Date: 9/15/26 11:28 am From: Amy Taracido <amytaracido...> Subject: RBA western Pennsylvania, 8 September 2026
RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE09.08.26
Highlights:
TRUMPETER SWAN
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
STILT SANDPIPER (Erie County)
RED KNOT (Erie County)
COMMON TERN
LITTLE BLUE HERON (Westmoreland County)
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
FISH CROW (Westmoreland County)
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Erie County)
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Crawford County)
CONNECTICUT WARBLER (Allegheny County)
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
Contributors: Martin Carlin, John Dzikiy, Adrian Fenton, John Flannigan, Leon Graber, Ryan Hamliton, Darren Johnson, Michelle Kienholz, Tom & Janet Kuehl, Dan Mendenhall, Katy Noser, Jeff Payne, Theo Rickert, Kate St. John, Jerry Stanley, Steve Wagner, Edward Weller.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Tuesday, 1 September 2026 through Tuesday, 8 September 2026
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NOTE: WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, VIRGINIA RAIL, BLACK VULTURE, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER continue to be reported.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
At South Park on 9/4, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (JF).
At Hartwood Acres on 9/4, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, 1 GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (JD); on 9/5, 1 CONNECTICUT WARBLER (DM).
On 9/5 at Frick Park, 1 GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (KSJ); on 9/8, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (MK).
At Sewickley Heights Borough Park on 9/7, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (AF).
ARMSTRONG COUNTY:
West of North Buffalo on 9/8, 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (TR).
BUTLER COUNTY:
On 9/5 at Moraine State Park, 11 COMMON TERNS; on 9/6, 4 COMMON TERNS (MC).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
On 9/5 at Conneaut Marsh, 1 PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (EW et. al.).
At Erie National Wildlife Refuge on 9/6, 1 TRUMPETER SWAN (RH).
On 9/6 along Deer Run Trail, 1 TUNDRA SWAN (LG).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle State Park on 9/1, 1 STILT SANDPIPER, 1 RED KNOT, 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER (KN); on 9/6, 2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS (DJ).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
Near Route 31 and Deeter Gap Road on 9/5, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (JP).
VENANGO COUNTY:
At Buttermilk Hill on 9/8, PHILADELPHIA VIREO and others (JS).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
On 9/3 at Mammoth Park, 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON (SW).
In Murrysville along the Heritage Trail on 9/5, 1 FISH CROW heard (TK).
