Date: 10/20/26 10:48 am From: Amy Taracido <amytaracido...> Subject: RBA western Pennsylvania, 6 October 2026
RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE10.06.26
Highlights:
TRUMPETER SWAN
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (Clarion County)
AMERICAN AVOCET (Fayette County)
STILT SANDPIPER (Indiana and Venango Counties)
GLOSSY IBIS (Erie County)
COMMON TERN
AMERICAN BITTERN
MARSH WREN
VEERY
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (Clarion County)
LINCOLN'S SPARROW (Clarion and Venango Counties)
NELSON'S SPARROW (Greene and Westmoreland Counties)
CANADA WARBLER
CONNECTICUT WARBLER (Allegheny County)
MOURNING WARBLER (Allegheny County)
WILSON'S WARBLER
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
Contributors: Nolan Adrian, Jennifer Balsiger, Romina Bauer, Ken Behrens, Jason Bojczyk, Martin Carlin, Liz Carlson, Bill Dell, Adrian Fenton, Arlene Gmitter, Sarah Grey, Eric Hall, Amy Henrici, Roger Higbee, Charlotte Hood, Brian Kaldorf, Collin M. via Ebird, Dan Mendenhall, Ben Munkres, Nathan Rees, Jerry Stanley, Russ States, Gregory Tomb, Carole Winslow.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Tuesday, 29 September 2026 through Tuesday, 6 October 2026
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NOTE: YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, PINE SISKIN, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER continue to be reported.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
At Harrison Hills Park on 9/30, 2 VEERIES (AH).
On 9/30 in Hays Woods, 1 CONNECTICUT WARBLER (BM).
In North Park on 10/2-10/4, 1 MOURNING WARBLER (DM et. al.); on 10/6, 1 MARSH WREN (AF).
On 10/4 near South Park, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 1 VEERY (KB).
At Wingfield Pines on 10/4-10/5, 1 MARSH WREN (CM).
On 10/5 at Chapel Harbor, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (SG).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At Moraine State Park on 9/29, 1 COMMON TERN (MC); on 9/30, 1 CANADA WARBLER (JB).
CLARION COUNTY:
In Sligo on 10/3, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 20-25 GRAY CHEEKED THRUSH calls, 1 WINTER WREN, 2 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS; through 10/5, 1 RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (CW).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle State Park on 10/4 and 10/7, 1 GLOSSY IBIS (LC, BK); also on 10/4, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER (JB).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
On 9/30 in Mill Run, 1 CANADA WARBLER (RB).
Along Duck Pond Road on 10/2, 4 AMERICAN AVOCETS (AG et. al.)
GREENE COUNTY:
On 9/30 and 10/5 at State Gamelands #223, 1 MARSH WREN; also on 10/5, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH; on 10/6, 1 NELSON'S SPARROW (NR).
INDIANA COUNTY:
Southwest of Vintondale on 10/4, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (GT).
On 10/6 at Yellow Creek State Park, 1 STILT SANDPIPER (RH et. al.).
MERCER COUNTY:
On 10/1 in the State Gamelands #284 area, 3 TRUMPETER SWANS (NA).
VENANGO COUNTY:
At Justus Lake on 10/2, 1 STILT SANDPIPER (JS).
On 10/2 near Kahle Lake, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER (JS).
At Two Mile Run on 10/4, sightings included 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 AMERICAN PIPIT (RS), 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW (reported to RS).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
On 10/4-10/5 at Donegal Lake, 1 NELSON'S SPARROW (EH, BD et. al.).
At Powdermill Nature Reserve on 10/5, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (CH).
