- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Central Pennsylvania
* February 4, 2010
* PACE1002.04
Bird Highlights
PRAIRIE FALCON (Cumberland Co.)
SANDHILL CRANE (Lebanon Co.)
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE (Franklin Co.)
NORTHERN SHRIKE (Huntingdon Co.)
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (Lancaster Co.)
- Transcript
Hotline: Central Pennsylvania Birdline
February 4, 2010
To Report: TimeTraveler50@comcast.net
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, February 4, 2010.
ADAMS COUNTY:
A winter raptor survey run on January 27 located 2 BLACK VULTURES, 7 TURKEY VULTURES, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 1 COOPER'S HAWK, 22 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 6 AMERICAN KESTRELS along with 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (DS, RS, NL).
A winter raptor survey run on February 1 in the northern part of the county found 86 BLACK VULTURES, 48 TURKEY VULTURES, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 23 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 6 AMERICAN KESTRELS (RFr, PFr, KGi, DGi).
CARBON COUNTY:
A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on January 28 at the boat launch at Beltzville State Park (DH).
CENTRE COUNTY:
A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL called at Bear Meadows on the evening of January 29 (JD).
A BALD EAGLE was observed at Bald Eagle State Park on January 30 (BSn).
A winter raptor survey run along Centre Route 2 on January 31 located 5 BLACK VULTURES, 45 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS (JL, RF, NB, NS).
CLEARFIELD COUNTY:
A winter raptor survey conducted on January 31 located 6 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (DBi, DGr).
CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
A LEAST SANDPIPER continues to be seen at the Big Spring through at least January 30 (VG).
The PRAIRIE FALCON continues to be seen through January 30 along Mud Level Road between the Duncan and Britton Road intersections (MW).
A BALD EAGLE was observed flying over Letort Spring Run in Middlesex Township on January 31 (HW).
There was 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER along Wagners Lane in West Pennsboro Township on February 2 (HW, KW).
There were 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS in with a flock of 150 HORNED LARKS along Running Pump Road (AL).
FRANKLIN COUNTY:
A winter raptor survey run on January 29 counted 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 20 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 0 AMERICAN KESTRELS (DG, RSh, KL, DL).
A winter raptor survey run on January 31 from Concord to Fannettsburg east to Letterkenny located 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 1 COOPER'S HAWK, 7 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 4 AMERICAN KESTRELS (CLe, JLe).
A winter raptor survey conducted on February 2 in the southeastern part of the county recorded 2 TURKEY VULTURES, 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 24 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 4 AMERICAN KESTRELS (RFr, PFr).
There were 9 EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES in Shady Grove on February 2 (RFr, PFr).
HUNTINGDON COUNTY:
A winter raptor survey run on January 28 found 6 BALD EAGLES, 14 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 6 AMERICAN KESTRELS (TK, DK).
A winter raptor survey run on January 30 in the northern part of the county counted 7 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL and 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (along Furnace Farm Lane) (DBi, NEK).
JUNIATA COUNTY:
A BALD EAGLE was seen on January 30 at the Juniata Narrows along the end of Arch Rock Road (JD, SL).
A MERLIN was found on January 30 along Freed Road near Van Wert (JD, SL).
LANCASTER COUNTY:
There was a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK perched in tree east of Wissler Road and north of Linden Grove Road on January 28 (AH). The ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continued to be seen in this area through January 29 (AL). It was seen on January 30 perched in trees south of Linden Grove Road near the intersection of Wissler and Voganville Road (DB).
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area produced 3193 SNOW GEESE and 500 TUNDRA SWANS along with other waterfowl on January 28 (PF). The numbers of waterfowl dropped on January 29 (The lake was frozen over) to 250 SNOW GEESE, 1 CACKLING GOOSE and 1 BALD EAGLE (AL).
A winter raptor survey run on January 30 found 2 BALD EAGLES, 28 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 3 AMERICAN KESTRELS (FH, BH).
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was found on February 3 in a flock of 100 HORNED LARKS on the east side of School Land Road in Salisbury Township (PF).
One ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and 2 PALM WARBLERS were seen on February 3 at the Lancaster Area Sewer Authority's Susquehanna Water Pollution Control Plant off of Blue Rock Road in Washington Boro (JB, DB).
LEBANON COUNTY:
The SANDHILL CRANE continues to be seen through February 1 at Lake Duffy in State Game Lands 145 (RM).
A winter raptor survey run on January 30 located 2 BLACK VULTURES, 8 TURKEY VULTURES, 1 BALD EAGLE, 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 1 COOPER'S HAWK, 30 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 5 AMERICAN KESTRELS (GB, RL, FH, AS).
LYCOMING COUNTY:
A winter raptor survey run in the southern part of the county on January 31 found 9 BLACK VULTURES, 1 TURKEY VULTURE, 41 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 8 AMERICAN KESTRELS and 1 MERLIN (JY, ML).
MCKEAN COUNTY:
A winter raptor survey conducted on January 31 counted 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 21 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 1 AMERICAN KESTREL (JF).
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY:
A winter raptor survey run in rural Springville Township found 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 4 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 3 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS and 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS (JS, JC).
YORK COUNTY:
Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were found in Codorus State Park on January 28 (AP).
The PEREGRINE FALCON continues to be seen perched on the Judicial Center or Trinity Church in the city of York through February 1 (AE).
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: Diane Bierly (DBi), Gerry Boltz (GB), Devin Bosler (DB), Justin Bosler (JB), Nan Butkovich (NB), John Corbett (JC), Jim Dunn (JD), Amy Evans (AE), John Fedak (JF), Pamela Fisher (PF), Ron Freed (RFr), Pat Freed (PFr), Ro Fuller (RF), Vern Gauthier (VG), Dale Gearhart (DG), Deb Gingrich (DGi), Keith Gingrich (KGi), Debra Grim (DGr), Barb Haas (BH), Frank Haas (FH), David Hawk (DH), Fritz Heilman (FH), Anne Hurst (AH), Nancy Ellen Kiernan (NEK), David Kyler (DK), Trudy Kyler (TK), Alex Lamoreaux (AL), Dick Lauver (DL), Kathy Lauver (KL), Jen Lee (JL), Chad Lensbower (CLe), Justin Lensbower (JLe), Rich Light (RL), Scott Lewis (SL), Nancy Locher (NL), Meredith Lombard (ML), Randy Miller (RM), Ann Pettigrew (AP), Art Schiavo (AS), Nora Serotkin (NS), Rachael Shapiro (RSh), Deb Siefken (DS), Ralph Siefken (RS), Jerry Skinner (JS), Bob Snyder (BSn), Herb Weigl (HW), Kathy Weigl (KW), Matt Wiasniewski (MW) and Joseph Yoder (JY). 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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Mark A. McConaughy TimeTraveler50@comcast.net
Bushy Run Battlefield
P.O. Box 486
Harrison City, PA 15636-0468 (724) 527-5585 x103
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