butter Lane. Stay out because it is a dangerous sinkhole. Walk between the fence and the row of arbor vitae trees to the back of units 108 or 106, and watch the feeder from there. Please do not go beyond the yard for 106. Again, stay off the decks. No pets, please.

LEBANON COUNTY:
Second Mountain Hawk Watch counted 19 BLACK VULTURES, TURKEY VULTURES, 1 BALD EAGLES, 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS and 5 RED-TAILED HAWKS between December 10 and 16 (DS, RB, MC, JC, SC, RP, FW).

The SANDHILL CRANE continues to be seen at Lake Duffy in State Game Lands 145 through December 14 (RM).

An adult BALD EAGLE was seen on December 13 at Marquette Lake (MC).

LUZERNE COUNTY:
There were 3 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Harvey's Lake on December 11 (KR).

SCHUYKILL/BERKS COUNTIES:
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary reported 6 BALD EAGLES, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 1 COOPER'S HAWK, 4 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS, 3 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 18 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 5 GOLDEN EAGLES between December 10 and 15 (LG).

YORK COUNTY:
The PEREGRINE FALCON continues to be seen through December 12 at the Yorktowne Hotel at Market and Duke Streets in York (DC).

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

*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: Dan Altif (DA), Tom Amico (TA), Tony Barle (TBa), Val Barnes (VB), Edward Belton (EB), Gloria Bickel (GB), Diane Bierly (DBi), Ann Bodling (AB), Jerry Book (JBo), Rob Blye (RBl), Nick Bolgiano (NB), Devin Bosler (DBo), Justin Bosler (JBo), Jen Brackbill (JBr), Gerry Brigman (GBri), Randy Brenner (RB), Don Bryant (DB), Nan Butkovich (NBu), Lou Carpenter (LC), Chuck Chalfant (CC), Dick Cleary (DC), Ben Coulter (BC), John Cooper (JC), Sue Cooper (SC), Morris Cox (MC), Jonathan DeBalko (JDe), Leslie Demmert (LD), Dave DeReamus (DD), Tom Dick (TD), Jim Dunn (JD), Les Eastman (LE), Kurt Engstron (KE), Mike Epler (ME), Edwin Escalet (EE), Rob Fergus (RFer), Dave Ferry (DF), Ron Ferry (RFe), Robyn Finer (RFi), Pam Fisher (PF), Scott Fisher (SF), Gene Flament (GF), Nancy Flament (NF), Herb Flavell (HF), Ron Freed (RF), Jeff Fridman (JF), Vern Gauthier (VG), Dale Gearhart (DGe), Loretta Gehman (LGe), Trudy Gerlach (TG), Laurie Goodrich (LG), Sandra Goodwin (SG), Bob Gorsuch (BG), Chet Gottfried (CG), Doug Gross (DGr), Dave Grove (DG), Deborah Grove (DGro), Greg Grove (GG), Lewis Grove (LGr), Eric Hall (EH), Dave Hawk (DH), Molly Heath (MH), Jonathan Heller (JHe), Mark Henry (MHe), Jordan Hillsley (JH), Ken Hillsley (KH), Jeff Hook (JHoo), Barry Horton (BHo), Jennifer Horton (JHo), Sid Hostetter (SH), Craig Houston (CH), Anne Hurst (AH), Thomas Johnson (TJ), Chad Kauffman (CK), Bob Keener (BK), Phil Keener (PK), Nick Kerlin (NK), Arlene Koch (AK), Ramsay Koury (RK), Trudy Kyler (TK), Alex Lamoreaux (AL), Wayne Laubscher (WL), Tim Lenz (TL), Scott Lewis (SL), Matt Loyko (ML), Geoff Malosh (GM), Andrew Markel (AM), Melissa May (MM), Rosemary McGlynn (RMc), Linda McKinne (LM), Mike McKinne (MMc), Kate Miller (KM), Randy Miller (RM), Bob Moul (BM), Mike O'Brien (MO), Matt O'Donald (MOD), Dan Ombalski (DO), Bill Oyler (BO), Mandy Pennypacker (MP), Richard Pohner (RP), Larry Ramsey (LR), Tom Raub (TR), Joan Renninger (JRe), Dan Richards (DR), Kevin Ripka (KR), Peter Robinson (PR), Jim Rocco (JR), Laura Russo (LR), Cameron Rutt (CR), Matt Sabatine (MS), Jeff Schaffer (JS), Lauri Shaffer (LS), Art Schiavo (AS), Bob Schutsky (BS), Dave Schwenk (DS), Ron Singer (RS), Jerry Skinner (JSk), Darrell Smith (DSm), Tom Smith (TSm), Dan Snell (DSn), Bob Snyder (BSn), Thyra Sperry (TS), Bob Stewart (BSt), Judith Stoltzfus (JSt), Rob Stone (RSt), Nicholas Thomas (NT), Shannon Thompson (ST), Aden Troyer (AT), Larry Usselman (LU), Joe Verica (JV), Jeff Vinosky (JVi), Gene Wagner (GW), Tom Watkins (TW), Brian Weaver (BW), Drew Weber (DW), Mike Weible (MW), Scott Weidensaul (SW), Dustin Welch (DWel), Doug Wentzel (DWe), Linda Whitesel (LW), Chuck Widmann (CW), Fred Wilcox (FW), Pat Williams (PW), Richard Williams (RW), Dave Wilton (DWi), Rick Wiltraut (RWi), Eric Witmer (EW), David Yeany (DY), and Sally Zaino (SZ). I apologize if I have misspelled their names and I will also refrain from naming that person on request.

I would also like to point out that one of the people who regularly reports to the hotline is Bob Schutsky, owner of BIRD TREKS Tours. He leads birding tours in other areas of North and Central America. You can contact him at 717-548-3303 or at his new web site:
http://www.birdtreks.com
I want to thank Bob for his reports and recommend booking one of his tours if you want to view local and extraregional birds.
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P.O. Box 486
Harrison City, PA 15636-0468 (724) 527-5585 x103
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RBA western Pennsylvania, 14 December 2009

2009-12-16T07:39:24Z

RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE12.14.09

Highlights:
RED-THROATED LOON (Erie County)
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (probable, Allegheny County)
BLACK VULTURE (Erie County)
TUNDRA SWAN
SNOW GOOSE (Mercer County)
REDHEAD
CANVASBACK
NORTHERN PINTAIL
LONG-TAILED DUCK
BLACK SCOTER (Erie County)
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
MERLIN
GLAUCOUS GULL (Erie County)
WINTER WREN
SNOW BUNTING

Contributors: Shawn Collins, Karyn Delaney, Mike Fialkovich, Sarah
Gerrish, Craig Holt, Jerry McWilliams, Richard Nugent, Jerry Stanley, Russ
States, Jim Valimont, Marjorie Van Tassel, Mark Vass, Dave Wilton.

Compiler: Amy Taracido

Monday, 7 November 2009 through Monday, 14 December 2009

***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 receive western PA RBAs, contact meadowlark4@...

Transcript-

ALLEGHENY COUNTY:

On 12/8 at Boyce-Mayview Park, 1 MERLIN; on 12/10, 1 WINTER WREN, 2
AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, and others (SC).

On 12/10 over Wexford, a flock of 12 probable AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were
reported (to DW).

At Bald Knob/Imperial on 12/12, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 1 drake REDHEAD (MF).

On 12/12 along Moody Road in Findlay Township, sightings included 1 drake
REDHEAD (MVas).

At Knob Hill Park on 12/14, 3 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS (KD).

ARMSTRONG COUNTY:

On 12/11 at Crooked Creek Lake, sightings included 3+ BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 5
COMMON MERGANSERS, 1 immature BALD EAGLE (MVan).

Near Leechburg on 12/13, 1 PURPLE FINCH, 2 COMMON MERGANSERS (MVan).

BEAVER COUNTY:

On 12/11 at the gravel ponds along Route 168 at the county border, 1 RUDDY
DUCK and others (MVas).

BUTLER COUNTY:

At Lake Arthur on 12/11, sightings included 1 GADWALL, 1 COMMON GOLDENEYE,
49 RUDDY DUCKS, 2 adult BALD EAGLES, and others; on 12/12, 2 adult BALD
EAGLES, 2 TUNDRA SWANS, 5 GADWALL, 1 CANVASBACK, 5 REDHEADS, 200 RUDDY
DUCKS, 10 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 3 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS (JV with the 3RBC).

On 12/12 in Lancaster Township, 1 FOX SPARROW (RN).

CRAWFORD COUNTY:

On 12/12 in Pymatuning, 1,000+ BONAPARTE'S GULLS, some flyover COMMON
GOLDENEYES (CH); on 12/14, sightings included 150+ COMMON MERGANSERS,
1,000+ BONAPARTE'S GULLS, ~50 SNOW BUNTINGS, 7 BALD EAGLES, 3 AMERICAN
TREE SPARROWS, 27 TUNDRA SWANS (RN).

ERIE COUNTY:

From last week: on 12/6 at Presque Isle State Park, 1 BLACK VULTURE (JM).

At Presque Isle State Park this week, sightings included WHITE-WINGED
SCOTERS, COMMON GOLDENEYES, COMMON LOONS, HORNED GREBES, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL
(12/8), GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN SHOVELERS, CANVASBACKS,
REDHEADS, 1 BLACK SCOTER (12/12), SURF/BLACK SCOTER, LONG-TAILED DUCK
(12/12 and 12/14), RUDDY DUCK, 30 RED-THROATED LOONS (12/12), COMMON
MERGANSER, 380 CANVASBACKS on 12/14, 39 REDHEADS on 12/14, 4 RED-THROATED
LOONS (12/14) (JM).

LAWRENCE COUNTY:

On 12/11 at the gravel ponds along Route 168 at the county border, 2
BONAPARTE'S GULLS (MVas).

At the Volant Strips on 12/14, 3 NORTHERN HARRIERS (RN).

MERCER COUNTY:

At Lake Wilhelm on 12/14, 1 SNOW GOOSE (JS).

VENANGO COUNTY:

On 12/14 at Kahle Lake, sightings included 4 NORTHERN PINTAILS (RS).

WASHINGTON COUNTY:

On 12/12 at Washington Reservoir #4, 1 drake REDHEAD, 3 RUDDY DUCKS, 1
GADWALL, and others (MVas).

WESTMORELAND COUNTY:

On 12/10 at Beaver Run Reservoir, 2 TUNDRA SWANS, 2 BALD EAGLES, and
others (MVan); on 12/12, sightings included 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 3
REDHEADS (SG); on 12/14, 1 BALD EAGLE, 7 COMMON MERGANSERS, 3 REDHEADS
(MVan).

End transcript-

Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA

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DC Area, 12/15/09

2009-12-15T10:04:24Z

Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 12/15/09
Coverage: MD/DC/VA/DE
Telephone: 301-652-1088 option 1
Reports (voice): 301-652-1088 option 2
(email): voice@...
Compiler: Lou DeMouy
Sponsor: Audubon Naturalist Society of the
Central Atlantic States (independent of NAS!)
Transcriber: Steve Cordle (scordle@...)

Please consider joining ANS, especially if you are a regular user of
the Voice (Individual $40; Family $50; Nature Steward $75; Audubon
Advocate $150). The membership number is 301-652-9188, option 12; the
address is 8940 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; and the web
site is http://www.AudubonNaturalist.org.

This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the Audubon
Naturalist Society. This report was completed Tuesday, Dec 15, at 9:15
am.

Top bird this week is SANDHILL CRANE in DE and MD.

Other birds of interest include RED-THROATED LOON, HORNED GREBE,
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, ROSS'S GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, waterfowl,
KING RAIL, VIRGINIA RAIL, PURPLE SANDPIPER, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL,
GLAUCOUS GULL, SHORT-EARED OWL, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, sparrows, SNOW
BUNTING, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and PURPLE FINCH

A SANDHILL CRANE flew over Point Lookout SP, St. Mary's Co, MD on Dec
12. Four SANDHILL CRANES were reported flying SW over Mt. Cuba Center,
New Castle Co, DE on Dec 14.

Three RED-THROATED LOONS were spotted in the water on Dec 13 at Ocean
City Inlet, Worcester Co, MD and a single RED-THROATED LOON was seen
at Tyaskin Park, Wicomico Co, MD on Dec 13.

A HORNED GREBE was reported on the Dulles Airport pond, Loudon Co, VA
on Dec 13.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, two ROSS'S GEESE, and a CACKLING GOOSE
were all reported at Woodland Beach Wildlife Area, Kent Co, DE on Dec
9. A CACKLING GOOSE was seen from the Dyke Marsh picnic grove, Fairfax
Co, VA on Dec 12 and a CACKLING GOOSE was spotted on the Anacostia
River in Washington, DC on Dec 13.

Waterfowl are present in great variety and numbers across our region.
A REDHEAD was at the West Ocean City Pond, Worcester Co, MD on Dec 12
and a REDHEAD was spotted at Hains Point, Washington, DC on Dec 13.
Ten COMMON EIDERS were at the Ocean City Inlet on Dec 11. Three
HARLEQUIN DUCKS were at the Ocean City Inlet on Dec 13. A SURF SCOTER
was seen at Little Seneca Reservoir, Montgomery Co, MD on Dec 8. A
female WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was found at Ft. Smallwood SP, Anne Arundel
Co, MD on Dec 12. A LONG-TAILED DUCK was found at Hart-Miller Island,
Baltimore Co, MD on Dec 12. Two COMMON GOLDENEYES were at the
Georgetown Reservoir, Washington, DC on Dec 13.

A bird walk at Huntley Meadows Pk, Fairfax Co, VA on Dec 14 located
two KING RAILS and two VIRGINIA RAILS.

Numerous PURPLE SANDPIPERS were reported on the rocks at the Ocean
City Inlet, Worcester Co, MD on Dec 12.

A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was spotted at Conowingo Dam, near the
Harford Co and Cecil Co line in MD on Dec 11. A first winter GLAUCOUS
GULL was reported on Dec 11 and 12 at Schoolhouse Pond and nearby on
the pond behind the Home Depot store, Prince George's Co, MD on Dec 11
and 12.

On Dec 12 a SHORT-EARED OWL was seen cruising over the marshes along
Cornfield Harbor Rd, St. Mary's Co, MD.

A female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen again in Lynchburg, VA on Dec 12.

A late BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was found Dec 8 in the Belle Haven picnic
area, Fairfax Co, VA.

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was spotted in the City of Hopewell, VA on
Dec 12. Another ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was at Poplar Point in the
weeds along the Anacostia River, Washington, DC on Dec 13 and 14.The
lingering NORTHERN PARULA in the City of Hopewell, VA was seen again
on Dec 12. A COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was spotted along the Blue Mash
Nature Trail, Montgomery Co, MD on Dec 11.

Sparrow sightings included an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW at Huntley Meadows
Pk, Fairfax Co, VA on Dec 14, a FIELD SPARROW and a FOX SPARROW, each
on Trappe Church Rd, Harford Co, MD on Dec 11, an immature
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on Stone Hill Rd in the vicinity of Loch Raven
Reservoir, Baltimore Co, MD on Dec 8, and a SAVANNAH (IPSWICH) SPARROW
in the tall grass on the bay side of Cape Henlopen SP, DE on Dec 8.

About 50 SNOW BUNTINGS were found on the east side of the point at
Cape Henlopen SP, DE on Dec 8. Six SNOW BUNTINGS were reported at
Hart-Miller Island, Baltimore Co, MD on Dec 12.

RUSTY BLACKBIRD reports included 15 birds at Ft. Smallwood Pk, Anne
Arundel Co, MD on Dec 12. A flock of about 50 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were at
Fort Hunt Pk, Fairfax Co, VA on Dec 12.

A BALTIMORE ORIOLE was reported at a feeder in Charles Co, MD on Dec
14.

A PURPLE FINCH showed on Dec 14 in Blue Ridge, Botetourt Co, VA.

Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the MDOsprey,
VA-Bird, and DE-Birds list servers.

The Audubon Sanctuary Shop (301-652-3606,
http://www.audubonnaturalist.org/default.asp?page=511) is an excellent
source for guidebooks and many other nature-related titles.

To report bird sightings, e-mail your report to
voice@... or call 301-652-1088 and select menu
option 2. Please post reports before midnight Monday, identify the
county as well as state, and include your name and a Tuesday morning
contact, either e-mail or phone.

Thank you for calling, and GOOD BIRDING.

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RBA, Western MA, 12/14/09

2009-12-14T18:27:09Z

-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Dec. 14, 2009
* MAWE0912.14

- Birds mentioned

Snow Goose
American Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Common Loon
Cooper's Hawk
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Horned Lark
SWAINSON'S THRUSH
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
- Transcript

hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Dec. 14, 2009
number: 1-781-259-8805 x2
to report: 1-781-259-8805 x2 (leave message after report)
compiler: Seth Kellogg, skhawk@..., sponsored by MA Audubon
transcriber: Trudy Tynan, ttynan@...

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

This is the Western Voice of Audubon for Monday,
December 14, 2009

A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was photographed in a yard in the
Florence section of Northampton, far from the tropics,
where it should be.

Also in this category was a BROAD-WINGED HAWK, though
this bird was injured and starving and had to be
captured and brought to a rehabilitation facility.

A COOPER'S HAWK, 55 TREE SPARROWS, a SWAMP SPARROW, and
a WHITE CROWNED SPARROW were in the meadows of
Deerfield.

An AMERICAN WIGEON, a RING-NECKED DUCK, a LESSER SCAUP,
and 3 HOODED MERGANSERS were on Congamond Ponds in
Southwick.

An EASTERN TOWHEE, a FIELD SPARROW, 4 COMMON GRACKLES,
and 15 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS and a PURPLE FINCH were at
a feeder in Southwick.

Three SNOW GEESE were in Hadley, a BARRED OWL was in
Westfield, and a NORTHERN SHOVELER was in Longmeadow.

An AMERICAN KESTREL, a BARRED OWL, a GREAT HORNED OWL,
an EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, a HORNED LARK, an AMERICAN
PIPIT, a BROWN THRASHER, AND a FOX SPARROW were in
Northampton.

Fifteen HOODED MERGANSERS, 3 COMMON MERGANSERS, and a
COMMON LOON were on Ludlow Reservoir.

Five RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, 3 COMMON GRACKLES, and 2
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS were in Granby.

Thank you for calling.

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RBA: Eastern MA 12/14/09

2009-12-14T14:15:54Z

- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* December 14, 2009

- Birds Mentioned
PAINTED BUNTING
LARK BUNTING
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Horned Lark
American Pipit
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Wood Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Harrier
Belted Kingfisher
White-eyed Vireo
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Field Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
American Wigeon
Redhead
Pied-billed Grebe
American Coot
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's Oriole (possible)
Snow Goose
Rough-legged Hawk
Snowy Owl
Dickcissel
Blue-headed Vireo
Bald Eagle
Fox Sparrow
Eastern Phoebe
Fish Crow

- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: December 14, 2009
number: (781) 259-8805
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Simon Perkins, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@...

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

This is the Voice of Audubon for Monday, December 14.

The PAINTED BUNTING that has been visiting a feeder at 7 Harbor View
Lane in
Orleans was still present over the weekend, and a second PAINTED
BUNTING
was discovered yesterday along Briar Spring Road in Orleans.

The LARK BUNTING that was first discovered November 4 at the
Cumberland
Farms fields in Middleboro was seen there again on Saturday, and also
noted at
the Cumberland Farms fields were 3 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 1 RED-
SHOULDERED HAWK, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL, 5 KILLDEER, 4 WILSON'S
SNIPE, 130 HORNED LARKS, 34 AMERICAN PIPITS, 14 WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROWS, and 30 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS.

Seen at Great Pond in Braintree were 5 WOOD DUCKS, 14 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 3 GREATER SCAUP, 18 LESSER SCAUP, 46 HOODED
MERGANSERS, 107 COMMON MERGANSERS, 20 RUDDY DUCKS, and
1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, and at the Allens Pond sanctuary in South
Dartmouth
there were 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 BELTED KINGFISHERS, a late
WHITE-EYED VIREO, 1 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 9 GRAY CAT-
BIRDS, 9 FIELD SPARROWS, a late LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and 5
EASTERN MEADOWLARKS.

Weekend reports from Nantucket included 55 AMERICAN WIGEON, 2
REDHEADS, 7 PIED-BILLED GREBES, and 40 AMERICAN COOTS, and
miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER, a BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and a probable BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
at the Chestnut Hill reservoir in Boston, 2 SNOW GEESE, 1
ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWK, and 1 SNOWY OWL at Plum Island, a DICKCISSEL in Essex, a
late BLUE-HEADED VIREO at Fresh Pond in Cambridge, a BALD EAGLE
in Waltham, a FOX SPARROW in Haverhill, and an EASTERN PHOEBE
and roughly 100 FISH CROWS in Mashpee.

Thank you for calling.
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RBA: Rhode Island, December 13, 2009

2009-12-13T16:25:48Z

* RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* December 13, 2009
* RIRI0912.13

- Birds mentioned:
PAINTED BUNTING
Savannah Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Field Sparrow
VESPER SAPRROW
Marsh Wren
Hermit Thrush
Red-winged Blackbird
Snow Goose
TUFTED DUCK
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
TUNDRA SWAN
BLACK GUILLEMOT
PACIFIC LOON
GLAUCOUS GULL
Bonaparte's Gull
Red-necked Grebe
Long-tailed Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Redhead
Fox Sparrow
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBER
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Razorbill
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Winter Wren
PILEATED WOODPECKER
NORTHERN FULMAR
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Black-legged Kittiwake
COMMON MURRE

date: December 13, 2009
(401) 949-5454 or 245-7500 ext 3052
to report: email to: _DLSaint@... (mailto:DLSaint@...)
coverage: statewide
compiler: Janice St.Jean
transcriber: Janice St.Jean (_DLSaint@aol_ (mailto:DLSaint@aol) )
_www.asri.org_ (http://www.asri.org)

Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for December
13th, 2009. This report covers the period from December 6th to December
13th. The next update will be in about one week.

A female PAINTED BUNTING was found on the 12th along Moonstone Beach Road
in South Kingston. It was seen in the wet area just north of the
intersection of Card's Pond Road. It was seen only in the morning. On the 13th, it
was seen again in the same area, but only for a brief time in the early
morning. There were numerous SAVANNAH, AMERICAN TREE, SONG and a few FIELD
SPARROWS active when the PAINTED BUNTING was found. Also seen were: 1 VESPER
SAPRROW, 1 MARSH WREN, 1 HERMIT THUSH and a small flock of RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS. In the mowed field west of South Kingstown Town Beach, 1 SNOW
GOOSE was present.

The TUFTED DUCK was seen on the 7th at the Turner Reservoir in East
Providence near the corner of Newman Avenue and Arcade Avenue.

The LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was reported from Sachuest Saltmarsh in
Middletown on the 7th and 8th.

Block Island provided some good sightings this past week: 4 TUNDRA SWANS
were spotted on the 13th just off the beach in front of the Beach Head
Restraunt. Other observations included: 3 BLACK GUILLEMOTS, 2 PACIFIC LOONS, 1
SNOW GOOSE, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL, 1 BONAPARTE'S GULL, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 1
LONG-TAILED DUCK, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 REDHEADS and 1 FOX SPARROW.

On the 11th in Jamestown at Fort Getty, on the brushy hill just up from the
picnic shelter, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBER, 1 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 1 GRAY
CATBIRD were reported. A RAZORBILL was seen off Beavertail Point.

At Audubon’s Touisset Wildlife Refuge in Warren on the 11th, 1
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 2 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 1 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, and 1
HERMIT THRUSH were seen.

Two YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS were found at Swan Point Cemetery in
Providence on the 9th.

In Exeter, at Arcadia Wildlife Management area near Stepstone Falls, 1
WINTER WREN and a PILEATED WOODPECKER were seen on the 13th.

Finally, on a dedicated pelagic aboard the "Snappa" out of Galilee on the
13th: 12 NORTHERN FULMARS, 1 MANX SHEARWATER, 430 NORTHERN GANNETS, 21
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 207 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIEWAKES, 2 COMMON MURRES, 5 RAZORBILLS
and 4 BLACK GUILLEMOTS off Block Island.

That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!

- End transcript

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NYC Area RBA: 11 December 2009

2009-12-11T20:04:12Z

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 11, 2009
* NYNY0912.11

- Birds mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
IPSWICH SPARROW+ (Savannah Sparrow subspecies)

Cackling Goose
Red-necked Grebe
SANDHILL CRANE
Purple Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Black-legged Kittiwake
Red-headed Woodpecker
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
Blue-headed Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pine Warbler
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
SUMMER TANAGER
Baltimore Oriole

- Transcript

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically
and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysarc3@....

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Jeanne Skelly - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
420 Chili-Scottsville Rd.
Churchville, NY 14428

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day)
Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)

Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 11th
2009 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER,
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, SANDHILL CRANE, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, BLACK-HEADED GULL,
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and SUMMER TANAGER.

The Queens ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was still present Wednesday continuing to
work the wood lots near the intersection of North Conduit Avenue and Cohancy
Street. A continuing food supply will become a problem for the flycatcher
but for now look for it in the lot at the above intersection behind the
brick building and adjacent to the raised train tracks or in other lots
along Cohancy or just west of there across 99th Place. This site is easily
reached just off exit 17N on the westbound Belt Parkway. An ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER was also still at this site Sunday.

The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was seen again last Friday at Sunken Meadow State Park
and so was still floating about in that area. But the Barnacle Goose has not
been reported for awhile.

A SANDHILL CRANE was calling as it flew over Baldwin back on Thursday the
3rd perhaps the same bird noted at Shinnecock on November 29th.

The immature male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit feeders in the
Grymes Hill section of northeastern Staten Island and the homeowner at 122
Hillside Avenue continues to welcome birders to look for the hummingbird.
Also in northern Staten Island at Clove Lakes Park a SUMMER TANAGER was
present from the weekend at least through Tuesday below the Martling Avenue
waterfall with an immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER nearby. Other passerines
noted at Clove Lakes Park on Tuesday featured ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, PINE
WARBLER, and 3 BALTIMORE ORIOLES.

An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen again at the Owl's Head waste water
treatment plant in Brooklyn on Monday. This is the first sighting since it
was initially noted there November 10th.

A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen again Saturday in the bay off Bench 9 at Jamaica
Bay Wildlife Refuge.

A CACKLING GOOSE was present Saturday and Sunday at Flushing Meadows Corona
Park in Queens in a Canada Goose flock.

A very late YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER critically examined to rule out any
western empidonax flycatchers was found at Zach's Bay at Jones Beach State
Park last Sunday and other passerines along the Jones strip that day
featured an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at the West End turnaround and a
BLUE-HEADED VIREO east of Cedar Beach overlook. Another ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER was at Hempstead Lake State Park yesterday.

Interesting late OVENBIRDS were in Prospect Park today and in Bryant Park
Manhattan today. The latter site also featuring a couple of COMMON
YELLOWTHROATS recently.

A fairly slow weekend out east on Long Island featured a BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKE in Montauk Point Saturday and 2 more kittiwakes that day around
the mouth of Montauk Harbor where there were also 4 PURPLE SANDPIPERS on the
jetties and 2 IPSWICH SAVANNAH SPARROWS in the dunes.

In Westchester County an immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found Wednesday
at Rockefeller State Park near where the overlook trail meets the Ash Tree
loop.

To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or
weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society.

- End transcript

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RBA: Birdline Delaware, December 11th, 2009

2009-12-11T18:29:55Z

RBA
* Delaware
* Statewide
* December 11, 2009
* DEST0912.11

*Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Ross' Goose
Cackling Goose
Tundra Swan
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Common Eider
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Gannet
Great Cormorant
Great Egret
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Coot
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Forster's Tern
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Horned Lark
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Salt Marsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Lapland Longspur

Hotline: Birdline Delaware
Date: December 11, 2009
Number: 302-658-2747
To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE)
Compiler: Andy Ednie (ednieap@...)
Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern
New Jersey, Maryland
Transcriber: Andy Ednie (ednieap@...)

For Friday, December 11th, this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware
Museum of Natural History in Greenville. The 2009 Unofficial Delaware State
Year List remains at 328 species, this week.

Five species of goose, including a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE were seen on
Wednesday from the tower at Woodland Beach Wildlife Area. 2 ROSS' and a
CACKLING GOOSE were also reported. A COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was found in the
marsh there.

2 ROSS' GEESE and a CACKLING GOOSE were reported at Bombay Hook NWR. Large
numbers of TUNDRA SWANS area also still being reported there, also 4
PIED-BILLED GREBES and 3 GREAT EGRETS.

A REDHEAD was found at the Pickering Beach impoundments of Little Creek WMA.
800 RUDDY DUCKS were also reported. 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were on the Little
Creek hacking tower. The north pond at the Logan Lane Tract had 25 AMERICAN
WIGEON, 4 PIED-BILLED GREBES and 11 HOODED MERGANSERS.

The first CANVASBACK of the season finally arrived at Silver Lake in
Rehoboth Beach this week. 24 CANS and 34 RUDDY DUCKS were reported last
weekend. An immature male COMMON EIDER and large numbers of NORTHERN
GANNETS, plus FORSTER'S TERN and BONAPARTE'S GULL were seen at Indian River
Inlet. GREAT CORMORANTS were seen on the light stands. PURPLE SANDPIPERS and
SANDERLING were reported on the rocks. A large flock of DUNLIN by the south
jetty also had 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS.

50 SNOW BUNTINGS and "IPSWICH" SAVANNAH SPARROWS were reported at the point
in Cape Henlopen State Park. SALT MARSH and NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW
were reported along the road to Mispillion Inlet, Thousands of DUNLIN
harassed by a NORTHERN HARRIER were seen on the rocks across the inlet at
Mispillion.

A GREAT EGRET was reported at Broadkill Beach Road, which is mostly empty
this year. The real action is at Prime Hook Beach Road which is full of
waterfowl, mostly NORTHERN SHOVELER, PINTAILS, AMERICAN COOT and RUDDY DUCK.
BALD EAGLE was also reported.

4 SNOW BUNTINGS and 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were found with 200 HORNED LARK at
the Middletown Auto Mall off Rt 301 west of town. A BALD EAGLE was also seen
flying over.

Over 350 RING-NECKED DUCKS were seen at Cedar Creek Mill Pond near Milford.
Hoopes' Reservoir had 230 RING-NECKED DUCKS plus 9 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 3
BUFFLEHEAD, 3 RUDDY DUCK, and 17 HOODED MERGANSER. PILEATED WOODPECKER,
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, and 5 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were also reported. 2
dozen RING-NECKED DUCKS were reported at Harry's Pond at the Brandywine Town
Center.

One last report, a male RING-NECKED PHEASANT was reported near Bridleshire
off the North Star Road near Hockessin. Wouldn't that be a nice addition to
the Wilmington Christmas count on December 19th.

Speaking of Christmas counts, here is this week's special feature from
Birdline Delaware on WILM News Radio.

As the Holiday season approaches, birders all over the Western hemisphere
prepare for the Audubon Christmas Bird Census. 50,000 participants were
involved last year in the largest longitudinal study of avian populations in
the world. These counts document winter bird populations from North to South
America, providing science, recreation and competition for birders during
the season.

Christmas counts started in 1900. Prior to that, there was the Christmas
Shoot, where hunters would go out and see how many birds they could collect
on Christmas Day. Frank Chapman, from the American Museum of Natural
History, originated the idea of census birds instead of killing them.
Chapman was author of the major field guide before Peterson. He also started
"Bird Lore" magazine, now known as "North American Birds".

Each count is conducted in a 15 mile diameter circle. The objective is to
count every bird within that circle in a 24 hour period. The count compiler
is entrusted to make sure rare species are not double counted. Some parties
start at night to find owls (Great Horned SFx), others sit at feeders.
Either way, you're making a contribution to science. There is competition to
see which count records the most or least species.

Delaware is the only state entirely covered by Christmas counts. There are
seven counts, from Wilmington to Rehoboth and west to Seaford. Our first
count was in Lewes on Dec 28th, 1907. For a historical perspective, Teddy
Roosevelt was still president.

Thanks for calling, special thanks to Frank Rohrbacher, Lynn Smith, Bill
Stewart, Mike Moore, Chuck Fullmer, Russ Ford, Kevin Crilly and Pete Sanger
for their reports. You can report sightings or add to the unofficial
Delaware State Year List by calling 302-792-9591 or email
ednieap@.... Until next week, good birding!

-end transcript.

Andy Ednie
Claymont, Delaware

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RBA: Eastern MA 12/11/09

2009-12-11T17:03:08Z

- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* December 11, 2009

- Birds Mentioned
Common Shelduck (not reported)
MEW GULL
PAINTED BUNTING
MacGillivray's Warbler (not reported)
Tufted Duck (not reported)
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Fulmar
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-legged Kittiwake
Pomarine Jaeger
Dovekie
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
American Coot
King Eider
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Snowy Owl
Barrow's Goldeneye
American Pipit
Monk Parakeet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Orange-crowned Warbler
Fox Sparrow
Canvasback

- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: December 11, 2009
number: (781) 259-8805
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Simon Perkins, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@...

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

This is the Voice of Audubon for Friday, December 11.

The COMMON SHELDUCK that was first discovered in Nahant on Sunday was

last reported at Lynn Beach on Monday, and a MEW GULL was seen at
Lynn
Beach on Tuesday. A PAINTED BUNTING has been frequenting a feeder at
7 Harbor View Lane in Orleans. The home owners welcome visiting
birders, but
ask that they view the feeding station from the road. The
MACGILLIVRAY'S
WARBLER at Wright's Pond in Medford was last reported on Tuesday, and

the TUFTED DUCK at the Turner Reservoir on the Massachusetts/Rhode
Island
state line was last reported from the Seekonk side of the reservoir
on Monday.

Seabirds seen from Andrew's Point in Rockport on Wednesday included
36
HARLEQUIN DUCKS, 4 RED-NECKED GREBES, 816 NORTHERN
FULMARS, 21 GREATER SHEARWATERS, a late SOOTY SHEARWATER,
an equally late MANX SHEARWATER, roughly 2500 NORTHERN GANNETS,
1 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, roughly 2400 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES, 55 POMARINE JAEGERS, 29 DOVEKIES, 108 COMMON
MURRES, 22 THICK-BILLED MURRES, 746 RAZORBILLS, and 11
BLACK GUILLEMOTS.

At the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord there were 2

WOOD DUCKS, 8 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 15 RING-NECKED DUCKS,
9 BUFFLEHEAD, 11 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 7 HOODED MERGANSERS,
2 RUDDY DUCKS, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, and 38 AMERICAN COOTS,
a report from Race Point in Provincetown on Monday included a KING
EIDER,
1 POMARINE JAEGER, 250 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 1 LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL, and 1 THICK-BILLED MURRE, and miscellaneous
reports this week included a SNOWY OWL at Plum Island, a BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE in Essex, an AMERICAN PIPIT in Saugus, 2 MONK
PARAKEETS in East Boston, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 1 ORANGE-
CROWNED WARBLER, and 1 FOX SPARROW at Mount Auburn Cemetery
in Cambridge, 24 CANVASBACKS at Fresh Pond in Cambridge, a
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE in Mattapoisett, and another BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE in Wellfleet.

Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End Transcript

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Maine RBA - December 11, 2009

2009-12-11T16:09:11Z

Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting Period: December 5 - 11, 2009
Area: State of Maine
Compilers: Eric Hynes, Stella Walsh

Of Special Note

Top birds this week are: PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, and PAINTED BUNTING.

Other noteworthy species include: KING EIDER, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, SANDHILL CRANE, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, GRAY JAY, BOREAL CHICKADEE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, LARK SPARROW, DICKCISSEL, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL.

A number of images have been added to the RBA Slideshow this week. See photos of the Painted Bunting, Summer Tanager, Dickcissel, American White Pelicans, King Eider, and more at: http://www.maineaudubon.org/nature/birdalert_gallery.php

The Christmas Bird Count season is upon us. Find a count near you and how you can get involved at:
http://www.maineaudubon.org/explore/event/count.shtml

York County

A roadkill EASTERN SCHREECH-OWL was found last week in South Berwick.

A male PINE WARBLER was seen in a yard in Wells on December 9.

Three hen GADWALLS were at the Sanford Sewerage District on December 8.

Three WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS are lingering at Fortunes Rocks Beach in Biddeford at least through December 7.

Greater Portland

A SUMMER TANAGER was photographed visiting a feeding station in Sebago starting on December 3. It last visited the private backyard on December 9.

The LARK SPARROW in Cape Elizabeth was seen again in front of 7 Fessenden Road on December 7. First seen on December 5, another LARK SPARROW continued at the feeders at Freeport Wild Bird Supply through at least December 11.

A DICKCISSEL has been feeding in a Portland backyard since December 6. It was photographed as recently as the 11th.

Sightings of the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at the feeders to the right of 51 Carroll Street in Falmouth continued through at least December 10 but are sporadic.

A BALTIMORE ORIOLE continued at Maine Audubon's Gilsland Farm in Falmouth at least through December 10.
The three PINK-FOOTED GEESE were last reported on December 6 at Thornhurst Farm on Route 115 in North Yarmouth. Despite efforts, no positive reports have been received since.

Lewiston-Auburn

A late DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, a drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, a female WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, and a "Western" PALM WARBLER were seen at Sabattus Pond on December 7. The Tufted Duck has not been reported this week.

Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville)

Four SANDHILL CRANES were still in the Smithfield Flats area along Route 8 back on the 4th.

Midcoast

Two BARROW'S GOLDENEYES were seen in the Androscoggin River in Topsham on December 7.

Eight RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were at Green Point WMA in Dresden on December 7.

Penobscot Bay

RUDDY DUCKS continued in Searsport with 180+ seen on December 6.

The eight AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS in Spruce Head were a one day wonder last Friday. Images are on the website. The flock was documented in Rhode Island on Saturday and flying down the Connecticut coastline on Sunday.

Downeast

A male PAINTED BUNTING visited a feeder and was photographed in a private yard in Blue Hill on December 10 and 11.

A BALTIMORE ORIOLE turned up in a Lamoine backyard on December 6.

A hybrid male COMMON GOLDENEYE x HOODED MERGANSER, first seen in 2006, returned to Southwest Harbor on December 6.

A flock of 50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were along Ridge Road in Cutler on December 6.

A young drake KING EIDER joined the female KING EIDER at Clark Ledge in Eastport on December 8. Both remained at least through the 10th.

Birds seen on the Burn Road in Topsfield on December 5 included two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, 16+ BOREAL CHICKADEES, 80+ WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, 4 GRAY JAYS and one PINE SISKIN.

Northern Maine

A pair of BARROW'S GOLDENEYES and a late RING-NECKED DUCK was at Lake Josephine in Easton on December 6.

A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and at least 3 ICELAND GULLS were on Collins Pond in Caribou on December 6.

Flocks of several thousand SNOW BUNTINGS were noted this week in northern Aroostook County.

Bill Sheehan's excellent summary can be found at www.northernmainebirds.blogspot.com.

Eric Hynes
Gilsland Farm Naturalist /
Adult Education Program Coordinator
Maine Audubon
20 Gilsland Farm Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
207-781-2330 ext. 237
ehynes@...
www.maineaudubon.org

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Eastern PA Birdline: 12/11/2009

2009-12-11T01:50:52Z

- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* December 11, 2009
* PAEA0912.11

- Birds mentioned

BLACK-HEADED GULL
ICELAND GULL
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
SNOW BUNTING
PINE SISKIN
RED-THROATED LOON

- Transcript

Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: December 11th at 4:00 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@... 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, catching up on a month's worth of sightings,
recorded on December 11th at 4:00 AM.

The Allentown Christmas Count will be held on December 19th. If interested,
contact last year's group leader or call Mark Boyd at (610) 432-0170.

The Wild Creek/Little Gap Christmas Count will be held on December 20th. If
interested, contact last year's group leader or call Josh Nemeth at (610)
573-8577.

The Bethlehem-Easton-Hellertown Christmas Count will be held on December
26th. If interested, contact last year's group leader or call Don and
Elaine Mease at (610) 346-7754.

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 PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Eastern Phoebe - 1 on 12/6 and 12/7.

Sightings from the NAZARETH QUARRY, Northampton County included:
Snow Geese - ~2000 on 12/7.

Sightings from the EASTON area, Northampton County included:
At the 'Forks of the Delaware':
BLACK-HEADED GULL - 1 on 11/18, 11/19, and 11/21 (first-winter bird)
ICELAND GULLS - 1 on 11/17; 2 on 11/18
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 20 on 11/19.

Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County included:
American Woodcock - 1 on 11/14.

Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Bald Eagles - 6 on 11/28
NORTHERN GOSHAWKS - 1 on 11/13, 11/18, and 11/28
Golden Eagles - 1 on 11/21, 11/22, and 11/28
Ruffed Grouse - 1 on 11/14.
Also Common Raven.

Sightings from the ALLENTOWN area, Lehigh County included:
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 on 12/3.
At Dorney Park Pond:
Bald Eagles - 2 on 12/9 and 12/10.
At Lake Muhlenberg:
Bald Eagles - 2 on 11/27.
At Lehigh Canal Park:
Bald Eagle - 1 on 11/17.
And at the Little Lehigh Parkway:
Winter Wrens - 2 on 11/14.

Sightings from SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, Lehigh County included:
At Walking Purchase Park:
Gray Catbird - 1 on 11/15 and 11/27.

Sightings from the ZIONSVILLE area, Lehigh County included:
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD - 1 from 11/14 to 11/17 (at a private feeder).

Sightings from SMITH LANE, near Alburtis, Lehigh County included:
SNOW BUNTINGS - 3 on 12/6
Horned Larks - 120 on 12/6
American Pipits - 20 on 12/6.
Also Savannah Sparrow.

Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
PINE SISKIN - 1 on 11/13 (at the Nature Center's feeders).
At the Walt Road area:
Tundra Swans - 3 on 11/18
Ruddy Ducks - 10 on 11/15
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 22 on 12/3.
Also Merlin.

Sightings from LAKE NOCKAMIXON, Bucks County included:
RED-THROATED LOON - 1 on 11/26.

Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey included:
At the Scotts Mountain Hawkwatch:
BLACK-HEADED GULL - 1 on 11/15 (adult winter bird)
ICELAND GULL - 1 on 11/23
Dunlin - 1 on 11/28
Bald Eagles - 3 on 11/16 and 11/21; 4 on 11/20 and 11/28
Golden Eagles - 1 on 11/15, 11/17, and 11/18
Peregrine Falcons - 1 on 11/16 and 11/20
PINE SISKIN - 1 on 11/21.

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RBA: New Jersey, Dec. 10, 2009

2009-12-10T10:52:25Z

- RBA

* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0912.10
* December 10, 2009

- Birds Mentioned
+ Ash-throated Flycatcher
+ Ivory Gull
+ Spotted Towhee
+ Western Grebe
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

Bald Eagle
Canvasback
Golden Eagle
Horned Grebe
Long-billed Dowitcher
Northern Goshawk
Northern Waterthrush
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-shouldered Hawk
Snow Bunting
Snow Goose

- Transcript

hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number: (732) 872-2595
to report: (732) 872-2500
compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/

This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday December 10, 2009 with reports of IVORY GULL, WESTERN GREBE, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, SPOTTED TOWHEE, seasonal and local reports of interest.

The juvenile IVORY GULL continues through Dec 9 at Cape May: see www.birdcapemay.org for daily reports.

The WESTERN GREBE continues off South Amboy's Waterfront Park through Dec 7; more information about birding here can be found at http://www.njaudubon.org/SectionCenters/SectionSHBO/SouthAmboy.aspx

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was seen at Sandy Hook Dec 9. The bird was viewed in the field west of Atlantic Dr just north of Gunnison Lot (this area is known as Granger Field). Although the bird was looked for afterwards by the initial observer, it was not relocated, but may still be in the area. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports.

The SPOTTED TOWHEE was still present at Palmyra through Dec 9. It is most often seen in the area around the southwest corner of "the big pit" near the benches; this area has also been described as near the intersection of the Red-winged Blackbird and Saw-whet trails.

A late NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was discovered at Manahawkin WMA Dec 6.

Reports from the DeKorte Center at the NJ Meadowlands Dec 6 included CANVASBACK, 2 BALD EAGLES, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER.

Spruce Run Reservoir sightings Dec 9 included 1000 SNOW GEESE, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 4 HORNED GREBES, and 17 SNOW BUNTINGS.

A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Great Swamp NWR Dec 6.

Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue this week at Lenape Park in Cranford. To look for the birds park in the lot off Kenilworth Blvd and walk on the dike towards Westfield (away from Kenilworth); stop about ten feet past the first sign on the dike and look in the trees to the right.

A juvenile NORTHERN GOSHAWK was observed in Monroe Twp Dec 3.

The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or e-mail sightings AT njaudubon.org. Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks for reporting.

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Hudson-Mohawk Birdline

2009-12-10T09:47:26Z

This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending December 9, 2009.

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Forty-three species were reported this week. The most interesting were:

ICELAND GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 12/8 (3), 12/9 (3).
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 12/8 (1).
SNOWY OWL: Rotterdam 12/4.
NORTHERN SHRIKE: Galway 12/7.
SNOW BUNTING: Fort Edward 12/7.
PINE GROSBEAK: Chatham 12/5 (8).

Other highlights:

Snow Goose: Schoharie 12/5 (~50).

Gadwall: Vischer Ferry 12/2.

American Wigeon: Vischer Ferry 12/2.

Northern Shoveler: Vischer Ferry 12/2.

Northern Pintail: Vischer Ferry 12/2, 12/4; Saratoga Lake 12/8.

Bufflehead: Lake George 12/8; Saratoga Lake 12/8.

Common Loon: Lake George 12/2, 12/6; Saratoga Lake 12/8 (2).

Bald Eagle: Rexford 12/6.

Great Horned Owl: Five Rivers 12/6 (2).

Barred Owl: Five Rivers 12/6.

Common Raven: Brunswick 12/4.

Brown Creeper: West Middleburgh 12/5 (3).

Carolina Wren: Colonie 12/8.

Marsh Wren: Vischer Ferry 12/4 (2).

Northern Mockingbird: Queensbury 12/6.

Fox Sparrow: Vischer Ferry 12/4.

Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Susan Beaudoin (Saratoga Lake),
Bernie Grossman (Rexford), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Boat Launch,
Vischer Ferry 12/2, Collins Lake), John Hershey (Vischer Ferry 12/4),
Nancy Kern (Chatham), Eric Kranyz (Lake George, Queensbury), Alan
Mapes (Five Rivers), Curt Morgan (Fort Edward), Jeff Nadler
(Rotterdam), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie), Brad Walker (Brunswick), Kurt
Weiskotten (Galway), and Tom Williams (West Middleburgh, Schoharie).

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RBA western Pennsylvania, 7 December 2009

2009-12-10T06:47:22Z

RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE12.07.09

Highlights:
RED-THROATED LOON (Erie and Mercer Counties)
TUNDRA SWAN
CANVASBACK
REDHEAD
NORTHERN SHOVELER
NORTHERN PINTAIL
GADWALL
COMMON GOLDENEYE
LONG-TAILED DUCK (Erie County)
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
SURF SCOTER
BLACK SCOTER (Beaver and Erie Counties)
MERLIN
NORTHERN BOBWHITE (Allegheny County)
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN AVOCET (Clarion/Venango Counties)
LITTLE GULL (Crawford County)
BONAPARTE'S GULL
SHORT-EARED OWL
SELASPHOROUS HUMMINGBIRD (Erie County)
COMMON RAVEN
BROWN THRASHER
SWAMP SPARROW
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
FOX SPARROW

Contributors: Shawn Collins, Ben Coulter, Marcy Cunkelman, Gary Edwards,
Steve Gosser, Amy Henrici and Pat McShea, Scott Kinzey, Geoff Malosh,
Jerry McWilliams, Richard Nugent, Kate St. John, Jack Solomon, Jerry
Stanley, Jim Valimont, Marjorie Van Tassel, Mark Vass, Carole Winslow.

Compiler: Amy Taracido

Monday, 30 November 2009 through Monday, 7 December 2009

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Transcript-

ALLEGHENY COUNTY:

Near the Highland Park Bridge on 12/1, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, HERRING GULLS
(BC).

On 12/1 in Fox Chapel, 1 SWAMP SPARROW (BC).

On 12/1 at Boyce-Mayview Park in Upper Saint Clair, 1 MERLIN, 9 DARK-EYED
JUNCOS, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, 1 flyover BUFFLEHEAD; on 12/3, 2 DARK-
EYED JUNCOS (SC).

In Pittsburgh on 12/2 and 12/3, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON (KSJ).

In Marshall Township on 12/3, 7+ NORTHERN BOBWHITES (GM).

On 12/4 at Duck Hollow, sightings included 2 AMERICAN WIGEON (1 drake, 1
hen), 1 hen WOOD DUCK (JS).

On 12/6 in Natrona, 1-2 MERLINS (AH).

In Plum on 12/6, ~80 DARK-EYED JUNCOS (reported to AH by Pat McShea).

ARMSTRONG COUNTY:

At Crooked Creek Lake on 12/5, 2 adult and 3 immature BALD EAGLES,
AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 1 COMMON RAVEN (SG).

BEAVER COUNTY:

In Rochester on 11/30, 1 BLACK SCOTER (GM); on 12/5, 1 MERLIN, 1 GADWALL
(MVas).

BUTLER COUNTY:

On 12/2 at Moraine State Park, sightings included 28 TUNDRA SWANS, 18
GADWALL, 5 BUFFLEHEADS, 8 HOODED MERGANSERS, 159 RUDDY DUCKS, 2 COMMON
LOONS, 5 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 89 AMERICAN COOTS, 111
RING-BILLED GULLS (JV); on 12/5, 78 TUNDRA SWANS, 1 WOOD DUCK, 16 GADWALL,
1 AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 9 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 8 LESSER
SCAUP, 26 BUFFLEHEADS, 2 HOODED MERGANSERS, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 95
RUDDY DUCKS, 14 COMMON LOONS, 8 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 9 HORNED GREBES, 61
AMERICAN COOTS (MVas); on 12/6, 10+ BONAPARTE'S GULLS, RUDDY DUCKS,
AMERICAN COOTS, RING-BILLED GULLS, 58 flyover TUNDRA SWANS (KSJ); on 12/7
at Lake Arthur, 2 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 9 HOODED MERGANSERS, 35 DARK-EYED
JUNCOS, 2 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, 49 AMERICAN COOTS, 41 RUDDY DUCKS, 1
HORNED GREBE, 112 RING-BILLED GULLS, 73 RING-NECKED DUCKS (RN).

CLARION COUNTY:

On 12/1 at Kahle Lake, 1 AMERICAN AVOCET continues (GE).

Over Mt. Airy on 12/2, 1 SHORT-EARED OWL (CW).

In Sligo on 12/6, 1 BROWN THRASHER (CW).

CRAWFORD COUNTY:

On 12/6 at at Conneaut Lake, 3 CANVASBACKS, 1 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 9
BUFFLEHEADS, 2 HOODED MERGANSERS (MVas).

At the Linesville Fish Hatchery on 12/6, 15 SANDHILL CRANES (MVas).

On 12/6 at Pymatuning Lake, 1 LITTLE GULL, BONAPARTE'S GULLS (reported to
MVas by Ron Leberman).

ERIE COUNTY:

At Presque Isle State Park this week, sightings included TUNDRA SWANS,
AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL (12/1 and 12/7), CANVASBACKS,
LESSER SCAUP, SURF SCOTERS, BUFFLEHEADS, COMMON GOLDENEYES, HOODED
MERGANSERS, RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, RED-THROATED LOONS (daily, up to 13
at one time), COMMON LOONS, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER (12/2 and 12/7), HORNED
GREBES, GADWALL, GREATER SCAUP, LONG-TAILED DUCK (12/3-12/7), HOODED
MERGANSERS, 2 RED-THROATED LOONS (12/4), COMMON MERGANSER, NORTHERN
SHOVELERS (12/6), NORTHERN PINTAIL (12/6), 1 REDHEAD (12/6), 1,636 RED-
BREASTED MERGANSERS (12/6), 291 HORNED GREBES (12/7) (JM).

In Harborcreek through 12/6, 1 SELASPHOROUS HUMMINGBIRD (reported to JM).

On 12/6 at Edinboro Lake, 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 4 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 4
AMERICAN WIGEON, 18 GADWALL, 16 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 1 BLACK SCOTER, 114
HOODED MERGANSERS, 4 COMMON MERGANSERS, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 27
BUFFLEHEADS, 3 REDHEADS, 1 GREATER SCAUP, 22 LESSER SCAUP, 29 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 3 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 4 TUNDRA SWANS, 7 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 44
AMERICAN COOTS (MVas).

FAYETTE COUNTY:

On 12/1 at Greenlick Run Lake, 6 flyover TUNDRA SWANS, RING-BILLED GULL
(SK).

At Donegal Lake on 12/1, 1 COMMON LOON (SK).

INDIANA COUNTY:

In Clarksburg on 11/30, 2 flocks of TUNDRA SWANS totaling over 458 birds;
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS; through the week, FOX
SPARROWS were observed; on 12/6, 3 FOX SPARROWS, 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW,
DARK-EYED JUNCOS, 3 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, and more (MC).

LAWRENCE COUNTY:

On 12/4 in New Beaver at the Three Rivers gravel pond, 10 BUFFLEHEADS, 2
LESSER SCAUP, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1 RUDDY DUCK, 8 KILLDEER (MVas).

MERCER COUNTY:

On 12/1 at Lake Wilhelm, 1 RED-THROATED LOON, 31 COMMON LOONS (Jerry
Stanley).

At Shenango Reservoir on 12/4, sightings included 1 HORNED GREBE, 7 RUDDY
DUCKS, 5 BUFFLEHEADS, 4 COMMON MERGANSERS, 57 HOODED MERGANSERS, 60
KILLDEER (MVas).

VENANGO COUNTY:

On 12/1 at Kahle Lake, 1 AMERICAN AVOCET continues (GE).

WESTMORELAND COUNTY:

At Beaver Run Reservoir on 12/1, 2 adult BALD EAGLES, 10 HOODED
MERGANSERS, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 7 TEAL SP., and others; on 12/4, 9 HOODED
MERGANSERS (MVan).

End transcript-

Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA

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RBA, New Hampshire, December 9, 2009

2009-12-09T18:14:38Z

-RBA

*New Hampshire

*December 9, 2009

*NHNH0912.09

This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, December 9th,
2009.

A GOLDEN EAGLE was reported from Green Mountain in Claremont on December
4th.

A EURASIAN WIGEON continues to be seen on Great Bay and was last reported on
December 5th. Also present on the bay during the past week were 16 AMERICAN
WIGEON, and over 900 GREATER SCAUP.

There was an unconfirmed report of 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE in North
Mill Pond in Portsmouth on December 8th.

A DOVEKIE was seen along the coast on December 9th, and 3 RAZORBILLS, and 3
BLACK GUILLEMOTS were seen along the coast on the 8th.

A probable THAYER'S GULL was discovered at the Rochester Wastewater
Treatment Plant on November 30th, and was last reported on December 2nd.
Birders on weekdays are regularly seeing at least one LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL, at least one GLAUCOUS GULL, and several ICELAND GULLS here. The
treatment plant is gated and the hours of operation are 7:30-3:00 on
weekdays. If you visit, please check in at the office and be out of the
plant by 2:45 so that plant personnel do not have to ask birders to leave.
Do not drive on the dikes and do not block the road. Birders should not
enter the gates on Saturday or Sunday, even if they are open. The Trails at
Pickering Ponds, located east of the plant, are not gated, and are always
open during daylight hours.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen on Seabrook Beach on December 3rd, and one was seen
in the Hampton Harbor public parking area located in Seabrook on December
5th.

A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Hampton Beach State Park on December
8th, and one was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on December 5th.

4 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 24 NORTHERN GANNETS were seen from Little Boar's
Head in Hampton on December 3rd.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was reported from Sutton on December 6th, and one was seen
along Bowlder Road in Sullivan on December 7th.

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET were seen in Hampton on
December 5th, and a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen in New Castle on December
8th.

An adult male AMERICAN REDSTART was seen on Chenell Drive in Concord on
December 7th.

2 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were reported from New Hampshire Audubon's Willard
Pond Sanctuary in Antrim on December 4th.

4 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Lincoln on December 7th.

38 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were seen off of Wallis Sands in Rye on December 8th,
and 25 were seen on Rye Ledge in Rye on December 3rd.

17 AMERICAN COOTS were seen on Powwow Pond in Kingston on December 4th.

42 LESSER SCAUP were reported from the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on
December 8th.

20 HORNED LARKS were seen at Hampton Beach State Park on December 3rd.

A FOX SPARROW and 4 FIELD SPARROWS were seen in Nashua on December 2nd.

A hiker on Mount Pierce in Crawford Notch saw 5 BOREAL CHICKADEES and 2 GRAY
JAYS on December 2nd, and a GRAY JAY was seen on the A-Z Trail in Crawford
Notch on the 8th.

There was an unconfirmed report of a TUNDRA SWAN during the past week so
birders should keep an eye out for migrating swans..

This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and
press 2 as directed or ask to be transferred. If you have seen any
interesting birds recently, you can leave a message at the end of the
recording or send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail at:
birdsetc@.... Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird
Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and
phone number. The RBA is also available on-line at the New Hampshire Audubon
web site, www.nhaudubon.org

Thanks very much and good birding.

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Ottawa/Gatineau 09 Dec 09 - weekly update

2009-12-09T18:04:28Z

Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
09 December 2009

Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
Phone number: 613-860-9000
For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star)
To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one)
Rare bird alerts are now included in the introductory message
Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W.
Quebec
Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis hagenius@...

At 9:00 pm, Wednesday December 09, 2009 this is Chris Lewis reporting.

The past week was literally the calm before the storm. Several species were
on the late to very late side for our area. It will be interesting to see
what's still around after strong east winds and blowing snow slammed Ottawa
overnight last night and all day today.

On the 5th, approx. 2,000 SNOW GEESE were in the ponds and fields at the
Embrun sewage lagoons and CACKLING GOOSE reports continued to come in from
the 4th to the 7th, mostly from the Ottawa River off Andrew Haydon
Park; one was also on the quarry ponds along Giroux Rd. north of Navan. A
late AMERICAN WIGEON was on Mud Lake in Britannia on the 4th, and also late
were lingering GREEN-WINGED TEAL at Andrew Haydon on the 4th and both a SURF
and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER on the river on the 6th. Numerous COMMON MERGANSERS
were noted on Dow's Lake on the 7th, and a COMMON LOON was still at
Shirley's Bay on the 6th.

On the 4th a flock of 53 WILD TURKEYS added some variety to reports from the
fields along Milton Rd. where 47 SANDHILL CRANES were also still present. A
RUFFED GROUSE, possibly the same one seen in the Britannia Conservation Area
several months ago, was found here on the 5th. A couple of lingering GREAT
BLUE HERONS included individuals in Carleton Place on the frozen pond by the
Pond Motel on the 5th, as well as at Bowesville and High Rds. south of the
airport and at Petrie Island on the 7th. On the 6th an immature BALD EAGLE
soared over Shirley's Bay and on the 7th an adult was seen at Petrie Island.
A NORTHERN HARRIER was on the late side on Giroux Rd. on the 7th, two
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were reported from Milton Rd. on the 4th, an adult male
MERLIN spent a good time basking in the sun while he checked out the feeders
by Shirley's Bay on the 6th, and on the 5th two extremely late BONAPARTE'S
GULLS were still at the Embrun sewage lagoons.

An unprecedented local late date for BLUE-HEADED VIREO was December 8th - a
single bird was seen feeding on Burning-Bush fruits in Rothwell Heights near
the Rothwell / Delong Dr. intersection. A CAROLINA WREN on Lismer Cres. in
Kanata on the 3rd is likely the same bird that was discovered in this area
back in October. A few reports of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS have started to come
in - at least 70 were seen along Donald B. Munro Dr. in Carp on the 6th, and
20 were in Cumberland in the vicinity of Lookout Dr. and Apple Lane on the
7th. Lingering sparrows included at least three SONG SPARROWS at Embrun on
the 5th and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at the Shirley's Bay feeders the same
day. A few SNOW BUNTINGS were in the Shirley's Bay area on the 6th along
with a single RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.

Thank you - Good Birding!

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Delaware Valley RBA, 9 DEC 2009

2009-12-09T10:41:16Z

- RBA

* PA, NJ, DE
* Delaware Valley: Southeast PA, Central/Southern NJ & DE
* PADV0912.09
* December 9, 2009

- Birds Mentioned

American White Pelican (NJ)+
Common Teal (Eurasian Green-winged Teal) (PA)+
Swainson's Hawk (NJ)+
Ivory Gull (NJ)+
Selasphorus Hummingbird Sp. (NJ)+
Spotted Towhee (NJ)+
(NJ)+ (Details requested by NJBRC)
(PA)+ (Details requested by PORC)
(DE)+ (Details requested by DERC)
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Horned Grebe
Northern Gannet
Great Cormorant
American Bittern
Snow Goose
Tundra Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
Redhead
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Northern Goshawk
Virginia Rail
Common Moorhen
Sandhill Crane
American Avocet
Purple Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Parasitic Jaeger
Bonaparte's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Forster's Tern
Rufous Hummingbird
Pileated Woodpecker
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Red-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Marsh Wren
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Ipswich Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Bobolink
Purple Finch

- Transcript

Hotline: Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert
Email reports to: rba@...
Compiler: Steve Kacir, Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Phone: (215) 240-7547
Voice of the Delaware Valley RBA: Cindy Ahern & Win Shafer
URL: http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm

Welcome to the December 9, 2009 edition of the Delaware Valley Rare
Bird Alert, a service provided by the joint efforts of the Academy
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley
Ornithological Club (DVOC), covering the Delaware Valley Region of
Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

I'm Steve Kacir your guide for birding in the Greater Philadelphia
Region. This week, we highlight continued reports of the IVORY
GULL in Cape May County, NJ as well as reports of AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN, SWAINSON'S HAWK and SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD Sp. in Cape
May County, NJ; COMMON TEAL (EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL) in Bucks
County, PA and SPOTTED TOWHEE in Burlington County, NJ. Remember
to check out our website for additional content and information:
http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm
--------------------------------------------------------------
FOR NEW JERSEY:

Cape May County:
The IVORY GULL continued to feed on Striped Bass carcasses at the
Bree-Zee-Lee Yacht Basin marina at Cape May Harbor through Dec 9.
The IVORY GULL has also been reported at other locations around the
harbor, including the Lobster House and Cold Spring Inlet. On Dec
15, all boats will be out of the Bree-Zee-Lee Yacht Basin and the
food supply for the IVORY GULL will become less reliable, which
could cause the bird to move on. An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN flew
past Bree-Zee-Lee on Dec 6, and was seen heading to Cape May Point.
An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was over The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge on Dec 5.

The SWAINSON'S HAWK was reported through Dec 6, seen at Hidden
Valley and over the Route 109 bridge. The SWAINSON'S HAWK was seen
over the TNC Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge and the Rea Farm on Dec
4. The unidentified SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD frequented a feeder at
the corner of Coral Ave and Cambridge Ave through Dec 4.

Up to 5 EURASIAN WIGEONS have been reported from the Lighthouse
Pond at Cape May Point State Park, with at least four still present
through Dec 8. The plumages of these EURASIAN WIGEONS range from
female-type plumage to first year males molting into adult male
plumage. Two COMMON MOORHENS were at the ponds of Cape May Point
State Park on Dec 4. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was at the
beginning of the park's boardwalk on Dec 7. Other reports from
Cape May Point State Park featured AMERICAN PIPITS and SNOW
BUNTINGS. On Dec 7, PURPLE FINCH was reported from the Northwood
Center of the Cape May Bird Observatory. COMMON EIDERS were still
being seen around Cape May Point and were reported through Dec 6.
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was east of the East Path at TNC Cape May
Migratory Bird Refuge on Dec 4. An AMERICAN AVOCET and 2 IPSWICH
SPARROWS were at the refuge on Dec 7. The AMERICAN AVOCET has also
been seen at Cape Island Creek during low tides. A BOBOLINK was at
the third field at Higbee Beach WMA on Dec 8, and a lingering HOUSE
WREN has been at the southwest corner of the field. HARLEQUIN
DUCKS were at Poverty Beach on Dec 4, seen from the north end of
Beach Ave. On Dec 4, Jake's Landing had RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH,
MARSH WREN and SALTMARSH SPARROW.

The Avalon Sea Watch reported COMMON EIDERS on Dec 2 & Dec 4-8;
HARLEQUIN DUCK on Dec 2, Dec 6 & Dec 8; PARASITIC JAEGER on Dec 2 &
Dec 7; LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on Dec 6; FORSTER'S TERN on Dec 7
and ROYAL TERN on Dec 4-5. The sea watch tallied 91 WHITE-WINGED
SCOTERS on Dec 2. Other species reported from the Avalon Sea Watch
included RED-THROATED LOONS, NORTHERN GANNETS, GREAT CORMORANTS,
SURF SCOTERS, BLACK SCOTERS, COMMON GOLDENEYES, PURPLE SANDPIPERS
and BONAPARTE'S GULLS.

Atlantic County:
Over the weekend, the Brigantine Division of Edwin B Forsythe NWR
had AMERICAN BITTERNS and VIRGINIA RAIL.

Ocean County:
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park had COMMON EIDERS, HARLEQUIN DUCKS
and PURPLE SANDPIPERS. On Dec 4, Island Beach State Park had a
flock of at least 60 SNOW BUNTINGS, a raft of COMMON EIDERS and a
Harbor Seal at the inlet.

Burlington County:
The female SPOTTED TOWHEE was reported from Palmyra Cove Nature
Park through Dec 8. The SPOTTED TOWHEE has been seen near the
intersection of the Red-winged Blackbird Trail and the Saw-whet
Trail, between the Big Pit and the Little Pit, in front of the
bench at the southwest corner of the Big Pit and in both the Little
Pit and the Big Pit. The SPOTTED TOWHEE often associates with a
couple Eastern Towhees in the park.

Gloucester County:
On Dec 3, twenty-two TUNDRA SWANS were at Floodgates Rd in
Greenwich, and a GREAT CORMORANT was heading south at Floodgates.

Camden County:
On Dec 5, a pair of COMMON GOLDENEYE was at a storm water retention
pond behind the Target and Lowe's in the area of Gloucester and
Winslow Townships.

Warren County:
A NORTHERN GOSHAWK flew past the Raccoon Ridge Hawk Watch on Dec 6.
Other reports from Raccoon Ridge featured COMMON RAVENS.
--------------------------------------------------------------
FOR DELAWARE:

New Castle County:
The Middletown Auto Park had 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS, 4 SNOW BUNTINGS
and 200 HORNED LARKS on Dec 7.

Sussex County:
The spit at Cape Henlopen State Park had 50 SNOW BUNTINGS and
IPSWICH SPARROWS on Dec 8.
--------------------------------------------------------------
FOR PENNSYLVANIA:

Philadelphia County:
Two drake REDHEADS were at FDR Park on Dec 3. That day, a GREAT
CORMORANT was on the concrete platform at the Naval Yard.

Chester County:
On Dec 8, Chambers Lake had a HORNED GREBE and a hen COMMON
GOLDENEYE.

Bucks County:
On Dec 4-8, a COMMON TEAL (also known as EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED
TEAL) was at Hidden Lake off Route 532 near Newtown. A WILSON'S
SNIPE flushed from Franklin Lot 5 at Warminster Community Park on
Dec 4. This week, the Churchville Nature Center reported LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL, PILEATED WOODPECKER and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES.
A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at Core Creek Park on Dec 3. On Dec
9, Core Creek had 24 SNOW GEESE and 12 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.
That day, a flock of 30 HORNED LARKS were at Shady Brook Farm at
the Newtown Bypass.

Lehigh County:
On Dec 6, six SNOW BUNTINGS, 20 AMERICAN PIPITS and 120 HORNED
LARKS were at Smith Lane in Alburtis. The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in
Zionsville was seen through Dec 8.

Berks County:
The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD that has been visiting the Lebos' yard in
Birdsboro was seen through Dec 8. A female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was
banded in Hamburg on Dec 8, and has been visiting a yard there
since October. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary reported COMMON RAVENS and
PURPLE FINCHES.

Lancaster County:
A female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was banded at Eric Witmer's home I
Ephrata on Dec 8, those interested in seeing this bird should
contact Eric at hawkowl@... via email. Another RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD has been visiting a feeder in East Earl through Dec 8.

Lebanon County:
The SANDHILL CRANE at Lake Duffy in SGL 145 was reported as
recently as Dec 8. Four SANDHILL CRANES flew over the Second
Mountain Hawk Watch on Dec 8. The Second Mountain Hawk Watch also
reported COMMON LOONS and COMMON RAVENS.

PA Extralimitals:
The PRAIRIE FALCON that overwinters around Mud Level Rd was seen on
Dec 4. The FALCON was spotted just past the intersection of
Britton Rd and Mud Level Rd that day. On Dec 6, the PRAIRIE FALCON
was seen from Ridge Rd near Kelso Rd in the area of Shippensburg.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The next meeting of the DVOC is on Dec 17, featuring "A Montgomery
County Big Year" by Stephen Kacir. Details are on the website, and
guests are always welcome. The 120th Annual DVOC Members Meeting
takes place on Jan 7, 2010, which will include club elections and
an overview of regional Christmas Bird Counts. More details are
available on the DVOC website: http://www.dvoc.org

The Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert is a weekly report on birding
in the Delaware Valley Region including Pennsylvania, Delaware and
New Jersey. To report birds or significant birding events and
planned pelagic trips, please email rba@.... This is Steve
Kacir, good birding to you all and thanks for calling, surfing and
reporting.

- End Transcript

Steve Kacir
rba@...
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Academy of Natural Sciences
Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Philadelphia

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Central PA Birdline for 12.10.2009

2009-12-08T18:38:44Z

RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Central Pennsylvania
* December 10, 2009
* PACE0912.10
Bird Highlights
PRAIRIE FALCON (Cumberland Co.)
SANDHILL CRANE (Lebanon Cos.)
EURASIAN COLLARD-DOVE (Franklin Co.)
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (Lancaster Co.)
NORTHERN SHRIKE (Centre Co.)
LAPLAND LONGSPUR (Cumberland Co.)
- Transcript
Hotline: Central Pennsylvania Birdline
December 10, 2009
To Report: TimeTraveler50@...
Compiler: Mark A. McConaughy
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, December 10, 2009.

BEDFORD/SOMERSET COUNTIES:
Allegheny Front Hawk Watch reported counting 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 1 COOPER'S HAWK, 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 5 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 10 GOLDEN EAGLES between December 3 and 8 (GF, NF, BSt, JR, TD, EH, BG, TBa, RMc).

CENTRE COUNTY:
There were 2 RED-THROATED LOONS and 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (between the Environmental Center and the summer dry storage area) at Bald Eagle State Park on December 4 (MOD). On December 6 the NORTHERN SHRIKE was found perched on a tree opposite Overlook (MH).

CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
Waggoner's Gap Hawk Watch counted 2 BLACK VULTURES, 1 TURKEY VULTURE, 4 BALD EAGLES, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 23 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 1 GOLDEN EAGLES between December 3 and 8 (RF, DG, CH, GW).

Birds seen along Mud Level Road on December 4 included 1 PRAIRIE FALCON (at the intersection with Britton Road), 75 HORNED LARKS and 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR (MS).

FRANKLIN COUNTY:
There were 36 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES at the intersection of Route 16 and Gearhart Road and another 12 along nearby Burkholder Road in Shady Grove on December 3 (EB).

HUNTINGDON/MIFFLIN COUNTIES:
Stone Mountain Hawk Watch reported tabulating 6 BLACK VULTURES, 1 BALD EAGLE, 1 COOPER'S HAWK, 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 9 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 3 GOLDEN EAGLES between December 3 and 6 (DB, GG, DWe, JB, TK, NBo).

LANCASTER COUNTY:
A late remaining CHIPPING SPARROW has been visiting feeders in Peach Bottom Village through at least December 7 (BS).

A female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was banded on December 8 in Ephrata (SW, EW).

LEBANON COUNTY:
Second Mountain Hawk Watch counted 17 BLACK VULTURES, 2 TURKEY VULTURES, 4 BALD EAGLES, 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and 8 RED-TAILED HAWKS between December 3 and 8 (DS, RB, MC, JC, SC, RP, FW). Four SANDHILL CRANES were observed flying over the watch site on December 8 (MC).

The SANDHILL CRANE continues to be seen at Lake Duffy in State Game Lands 145 through December 8 (RM, MC). A MERLIN was also seen in the area on December 7 (RM, MC).

SCHUYKILL/BERKS COUNTIES:
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary reported tabulating 66 BLACK VULTURES, 1 TURKEY VULTURE, 3 BALD EAGLES, 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 1 COOPER'S HAWK, 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and 37 RED-TAILED HAWKS between December 3 and 8 (LG).

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

*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: Dan Altif (DA), Tom Amico (TA), Tony Barle (TBa), Val Barnes (VB), Edward Belton (EB), Gloria Bickel (GB), Diane Bierly (DBi), Ann Bodling (AB), Jerry Book (JBo), Rob Blye (RBl), Nick Bolgiano (NB), Devin Bosler (DBo), Justin Bosler (JBo), Jen Brackbill (JBr), Gerry Brigman (GBri), Randy Brenner (RB), Don Bryant (DB), Nan Butkovich (NBu), Lou Carpenter (LC), Chuck Chalfant (CC), Dick Cleary (DC), Ben Coulter (BC), John Cooper (JC), Sue Cooper (SC), Morris Cox (MC), Jonathan DeBalko (JDe), Leslie Demmert (LD), Tom Dick (TD), Jim Dunn (JD), Les Eastman (LE), Kurt Engstron (KE), Mike Epler (ME), Edwin Escalet (EE), Dave Ferry (DF), Ron Ferry (RFe), Robyn Finer (RFi), Pam Fisher (PF), Scott Fisher (SF), Gene Flament (GF), Nancy Flament (NF), Herb Flavell (HF), Ron Freed (RF), Jeff Fridman (JF), Vern Gauthier (VG), Dale Gearhart (DGe), Trudy Gerlach (TG), Laurie Goodrich (LG), Sandra Goodwin (SG), Bob Gorsuch (BG), Chet Gottfried (CG), Doug Gross (DGr), Dave Grove (DG), Deborah Grove (DGro), Greg Grove (GG), Lewis Grove (LGr), Eric Hall (EH), Dave Hawk (DH), Molly Heath (MH), Jonathan Heller (JHe), Mark Henry (MHe), Jordan Hillsley (JH), Ken Hillsley (KH), Jeff Hook (JHoo), Barry Horton (BHo), Jennifer Horton (JHo), Sid Hostetter (SH), Craig Houston (CH), Anne Hurst (AH), Thomas Johnson (TJ), Chad Kauffman (CK), Bob Keener (BK), Phil Keener (PK), Nick Kerlin (NK), Ramsay Koury (RK), Trudy Kyler (TK), Alex Lamoreaux (AL), Wayne Laubscher (WL), Tim Lenz (TL), Scott Lewis (SL), Matt Loyko (ML), Andrew Markel (AM), Melissa May (MM), Rosemary McGlynn (RMc), Linda McKinne (LM), Mike McKinne (MMc), Kate Miller (KM), Randy Miller (RM), Bob Moul (BM), Mike O'Brien (MO), Matt O'Donald (MOD), Dan Ombalski (DO), Bill Oyler (BO), Mandy Pennypacker (MP), Richard Pohner (RP), Larry Ramsey (LR), Tom Raub (TR), Joan Renninger (JRe), Dan Richards (DR), Kevin Ripka (KR), Peter Robinson (PR), Jim Rocco (JR), Laura Russo (LR), Matt Sabatine (MS), Jeff Schaffer (JS), Lauri Shaffer (LS), Art Schiavo (AS), Bob Schutsky (BS), Dave Schwenk (DS), Ron Singer (RS), Jerry Skinner (JSk), Darrell Smith (DSm), Tom Smith (TSm), Dan Snell (DSn), Bob Snyder (BSn), Thyra Sperry (TS), Bob Stewart (BSt), Judith Stoltzfus (JSt), Rob Stone (RSt), Nicholas Thomas (NT), Shannon Thompson (ST), Aden Troyer (AT), Larry Usselman (LU), Joe Verica (JV), Jeff Vinosky (JVi), Gene Wagner (GW), Tom Watkins (TW), Brian Weaver (BW), Drew Weber (DW), Mike Weible (MW), Scott Weidensaul (SW), Dustin Welch (DWel), Doug Wentzel (DWe), Linda Whitesel (LW), Chuck Widmann (CW), Fred Wilcox (FW), Pat Williams (PW), Richard Williams (RW), Dave Wilton (DWi), Rick Wiltraut (RWi), Eric Witmer (EW), David Yeany (DY), and Sally Zaino (SZ). I apologize if I have misspelled their names and I will also refrain from naming that person on request.
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Bushy Run Battlefield
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DC Area, 12/8/09

2009-12-08T10:07:43Z

Hotline: Voice of the Naturalist
Date: 12/08/09
Coverage: MD/DC/VA/DE
Telephone: 301-652-1088 option 1
Reports (voice): 301-652-1088 option 2
(email): voice@...
Compiler: Joe Coleman
Sponsor: Audubon Naturalist Society of the
Central Atlantic States (independent of NAS!)
Transcriber: Steve Cordle (scordle@...)

Please consider joining ANS, especially if you are a regular user of
the Voice (Individual $40; Family $50; Nature Steward $75; Audubon
Advocate $150). The membership number is 301-652-9188, option 12; the
address is 8940 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; and the web
site is http://www.AudubonNaturalist.org.

This is the Voice of the Naturalist, a service of the Audubon
Naturalist Society. This report was completed Tuesday, Dec 8, at noon.
Top birds this week are *CAVE SWALLOW and PAINTED BUNTING in VA.

Other birds of interest include waterfowl, RED-THROATED LOON, EARED
GREBE, pelicans, GREAT CORMORANT, OSPREY, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, GOLDEN
EAGLE, PURPLE SANDPIPER, gulls, SHORT-EARED OWL, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD,
*WESTERN KINGBIRD, vireos, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, warblers including
ORANGE-CROWNED, sparrows, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and
PURPLE FINCH.

A *CAVE SWALLOW was seen flying around Island # 4 of the Chesapeake
Bay Bridge/Tunnel islands, Northampton Co, VA on Dec 4.

A green-plumaged, rather drab and probably a female, PAINTED BUNTING
was with the House Sparrow flock on the corner of Tazewell Avenue and
Plum Street in Cape Charles, VA on Dec 7.

A CACKLING GOOSE was found Dec 4 at Gunpowder Falls State Park,
Baltimore Co, MD.

Two LONG-TAILED DUCKS were found Dec 4 on Little Seneca Reservoir,
Montgomery Co, MD. Two LONG-TAILED DUCKS and a RED-THROATED LOON were
among several birds found Dec 5 at Riley's Lock, C&O Canal Montgomery
Co, MD.

The female COMMON EIDER continues to be seen at Point Lookout SP, St.
Mary's Co, MD, with reports through Dec 7.

A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Lock Raven Reservoir on Dec 6. There
were also two found at South Haven Beach, Matthews Co, VA and one at
Bethel Beach the same day. Single RED-THROATED LOONS were also found
on Dec 6 at Palmer Point, Kerr Reservoir, Mecklenburg Co, VA and at
Sandy Point SP, Anne Arundel Co, MD. And RED-THROATED LOONS were
well-seen Dec 6 in the surf at Back Bay NWR, Virginia Beach, VA.

The EARED GREBE continued to be seen from the boardwalk at Piscataway
Park, Prince George's Co, MD, with reports through Dec 4.

An AMERCIAN WHITE PELICAN was seen at Blackwater NWR, Dorchester Co,
MD on Dec 5. Ten BROWN PELICANS were spotted Dec 1 on the trip to
Poplar Island, Talbot Co, MD.

A GREAT CORMORANT was seen at Point Lookout SP, St. Mary's Co, MD Dec
6.

Late OSPREYS continue to be seen with one at Piscataway Park on Dec 1.

A light phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on Dec 6 in Highland Co, VA.

An adult GOLDEN EAGLE soared over Prettyboy Reservoir, Baltimore Co,
MD on Dec 1.

Two PURPLE SANDPIPERS were found at Thomas Point Park, Anne Arundel
Co, MD on Dec 3.

A LITTLE GULL was seen Dec 7 from Fort Smallwood Park, Anne Arundel
Co, MD; it was near Sparrows Point, Baltimore Co, MD.

On Dec 7 a first winter ICELAND GULL was flying around the
intersection of Lee and 295 in Baltimore, basically between the two
stadiums and near Inner Harbor.

A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was reported from the Tailrace, Kerr Dam,
Mecklenburg Co, VA on Dec 6.

A first-winter GLAUCOUS GULL was found Dec 6 in the Tidal Basin, SW
DC. An immature GLAUCOUS GULL was observed Dec 6 in the City of
Hopewell, VA. A first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL was also found Dec 6 at the
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Pier, Solomon's, Calvert Co, MD.

On Dec 6 a SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in the marsh along Cornfield
Harbor Rd, St. Mary's Co, MD.

The hatch-year female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD that has been visiting a
feeder in Lynchburg, VA was banded on Dec 6.

A *WESTERN KINGBIRD was found and easily seen on Dec 6 near the 2nd
gate (from Rte 15) to the privately-owned Dulles Greenway Wetlands
Mitigation Project, Loudoun Co, VA.

Late vireos continued to make appearances with a WHITE-EYED VIREO in
the Great Dismal Swamp NWR, Suffolk, VA on Dec 2.

A late BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was found Dec 6 during a bird walk to the
Loch Raven Reservoir, Baltimore Co, MD.

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found Dec 3 at Ben Brenman Park,
Alexandria, VA. On Dec 7 an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER made its annual
return to a feeder in Virginia Beach, VA.

The lingering NORTHERN PARULA in the City of Hopewell, VA was seen
again on Dec 6.

On Dec 5 a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER returned to a feeder in Indian
Head, Charles Co, MD for the 5th year in a row.

An AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was found Dec 6 at Occoquan Bay NWR, Prince
William Co, VA. One was also found at Greenbury Point, Anne Arundel
Co, MD, the same day. A LINCOLN'S SPARROW was found Dec 2 along the
Railroad Ditch in the Great Dismal Swamp NWR, Suffolk, VA.

SNOW BUNTINGS were found on the Dec 1 trip to Poplar Island, Talbot
Co, MD.

RUSTY BLACKBIRD reports included a flock of about 20 birds just off
the Railroad Ditch in the Great Dismal Swamp NWR, Suffolk, VA on Dec
2.

A female BALTIMORE ORIOLE was seen Dec 1 at a feeder in New Kent Co,
VA. Two, and possibly three, BALTIMORE ORIOLES visited a feeder in
Virginia Beach, VA on Dec 7.

A PURPLE FINCH was found on the weekly bird walk at Huntley Meadows
Pk, Fairfax Co, VA on Dec 7.

Some of this week's reports have been gleaned from the MDOsprey,
VA-Bird, and DE-Birds list servers.

The Audubon Sanctuary Shop (301-652-3606,
http://www.audubonnaturalist.org/default.asp?page=511) is an excellent
source for guidebooks and many other nature-related titles.

To report bird sightings, e-mail your report to
voice@... or call 301-652-1088 and select menu
option 2. Please post reports before midnight Monday, identify the
county as well as state, and include your name and a Tuesday morning
contact, either e-mail or phone.

Thank you for calling, and GOOD BIRDING.

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RBA, Western MA, 12/7/09

2009-12-07T21:10:07Z

-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Dec. 7, 2009
* MAWE0912.07

- Birds mentioned

Common Goldeneye
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Horned Lark
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Snow Bunting
BALTIMORE ORIOLE
Pine Siskin
- Transcript

hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Dec. 7, 2009
number: 1-781-259-8805 x2
to report: 1-781-259-8805 x2 (leave message after report)
compiler: Seth Kellogg, skhawk@..., sponsored by MA Audubon
transcriber: Trudy Tynan, ttynan@...

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

This is the Western Voice of Audubon for Monday,
December 7, 2009

A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was among a large flock of
about 80 COMMON GOLDENEYES that came to roost for the
night on the power canal in Turners Falls.

Reported in Northampton were a NORTHERN HARRIER, a
BELTED KINGFISHER, a PILEATED WOODPECKER, 325 HORNED
LARKS, 4 BROWN CREEPERS, 4 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2
AMERICAN PIPITS, and 21 SNOW BUNTINGS.

Seen in Southwick were a PIED-BILLED GREBE, a BARRED
OWL, 4 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 4 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 4
AMERICAN ROBINS, 3 CEDAR WAXWINGS, an EASTERN TOWHEE,
and a FIELD SPARROW.

Found in Williamsburg were a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 5
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, a HERMIT THRUSH, and 18 CEDAR
WAXWINGS.

In West Springfield there were 5 COMMON MERGANSERS, a
PILEATED WOODPECKER, and 5 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS.

A BALTIMORE ORIOLE was seen foraging beneath the
feeders in a Westfield yard. A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK and a
GREAT HORNED OWL were in Belchertown, 7 COMMON
MERGANSERS, a HOODED MERGANSER and a NORTHERN FLICKER
were seen in Springfield, and a PINE SISKIN was in
Athol. A NORTHERN FLICKER, and a BARRED OWL were in
Amherst, and 26 AMERICAN PIPITS were in Hadley

Thank you for calling.

-End Transcript

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RBA: Eastern MA 12/07/09

2009-12-07T16:54:17Z

- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* December 7, 2009

- Birds Mentioned
COMMON SHELDUCK
MEW GULL
MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER
Pied-billed Grebe
House Wren
Orange-crowned Warbler
Fox Sparrow
TUFTED DUCK
American Pipit
American Tree Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Greater Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull
Pomarine Jaeger
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill
Common Eider
Sooty Shearwater
Red Phalarope
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Ruddy Duck
American Coot
Snowy Owl
Harlequin Duck
Purple Sandpiper
Yellow-breasted Chat
King Eider
Ruddy Turnstone
Red-shouldered Hawk
Northern Shoveler
Wilson's Warbler
American Coot
Rusty Blackbird
Palm Warbler
Eurasian Wigeon

- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: December 7, 2009
number: (781) 259-8805
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Simon Perkins, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@...

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

This is the Voice of Audubon for Monday, December 7.

A COMMON SHELDUCK, a Eurasian species of waterfowl that was
discovered
in Nahant yesterday, was relocated again today on Lynn Beach near the
Swampscott
town line. Differentiating bona fide vagrant waterfowl from
individuals that have
escaped from captivity is difficult because waterfowl are commonly
kept in private,
captive collections, and individuals from these collections
occasionally escape.

The MEW GULL that was first discovered in Gloucester Harbor on
Thanksgiving
Day was seen again today at Brace Cove in East Gloucester. It has
also been seen
recently in nearby Niles Pond.

The MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER in the Fenway section of Boston was
reportedly still present there over the weekend, and other birds seen
in the Fenway
included a PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 HOUSE WREN, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER, and 2 FOX SPARROWS.

A TUFTED DUCK that has been frequenting both sides of the
Massachusetts/Rhode
Island state line was seen again this weekend at the Turner Reservoir
on the
Seekonk side of the reservoir, and the LARK BUNTING that has been
present at the
Cumberland Farms fields in Middleboro for several weeks was still
present there
today. Other birds at the Cumberland Farms fields included 20
AMERICAN PIPITS,
65 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, and a late LINCOLN'S SPARROW.

Seabirds noted on Saturday at Race Point in Provincetown prior to the
passage
of the storm included 32 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 5 MANX SHEAR-
WATERS, 900 NORTHERN GANNETS, 470 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES,
45 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 1 POMARINE JAEGER, 5 unidentified jaegers,
12 COMMON MURRES, 2 THICK-BILLED MURRES, 726 RAZORBILLS,
and 1345 unidentified Razorbill-Murre-type alcids, and seen yesterday
at First
Encounter Beach in Eastham in the wake of the storm were 2100 COMMON
EIDERS, 1 GREATER SHEARWATER, 1 SOOTY SHEARWATER, 800
NORTHERN GANNETS, 6 RED PHALAROPES, 125 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES, 21 POMARINE JAEGERS, 10 unidentified jaegers, 2 THICK-
BILLED MURRES, and 220 unidentified Razorbill-Murre-type alcids.

At the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord there were
11
AMERICAN WIGEON, 6 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 10 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 15 BUFFLEHEADS, 6 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 5 RUDDY
DUCKS, 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES, and 19 AMERICAN COOTS, and
miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a SNOWY OWL at Plum
Island, 46 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, 25 PURPLE SANDPIPERS, and 1 YELLOW-
BREASTED CHAT in Rockport, a KING EIDER and 13 RUDDY TURN-
STONES in Gloucester, a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK in Essex, 6 NORTHERN
SHOVELERS and a late WILSON'S WARBLER in Cambridge, 14 RUDDY
DUCKS, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, and 15 AMERICAN COOTS at Jamaica
Pond in Boston, 3 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in Wayland, 2 HARLEQUIN
DUCKS, a THICK-BILLED MURRE, and an ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER at Scusset Beach in Sandwich, 4 PALM WARBLERS in
Mashpee, and a EURASIAN WIGEON in Barnstable.

Thank you for calling.
- End Transcript

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RBA: Rhode Island, December 6, 2009

2009-12-06T14:40:21Z

* RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* December 6, 2009
* RIRI0912.20

- Birds mentioned:
TUFTED DUCK
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BLACK VULTURE
Turkey Vulture
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
TUNDRA SWAN
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Rough-legged Hawk
EURASIAN WIGEON
Orange-crowned Warbler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Northern Gannet
Black-legged Kittiwake
Laughing Gull
Razorbill
Blue-winged Teal
Palm Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat

date: December 6, 2009
(401) 949-5454 or 245-7500 ext 3052
to report: email to: _DLSaint@... (mailto:DLSaint@...)
coverage: statewide
compiler: Janice St.Jean
transcriber: Janice St.Jean (_DLSaint@aol_ (mailto:DLSaint@aol) )
_www.asri.org_ (http://www.asri.org)

Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for December
6th, 2009. This report covers the period from November 26th to December
5th. The next update will be in about one week.

A a male TUFTED DUCK was found at the East Providence Reservoir on the
3rd. It was seen with Scaup at the south end of the reservoir (were the dam
is located). It was reported again on the 5th.

On the 5th, 8 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were observed flying over the 1-195
bridge (at exit 3) in East Providence. They were coming down the river,
flying out towards the harbor.

Nine BLACK VULTURES were counted along with about 20 TURKEY VULTURES in the
pines along Church Street in Ashaway on the 5th. In Tiverton, 4 BLACK
VULTURES were noted on the 26th.

In Middletown, at Third Beach/Sachuest NWR Saltmarsh, a LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER was found on the 1st. High tide has proven to be the best time to find
the bird, which was reported several times this past week. In nearby
Portsmouth, seen across from the farm pond on Braman's Lane, 2 GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on the 29th.

Two TUNDRA SWANS were spotted on Tiogue Lake in Coventry on the 4th . They
were seen from the end of Briar Point Ave, which runs off of Arnolds Road.
There is a beach area at the end of the road with a parking lot. The birds
have been seen at the south end of the lake.

In Charlestown, at Ninigret NWR, the adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
continues.

A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at Point Judith on the 5th.

The EURASIAN WIGEON was reported again on Perry's Mill Pond in South
Kingstown.

In Westerly on the 29th, at Audubon's Lathrop Wildlife Refuge (along Shore
Road in the Weekapaug area), 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and 3 RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLETS were found.

Finally, birds reported from Block Island included: 360 NORTHERN GANNET, 46
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, 1 LAUGHING GULL, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 2
RAZORBILLS, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 PALM WARBLER and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.

The total species count through November is 317. (Thanks to Dave Gumbley
for the statistics)

That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!

- End transcript

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GA RBA, 12/4/2009

2009-12-04T20:44:24Z

- RBA

* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* December 4, 2009
* GAGA0912.04

- Birds Reported

ROSS'S GOOSE
Nashville Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
American Redstart
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Bittern
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK

-Transcript

hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: December 4, 2009
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT att.net
coverage: Statewide
compiled: December 4, 2009 (6:55 PM)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: James F. Flynn, Jr.

A ROSS'S GOOSE was observed at Lake Kedron in Peachtree City, Fayette Co. on
12/3. From I-85 southwest of Atlanta, take GA 74 south toward Peachtree
City. Look for Peachtree Parkway as you near Peachtree City. Turn left onto
Peachtree Parkway, which forms a causeway over Lake Kedron. The goose was
seen from the causeway.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0912&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=4854

A NASHVILLE WARBLER continues at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown
Atlanta. Three TENNESSEE WARBLERS, two AMERICAN REDSTARTS and one COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT were also seen today.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0912&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=6040

A small flock of LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continue at the Altamaha SWMA,
McIntosh Co. They can be seen from the viewing platform at the M.A.R.S.H.
project on Champney Island. BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS have also been
seen sporadically at the Altamaha, on both Champney Island and Butler
Island. An American Bittern was also seen on Butler Island this past
weekend.

Giff Beaton's book "Birding Georgia"
(http://www.gos.org/publications/publications.html#bg) and Ken Blankenship's
web site "Wings Over Georgia" (http://www.wingsoverga.com/) contain
directions to some of these sites and many other great birding locations in
Georgia.

This concludes the current edition of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert. For
information about the Georgia Ornithological Society, see www.gos.org, or
email us at information AT gos.org. To join GOS, send a check for $20 to
GOS, P.O. Box 181, High Shoals, GA 30645.

-End transcript

Jim Flynn
Forsyth Co., GA
http://www.gos.org
http://www.atlantaaudubon.org/
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NYC Area RBA: 4 December 2009

2009-12-04T20:07:53Z

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 4, 2009
* NYNY0912.04

- Birds mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+

CACKLING GOOSE
KING EIDER
Common Eider
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Northern Gannet
Cattle Egret
SANDHILL CRANE
American Oystercatcher
Purple Sandpiper
LITTLE GULL
Bonaparte's Gull
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black Skimmer
PARASITIC JAEGER
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Blue-headed Vireo
Horned Lark
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Snow Bunting
Baltimore Oriole

- Transcript

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically
and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysarc3@....

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Jeanne Skelly - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
420 Chili-Scottsville Rd.
Churchville, NY 14428

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day)
Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)

Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 4th
2009 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER,
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, LITTLE GULL, SANDHILL CRANE, WESTERN
KINGBIRD, CACKLING GOOSE, KING EIDER, ICELAND GULL, PARASITIC JAEGER and
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.

The ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found November 22nd in Queens has continued to
frequent a series of vacant lots at least through Wednesday. Though the
flycatcher does disappear on occasion patience has generally been rewarded
with some very nice views. The lots the flycatcher has been using are right
off exit 17N on the westbound Belt Parkway which quickly gets you to the
corner of North Conduit Avenue and Cohancy Street. The latter a one-way
street which requires a loop around to park near the red brick building by
the train tracks. Look in that lot or in adjacent lots or in the field
across 99th Place one block west. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was also being
seen there at least to Sunday.

The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE in the area of Sunken Meadow State Park north of
Smithtown has not been as cooperative as the Ash-throated but presumably
continues in that area as hopefully also does the Barnacle Goose. The last
report of the PINK-FOOTED comes from last Saturday when it spent much of the
day on the ball fields at Kings Park High School. This location one and a
half miles east of the Sunken Meadow Parkway on the south side of Route 25A.
This area is only used when there is no activity on the ball fields. A
CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Sunken Meadow State Park last Friday and a CATTLE
EGRET showed up in the park on Wednesday.

The immature male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit feeders in the
Grymes Hill section of northeastern Staten Island. The homeowner at 122
Hillside Avenue very graciously continues to welcome birders to look for the
hummingbird which visits feeders on the left side of his house. An immature
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was also at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island until
Wednesday.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD appeared at Jones Beach West End last Sunday but shortly
disappeared into the dunes. On Wednesday at West End there were 110 COMMON
EIDER, 10 PURPLE SANDPIPERS on the Jones jetty, 32 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS
and some SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS.

An immature ICELAND GULL was spotted today at Coney Island Creek behind the
Mark Twain High School off Neptune Avenue in Brooklyn where 4 BLACK SKIMMERS
continued off Coney Island to last Thursday which day also produced 6
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES still off Fort Tilden.

Late landbirds in city parks featured BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLERS and 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES in Prospect Park Brooklyn Wednesday, 2 or 3
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS in Kissena Park Queens back on the 24th of November
and a NASHVILLE WARBLER in Valley Stream State Park Thanksgiving Day.

Out east the SANDHILL CRANE appeared last Sunday along Dune Road west of the
Ponquogue Bridge in Shinnecock last seen flying to the northwest.

Decent activity off the south fork featured last Sunday an immature LITTLE
GULL off Montauk Point along with 300 plus BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 45
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES. The CACKLING GOOSE also continued on the pastures
at Deep Hollow Ranch on the south side of Route 27 at least to Sunday when a
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW was studied there as well. A LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL continues along the shore at Fort Pond Bay. A PARASITIC
JAEGER was off Amagansett Thanksgiving Day along with 8 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES and off Main Beach in East Hampton highlights included an
immature ICELAND GULL last Friday followed on Saturday by an adult male KING
EIDER, an immature LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and 28 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES.

A CATTLE EGRET remains at Mecox Bay Dairy along Mecox Road at least to
Wednesday and good numbers of COMMON EIDER, both RED-THROATED LOON and
COMMON LOON and NORTHERN GANNETS continue along the south side of eastern
Long Island.

At Iron Pier at the end of Pier Avenue in Northville gulls featured an
ICELAND GULL on Tuesday and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on Wednesday.

To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or
weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society.

- End transcript

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RBA: Birdline Delaware, December 4th, 2009

2009-12-04T19:20:15Z

RBA
* Delaware
* Statewide
* December 4, 2009
* DEST0912.04

*Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Ross' Goose
Cackling Goose
Tundra Swan
Mute Swan
Black Duck
American Wigeon
Common Eider
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Cormorant
Black Vulture
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Purple Sandpiper
Eastern Screech Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Winter Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Pine Siskin

Hotline: Birdline Delaware
Date: December 4, 2009
Number: 302-658-2747
To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE)
Compiler: Andy Ednie (ednieap@...)
Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern
New Jersey, Maryland
Transcriber: Andy Ednie (ednieap@...)

For Friday, December 4th, this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum
of Natural History in Greenville. The 2009 Unofficial Delaware State Year
List remains at 328 species, this week.

16 COMMON EIDERS were found at the ice breakers in Delaware Bay off Lewes
today. A fly-by GOLDEN EAGLE was also seen. GREAT CORMORANT and PURPLE
SANDPIPERS were found on the jetties.

At Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach, 11 HOODED MERGANSERS and 22 RUDDY DUCKS
were seen. More HOODED MERGANSERS plus some BUFFLEHEADS were reported at the
north marina of Delaware Seashore State Park. 25 RUDDY TURNSTONES, plus
PURPLE SANDPIPER and GREAT CORMORANT were reported at Indian River Inlet.
HERMIT THRUSHES and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were reported at Fresh Pond and
Burton's Island.

A COMMON GOLDENEYE, 2 BALD EAGLES, and WINTER WREN were seen at Abbott's
Pond. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was reported at the Prime Hook NWR
Headquarters. 4 BLACK VULTURES were reported over Magnolia, south of Dover.

A ROSS' GOOSE was seen among the throng of SNOW GEESE at Bombay Hook NWR.
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and both YELLOWLEGS were seen on the tidal flats.
CACKLING GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, HOODED MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD,
PIED-BILLED GREBE, and AMERICAN COOTS were also reported. RED-SHOULDERED
HAWK, AMERICAN PIPIT and EASTERN MEADOWLARK were also seen in the refuge
last weekend.

An AMERICAN WIGEON was seen at Hoopes' Reservoir in northern Wilmington,
along with 17 HOODED MERGANSERS and a peak count of 11 PIED-BILLED GREBES.
Over 200 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 BUFFLEHEADS, 6 BLACK DUCKS and a MUTE SWAN
were also reported. YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, GRAY CATBIRD, YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER, and CEDAR WAXWING were seen along Hillside Mill Road.

SAPSUCKER, CATBIRD, WINTER WREN and HERMIT THRUSH was also seen at
Brandywine Creek State Park. Several EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and 4 FOX SPARROWS
were seen in the marsh by the entrance booth.

YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, plus a gray phase EASTERN SCREECH OWL was reported
at Ashland Nature Center. A single PINE SISKIN was seen last week. FOX
SPARROW, HERMIT THRUSH and EASTERN TOWHEE were also reported.

It rained the last day of the hawk watch season, a fitting end to this
year's census. Ashland Nature Center Hawk Watch had 2 BALD EAGLES the last
day. A total of over 13000 hawks, half were BROAD-WINGS, was reported.
Highlights included a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE and WOOD STOCK this year. Other
sightings included RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, 254 BALD EAGLES, 13 GOLDEN EAGLES
and 4 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS. Once again this year, no ROUGH-LEGS were reported.

The Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch was equally spectacular. A total of 17,000
hawks were reported, including 3000 OSPREY and over 5000 SHARP-SHINNED
HAWKS. The second documented SWAINSON 'S HAWK was reported, plus 494 BALD
EAGLES, 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS and 4 GOLDEN EAGLES. This count also reported
HARLEQUIN DUCK, COMMON EIDER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, PARASITIC JAEGER,
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, WESTERN KINGBIRD, LARK and
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS.

Sorry if I missed anything, the reports were excellent and there was a
tremendous amount of data. Special thanks to our hawk watchers; Cyrus
Moqtaderi and Forrest Rowland for their reports.

Now for something completely different, here is this week's special feature
from Birdline Delaware on WILM News Radio.

Imagine this identification quandary; a little black duck with the all white
bill, it feeds in a group, patters across the water, and even dives. What
could this bird be? Nowhere in the waterfowl of Peterson's Field Guide is
there such a bird. The bird was latter discovered in another section and is
the AMERICAN COOT

This charcoal black bird often mistaken for a duck is actually a member of
the marsh bird family. Unlike the solitary RAILS, COOTS are gregarious,
often calling (coot SFx) while feeding together. They can dive up to 6 feet
to find food.

They also have long green legs and lobed, not webbed toes. Only GREBES and
PHALAROPE have similar toes. Their nest is a mat of reeds sitting on the
water. The only thing in common with their cousins, the rail is their little
black fuzzy young.

COOTS are omnivorous, feeding on both aquatic plants and invertebrates.
Their diet makes their meat rancid, not a delicacy sought by most hunters.
My college roommate from Louisiana said that only the Cajuns would eat
COOTS, heavily seasoned with cayenne pepper in gumbo. "Whoo wee, de Cajun he
eat anytang"

A group of waterfowl on the bay is a raft. COOTS feeding together are called
a codgery. Male birders, of advanced age, are often called Old Coots.

Special thanks this week to Jim White, Lynn Smith, Bill Stewart, Derek
Stoner, Ed Sigda, and Joe Sebastiani for their reports. You can report
sightings or add to the unofficial Delaware State Year List by calling
302-792-9591 or email ednieap@.... Until next week, good birding!

-end transcript.

Andy Ednie
Claymont, Delaware

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RBA: Eastern MA 12/04/09

2009-12-04T16:59:10Z

- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* December 4, 2009

- Birds Mentioned
MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Mew Gull (not reported)
Common Moorhen
Northern Harrier
Killdeer
Northern Shrike
American Pipit
Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Sandhill Crane
Snowy Owl
White-eyed Vireo
Blackpoll Warbler
Red-headed Woodpecker
Bald Eagle
Red-winged Blackbird
Horned Grebe
Canvasback
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Barred Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker,
Yellow-breasted Chat
Monk Parakeet
Common Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Wilson's Snipe
Lincoln's Sparrow
Pacific Loon
Atlantic Puffin

- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: December 4, 2009
number: (781) 259-8805
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Simon Perkins, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@...

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

This is the Voice of Audubon for Friday, December 4.

The MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER at Wright's Pond in Medford was last
reported on Tuesday, and the second MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER in the
Fenway section of Boston was still present there today, where 2
ORANGE-
CROWNED WARBLERS, 1 late YELLOW WARBLER, 1 CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW, and 1 FOX SPARROW were also seen this week.

The MEW GULL seen at Brace Cove and Niles Pond in East Gloucester
on Monday has not been reported since. Also seen in East Gloucester
this
week were 1 COMMON MOORHEN, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER,
and 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW.

A report from the Cumberland Farms fields in Middleboro included 5
NORTHERN HARRIERS, 3 KILLDEER, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE, 50
AMERICAN PIPITS, 1 VESPER SPARROW, and 2 WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROWS, and miscellaneous reports this week included 3 SANDHILL
CRANES migrating over Wilmington on Wednesday, a SNOWY OWL
at Plum Island, a late WHITE-EYED VIREO and an equally late BLACKPOLL

WARBLER in Rockport, 3 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in Lowell,
a BALD EAGLE in Fitchburg, 100 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS in
Wayland, 3 HORNED GREBES and 22 CANVASBACKS at Fresh Pond
in Cambridge, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 1 BARRED
OWL in the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston, a BARRED OWL, a
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
at Post Office Square in Boston, 2 MONK PARAKEETS in East Boston,
74 COMMON MERGANSERS and 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES at
Great Pond in Braintree, a WILSON'S SNIPE and a LINCOLN'S
SPARROW in South Dartmouth, and 2 PACIFIC LOONS and 3
ATLANTIC PUFFINS at Race Point in Provincetown.

Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End Transcript

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Maine RBA - December 4, 2009

2009-12-04T14:45:03Z

Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting Period: November 26 - December 4, 2009
Area: State of Maine
Compilers: Eric Hynes, Stella Walsh

Of Special Note

Top birds this week are: PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, TUFTED DUCK, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER.

Other noteworthy species included: KING EIDER, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, NORTHERN FULMAR, POMARINE JAEGER, LITTLE GULL, DOVEKIE, THICK-BILLED MURRE, RAZORBILL, BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

Numerous NORTHERN GANNETS and BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were noted in the wake of Thursday's storm at many coastal locations.

York County

A GLAUCOUS GULL was at Seapoint Beach in Kittery on December 3.

An AMERICAN COOT, scarce this fall, has been hanging out on Lindsay Pond in York since mid-November.

A dark-morph NORTHERN FULMAR was on the water off of the Cliff House in Ogunquit on November 28.

Two PEREGRINE FALCONS continue to frequent Factory Island in Saco.

The ponds at the Sanford Sewerage District continue to host a diversity of waterfowl including 50 RUDDY DUCKS on December 3.

Greater Portland

The three PINK-FOOTED GEESE and lone CACKLING GOOSE continued at least through December 4, and were seen this past week at 228 Greeley Road in Cumberland and Thornhurst Farm on Route 115 in North Yarmouth.

Two "pelicans" were reportedly seen among gulls on the northeast side of Chebeague Island in Casco Bay on December 4.

Sightings of the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER in Falmouth continue but are sporadic. It has not been visiting Gilsland Farm lately but it did show up at the feeders at 51 Carroll Street on December 2 and 4.

A POMARINE JAEGER flew just off Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth on December 3. RAZORBILLS flew by on the 3rd and 4th. Ten HARLEQUIN DUCKS continue at Dyer Point as well.

A WILSON'S WARBLER and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were seen in Portland on December 1.

The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT seen on Sheridan Street in the East End of Portland was last reported on November 27, along with an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.

A BALTIMORE ORIOLE continues at Maine Audubon's Gilsland Farm in Falmouth.

Lewiston-Auburn

A female AMERICAN REDSTART was in a Lisbon backyard on November 27.

A PEREGRINE FALCON remains at St. Mary's Church in Lewiston.

A TUFTED DUCK continued in a mixed flock of diving ducks (predominately scaup) at Sabattus Pond in Sabattus at least through December 1. It is best viewed in the morning hours from Riley Road along the southeastern shore. A BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was noted there as well this week.

Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville)

A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Augusta on November 27.

An immature NORTHERN SHRIKE perched in a yard in Norridgewock on November 26.

Midcoast

A female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen on the Cliff Trail in Harpswell on November 26.

A PEREGRINE FALCON continues at the Andros Mill near the Brunswick-Topsham Bridge. Another PEREGRINE was noted on the Bath Bridge on the 30th.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was at Berry's Mill Pond, off Austin Road in West Bath, on
November 30.

An adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK was in Richmond on November 29.

Somewhat unusual for an inland site, three immature GREAT CORMORANTS continue to perch on the Route 197 bridge over the Kennebec River in Richmond.

Penobscot Bay

Seven AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were photographed along the shore at Spruce Head on December 4. They departed by noon and have not been relocated.

Six HARLEQUIN DUCKS, 14 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, two THICK-BILLED MURRES, seven RAZORBILLS, and 70 BLACK GUILLEMOTS were seen on the ferry crossing from Rockland to Vinalhaven Island on December 2.

A late NORTHERN FLICKER was in Belfast on November 26.

Downeast

A DOVEKIE was spotted on December 3 from the Ocean Path to Otter Cliffs in Acadia National Park.

A BOREAL OWL was reported on the Triad Trail in Acadia National Park.

Large numbers of gulls moved close to shore in the Eastport area on December 2. One LITTLE GULL, two LESSER BLACK-BACK GULLS, four ICELAND GULLS, and BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were four of the eight gull species on December 2.

First spotted on November 13, a female KING EIDER continues at Clark Ledge in Eastport.

Northern Maine

A late BELTED KINGFISHER was heard at the confluence of the Fish and St. John Rivers in Fort Kent on November 30.

A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and three ICELAND GULLS were observed at Collins Pond in Caribou on December 2. Another ICELAND GULL was found at Long Lake in St. Agatha this week.

PINE GROSBEAKS and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were noted at Cross Lake.

Bill Sheehan's excellent summary of bird activity in northern Aroostook County can be found at www.northernmainebirds.blogspot.com.

Eric Hynes
Gilsland Farm Naturalist /
Adult Education Program Coordinator
Maine Audubon
20 Gilsland Farm Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
207-781-2330 ext. 237
ehynes@...
www.maineaudubon.org

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Hudson-Mohawk Birdline

2009-12-04T06:34:51Z

This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending December 2, 2009.

Report your sightings in the Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdline@....

Fifty-five species were reported this week. The most interesting were:

REDHEAD: Galway Lake 11/27 (3), 11/28.
RED-NECKED GREBE: Tomhannock 11/29.
MERLIN: Delmar 11/30.
ICELAND GULL: Galway Lake 11/27; Coxsaclie Boat Launch 11/27, 11/30 (2).
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL: Galway 11/29.
NORTHERN SHRIKE: Meadowdale 11/26.
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: Vischer Ferry 12/1.

Other highlights:

Snow Goose: Galway Lake 11/27, 11/28 (blue morph), Vischer Ferry
11/28; Tomhannock 11/29 (~300).

American Wigeon: Galway Lake 11/29 (2); Vischer Ferry 11/29 (4), 12/1 (2).

Northern Shoveler: Vischer Ferry 11/28, 12/1.

Northern Pintail: Galway Lake 11/29; Vischer Ferry 11/28 (3), 11/29
(10), 12/1 (4).

Lesser Scaup: Galway Lake 11/27 (2), 11/29 (2).

Bufflehead: Galway Lake 11/29 (2); Tomhannock 11/29, Lake George 11/30 (5).

Ruddy Duck: Galway Lake 11/27 (50), 11/29 (30+).

Wild Turkey: Rexford 12/2 (9).

Pied-billed Grebe: Austerlitz 11/29.

Osprey: Galway Lake 11/28.

Bald Eagle: Galway Lake 11/27, 11/28; Collins Lake 11/28, Brunswick
11/28 (3); Tomhannock 11/29.

Great Horned Owl: Saratoga 11/29.

Golden-crowned Kinglet: West Sand Lake 12/2 (2).

Eastern Bluebird: Meadowdale 11/26 (3); Vischer Ferry 11/29.

Fox Sparrow: Vischer Ferry 11/28, 12/1.

Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Bernie
Grossman (Rexford), Rich Guthrie (Coxsaclie Boat Launch, Vischer
Ferry 11/29), David Harrington (Galway Lake 11/27, 11/28), Ron
Harrower (Galway, Galway Lake 11/29), Nancy Kern (Austerlitz), Jory
Langner (Delmar), Steve Mesick (Tomhannock), Cheryl Tucker (Lake
George), Brad Walker (Brunswick), Tom Williams (Tomhannock, Vischer
Ferry 12/1), Naomi ___ (West Sand Lake) and anonymous (Saratoga).

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WNY Dial-a-Bird 03 Dec 2009

2009-12-03T18:08:51Z

- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 12/03/2009
* NYBU0912.03
- Birds mentioned
-----------------------------------------
Please phone in rare sightings for update
Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
Thank you, David
-----------------------------------------
[UPDATE - Wednesday, December 9, BOS Annual Holiday Celebration at 7
PM at the Buffalo Museum of Science.
Please bring a treat to share. Thank you.]

LONG-B. DOWITCHER
Red-throated Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
D.-crest. Cormorant
Tundra Swan
Mute Swan
Snow Goose
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Sharp-sh. Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
L. Black-b. Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-b. Gull
Northern Shrike
Amer. Tree Sparrow

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Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Date: 12/03/2009
Number: 716-896-1271
To Report: Same
Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com)
Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
Website: www.BOSBirding.org

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science
and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave a message,
(3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4) for
instructions on how to report sightings. To contact the Science
Museum, call 896-5200.

Highlights of reports received November 25 through December 3 from
the Niagara Frontier Region include LONG-B. DOWITCHER and Niagara
River gulls.

November 26, 2 LONG-B. DOWITCHERS were still at Darien Lake State
Park in Genesee County. This is the latest occurrence of LONG-B.
DOWITCHER in the BOS archives.

Ten gull species at the lower Niagara River power plants and Niagara
Falls this past weekend included LITTLE GULL, BONAPARTE'S GULL,
RING-BILLED GULL, CALIFORNIA GULL, HERRING GULL, THAYER'S GULL,
ICELAND GULL. L. BLACK-B. GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL and GREAT BLACK-B. GULL.

Also on the Niagara River, 14 TUNDRA SWANS at Beaver Island State
Park, and 6 MUTE SWANS passing Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.

November 28 at the Countryside Gravel Ponds, on Route 62 in the
Cattaraugus County Town of Dayton, SNOW GOOSE, 7 LESSER SCAUP, 19
BUFFLEHEAD, 76 HOODED MERGANSERS, 50 COMMON MERGANSERS, PIED-BILLED
GREBE, D.-CREST. CORMORANT, AMERICAN KESTREL, SHARP-SH. HAWK and BALD
EAGLE.

On the Lake Erie shore in Ontario this week, 10 SNOW GEESE and 4
TUNDRA SWANS at Long Beach in Wainfleet. Five more TUNDRA SWANS at
Stonemill Road in Fort Erie, and a PEREGRINE FALCON on Mohawk Island,
off Rock Point Park in Dunnville.

Other reports this week - NORTHERN SHRIKE in Clarence near the
Tillman Wildlife Management Area, and at a feeder in the Town of
Holland. MERLIN in the Town of Elma on Old Transit Road near Transit
Road, and another MERLIN in Amherst, over North Bailey Avenue in
Eggertsville. RED-THROATED LOON and HORNED GREBE on Lake Erie at Athol
Springs in Hamburg. And, at the Dunkirk Airport in Chautauqua County,
6 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 8 AMER. TREE SPARROWS.

Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, December 10. Please
call in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may report sightings
after the tone. Thank you for calling and reporting to Dial-a-Bird.

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Ottawa/Gatineau - 03 Dec 09 - weekly update

2009-12-03T18:03:36Z

Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
03 December 2009

Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
Phone number: 613-860-9000
For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star)
To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one)
Rare bird alerts are now included in the introductory message
Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W.
Quebec
Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis hagenius@...

At 9:00 pm, Thursday Dec 3, 2009 this is Chris Lewis reporting.

Highlights in the last week of November and beginning of December included
two species that paid all too brief visits to the Ottawa River - a HARLEQUIN
DUCK dropped in to the Deschenes rapids on the 23rd and an adult
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE flew by Andrew Haydon Park on the 28th.

Large flocks of SNOW GEESE were again found along Hwy 417 at Hwy 138 and
near Moose Creek on the 2nd, and smaller groups were in the Winchester and
Navan areas on the 28th and 1st. Single CACKLING GEESE were reported from
several locations over the past week, and 9 were closely associating at the
east end of Andrew Haydon on the 2nd. On the 24th waterfowl on the Quebec
side below the Deschenes rapids included approx. 150 RING-NECKED DUCKS as
well as numerous SCAUP spp. and BUFFLEHEAD. Both a RED-THROATED LOON and a
RED-NECKED GREBE were also reported from this location the same day. One
each of SURF SCOTER and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER (both late for Ottawa) were
spotted off Andrew Haydon on the 2nd, varying numbers of COMMON GOLDENEYE
are now on both the Ottawa and Rideau Rivers, and 2 male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
continue to hang out on the Rideau between the Hurdman bridge and Riverain
Park. HOODED MERGANSERS were widely reported and approx. 130 COMMON
MERGANSERS were at Constance Bay on the 2nd.

On the 25th a single ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen along March Valley Rd. and
an adult PEREGRINE FALCON cruised over Andrew Haydon Park on the 28th. Good
numbers of SANDHILL CRANES are still in the fields on the west side of
Milton Rd. southwest of Navan - 62 were counted on the 22nd, and 48 were
still present on the 1st. Noteworthy gulls aside from the Kittiwake included
7 ICELAND, 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED and 17 GLAUCOUS GULLS coming in to roost on
the river off Andrew Haydon Park at dusk on the 26th, and a 1st winter
"NELSON'S GULL" (Herring X Glaucous hybrid) was reported from the
Nepean Equestrian Park at Moodie Dr. and Corkstown Rd. on the 28th.

A couple of late BELTED KINGFISHERS were seen along March Valley Rd. on the
25th, and at Petrie Island on the 1st. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was also noted on
the 1st at Bowesville and High Rds. south of the international airport. A
few DARK-EYED JUNCOS were moving through the Britannia Conservation Area on
the 2nd, and on the 1st a dozen BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS were found at what has
become a traditonal wintering location along Russell Rd. in Carlsbad
Springs. And once again, a feeder near the village of Poland west of Lanark
seems to be a magnet for what were described as "hordes"of EVENING
GROSBEAKS.

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RBA: New Jersey, Dec. 3, 2009

2009-12-03T11:30:31Z

- RBA

* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0912.03
* December 3, 2009

- Birds Mentioned
+ Cave Swallow
+ Ivory Gull
+ Spotted Towhee
+ Western Grebe
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American Bittern
American Pipit
American White Pelican
Baltimore Oriole
Black-legged Kittiwake
Blue-headed Vireo
Bonaparte's Gull
Cackling Goose
Common Eider
Fox Sparrow
Golden Eagle
Harlequin Duck
Little Gull
Long-tailed Duck
Northern Goshawk
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Orange-crowned Warbler
Purple Finch
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-throated Loon
Rough-legged Hawk
Rusty Blackbird
Savannah Sparrow
Short-eared Owl
Snow Bunting
Snowy Owl
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper

- Transcript

hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number: (732) 872-2595
to report: (732) 872-2500
compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/

This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday December 3, 2009 with reports of IVORY GULL, SPOTTED TOWHEE, WESTERN GREBE, SNOWY OWL, LITTLE GULL, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, CAVE SWALLOW, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements.

A juvenile IVORY GULL was discovered in Cape May Harbor Nov 27 and was seen as recently as Dec 3. For recent bird sightings in Cape May and Cumberland counties, visit www.birdcapemay.org/blog

A female/immature SPOTTED TOWHEE was found at Palmyra Cove Nature Park in Burlington County Nov 26-Dec 2. Head south on the red gravel trail that leaves the south end of the parking lot and parallels the Delaware River. The trail eventually curves east (left) and ends at the big pit. Turn right and walk a short distance (ca. 25') and turn left, following the trail around the south side of the big pit. On your right is a small dugout area that has Phragmites and Black Willows growing in it. This is known as the little pit and where the Spotted Towhee was seen, often in association with a couple of Eastern Towhees. This location has also been described at the intersection of the red-winged blackbird and saw-whet trails. Also at Palmyra this week were 4 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and 10+ FOX SPARROWS.

The WESTERN GREBE was seen again at South Amboy's Waterfront Park Dec 1. Also there near the creek mouth was a late NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. More information about birding here can be found at http://www.njaudubon.org/SectionCenters/SectionSHBO/SouthAmboy.aspx

A female SNOWY OWL was sighted at Liberty State Park Nov 29; the bird was seen on the sand bar near the jetty south of the first parking lot on the right after entering the park.

Sandy Hook sightings this week included up to 13 COMMON EIDERS off the end of the fisherman's trail, an adult Little Gull off the fee plaza Nov 29, 3 CAVE SWALLOWS flying past north beach Nov 26, AMERICAN PIPIT, BLUE-HEADED VIREO at North Beach lot Nov 29, 3 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS at North Pond Nov 26 and singles near L-lot Nov 29 and at South Pond Nov 30; 55 SNOW BUNTINGS, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and 3 PURPLE FINCHES. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports.

A first-winter LITTLE GULL was detected among 500+ BONAPARTE'S GULLS off Roosevelt Ave in Deal Nov 28; also there was a female COMMON EIDER. A flock of 11 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS was viewed over Asbury Park south of Deal Lake Nov 29 and headed north. More information about birding this site at http://www.njaudubon.org/SectionCenters/SectionSHBO/GuidetoBirdingtheNorthernNorthShore.aspx

Barnegat Light State Park/Inlet Nov 28 continued to host 150+ COMMON EIDERS and 25 HARLEQUIN DUCKS. Also there were 8 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 5 IPSWICH SPARROWS, and SNOW BUNTING. Just north of the inlet at Island Beach State Park over 1,000 RED-THROATED LOONS were counted Nov 29. Manahawkin WMA (Stafford Ave) hosted a late WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER the same day.

Mott's Creek Rd just north of Brig had 2 dark-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and a SHORT-EARED OWL Nov 29.

Brigantine NWR this week hosted AMERICAN BITTERN, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and WESTERN SANDPIPERS.

Great Swamp NWR had an excellent count of 124 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS Dec 2.

Glenhurst Meadows had an impressive 12 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS Dec 2.

Sunrise Mt. Hawk Watch tallied 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS and 6 GOLDEN EAGLES Nov 29.

Four GOLDEN EAGLES were recorded at Raccoon Ridge Nov 28.

Fourteen CACKLING GEESE were found at Assiscong Marsh near Flemington Nov 29.

Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue this week at Lenape Park in Cranford. To look for the birds park in the lot off Kenilworth Blvd and walk on the dike towards Westfield (away from Kenilworth); stop about ten feet past the first sign on the dike and look in the trees to the right.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Space is still available on the pelagic trip from Belmar Dec 6 in search of Northern Fulmar, Black-legged Kittiwake, Razorbill, Dovekie, and other seabirds. For more information contact See Life Paulagics at 215-234-6805 or see their website at www.paulagics.com

The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or e-mail sightings AT njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks for reporting.

The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds to the hotline, please call 732-872-2500 or email 'sightings AT njaudubon.org' ... *Birders are encouraged to submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 'report AT njbrc.net' or hard copy to 14 Crown Drive, Warren NJ 07059. Thanks for calling and reporting.

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Delaware Valley RBA, 2 DEC 2009

2009-12-02T13:25:41Z

- RBA

* PA, NJ, DE
* Delaware Valley: Southeast PA, Central/Southern NJ & DE
* PADV0912.02
* December 2, 2009

- Birds Mentioned

American White Pelican (NJ)+
Swainson's Hawk (NJ)+
Ivory Gull (NJ)+
Eurasian Collared-dove -Extralimital- (PA)+
Selasphorus Hummingbird Sp. (NJ)+
Ash-throated Flycatcher (PA)+
Spotted Towhee (NJ)+
(NJ)+ (Details requested by NJBRC)
(PA)+ (Details requested by PORC)
(DE)+ (Details requested by DERC)
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Brown Pelican
Great Cormorant
American Bittern
Tricolored Heron
Glossy Ibis
Cackling Goose
Brant
Tundra Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
Redhead
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Osprey
Northern Goshawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Virginia Rail
Common Moorhen
Sandhill Crane
American Avocet
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Red Knot
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Parasitic Jaeger
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Short-eared Owl
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Red-headed Woodpecker
Western Kingbird
Common Raven
Cave Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Ipswich Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Dickcissel
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch

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Hotline: Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert
Email reports to: rba@...
Compiler: Steve Kacir, Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Phone: (215) 240-7547
Voice of the Delaware Valley RBA: Cindy Ahern & Win Shafer
URL: http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm

Welcome to the Dec 2, 2009 edition of the Delaware Valley Rare Bird
Alert, a service provided by the joint efforts of the Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley
Ornithological Club (DVOC), covering the Delaware Valley Region of
Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

I'm Steve Kacir your guide for birding in the Greater Philadelphia
Region. This week, the IVORY GULL in Cape May County, NJ tops the
sightings list, but we also highlight reports of AMERICAN WHITE
PELICANS in Cape May & Monmouth Counties, NJ; SWAINSON'S HAWK &
SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRDS in Cape May County, NJ; ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER in Lebanon County, PA and SPOTTED TOWHEE in Burlington
County, NJ. Remember to check out our website for additional
content and information:
http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm
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FOR NEW JERSEY:

Cape May County:
A subadult IVORY GULL was discovered at Cape May Harbor on Nov 27.
The IVORY GULL is the fourth or fifth modern record for NJ. The
IVORY GULL flew a circuit of Cape May Harbor most of the day on Nov
27, with reports from the Lobster House, the cannery at the Ocean
Dr drawbridge, the Coast Guard Base, Utsch's Marina, Harborview
Marina, the Cape Harbor Marine Services area and the Nature Center
of Cape May. On Nov 28, the IVORY GULL spent most of the day
feeding on fish carcasses at the Bree-Zee-Lee Yacht Basin marina
off Ocean Dr, and was seen reliably at Bree-Zee-Lee through Dec 2.
The IVORY GULL was also spotted from the Ocean Dr drawbridge on Nov
28. Eleven AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS flew north over the Bree-Zee-
Lee Marina on Nov 29.

The Cape May SWAINSON'S HAWK was reported through Dec 1, with
sightings from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Cape Island Preserve
(accessible from Wilson St off Seashore Rd), the Rea Farm, Stevens
St, Bayshore Rd and the West Cape May canal bridge. A WESTERN
KINGBIRD was at Cape Island Preserve on Nov 28-29.

Up to two unidentified SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRDS frequented a feeder
at the corner of Coral Ave and Cambridge Ave on Nov 29-Dec 2. A
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD has been visiting a feeder at Stevens St.

On Nov 27-28 & Dec 1, CAVE SWALLOWS were reported from the Cape May
Point State Park Hawk Watch. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK, WESTERN KINGBIRD
and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD were spotted from the hawk watch on Nov
28. The Lighthouse Pond at Cape May Point State Park had 3-4
EURASIAN WIGEONS through Nov 29, and 2 hen REDHEADS on Nov 29. On
Dec 1, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was at the park, seen from the
stream crossing on the Yellow Trail. That day, the Lighthouse Pond
had a COMMON MOORHEN and flyby GLOSSY IBIS. Other sightings from
the Cape May Point State Park included AMERICAN BITTERNS, TUNDRA
SWANS, VIRGINIA RAIL and SNOW BUNTINGS. On Nov 29, the
aforementioned SWAINSON'S HAWK and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD were
seen at the Rea Farm. Other sightings from the Rea Farm included
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. An AMERICAN AVOCET was at the "Gull Island" at
TNC Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge on Nov 29.

A record-setting 227 COMMON EIDERS were tallied in Cape May on Nov
28, with some seen around the Coral Ave jetty and the Second Ave
jetty. All three species of SCOTER were seen from the Second Ave
jetty on Nov 28. On Nov 27, four HARLEQUIN DUCKS and a KING EIDER
were seen from Poverty Beach, and 5 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were there on
Dec 1. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and southbound COMMON EIDERS
were spotted at the Two Mile Beach Unit of Cape May NWR on Nov 29.
On Nov 26, sightings from Nummy Island included a dozen MARBLED
GODWITS, WILLETS, RED KNOTS, WESTERN SANDPIPERS and a COMMON EIDER.
The Avalon Sea Watch noted COMMON EIDERS on Nov 26-Dec 1, HARLEQUIN
DUCKS on Nov 28 & Nov 30-Dec 2, PARASITIC JAEGER on Dec 1 and a
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE on Nov 26. Other sightings from the Avalon
Sea Watch included BROWN PELICAN, GREAT CORMORANTS, TUNDRA SWANS,
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, COMMON GOLDENEYES, PURPLE SANDPIPERS,
BONAPARTE'S GULLS and SNOW BUNTING.

Atlantic County:
On Nov 29, Mott's Creek near Brigantine had a SHORT-EARED OWL, 2
dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and 80 flyby TUNDRA SWANS. On Nov
29, the Brigantine Division of Edwin B Forsythe NWR had a ROUGH-
LEGGED HAWK and AMERICAN BITTERN. A COMMON GOLDENEYE was on Lilly
Lake that day. A TRICOLORED HERON was at Brigantine on Nov 26.

Ocean County:
On Nov 26-29, COMMON EIDERS and HARLEQUIN DUCKS were seen from the
jetty at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park. On Nov 28, WHITE-WINGED
SCOTER was reported from the jetty, and 8 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES
were at the mouth of the inlet. That day, 5 IPSWICH SPARROWS and a
SNOW BUNTING were also reported from the park. Two IPSWICH
SPARROWS were there on Nov 26. On Nov 29, PURPLE SANDPIPERS and
COMMON EIDERS were reported from the 8th St access to the beach at
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park. A juvenile WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
was at Manahawkin WA on Nov 28.

Monmouth County:
A flock of 12 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were reported from Deal on
Nov 29. A LITTLE GULL was spotted in a flock of 500 BONAPARTE'S
GULLS off Deal on Nov 28. That day, a hen COMMON EIDER was off the
Phillips Ave Jetty. On Nov 26, three CAVE SWALLOWS, 3 ORANGE-
CROWNED WARBLERS, 31 SNOW BUNTINGS and 3 PURPLE FINCHES were at
Sandy Hook.

Burlington County:
A female SPOTTED TOWHEE was at Palmyra Cove Nature Park Nov 26-28,
the sixth record of that species in NJ. The SPOTTED TOWHEE was
seen near the intersection of the Red-winged Blackbird Trail and
the Saw-whet Trail on Nov 26-28, and it was between the Big Pit and
the Little Pit or in the Little Pit on Nov 29-30. On Dec 2, the
SPOTTED TOWHEE was reported from the southwest corner of the main
pit. Four drake LONG-TAILED DUCKS and a COMMON LOON were on the
Delaware River off of Palmyra Cove Nature Park on Nov 29.

Hunterdon County:
A flock of 14 CACKLING GEESE were at Assiscong Marsh on Nov 29.
Five RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were at a farm in Delaware Twp that
day.

Warren County:
At least 12 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were at the Warren Green Acres
(AKA Glenhurst Meadows) on Dec 2. The Scott's Mountain Hawk Watch
reported LONG-TAILED DUCKS on Nov 29. Other sightings from Scott's
Mountain included COMMON LOONS. Four GOLDEN EAGLES flew past the
Raccoon Ridge Hawk Watch on Nov 29. Other sightings from Raccoon
Ridge included COMMON RAVEN and a Milk Snake.

Morris County:
On Dec 2, there were 124 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at Great Swamp NWR,
reported from the north side Primitive Access area.
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FOR DELAWARE:

Sussex County:
On Nov 26, seven COMMON EIDERS flew past Indian River Inlet, while
a young drake COMMON EIDER bobbed in the surf. Eight PURPLE
SANDPIPERS were on the jetties at the inlet that day.
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FOR PENNSYLVANIA:

Delaware County:
The Rose Tree Park Hawk Watch reported COMMON LOONS.

Chester County:
The RED-THROATED LOON was still at Marsh Creek State Park through
Nov 26. On Dec 1, AMERICAN PIPITS flew over the Chambers Lake dike
in Hibernia Park. That day, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was at the
Coatesville Reservoir.

Bucks County:
On Nov 26, a RED-THROATED LOON was seen off the fishing pier of
Lake Nockamixon in Nockamixon State Park. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL and 4 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES were at the Churchville Nature
Center on Dec 2.

Lehigh County:
On Nov 28, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, GOLDEN EAGLE and late OSPREY flew
past the Bake Oven Knob Hawk Watch. Bake Oven Knob also reported
COMMON LOONS and COMMON RAVENS.

Berks County:
An immature male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continued to visit a feeder in
Robeson Twp through Nov 28. GOLDEN EAGLES flew past the Hawk
Mountain Sanctuary Hawk Watch on Nov 28-29. A RED-THROATED LOON
and 11 BRANT flew by Hawk Mountain on Nov 28. Other reports from
Hawk Mountain included COMMON LOON, COMMON RAVENS and Black Bears.

Lancaster County:
A TUNDRA SWAN, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, AMERICAN PIPIT and RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS were at Speedwell County Park on Nov 29.

Lebanon County:
The ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at Gen Biddle Rd in SGL 145 in Mount
Gretna was reported through Nov 28. To reach the area where the
bird was first seen, take Route 72, and then head west on Pinch Rd
for 2 miles. Go past a power-line cut and up a hill to the first
parking area on the left, and park there. The flycatcher was seen
100-300 yards down the road that is blocked by a gate at this
location. There is hunting in the area, so wear blaze orange. The
SANDHILL CRANE at Lake Duffy in SGL 145 was reported as recently as
Dec 1. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen near Gobblers Run Rd in West
Lebanon on Nov 27. A GOLDEN EAGLE flew past the Second Mountain
Hawk Watch on Nov 29. Other sightings from Second Mountain
included COMMON LOONS and COMMON RAVENS.

Wayne County:
Two COMMON LOONS and a LONG-TAILED DUCK were on Lake Wallenpaupack
on Nov 26.

PA Extralimitals:
On Nov 26, six EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were at Shady Grove in
Franklin County.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The next meeting of the DVOC is on Dec 3 at 7:30pm at the Academy
of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, when DVOC Vice President Frank
Windfelder and Howard Eskin will emcee the Annual DVOC Photo
Contest. Howard Eskin will also present an Ornithological Study
entitled "A Fly Fisherman's Observations About Some Diving Ducks."
The meeting after that will be on Dec 17, featuring "A Montgomery
County Big Year" by Stephen Kacir. Details are on the website, and
guests are always welcome.

See Life Paulagics is leading a pelagic out of Belmar, NJ on Dec 6
and a trip out of Lewes, DE is scheduled for Dec 13. Both of these
trips will focus on winter seabirds such as Northern Fulmar,
Razorbill, Common Murre, Thick-billed Murre, Dovekie, Atlantic
Puffin, Red Phalarope, Great Skua and Black-legged Kittiwake. More
details on these pelagic trips can be found at
http://www.paulagics.com/

The Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert is a weekly report on birding
in the Delaware Valley Region including Pennsylvania, Delaware and
New Jersey. To report birds or significant birding events and
planned pelagic trips, please email rba@.... This is Steve
Kacir, good birding to you all and thanks for calling, surfing and
reporting.

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Steve Kacir
rba@...
DVOC Rare Bird Alert Committee Chair
Academy of Natural Sciences
Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Philadelphia

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