I remember when I took trips to Bombay Hook and Cape May I would call the hotlines and record them using a cassette recorder so I could listen when I got to the locations. I would also take notes.
How times have changed.
Mike Fialkovich
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
On Monday, September 7, 2026 at 02:14:11 PM EDT, Grove, Deborah Shuey <dsg4...> wrote:
Before there was eBird and Discord, this is how the word of rarities was passed along. In the 1980s when we lived in the Philly area we would dial a number and then stand close together listening to Armas Hill tell about what birds in the Philly area
Deb
EAST BRANCH (A)
Frank and Barb Haas
717-445-9609 (H)
717-330-1860 (M)
Al Guarente
610-459-2305 (W)
610-761-1131 (M)
610-566-8266 (H)
Dave Washabaugh
610-353-2718 (H)
215-284-7378 (M)
John Freiberg
610-306-3130 (M)
Ken Lebo
610-856-1413 (H)
610-369-0030 (W)
M,W,Th 8-8,F 8-12
610-914-0803 (M)
Larry Lewis
484-252-5611 (M)
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CENTRAL BRANCH
Peter Robinson
717-542-8341 (M)
Deb and Greg Grove
814-667-2305 (H)
814-865-3332 (W) Deb
Carmen T. Santasania
814-234-5047
John Yerger
814-235-0743
Wayne Laubscher
570-748-7511 (H)
570-660-5161 (M)
Tom Johnson
717-991-5727 (M)
717-566-9875 (H)
Deaune Hoffman
717-319-6359 (M)
717-903-0930 (M)
Chuck Berthoud
717-608-2614 (M)
Jonathan Heller
717-293-4845 (W) 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
717-940-6067 (M)
Chuck Chalfant
717-442-8953 (H)
717-808-4626 (M)
Carl and Nancy Juris
717-564-1479 (H)
John Fedak
814 362-1052 (H)
814-366-2500 (M)
Jeff Holbrook
607-329-2278 (M)
EAST BRANCH (B)
Arlene Koch
610 253-6377
Jason Horn
610-967-4978 (H)
484-347-6895 (M)
Rick Koval
570-829-4381 (H)
570-696-1691 (W)
Dave DeReamus
484-788-9280 (M)
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WEST BRANCH
Dave Wilton
412-848-2372 (M)
Geoff Malosh
412-298-6346 (M)
412-490-4673 (W)
08:30 to 17:00, M-F
412-269-1413 (H)
Joyce Hoffmann
412-623-2632 (W)
06:15 to 15:15, M-F
Commute ~0:30
412-999-7311 (M)
412-487-0921 (H)
Margaret Higbee
724-354-3493 (H)
412-309-3538 (M)
Mike Fialkovich
724-696-7558 (W)
08:00 to 17:00, M-F
Commute ~0:45
412-303-0010 (M)
412-731-3581 (H)
Mark Vass
724-601-1661 (M)
724-251-0751 (H)
06:00 to 16:30, M-Th
Jerry Stanley
814-432-4496 (H)
Ben Coulter
814-838-9773 (H)
EAST BRANCH (C)
August Mirabella
267-218-1997
Bill Etter
215-964-3613 (M)
Ken Rieker
215-206-9682
Ian Baldock
215-345-0237 (H)
215-919-8965 (M)
Ron French
215-997-1765
Elaine Crunkleton
215-859-3522 (M)
215-822-7607 (H)
Joe Majdan
215-801-6791 (M)
Barbara Hiebsch
610-277-6761 (H)
484-213-5962 (M)
