Date: 11/5/24 12:02 pm From: Grove, Deborah Shuey <dsg4...> Subject: 100 Birds per county
I posted this on FB and now on Listservs.
After many years of casual birding and moving up to a more focused campaign in recent years, I am ALL DONE! 100+ species in each of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties. The last was Lackawanna on Oct 22 and the last bird was a SINGING Winter Wren at Griffin Reservoir. Second to the last was Gadwall at the same reservoir. Roana Fuller and I had celebratory ice cream at the Ice Shack in Mill Hall PA.
Top 10 counties are
Huntingdon 270
Centre 253
Mifflin 187
Blair 180
Juniata 167
Erie 161
Fulton 161
Clinton 153
Bedford 153
Cumberland 148
Lowest are
Beaver
100
Delaware
100
Lehigh
100
Bradford
100
Sullivan
100
Lackawanna
100
I have had many companions on this hunt and thankful, in particular, to Greg and faithful companion Roana. Besides searching for birds, I have enjoyed PA’s incredible scenery and history. Of course, eBird has made it easier as I look back to the time when the listserv played a greater role. And I even think back to the days when we lived near Philly in 1980-1984 and called the hotline in Philly and listened to Armas Hill announce birds in the area. And then there was the phone call line with 5 branches across the state: 3 east branch lines, the central that we were in when we moved to Huntingdon county under Peter Robinson and then the west branch. Yes I found the phone list a few years ago and scanned it.
What’s next? Maybe finish all PA state Parks. I need 16 more to finish all 124. They are beautiful and have been instrumental in finding birds.
