Date: 6/9/26 12:05 pm
From: Amy Taracido <amytaracido...>
Subject: RBA western Pennsylvania, 26 May 2026
RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE05.26.26

Highlights:
WILSON'S PHALAROPE (Fayette County)
PIPING PLOVER (Erie County)
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
PURPLE SANDPIPER (Erie County)
HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL (Erie and Indiana Counties)
SANDERLING
DUNLIN
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
CASPIAN TERN
BLACK TERN (Westmoreland County)
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
ALDER FLYCATCHER
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
CLIFF SWALLOW
SEDGE WREN (Crawford County)
SWAINSON'S WARBLER (Fayette County)
CONNECTICUT WARBLER (Erie County)
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (Erie County)
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
LINCOLN'S SPARROW (Allegheny County)
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
BLUE GROSBEAK (Greene County)
DICKCISSEL (Allegheny and Erie Counties)
BOBOLINK
RUSTY BLACKBIRD

Contributors: Jennifer Balsiger, Ken Behrens, Kerry Bell, David Bennett, Paul Bogumil, Alex Busato, Martin Carlin, Tiffany Chan, Gabriel Chupp, Nicole Conklin, Sofia D via Ebird, Jarrod Derr, John Dzikiy, Adrian Fenton, Mike Fialkovich, Andy Georgeson, Eric Hall, Steve Hass, James R. Hill III, Chad Hooven, Matt Hunter, Frank Izaguirre, Darren Johnson, Brian Kaldorf, Ben Kehoe, Charity Kheshgi, Mary Alice Koeneke, Meg Kolodick, Nick Kontonicolas, John Kramer, Chris Lundberg, Arbuthnot M via Ebird, Alejandra MacNeil, Avi Marshall, Jerry McWilliams, Kathy Miller, Jeff Moore, Robert Mulvihill, William Patsy, Samuel Payne, Kenneth Pinnow, Doug Raybuck, Nathan Rees, Shane Ross, Randy Sanner, Barry Saylor, Connor Schmitt, Levi Sheridan, Kim Springer, Jerry Stanley, TJ Stone, Carl Thomson, Zach Vasey, Ken Woolston, Jonathan Woon, David Yeany II.

Compiler: Amy Taracido

Tuesday, 19 May 2026 through Tuesday, 26 May 2026

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NOTE: CANVASBACK, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, NORTHERN PINTAIL, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, COMMON GALLINULE, BLACK VULTURE, PALM WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, PINE SISKIN continue to be reported.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY:

On 5/19 in Squirrel Hill, 1 MERLIN (JW).

At Point State Park on 5/19, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (NK).

On 5/19 in Hays Woods, 2 DICKCISSELS (AG).

On 5/20 at Hartwood Acres, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER (JDz); on 5/21 and 5/24, 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER (BKa, DB).

At Sewickley Heights Park on 5/20, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (CM); on 5/21, 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER (AF). On 5/24 in Sewickley, 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER (KM).

On 5/20 at Duck Hollow, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (FI).

At Wingfield Pines on 5/22, 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD (TJS).

On 5/23 near New Homestead, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW (KB).

At Frick Park on 5/24, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW (BKe).

At Beechwood Farms on 5/24, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO (SD).

On 5/25 in Round Hill Park, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (RM).

At Schenley Park on 5/25, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (CK).

On 5/25 at Harrison Hills Park, 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER (MF et. al.).


BEAVER COUNTY:

At Raccoon Creek State Park on 5/21, 2 DUNLIN (JMo).

On 5/21-5/22 near New Brighton, 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (NC, WP).


BUTLER COUNTY:

At Moraine State Park on 5/21, 3 COMMON TERNS (MC); on 5/24, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (ZV); on 5/25, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER (JB); on 5/26, 1 COMMON TERN (MC).

In West Sunbury on 5/22, 1 MERLIN (MAK).


CLARION COUNTY:

On 5/19, 5/24, and 5/26 at Piney Tract, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (CS. DR, BS).


CRAWFORD COUNTY:

Near Meadville on 5/22, 1 MERLIN (CL).

On 5/24 at Woodcock Lake, 1 COMMON TERN (JH).

At Stainbrook Park on 5/24, 3 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS (SH).

South of Geneva on 5/24, 1 SEDGE WREN, 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (EH); on 5/25, 1 SEDGE WREN (GC).

On 5/26 at Woodcock Creek Park, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO (KP).


ERIE COUNTY:

At Presque Isle this week, sightings included 54 HUDSONIAN WHIMBRELS, 1 PURPLE SANDPIPER, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 28 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 2 PIPING PLOVERS, 1 SANDERLING, 15 DUNLIN, 4 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, 9 COMMON TERNS, 1 COMMON RAVEN, 30 BANK SWALLOWS, 3 PURPLE MARTINS, 25 CLIFF SWALLOWS (KB), YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (EH), ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (JMc), 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 1 flyover DICKCISSEL (SP), 1 CONNECTICUT WARBLER (PB), WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER (JK).

Near Lake City on 5/26, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (DJ).

FAYETTE COUNTY:

On 5/19 at Bear Run Nature Reserve/Fallingwater, 2 SWAINSON'S WARBLERS (JDe); on 5/20 and 5/25, 3 SWAINSON'S WARBLERS (DY, KB et. al.).

At Ohiopyle on 5/20, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (CT).

On 5/21 near Connellsville, 1 WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 1 DUNLIN (EH et. al.); on 5/22-5/23, 2 DUNLIN (KW, AB).


GREENE COUNTY:

On 5/21 along Goslin Road, 1 BLUE GROSBEAK, 1 BOBOLINK (NR).


INDIANA COUNTY:

At Yellow Creek State Park on 5/21, 49 HUDSONIAN WHIMBRELS (AMar et. al.).

On 5/25 in Marion Center, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (TC).


JEFFERSON COUNTY:

Near Falls Creek on 5/19, 1 possible FISH CROW (CH).


MERCER COUNTY:

On 5/21 in Stoneboro, 1 possible RED CROSSBILL (KS).

Northwest of Mercer on 5/22, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (KS).

On 5/24 in Transfer, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO (KS).

At Pennsy Swamp on 5/25, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS (AM).


SOMERSET COUNTY:

On 5/25-5/26 at Lake Somerset, 5 FORSTER'S TERNS (MH, SR).


VENANGO COUNTY:

In Buttermilk Hill on 5/23, sightings included 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER (JS).

On 5/24 at Kahle Lake, 1 SANDERLING (MK); on 5/25, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (JS).


WARREN COUNTY:

At Akeley Swamp on 5/23, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO (AMac).


WASHINGTON COUNTY:

On 5/25 at State Gamelands #117, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (SD).


WESTMORELAND COUNTY:

On 5/21 at Acme Dam, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO (EH).

At Powdermill on 5/22 and 5/26, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (LS).

On 5/25 at Ethel Springs Lake, 1 BLACK TERN (RS).

Amy Taracido
Washington Co., PA

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