Contributors: Dave Brooke, Jane Clark, Adrian Fenton, Donna Foyle, Joshua Hall, Ann Kline, Meg Kolodick, Nick Logan, Chris Lundberg, Adam Maddy, Doug Massey, Jerry McWilliams, Jackson Medeiros, Elizabeth Nicholson, Richard Nugent, Jeff Payne, Amber Pertz, Colin Pocock, Amanda Pollon, Joseph Pumford, Jerry Stanley, John Taylor, Shane Turoski, Sara Wetzel.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Tuesday, 24 March 2026 through Tuesday, 31 March 2026
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NOTE: GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, COMMON LOON, GREAT EGRET, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, PINE SISKIN, PINE WARBLER continue to be reported.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
At the Imperial grasslands on 3/27, 2 SAVANNAH SPARROWS (APe); on 3/29, 1 SAVANNAH SPARROW (AF).
On 3/29 and 3/31 in Squirrel Hill, 1 PAINTED BUNTING (APo, CP).
BUTLER COUNTY:
In Cherry Valley on 3/26, 1 FISH CROW (via Ebird).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
At State Gamelands #214 on 3/25, 1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (JH), 1 GOLDEN EAGLE (DB); on 3/27, 1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (CL); on 3/28, 1 GOLDEN EAGLE (JMe); on 3/29, 1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 15 LAPLAND LONGSPURS (JPu); on 3/30-3/31, 1 TRUMPETER SWAN (DF et. al.); also on 3/31, 1 GOLDEN EAGLE (ST).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle on 2/20, sightings included MERLIN, 1 COMMON RAVEN, 4 SANDHILL CRANES, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, NORTHERN HARRIERS, 4 BONAPARTE'S GULLS (JMc), 1 probable AMERICAN HERRING GULL X GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL hybrid, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (JMe), 1 RED-NECKED GREBE (3/28) (DM).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
At Lake Lenore on 3/27, 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS (JC et. al.).
FOREST COUNTY:
At Beaver Meadows Lake on 3/27, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS (AK).
INDIANA COUNTY:
On 3/27 and 3/29 at Yellow Creek State Park, 1 RED-THROATED LOON (JT, NL).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
At the Copper Road marsh on 3/25, 1 CACKLING GOOSE (RN).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
Along Cambria Avenue on 3/26, 2 FISH CROWS (AM).
On 3/27-3/28 at Lake Somerset, 1 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER (SW, JPa).
VENANGO COUNTY:
On 3/29 at Kahle Lake, 11 LONG-TAILED DUCKS (JS).
In Oil City on 3/31, 1 MERLIN (MK).
WARREN COUNTY:
On 3/26 at Chapman State Park, 1 RED CROSSBILL (EN).
In Tidioute on 3/29, 1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (EN).
