Eastern PA Birdline: 10/29/2009

[Dave DeReamus-2]

- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* October 29, 2009
* PAEA0910.29

- Birds mentioned

AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
BRANT
BLACK SCOTER
SURF SCOTER
AMERICAN BITTERN
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
CACKLING GOOSE
PACIFIC LOON

- Transcript

Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: October 29th at 1:00 PM
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Compiler: Dave DeReamus
My reporting area includes all of Lehigh and Northampton Counties with the
northern edge of the area reaching Beltzville State Park and the southern
edge reaching Peace Valley Park in Bucks County.  Updates are typically done
every Thursday, more often when necessary.

You can visit the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society Website at
http://www.lehigh.edu/lvas.

You can visit my 'Eastern PA Birding' Website for photos and information at
http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html.

This is Dave DeReamus, for the Eastern PA Birdline, sponsored by the Lehigh
Valley Audubon Society, recorded on October 29th at 1:00 PM.

The next Audubon meeting will be held on November 10th at 7:00 PM at the
Whitehall Township Public Library on Mechanicsville Road in Whitehall.  Dan
Brauning will do a program on "The History & Recovery of Raptors in PA."

Directions to many of the sites in this report can be found in the area's
birding guidebook, "Birds of the Lehigh Valley and Vicinity".

NOW FOR THE BIRDS!

Sightings from the NAZARETH QUARRY, Northampton County included:
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 24 on 10/26.

Sightings from PALMER TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 to at least 10/24 (at a private feeder).

Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Palm and Nashville Warbler, and Common Yellowthroat.

Sightings from the BATH area, Northampton County included:
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS - 16 on 10/28 (along Silvercrest Road).
Dunlin - 1 on 10/27 (along Silvercrest Road).

Sightings from the SEEMSVILLE area, Northampton County included:
Red-breasted Nuthatch.

Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
BRANT - 52 on 10/24
BLACK SCOTERS - 9 on 10/24
SURF SCOTERS - 5 on 10/24 and 10/26
AMERICAN BITTERN - 1 on 10/23
Dunlin - 1 on 10/24
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 on 10/27
Ring-necked Pheasant - 1 on 10/27.
Also Red-breasted Nuthatch.

Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Bald Eagles - 2 on 10/25
NORTHERN GOSHAWKS - 2 on 10/26
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - 1 on 10/26
Golden Eagles - 6 on 10/25; 4 on 10/26
Merlins - 3 on 10/25
Peregrine Falcon - 1 on 10/23, 10/25, and 10/26.
Also Common Raven.

Sightings from the FOGELSVILLE area, Lehigh County included:
CACKLING GOOSE - 1 on 10/26 (along Nestle Way)
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER - 1 on 10/27 (near Route 100 and Schantz Road).
Also Greater Yellowlegs.

Sightings from GREEN LANE RESERVOIR, Montgomery County included:
At the Church Road area: Bald Eagle.
Also White-crowned Sparrow.

Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey included:
At the Scotts Mountain Hawkwatch:
SURF SCOTER - 1 on 10/25
PACIFIC LOON - 1 on 10/23
Bald Eagles - 2 on 10/23
NORTHERN GOSHAWKS - 1 on 10/23
Merlins - 2 on 10/23
Peregrine Falcons - 2 on 10/25.
Also Lesser Scaup.

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