Contributors: KM Andersen, Marc Behr, Kerry Bell, David Bennett, Kimberly Berry, Jason Bojczyk, Nathaniel Bowler, Haley Buchanan, Cathryn Buonocore, Michele Carlson, Donna Collett, Bill Dell, John Drake, Patience Fisher, Arlene Gmitter, Dean Griffith, Daniel Hinnebusch, Glenn Koppel, Fritz Koppschall, Christine Kuntz, Malcolm Kurtz, Patrick Lister, Richard Love, Chris Lundberg, Mark McConaughy, Jim McConnor, Dan McGuire, Jerry McWilliams, Susan Miller, Richard Nugent, Mariam Ohanjanyan, Jeff Payne, Larry Sachs, Randy Sanner, Kim Springer, Matthew StClair, Clark Teeman, Jeff Tome, Dennis Trapnell, Steve Wagner, Robert Walczak, Katie Wickert, Michael Williams.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Tuesday, 25 February 2025 through Tuesday, 11 March 2025 (two weeks)
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NOTE: TUNDRA SWAN, BLACK SCOTER, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, PINE SISKIN continue to be reported.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
At Wingfield Pines this week, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL (AH et. al.), 1 MARSH WREN (NB et. al.); on 3/3-3/4, 2 MARSH WRENS (DB et. al.).
On 2/26 and 2/27 on the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, 1 RED-NECKED GREBE (PL et. al.).
In Natrona Heights on 3/4, 50 SNOW GEESE (DG).
On 3/4 in Edgeworth, 2 BLACK VULTURES (JD).
At Emsworth Lock & Dam on 3/9, 3 BLACK VULTURES (HB).
At Woodland Hills High School on 3/10, 1 SNOW GOOSE (LS).
On 3/11 at St. John the Baptist Cemetery, 3 BLACK VULTURES (SM).
BEAVER COUNTY:
At Independence Marsh on 3/4, 3 TRUMPETER SWANS (DC).
BUTLER COUNTY:
In State Gamelands #95 on 3/2, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (KBer).
On 3/7 near Callery, 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD (CT).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
At Miller's Ponds on 3/4, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS (JMcC); on 3/5, 4 TRUMPETER SWANS (KW); on 3/8, 7 TRUMPETER SWANS (MC); on 3/9, 3 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (MO), 3 TRUMPETER SWANS (CL), 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS (PF); on 3/10, 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (RN).
ERIE COUNTY:
This week at Presque Isle State Park, sightings included TRUMPETER SWANS (MB, JMcW, et. al.), 1 NORTHERN HARRIER (3/4), COMMON RAVENS, MERLIN, SNOW BUNTING (3/5) (JMcW), 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (3/4) (MB), 8 CACKLING GEESE (3/4 and 3/5), LAPLAND LONGSPUR (JB).
On 2/26, 3/3, and 3/7-3/10 at Fairview Business Park, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (JM, KMA, MK et. al.).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
At Hutchinson Park on 2/26, 3 CACKLING GEESE (FK); on 3/1, 2 CACKLING GEESE (DM).
On 3/2 in Spring Valley, 2 BLACK VULTURES (DM).
At Duck Pond Road on 3/2, 1 ROSS'S GOOSE (AG et. al.).
On 3/9 in Farmington, 4 BLACK VULTURES (DT).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 2/26 at the Volant Strip grasslands, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (GK).
At the Jackson School Road pond on 3/6, 5 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (DH).
Along Nelson Road on 3/10, 2 SANDHILL CRANES (RW).
MERCER COUNTY:
At Shenango Reservoir on 3/4 and 3/7, 11 CACKLING GEESE (KS, MW); on 3/9, 5 CACKLING GEESE (KS).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
In Berlin on 2/28, 3 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEEESE (JP).
WARREN COUNTY:
On 2/26 at Crescent Park, 1 TRUMPETER SWAN (CB).
At Hickory Street Bridge on 2/26, 4 TRUMPETER SWANS (CK).
At Warren State Hospital on 2/27, 1 FISH CROW (JT).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
This week in the Coal Center/California area, BLACK VULTURES (DA, AT).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
On 2/27 in Mount Pleasant, 1 SNOW GOOSE (KBel).
At Mammoth Park on 2/28, 5 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (BD); on 3/5, 1 SNOW GOOSE (SW).
On 3/1, 3/2, and 3/7 at Saint Vincent College, 1 SNOW GOOSE (SM et. al.); on 3/8, 1 CACKLING GOOSE (MM).
At Trout Run Reservoir on 3/3, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS (PF et. al.); on 3/2-3/9, 1 EURASIAN WIGEON (RL, SW, MM et. al.); on 3/5 and 3/7-3/9, 1-2 TRUMPETER SWANS (SM, RS, et. al.).
On 3/9 at Ethel Springs Lake, 2 CACKLING GEESE (MS).
