Date: 11/22/24 1:48 pm From: Amy Taracido <amytaracido...> Subject: RBA western Pennsylvania, 19 November 2024
RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE11.19.24
Highlights:
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK (Crawford County)
TRUMPETER SWAN
BRANT (Beaver County)
PARASITIC JAEGER (Erie County)
LITTLE GULL (Erie County)
RED-THROATED LOON
AMERICAN GOSHAWK (Lawrence County)
NORTHERN SHRIKE (Crawford, Erie, and Lawrence Counties)
LAPLAND LONGSPUR (Erie County)
SNOW BUNTING
REDPOLL (Erie County)
Contributors: Jason Bojczyk, Kyle Brubaker, Michael Crist, Adrian Fenton, Deborah Kalbfleisch, Michelle Kienholz, Ripley Kindervater, Jerry McWilliams, Daryl Nolt, Mark Vass, Robert Walczak, Michael Williams, Dan Yagusic, Dante Zuccaro.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Tuesday, 12 November 2024 through Tuesday, 19 November 2024
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NOTE: TUNDRA SWAN, NORTHERN PINTAIL, CANVASBACK, GREATER YELLOWLEGS continue to be reported.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
At Dashields Dam on 11/13, 1 RED-THROATED LOON (MV).
On 11/16 at Brunot Island, 1 SURF SCOTER (MK).
At Wingfield Pines on 11/16, 1 MARSH WREN (Corvus via Ebird).
BEAVER COUNTY:
In Rochester on 11/15-11/16, 1 SURF SCOTER (MV, DZ); also on 11/16 and 11/17, 1 BRANT (AF et. al.).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
At Pymatuning State Park on 11/13, 1 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, 3 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS (DK et. al.); on 11/16, 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (MC).
On 11/14 along Highway 99, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (DN).
At Erie National Wildlife Refuge on 11/17, 1 TRUMPETER SWAN (KB).
ERIE COUNTY:
This week at Presque Isle State Park, sightings included WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, SURF/BLACK SCOTERS, RED-THROATED LOONS, 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR (11/14), SNOW BUNTINGS, 1 AMERICAN HERRING GULL X GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL HYBRID (11/13-11/14), LONG-TAILED DUCKS (JM, JB), 1 REDPOLL (11/13) (JB), 1 PARASITIC JAEGER (11/18), 1 LITTLE GULL (11/18) (JM).
On 11/13 near Phillipsville, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (RK).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 11/15 in the Plain Grove area, 33 SANDHILL CRANES, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER (RW); on 11/19, 1 immature AMERICAN GOSHAWK, 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES, 13 SANDHILL CRANES (DY).
