Date: 2/6/21 6:00 am From: Rob Blye <rwblye...> Subject: Re: Eastern PA Birdline: 2/5/2021
Dave, Thanks for the 30 yr effort. *wear a mask, wash your hands, keep your distance* *Rob* Robert W. Blye 34603 Doe Run Lewes DE 19958-3332 302 945-8618 610 213-2413 mobile
On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 9:42 PM Dave DeReamus <becard...> wrote:
> - RBA > * Pennsylvania > * Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity > * February 5, 2021 > * PAEA2102.05 > > > > - Birds mentioned > > > > GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE > > COMMON REDPOLL > > ICELAND GULL > > PINK-FOOTED GOOSE > > ROSS'S GOOSE > > REDHEAD > > > > - Transcript > > > > Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline > Date: February 5th at 9:00 PM > To Report by E-Mail: Send to <mailto:<becard...> <becard...> with > "Birdline" in subject heading. > Compiler: Dave DeReamus > > My reporting area includes all of Lehigh and Northampton Counties with the > northern edge of the area reaching Beltzville State Park and the southern > edge reaching Peace Valley Park in Bucks County. Updates are typically > done > every Friday, more often when necessary. > > > > You can visit the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society Website at > <http://www.lvaudubon.org/>http://www.lvaudubon.org/ . > > > > You can visit my 'Eastern PA Birding' Website for photos and information at > <http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html> > http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html . > > > > Directions to many of the sites in this report can be found in the area's > birding guidebook, "Birds of the Lehigh Valley and Vicinity". A completely > revised, 2nd edition of the book can be ordered at: > <http://www.lvaudubon.org/shop/>http://www.lvaudubon.org/shop/ . > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS IS THE LAST "Birdline" REPORT! > > The time has finally come to put an end to the "Eastern PA Birdline." > Actually, that time has probably come and gone long ago. The emergence of > eBird and multiple Facebook pages has basically made the Birdline's weekly > update outdated and irrelevant. > > My first edition of the Birdline was done way back in February of 1991. > Back then, thanks to the financial support of the Lehigh Valley Audubon > Society, I was able to set up a local phone number and purchase a recording > machine for it. Birders would call the local phone number and listen to my > taped recording of the past week's sightings. The reason I started it was > to replace an old "phone chain" system that would hopefully pass on > sightings from one birder to another. Unfortunately, its weakness was when > there was a broken link in the chain. > > In 1999, the Birdline debuted on the Internet through the PABIRDS and > BIRDEAST listservs. After the final digital recording machine finally > died, > the "phone line" version was shut down. > > So, this report completes my 30th year. Thanks goes to the Lehigh Valley > Audubon Society for its long-standing support and to all the contributors > of > sightings during these past 30 years. > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > NOW FOR THE BIRDS! > > > > Sightings from the MARTINS CREEK PPL POWER PLANT area, Northampton County: > > GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE - 1 on 1/30 > > Red-breasted Merganser - 1 on 1/30 > > Bald Eagles - 2 on 1/30 > > Northern Harrier - 1 on 1/30. > > > > Sightings from BUSHKILL TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: > > Rusty Blackbird - 1 on 2/2 (at a private feeder). > > > > Sightings from the NAZARETH area, Northampton County: > > COMMON REDPOLL - 1 on 2/1 (at a private feeder). > > > > Sightings from the EASTON area, Northampton County: > > At the 'Forks of the Delaware': > > ICELAND GULL - 1 on 2/4 (adult) > > Great Black-backed Gull - 1 on 2/5. > > > > Sightings from the BETHLEHEM BOAT CLUB area, Northampton County: > > Eastern Phoebe - 1 on 1/30. > > > > Sightings from BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: > > At the St. Luke's Anderson Campus fields: > > COMMON REDPOLL - 1 on 1/30. > > > > Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: > > Dark-eyed "Oregon" Junco - 1 on 2/3 > > Common Grackles - 7 on 2/1. > > > > Sightings from EAST ALLEN TOWNSHIP, Northampton County: > > At Seiple's Pond: > > PINK-FOOTED GOOSE - 1 on 1/30. > > > > Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County: > > COMMON REDPOLL - 1 on 1/31 (at a private feeder). > > > > Sightings from the NEFFS area, Lehigh County: > > COMMON REDPOLLS - 4 on 2/3. > > > > Sightings from the ALBURTIS area, Lehigh County: > > ROSS'S GOOSE - 1 on 2/2 (fly-by). > > > > Sightings from PEACE VALLEY PARK, Bucks County: > > Cackling Geese - 2 on 2/4; 1 on 2/5 > > REDHEAD - 1 on 2/4 and 2/5. > > > > - End transcript >
