- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* November 5, 2009
* PAEA0911.05

- Birds mentioned

BRANT
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
SNOW BUNTING
LONG-TAILED DUCK
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
BLACK-HEADED GULL
SANDHILL CRANE

- Transcript

Hotline: Eastern PA Birdline
Date: November 5th at 4:00 AM
Phone Number: (610) 252-3455
To Report by Phone: Call (610) 252-3455, press the (*) key and leave your 
message.
To Report by E-Mail: Send to becard@rcn.com 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 Thursday, more often when necessary.

You can visit the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society Website at 
http://www.lehigh.edu/lvas.

You can visit my 'Eastern PA Birding' Website for photos and information at 
http://users.rcn.com/becard/home.html.

This is Dave DeReamus, for the Eastern PA Birdline, sponsored by the Lehigh 
Valley Audubon Society, recorded on November 5th at 4:00 AM.

The next Audubon meeting will be held on November 10th at 7:00 PM at the 
Whitehall Township Public Library on Mechanicsville Road in Whitehall.  Dan 
Brauning will do a program on "The History & Recovery of Raptors in PA."

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".

NOW FOR THE BIRDS!

Sightings from PALMER TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 to at least 10/30 (at a private feeder).

Sightings from WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, Northampton County included:
Baltimore Oriole - 1 to at least 11/5.
Also Eastern Phoebe.

Sightings from the BATH area, Northampton County included:
BRANT - 3 on 10/29 and 11/4 (along Driftwood Road).

Sightings from LITTLE GAP, Northampton County included:
Bald Eagles - 2 on 10/31
NORTHERN GOSHAWKS - 2 on 11/1; 1 on 11/3
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - 1 on 11/3
Golden Eagles - 3 on 11/1
Peregrine Falcon - 1 on 11/5
Merlins - 2 on 11/1
SNOW BUNTINGS - 3 on 11/3.
Also Winter Wren.

Sightings from BELTZVILLE STATE PARK, Carbon County included:
LONG-TAILED DUCKS - 7 on 11/4.

Sightings from BAKE OVEN KNOB, Lehigh County included:
Bald Eagles - 2 on 10/29; 4 on 11/1
NORTHERN GOSHAWKS - 4 on 11/1; 1 on 11/4 and 11/5
Red-tailed Hawks - 155 on 11/1
Golden Eagles - 3 on 10/29; 4 on 11/1; 2 on 11/2 and 11/3
Peregrine Falcon - 1 on 11/1
Merlins - 2 on 10/30.
Also Common Raven.

Sightings from LEASER LAKE, Lehigh County included:
Wilson's Snipe.

Sightings from the FOGELSVILLE area, Lehigh County included:
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS - 18 on 10/29 (near Route 100 and Schantz Road).

Sightings from MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR in nearby New Jersey included:
At the Scotts Mountain Hawkwatch:
LONG-TAILED DUCKS - 17 on 11/4
BLACK-HEADED GULL - 1 on 11/4
SANDHILL CRANES - 5 on 10/30
Bald Eagles - 2 on 10/29, 10/30, and 11/4
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1 on 11/2, 11/3, and 11/4
Red-shouldered Hawks - 20 on 10/29 and 10/30
Red-tailed Hawks - 102 on 10/30
Golden Eagles - 2 on 10/29; 1 on 11/2
Merlins - 2 on 10/29 and 11/3.

- End transcript 

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