Date: 6/9/25 11:55 am From: Amy Taracido <amytaracido...> Subject: RBA western Pennsylvania, 6 May 2025 (two weeks)
RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE05.06.25twoweeks
Highlights:
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO
EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Erie County)
BLACK-NECKED STILT (Somerset County)
AMERICAN AVOCET (Crawford and Erie Counties)
WILLET (Erie and Fayette Counties)
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (Erie County)
LEAST BITTERN
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Allegheny County)
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Washington County)
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
FISH CROW (Beaver County)
ALDER FLYCATCHER
VEERY
AMERICAN PIPIT
CANADA WARBLER
CERULEAN WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Allegheny County)
BREWSTER'S WARBLER (Erie and Fayette Counties)
HENSLOW'S SPARROW
LINCOLN'S SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
WORM-EATING WARBLER
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
BOBOLINK
Contributors: KM Andersen, David Argent, Melissa Augustine, Nate B. via Ebird, Connor Bamrick, Kerry Bell, Brady Blackburn, Evan Brantner, Nathaniel Bowler, Jeff Brinker, John Campbell, Michele Carlson, Richard Chirichiello, Donna Collett, Chapin Czarnecki, Ankur Dave, Brittany Davis, Miranda Day, Kathy Dinsmore, Carl Engstrom, Lauren Eureka, Adrian Fenton, Andy Georgeson, Gigi Gerben, Barbara Griffith, Eric Hall, Marc Hanneman, Ashley Harold, Gene Henderson, Amy Henrici, Margaret Higbee, James R. Hill III, Dave Keith, Ripley Kindervater, Gordon Klingensmith, Meg Kolodick, Annie L via Ebird, Hannah Leabhart, Richard Love, Chris Lundberg, Doug Massey, Dan McGuire, Jerry McWilliams, Ben Meredyk, Ron Mumme, Thomas Nicolls, Ken Ostermiller, Jeff Payne, Amber Pertz, Tristan Phillips, Nathan Rees, Henry Rummel, Barry Saylor, Bolana Schofield, Jerry Stanley, Russ States, Randy Stringer, Carl Thomson, Dennis Trapnell, Mark Vass, Michael Williams, Carole Winslow, Kendall Zook.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 through Tuesday, 6 May 2025 (two weeks)
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NOTE: NORTHERN PINTAIL, SORA, BLACK VULTURE, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, PINE SISKIN continue to be reported.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
Through 4/28 at Wingfield Pines, 1 MARSH WREN continued (AG et. al.); on 5/3, 1 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (MD).
At Frick Park on 4/26-5/4, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (CC et. al.); on 5/2, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW (AP et. al.).
On 4/26-4/27 at Crouse Run Valley, 1 PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (AP et. al.).
In Allison Park on 4/26-4/27, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (NB et. al.).
On 4/26 at East Deer Recreational Park, 1 FORSTER'S TERN (AP).
In Squirrel Hill on 4/30, 2 MERLINS (AD).
On 4/30 at North Park, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (AF).
At Duck Hollow on 5/2, 1 PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (via Ebird).
On 5/4 at Imperial grasslands, 1 WILLOW FLYCATCHER (AHe).
BEAVER COUNTY:
In Hopewell Park on 4/24, 1 FISH CROW (LE).
BUTLER COUNTY:
Near Cranberry Township Dog Park on 5/1, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW (AHa).
CLARION COUNTY:
In Sligo this week, WINTER WRENS, PRAIRIE WARBLERS (CW).
In an unspecified gamelands location this week, NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS (CW).
On 4/27 along Armstrong Trail, 2 WORM-EATING WARBLERS (BSa).
In Piney Tract on 5/3, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (BS).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
Near Little's Corners on 4/22, 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS (reported to KZ).
On 4/22 at Meadville Country Club, 6 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS (RM).
At Linesville Fish Hatchery on 4/24, 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (DA).
On 4/24 at Millers Ponds, 1 BOBOLINK (DA); on 4/30, 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS (CL).
On 4/25 at Pymatuning, 1 COMMON TERN (TN); on 4/26, 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (MH).
Near Ernst Bike Trail on 4/28, 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS (CL).
At Conneaut Marsh on 4/28, 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER; on 4/30, 2 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS (CL).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle State Park this week, sightings included BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (JB, DMa), AMERICAN AVOCET (4/22) (RK), WILLET (JM, RK, KO), NORTHERN HARRIERS, PURPLE MARTIN, MERLIN, PEREGRINE FALCON, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (JM), 8 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS (HL), BREWSTER'S WARBLER (4/29) (KMA).
On 4/23 in Waterford, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH; on 4/28, 4 TRUMPETER SWANS (JH).
In Erie on 4/24, 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER (BD); on 5/2, 1 WORM-EATING WARBLER (JC), 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (MA).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
On 4/22 at Greenlick Run Lake, 3 WILLETS (BSc); on 4/26, 1 FORSTER'S TERN (KB).
In Farmington on 4/23, 1-2 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS (DMc, DT); on 4/27, 1 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (DMc).
On 4/25 in the Laurel Ridge area, VEERY (EB).
At Mill Run Reservoir on 4/27, 1 BREWSTER'S WARBLER (DM, CT).
On 4/30 near Wharton Iron Furnace, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW (CT).
GREENE COUNTY:
Along Drift Ridge Road on 4/23, 1 HENSLOW'S SPARROW (NR).
At Enlow Fork on 4/29, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW (BG).
INDIANA COUNTY:
On 4/22 at Conemaugh River Lake, 1 CERULEAN WARBLER (MC).
At Yellow Creek State Park on 4/24, 1 COMMON TERN (HR).
On 4/26, 4/30, and 5/2 at IUP, 1 KENTUCKY WARBLER (BB, BM).
On 4/29 at Waterworks Conservation Area, 1 MARSH WREN (RL).
Near Two Lick Creek Reservoir on 5/2, 1 KENTUCKY WARBLER (MH).
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
Near Punxutawney on 4/22, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (KD).
On 4/25 west of Brockway, 1 BOBOLINK (DK).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
At the Volant Strips on 4/29, 4 BOBOLINKS (RS).
MERCER COUNTY:
At Great Lake Estates on 4/26, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS (MV).
On 4/28 along the Jamestown Trail, 2 LEAST BITTERNS (MW).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
In Meyersdale on 5/2-5/3, 1 BLACK-NECKED STILT (JP et. al.).
VENANGO COUNTY:
On 4/23 at Two Mile Run Park, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL (RS); on 4/25, sightings included 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 AMERICAN PIPIT (MK).
At Kahle Lake on 4/26, 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 10 LESSER YELLOWLEGS (JS).
In Senaca on 5/1, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW and others (MK).
WARREN COUNTY:
Near Sandstone Springs on 4/24, 1 EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL (reported to CW).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
On 4/24 near Midway, 3 HENSLOW'S SPARROWS (DC).
At Canonsburg Lake on 4/26, 1 MARSH WREN (DA).
On 4/30 at Peterswood Softball Complex, 1 MARSH WREN (DA).
On 5/1 in Ginger Hill near a silt pond, 1 MARSH WREN (DA).
At Mingo Creek Park on 5/3, 1 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (GG).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
On 4/22 at Powdermill Nature Reserve, 1 CANADA WARBLER (GK); on 4/30, 1 GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW (AL).
At Saint Vincent College on 4/27, 1 PURPLE GALLINULE (NB).
