Date: 4/15/25 10:57 am From: Amy Taracido <amytaracido...> Subject: RBA western Pennsylvania, 1 April 2025 (two weeks)
RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE0401.25twoweeks
Highlights:
BARNACLE GOOSE (Allegheny County)
ROSS'S GOOSE (Greene County)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Mercer County)
CACKLING GOOSE (Mercer County)
RED-NECKED GREBE
EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (Crawford County)
PURPLE SANDPIPER
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
LITTLE GULL (Indiana County)
BLACK-HEADED GULL (Erie County)
AMERICAN HERRING GULL X LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (hybrid) (Erie County)
CASPIAN TERN
RED-THROATED LOON
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (Mercer County)
SHORT-EARED OWL
FISH CROW (Armstrong, Butler, and Washington Counties)
NORTHERN SHRIKE
PURPLE MARTIN
MARSH WREN
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
SAVANNAH SPARROW
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
Contributors: Nancy Andersen, Tammy Anderson, Marc Behr, David Bennett, Jason Bojczyk, Amanda Borcz, Jeff Brinker, Claudia Brzoska, John Campbell, Kraig Cawley, Thomas Connor, Jeannette Cordell, Michael David, Adrian Fenton, Donna Foyle, John Garrett, Arlene Gmitter, Barbara Griffith, Eric Hall, Amy Henrici, MiMi Hoffmaster, Deborah Kalbfleisch, Mary Alice Koenecke, Meg Kolodick, Fritz Koppschall, Malcolm Kurtz, Sara Mcclelland, Dan McGuire, Jim McGuire, Jerry McWilliams, Ariella Malfaro, Michele Mannella, Doug Massey, Dan Mendenhall, Jeff Moore, Ron Mumme, Jim Offhaus, Kevin Parsons, Aaron Paul, Kenneth Pinnow, Theo Rickert, Walter Shaffer, Linda Sporrer, Kim Springer, Jerry Stanley, Russ States, Rudy Wareham, TJ Stone, E. White via Ebird, Michael Williams, Bill Winkler, Andrew Wood, Kendall Zook.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Tuesday, 18 March 2025 through Tuesday, 1 April 2025 (two weeks)
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NOTE: VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, COMMON LOON, GREAT EGRET, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, PINE SISKIN, FOX SPARROW continue to be reported.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
At Moody Road pond on 3/20, 1 SAVANNAH SPARROW (DB).
On 3/22 and 3/28-3/30 at Wingfield Pines, 1 MARSH WREN (AW, DF, et. al.); on 3/23, 1 BLACK VULTURE (TC).
At Hartwood Acres on 3/24-3/25, 1 BLACK VULTURE (DB, JCo).
On 3/26 at Cavalry Cemetery, 4 BLACK VULTURES (MK).
At Glenwood Bridge on 3/27, 1 BLACK VULTURE (via Ebird).
On 3/28 at Thornburg Conservation Park, 2 BLACK VULTURES (EW).
On 3/29 and 4/1 at East Deer Recreational Park, 1 BARNACLE GOOSE (AH).
Near Jefferson Hills on 3/29, 2 BLACK VULTURES (EW).
On 3/29-3/31 in Creighton, 1 BARNACLE GOOSE (TC, JO, et. al.).
At Imperial Grasslands on 3/29, 2 SAVANNAH SPARROWS (TJS).
On 3/30 at the Elizabeth Bridge, 2 BLACK VULTURES (MM).
On 3/31 at Aspinwall Riverfront Park, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (AH).
At Stoney Lane Farm on 4/1, 5 SANDHILL CRANES (KPa).
ARMSTRONG COUNTY:
Along Sportsman Road on 3/29, 1 FISH CROW (TR).
BEAVER COUNTY:
Along Rogers Drive on 3/27, 1 BLACK VULTURE (JMo).
BUTLER COUNTY:
On 3/27 at Penn State Extension, 1 FISH CROW (MAK).
At Moraine State Park on 3/29, 1 RED-THROATED LOON (EH).
CLARION COUNTY:
In Leeper on 3/28, 1 PINE WARBLER (CB).
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
At Millers Ponds on 3/22 and 4/1, 1 REDHEAD X RING-NECKED DUCK (hybrid) (DMe, AF); on 3/25, 7+ SHORT-EARED OWLS (KZ); on 3/29, 6 PURPLE MARTINS (JMcG), 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (BG et. al.); on 3/30-4/1, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (WS, AF, et. al.); on 4/1, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 SANDHILL CRANES, 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS, and others (RS).
On 3/23 at Meadville Country Club, 5 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS (RM).
At Pymatuning State Park on 3/23, 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (SM).
On 3/25 along Alden Street, 1 BLACK VULTURE (KPi).
In Cambridge Springs on 3/27, 2 BLACK VULTURES (KZ).
On 4/1 along McMichael Road, 11 SANDHILL CRANES, RUSTY BLACKBIRDS (RS).
ERIE COUNTY:
This week at Presque Isle State Park, sightings included 4 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 1 MERLIN, 1 BLACK-HEADED GULL (3/26) (JMcW), 1 CASPIAN TERN (MB), 1 AMERICAN HERRING GULL X LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (hybrid) (3/27), PURPLE MARTIN (JBo), RED-THROATED LOON (3/29) (JG), 1 PURPLE SANDPIPER (3/30) (DMa).
On 3/20 and 3/29-3/30 at Fairview Business Park, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (KC, MB et. al.); also on 3/29, 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS (JG).
On 3/23 at State Gamelands #218, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS (JCa).
Near Ravine Park on 3/24 and 3/27, 1 PINE WARBLER (NA).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
At Greenlick Run Lake on 3/19-3/23, 1 RED-NECKED GREBE (MD et. al.).
On 3/19 at Deer Lake, 1 BLACK VULTURE (FK).
Along Duck Pond Road on 3/20-3/21, 1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (AG, TA).
On 3/23 near Meadow Run, 1 PURPLE MARTIN (AP).
In Farmington on 3/28, 1 PURPLE MARTIN (DMcG).
Near Lake Courage on 3/29, 1 EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL (FK); on 3/30, 8 LONG-TAILED DUCKS (RW).
On 3/30 at the Youghiogheny spillway, 6 LONG-TAILED DUCKS (AM).
GREENE COUNTY:
In Waynesburg on 3/21, 1 ROSS'S GOOSE (TA).
INDIANA COUNTY:
At Yellow Creek State Park on 4/1, 1 LITTLE GULL (DK).
MERCER COUNTY:
At Shenango Wildlife Area this week, 7 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (MW, BW et. al.); on 3/21, 4 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (BW); on 3/27, 2 CACKLING GEESE; on 3/30, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS (MW); on 3/31, 4 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (AB), 1 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (MW).
On 3/25 in Transfer, 2 TRUMPETER SWANS (MW).
At Maurice K. Goddard State Park on 3/28 and 3/29, 1 RED-NECKED GREBE (MW, MH); also on 3/28, 2 PURPLE MARTINS (KS).
On 3/28 at Lake Wilhelm, 2 PURPLE MARTINS (KS).
In Mercer on 3/29-3/30, 2 BLACK VULTURES (JBr, MW).
At Lake Latonka on 3/30, 9 LONG-TAILED DUCKS (KS).
VENANGO COUNTY:
On 3/24 at Oil City Marina, 24 BONAPARTE'S GULLS (MK).
Along the Allegheny River between Oil City and Franklin on 3/28, BONAPARTE'S GULLS (RS).
On 3/29 near Kahle Lake, 3 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS (JS); on 3/30 at Kahle Lake, 5 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 1 MERLIN (JS).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
This week in the Coal Center/California area, BLACK VULTURES (AT, DA).
On 3/19 near Trax Farm area, 1 flyover FISH CROW (LS).
