Contributors: KM Andersen, Devina Astera, Daniel B. via Ebird, Ken Behrens, Renee Bombardier, Martin Carlin, Matthew Daley, Patience Fisher, John Flannigan, Sarah Grey, Sue Hunter, Darren Johnson, John Jumba, Deborah Kalbfleisch, John Keener, Michelle Kienholz, Theresa Konzel, Malcolm Kurtz, Chris Lloyd, Chris Lundberg, Adam Maddy, Jerry McWilliams, Brian Miller, Bladen Myers, Richard Nugent, Kenneth Pinnow, Jamie Rudzik, Kim Springer, Mark Vass, Warren Wolf, David Yeany II, Joshua Zahniser, Anna Zizak.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Tuesday, 26 May 2026 through Tuesday, 2 June 2026
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NOTE: NASHVILLE WARBLER continue to be reported.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
At Homewood Cemetery on 5/26 and 5/28, 1 probable SUMMER TANAGER (MKi, RN).
On 5/26 at Chatham University, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW (MKu).
At North Park Lake on 5/27-5/29, 1 SNOWY EGRET (JF et. al.).
On 5/27 near Coraopolis, 1 probable SUMMER TANAGER (AZ).
At Chapel Harbor on 5/28, 1 MERLIN (SG).
On 5/29 at Sleepy Hollow, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (KB).
At Imperial on 5/29, 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER (DB).
On 5/29 at Frick Park, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (via Ebird).
At Dead Man's Hollow on 5/30, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER (KB).
At Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve on 5/31, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO (JJ).
BEAVER COUNTY:
At Raccoon Creek State Park on 5/28, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (DA).
BUTLER COUNTY:
On 5/29-5/30 at Moraine State Park, 1 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (MC); on 5/31, 1 BLACK TERN (JR); on 6/1, 1 COMMON TERN (MC), 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER, (BM); on 6/2, 1 MOURNING WARBLER (SH).
CLARION COUNTY:
At the Piney Tract on 5/28, 2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS (PF).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
South of Geneva on 5/28-5/31, 1 SEDGE WREN (KP, BM et. al.).
On 6/2 at Erie National Wildlife Refuge, 1 TRUMPETER SWAN (CLl).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle this week, sightings included KENTUCKY WARBLER (JM), 1 RED KNOT (TK), 1 CONNECTICUT WARBLER (CLu), YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (JZ), PHILADELPHIA VIREO (WW).
On 5/27 in Lake City, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (DJ).
In Erie on 5/27, 1 CONNECTICUT WARBLER (KMA).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
At Bear Run Nature Reserve on 5/28-5/30, 1 SWAINSON'S WARBLER (DK, DY et. al.).
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
Near Sprankle Mills on 5/30, 1 WHITE-WINGED DOVE (JK).
LAWRENCE COUNTY:
On 5/30-5/31 at Three Rivers gravel pond, 1 TRUMPETER SWAN (MV).
MERCER COUNTY:
In Stoneboro on 5/26-5/27, 1 SEDGE WREN (KS et. al.).
On 5/30 near Fredonia, 2 WILSON'S WARBLERS; on 6/2, TRUMPETER SWAN (heard), 1 LEAST BITTERN (heard) (MD).
In Transfer on 6/2, 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER (KS).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
On 5/28 in Paint, 1 MERLIN, 1 possible FISH CROW, 2 COMMON RAVENS (AM).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
At Powdermill Nature Reserve on 6/1, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW (RB).
