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* November 19, 2009
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Bird Highlights
CACKLING GOOSE (Lancaster Co.)
AMERICAN BITTERN (York Co.)
SANDHILL CRANE (Lebanon Co.)
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Hotline: Central
Pennsylvania Birdline
November 19, 2009
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, November 19, 2009.
ADAMS COUNTY:
A pair of BALD EAGLES was observed at an unidentified
location in the county on November 16 (BM).
BEDFORD/SOMERSET COUNTIES:
Allegheny Front Hawk Watch reported counting 6 TURKEY
VULTURES, 4 BALD EAGLES, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 6 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 3 COOPER'S
HAWKS, 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 4 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 89 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 67 GOLDEN
EAGLES, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL and 1 PEREGRINE FALCON between November 12 and 18
(GF, NF, BSt, JR, TD, EH, BG, TBa, RMc).
CENTRE COUNTY:
A possible SHORT-EARED OWL was observed flying over the
Jackson/Mid-state trail near Jo Hayes Vista on November 14 (LR).
Two immature BALD EAGLES were seen at Bald Eagle State Park
on November 15 (NBu).
A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was observed on November 18 along Penn's
Creek (MM).
CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
Waggoner’s Gap Hawk Watch counted 1 BLACK VULTURES, 71
TURKEY VULTURES, 5 BALD EAGLES, 3 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 13 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 6
COOPER’S HAWKS, 7 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS, 32 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 330 RED-TAILED
HAWKS, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and 12 GOLDEN EAGLES between November 12 and 17
(RF, DG, CH, GW).
FRANKLIN COUNTY:
Tuscarora Summit Hawk Watch reported counting 3 BLACK
VULTURES, 22 TURKEY VULTURES, 5 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 2 COOPER’S HAWKS, 4 RED-SHOULDERED
HAWKS, 18 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 1 GOLDEN EAGLES between November 13 and 17
(DGe).
HUNTINGDON/MIFFLIN COUNTIES:
Stone Mountain Hawk Watch reported tabulating 5 BLACK
VULTURES, 8 TURKEY VULTURES, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 1 NORTHERN
GOSHAWK, 30 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and 11 GOLDEN EAGLES between
November 12 and 16 (DB, GG, DWe, JB, TK, NBo).
LANCASTER COUNTY:
There was 1 BALD EAGLE at Middle Creek Wildlife Management
Area on November 12 (AH).
There were 2 RED-THROATED LOONS and 4 BALD EAGLES along the
Susquehanna River near Washington Boro on November 14 (CC).
Six BALD EAGLES were seen around the Susquehanna River from
Wissler Run on November 14 (CC).
The quarry at Quarryville yielded 1 CACKLING GOOSE on November
14 (CC).
LEBANON COUNTY:
Second Mountain Hawk Watch counted 14 BLACK VULTURES, 35
TURKEY VULTURES, 4 BALD EAGLES, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 6 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 3
COOPER'S HAWKS, 9 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 53 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 2 GOLDEN EAGLES
between November 12 and 18 (DS, RB, MC, JC, SC, RP, FW).
The SANDHILL CRANE continues to be seen at Lake Duffy in
State Game Lands 145 through November 16 (RM).
MIFFLIN COUNTY:
Jacks Mountain Hawk Watch reported counting 1 NORTHERN
HARRIERS, COOPER’S HAWKS, 20 RED-TAILED HAWKS and 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, between
November 12 and 18 (LW, RS, GB, DSm).
SCHUYKILL COUNTY:
The Blue Mountain Route 183 Hawk Watch counted 3 BLACK
VULTURES, 3 TURKEY VULTURES, 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 18
RED-TAILED HAWKS and 1 GOLDEN EAGLE, on November 15 (SF, JHoo).
SCHUYKILL/BERKS COUNTIES:
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary reported tabulating 13 BLACK
VULTURES, 26 TURKEY VULTURES, 4 BALD EAGLES, 15 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 20
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 9 COOPER’S HAWKS, 5 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS, 38 RED-SHOULDERED
HAWKS, 437 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 17 GOLDEN EAGLES and 1 AMERICAN KESTREL between
November 12 and 18 (LG).
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY:
SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen on November 17 in fields near
Springville (JSk).
YORK COUNTY:
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was observed on November 14 near the
Environmental Center at Pinchot State Park (BHo, JHo).
There was an AMERICAN BITTERN on the bank of a drained pond
on the west corner of the Hawk Lake Site (the site of the future Memorial
Hospital) on November 16 (LC).
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),
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), Dave Ferry
(DF), 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), 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), Kate Miller (KM), Randy Miller (RM), Bob Moul (BM), 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), 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), Rob Stone (RSt), Aden
Troyer (AT), Larry Usselman (LU), Joe
Verica (JV), Jeff Vinosky (JVi), Gene Wagner (GW), Tom Watkins (TW), Brian
Weaver (BW), 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.
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:
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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