Date: 10/14/26 12:34 pm From: Amy Taracido <amytaracido...> Subject: RBA western Pennsylvania, 29 September 2026
RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE09.29.26
Highlights:
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (Westmoreland County)
SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD SP. (Clarion County)
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (Somerset County)
BLACK-NECKED STILT (Erie County)
FORSTER'S TERN
COMMON TERN
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Allegheny County)
LEAST BITTERN (Erie County)
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
MARSH WREN
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (Venango and Warren Counties)
VEERY
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (Erie County)
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
Contributors: K. M. Andersen, David Avery, Nate B. via Ebird, Ken Behrens, David Bennett, Jason Bojczyk, Haley Buchanan, Sarah Calzada, Martin Carlin, Niklas Clifford, John Flannigan, Daeja Gomez, Meg Kolodick, Mike Lyden, Jackson Medeiros, Dan Mendenhall, Theo Rickert, Kathy Saunders, Joe Saxfield, Michael Saylor, Jerry Stanley, Mark Strittmatter, Kirk Szklenski, John Taylor, Sara Wetzel, Carole Winslow.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Tuesday, 22 September 2026 through Tuesday, 29 September 2026
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Transcript-
NOTE: TUNDRA SWAN, BLACK VULTURE, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER continue to be reported.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
In Pittsburgh on 9/22, 1 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (HB).
On 9/23 and 9/25-9/29 at Wingfield Pines, 1 MARSH WREN (DB, DA et. al.); also on 9/26, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (DM); also on 9/27 and 9/29, 1 additional MARSH WREN (NC, Ebird).
Near South Park on 9/26, 2 VEERIES (KB).
ARMSTRONG COUNTY:
On 9/28 south of Worthington, 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS (TR).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At Moraine State Park on 9/29, 1 COMMON TERN (MC).
CLARION COUNTY:
On 9/25 at State Gamelands #63, LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, PINE WARBLERS (CW).
In Sligo on 9/26, 1 SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD SP., WINTER WREN (CW).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle State Park on 9/22, 1 BLACK-NECKED STILT (KS); on 9/23, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (JB); on 9/25, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (SC), 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (JB); on 9/26, 1 TRUMPETER SWAN (KS), 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (MS), 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (JM).
On 9/23 in Glenwood Hills, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (ML).
Near Ravine Park on 9/26, 1 LEAST BITTERN (KMA).
INDIANA COUNTY:
At State Gamelands #332 on 9/23, 1 KENTUCKY WARBLER (MS).
On 9/24 at Yellow Creek State Park, 1 FORSTER'S TERN (JT).
MERCER COUNTY:
South of Mercer on 9/27, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS (DG).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
At Lost Creek Swamp on 9/24, 1 MARSH WREN (SW).
On 9/25 near New Centerville, 7 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS (SW).
VENANGO COUNTY:
In Buttermilk Hill on 9/25, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 1 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (JS).
On 9/29 in Seneca, 1 WINTER WREN (MK).
WARREN COUNTY:
Along Economite Road on 9/24, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO (CW).
On 9/24 near Tidioute, 3 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES heard overhead; on 9/25, 20-25 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH calls heard (CW).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
At Cross Creek County Park on 9/25, 1 MARSH WREN (JF et. al.).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
At Powdermill Nature Reserve on 9/22, 1 RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (JS).
At Saint Vincent College on 9/26, 1 MARSH WREN (NB).
