Date: 8/26/26 11:18 am From: Amy Taracido <amytaracido...> Subject: RBA western Pennsylvania, 11 August 2026
RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE08.11.26
Highlights:
WILLOW PTARMIGAN (Erie County)
WILLET (Erie County)
STILT SANDPIPER (Erie County)
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Armstrong County)
BLACK TERN (Butler County)
BROWN PELICAN (Mercer County)
LITTLE BLUE HERON (Westmoreland County)
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Washington County)
ALDER FLYCATCHER
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
SWAINSON'S WARBLER (Fayette County)
BLUE GROSBEAK (Allegheny County)
Contributors: Enza Allegretti, Kimberly Berry, John Boback, Ron Burkert, Martin Carlin, Patience Fisher, Eric Hall, Anita Houston-Castor, Darren Johnson, James Laughlin, Brenda McCloskey, Jerry McWilliams, Conor Tompkins, Susan Valenti, Carole Winslow, Andy Wlasniewski.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Tuesday, 4 August 2026 through Tuesday, 11 August 2026
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Transcript-
NOTE: VIRGINIA RAIL continues to be reported.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
In Dormont on 8/8, 1 MERLIN (CT).
On 8/8 at the Imperial grasslands, 1 BLUE GROSBEAK (via Ebird).
ARMSTRONG COUNTY:
At Crooked Creek Lake on 8/10-8/11, 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (JB).
BUTLER COUNTY:
On 8/7 at Moraine State Park, 1 BLACK TERN (MC).
In Nixon on 8/7, 1 MERLIN (SV).
CLARION COUNTY:
At Maple Glen Farm on 8/5, 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER (CW).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
At State Gamelands #214 on 8/9, 2 ALDER FLYCATCHERS (PF).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle State Park on 8/5, 2 WILLETS (AW); on 8/7, 1 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW (JL); on 8/8, 4 WILLETS (BM), and through 8/8, 1 WILLOW PTARMIGAN continued (EA et. al.); on 8/11, 1 STILT SANDPIPER (JM).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
At Bear Run Nature Reserve on 8/7, 1 SWAINSON'S WARBLER (RB).
MERCER COUNTY:
At Lake Wilhelm on 8/8-8/11, 1 BROWN PELICAN (AHC et. al.).
VENANGO COUNTY:
On 8/6 near Kahle Lake, 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS (KB).
On Myers Mill Road on 8/6, 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS (KB).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
Near Malone Ridge Road on 8/9, 1 SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (DJ).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
At Mammoth Park on 8/7-8/10, 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON (EH et. al.).
