Central PA Birdline for 11.5.2009

[Mark A. McConaughy]

Central PA Birdline
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Bird Highlights
GREAT CORMORANT (Lancaster Co.)
SANDHILL CRANE (Lebanon Co.)
Hotline: Central Pennsylvania Birdline
Date: November 5, 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, November 5, 2009.
 
BEDFORD/SOMERSET COUNTIES:
Allegheny Front Hawk Watch reported counting 92 TURKEY VULTURES, OSPREY, 2 BALD EAGLES, 5 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 10 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 7 COOPER'S HAWKS, 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS, 17 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 318 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 19 GOLDEN EAGLES, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL, MERLINS and PEREGRINE FALCON between October 29 and November 2 (GF, NF, BSt, JR, TD, EH, BG, TBa, RMc).
 
BRADFORD COUNTY:
An immature BALD EAGLE was seen west of Athens on November 3 (TG).
 
CENTRE COUNTY:
There were 2 BRANT and 2 adult BALD EAGLES at Bald Eagle State Park between October 30 and November 1 (BSn, NBu).
 
An adult BALD EAGLE was observed on November 1 perched in a tree along Whitehall Road about 0.5 miles past the old Fairbrook Church (GBri).
 
Jo Hayes Vista reported seeing 2 GOLDEN EAGLES on November 3 (CG).
 
A few RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were in a mixed flock of blackbirds at Scotia Pond on November 4 (GG).
 
An adult BALD EAGLE was circling Colyer Lake on November 4 (MH).
 
CLINTON COUNTY:
A solitary BRANT was seen on October 29 in the Susquehanna River along the dike in Lock Haven (JS).
 
CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
Waggoner's Gap Hawk Watch counted 8 BLACK VULTURES, 233 TURKEY VULTURES, 1 OSPREY, 12 BALD EAGLES, 24 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 64 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 16 COOPER'S HAWKS, 3 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS, 38 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 626 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 39 GOLDEN EAGLES, 3 MERLINS and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS between October 29 and November 3 (RF, DG, CH, GW).
 
FRANKLIN COUNTY:
Tuscarora Summit Hawk Watch reported counting 68 TURKEY VULTURES, 3 BALD EAGLES, 4 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 12 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 4 COOPER'S HAWKS, 6 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 67 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 4 GOLDEN EAGLES and 1 MERLIN between October 29 and November 2 (DGe).
 
A STILT SANDPIPER continues to be seen at the Kriner Road Ponds through at least October 31 (BK). There also were 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS present on October 31 (BK).
 
HUNTINGDON/MIFFLIN COUNTIES:
Stone Mountain Hawk Watch reported tabulating 4 BLACK VULTURES, 19 TURKEY VULTURES, 1 OSPREY, 3 BALD EAGLES, 12 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 9 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 2 COOPER'S HAWKS, 7 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 130 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 29 GOLDEN EAGLES and 1 MERLIN between October 29 and November 3 (DB, GG, DWe, JB, TK, NBo).
 
LANCASTER COUNTY:
Conejohela Flats produced 1 BRANT, 2 immature BALD EAGLES, 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 7 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 2 BONAPARTE'S GULL between October 29 and 31 (BS, DBo, CC, JBo).
 
There were 2 immature and 6 adult BALD EAGLES and 10 FORSTER'S TERNS in the Susquehanna River near Peach Bottom Village on October 29 (BS). A GREAT CORMORANT was observed flying along the Susquehanna River near Peach Bottom on November 3 (CC).
 
An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Middle Creek Wildlife Propagation Area on October 31 (BHo, JHo).
 
LEBANON COUNTY:
Second Mountain Hawk Watch counted 90 BLACK VULTURES, 74 TURKEY VULTURES, 6 BALD EAGLES, 14 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 47 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 9 COOPER'S HAWKS, 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS, 31 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 219 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 10 GOLDEN EAGLES and 2 MERLINS between October 29 and November 3 (DS, RB, MC, JC, SC, RP, FW).
 
The SANDHILL CRANE continues to be seen at Lake Duffy in State Game Lands 145 through at least October 30 (SH, RM). A single RUSTY BLACKBIRD was also seen in that area on October 30 (SH, RM).
 
LUZERNE COUNTY:
There were 6 BRANT feeding on the PPL's Susquehanna Riverlands baseball field on October 31 (JF).
 
Seven SURF SCOTERS were found at Harvey's Lake on November 2 (KR). There was 1 RED-NECKED GREBE present on November 3 and two were found on November 4 (KR)
 
MIFFLIN COUNTY:
Jacks Mountain Hawk Watch reported counting 24 TURKEY VULTURES, 2 BALD EAGLES, 3 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 9 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 3 COOPER'S HAWKS, 61 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 4 GOLDEN EAGLES, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL and 1 MERLIN between October 29 and November 3 (LW, RS, GB, DSm).
 
SCHUYKILL COUNTY:
The Blue Mountain Route 183 Hawk Watch counted 12 BLACK VULTURES, 16 TURKEY VULTURES, 1 BALD EAGLE, 5 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 20 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 9 COOPER'S HAWKS, 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 94 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL and 1 MERLIN between October 31 and November 1 (SF, JHoo).
 
SCHUYKILL/BERKS COUNTIES:
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary reported tabulating 7 BLACK VULTURES, 63 TURKEY VULTURES, 2 OSPREY, 5 BALD EAGLES, 16 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 47 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 18 COOPER'S HAWKS, 5 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS, 37 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 340 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 19 GOLDEN EAGLES, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL, 3 MERLINS and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS between October 29 and November 4 (LG).
 
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY:
A MERLIN was observed on October 30 sitting on a utility pole in the area of the traditional rail swamp at Noble Farm in Springville Township (JSk).
 
A flock of 39 BLACK SCOTERS were at the Schooley Pond near Springville on November 2 (JSk).
 
YORK COUNTY:
Two BRANT were found at Long Arm Reservoir on November 4 (DR, PR, 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:
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*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), Gloria Bickel (GB), Diane Bierly (DBi), Jerry Book (JBo), Rob Blye (RBl), Nick Bolgiano (NB), Devin Bosler (DBo), Jen Brackbill (JBr), Gerry Brigman (GBri), Randy Brenner (RB), Don Bryant (DB), Nan Butkovich (NBu), Lou Carpenter (LC), Chuck Chalfant (CC), Dick Cleary (DC), John Cooper (JC), Sue Cooper (SC), Morris Cox (MC), Tom Dick (TD), Jim Dunn (JD), Edwin Escalet (EE), Pam Fisher (PF), Scott Fisher (SF), Gene Flament (GF), Nancy Flament (NF), Ron Freed (RF), Jeff Fridman (JF), Vern Gauthier (VG), Dale Gearhart (DGe), Trudy Gerlach (TG), Laurie Goodrich (LG), Bob Gorsuch (BG), Chet Gottfried (CG), Doug Gross (DGr), Dave Grove (DG), Greg Grove (GG), 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), 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), Rosemary McGlynn (RMc), Linda McKinne (LM), Kate Miller (KM), Randy Miller (RM), Bill Oyler (BO), Richard Pohner (RP), Larry Ramsey (LR), Tom Raub (TR), Joan Renninger (JRe), Dan Richards (DR), Kevin Ripka (KR), Peter Robinson (PR), Jim Rocco (JR), 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), Rob Stone (RSt), Aden Troyer (AT), Larry Usselman (LU), Joe Verica (JV), Jeff Vinosky (JVi), Gene Wagner (GW), Tom Watkins (TW), Drew Weber (DW), Scott Weidensaul (SW), Dustin Welch (DWel), Doug Wentzel (DWe), Linda Whitesel (LW), Chuck Widmann (CW), Fred Wilcox (FW), Pat Williams (PW), Richard Williams (RW), 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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Mark A. McConaughy    TimeTraveler50@...
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