- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Lehigh / Northampton Counties and Vicinity
* November 6, 2009
* PAEA0911.06

- 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 6th 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 6th 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.

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