Date: 8/9/24 10:36 am From: Amy Taracido <amytaracido...> Subject: RBA western Pennsylvania, 30 July 2024
RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE07.30.24
Highlights:
TRUMPETER SWAN
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (Clarion County)
WHIMBREL
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (Erie County)
AMERICAN AVOCET (Erie County)
STILT SANDPIPER
RUDDY TURNSTONE (Erie County)
SANDERLING
PIPING PLOVER (Erie County)
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Erie County)
CASPIAN TERN
BLACK TERN (Butler County)
FORSTER'S TERN
AMERICAN BITTERN
LITTLE BLUE HERON (Somerset and Westmoreland Counties)
SWAINSON'S WARBLER (Fayette County)
RED CROSSBILL (Westmoreland County)
BLUE GROSBEAK (Washington County)
Contributors: David Argent, Chrystal Ashby, David Bennett, Bill Blauvelt, John M. Campbell, Martin Carlin, Michele Carlson, Karyn Delaney, Melissa Feragotti, Ron & Tracy George-Snyder, Asher Gorbet, Alice Griffin, Eric Hall, Amy Henrici, Margaret Higbee, Michelle Keinholz, Ripley Kindervater, Fritz Köppschall, Yianni Laskaris, Ron Mumme, Stephen Thomas.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Tuesday, 23 July 2024 through Tuesday, 30 July 2024
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NOTE: COMMON LOON, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS continues to be reported.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
On 7/26 at North Park Lake, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (DB).
Along North Highland Avenue on 7/30, 2 MERLINS (ST).
BEAVER COUNTY:
In Rochester on 7/23, 1 PURPLE FINCH (MF).
BUTLER COUNTY:
At Crescent Bay on 7/30, 2 BLACK TERNS, 5 FORSTER'S TERNS (MCarli).
CLARION COUNTY:
On 7/28 in Strattanville, 1 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (RG).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
On 7/24 and 7/25 at Erie National Wildlife Refuge, 1 TRUMPETER SWAN (EH, YL).
At Meadville Country Club on 7/26, 1 MERLIN (RM).
On 7/27 along Arch Street, 1 MERLIN (YL).
At Conneaut Marsh on 7/28, 2 AMERICAN BITTERNS (AG).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle State Park on 7/24, 1 AMERICAN AVOCET, 2 WHIMBRELS; on 7/31, 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 PIPING PLOVERS, 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 4 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 46 SANDERLINGS, 1 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 6 CASPIAN TERNS, 2 COMMON TERNS, 8 BANK SWALLOWS, 2 PURPLE MARTINS (RK).
On 7/25 at Picnicana Park, 1 WINTER WREN (JC).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
At Meadow Run Trail on 7/25, 1 SWAINSON'S WARBLER (BB).
On 7/28 in Dunbar, 2 BLACK VULTURES (FK).
At Bear Run nature reserve on 7/29, 1 SWAINSON'S WARBLER (AG).
INDIANA COUNTY:
On 7/30 at Yellow Creek State Park, 1 COMMON TERN (MH).
SOMERSET COUNTY:
On 7/24 at Quemahoning Reservoir, 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON (anon).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
In the Imperial area on 7/24 and 7/27, 1 BLUE GROSBEAK (CA, MK).
On 7/28 at Pennwest California, 6 BLACK VULTURES (DA).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
On 7/26 at Donegal Lake, 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON (EH et. al.); on 7/27, 1 STILT SANDPIPER (AH), 1 DUNLIN (MCarls).
At Silvermine/Hemlock Trails on 7/26, 2 RED CROSSBILLS (KD).
