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Page 1: PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS · PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS 182 VOLUME 8 NO. 4 LETTERS Dear Editors: I have been reading with interest the continuing saga of nesting Sandhill Cranes in Lawrence County,
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Contents

181 Editorial

182 Letters

183 1994-95 Christmas Bird Counts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Gregory

201 Neotropical Migrants in Pennsylvania

Evidence of Absence or Absence of evidence?. P. Hess & T. Floyd

204 Scenario of the Upland Sandpiper in Western Pa.. . . . . . . Gene W ilhelm

207 Miracle at Imperial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ted Floyd

208 Future Breeders in Pa.? More Guesses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ted Floyd

209 Site Guide: Unami Creek Valley (Montgomery).. . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Crilley

211 Photographic Highlights

215 Cooper's Hawk Utilizing Carrion. . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul & Glenna Schwalbe

216 Checklist of the Birds of Blair County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paula Ford

218 Rare Bird Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nick Pulcinella

Cinnamon Teal, Green-tailed Towhee, Yellow W arbler

220 Marsh Monitoring Program Needs You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Chabot

221 Ornithological Technical Committee — Minutes. . . . . . . Laurie Goodrich

222 Summary of the Season

223 Notes From the Field

227 Compilers and Observers

229 Rare and Unusual Bird Reports

232 County Reports - October through December 1994

244 Index to Volume 8

PENNSYLVANIA BIRDSJournal of the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology

VOLUME 8, NUMBER 4, OCT – DEC 1994

Franklin C. Haas & Barbara M. Haas

Editors-in-chief

(717) 445-9609

Department

Editors

Christmas Counts

& Migration CountAlan GregoryPO Box 571Conyngham, PA 18219717-788-1425

Hawk Watch ReportsMark Blauer240 Pine St.Nanticoke, PA 18634717-735-7172

Site GuidesRudy KellerRR4, Box 235Boyertown, PA 19512610-367-9376

Personality ProfilesArlene Koch1375 Raubsville Rd.Easton, PA 18042610-253-6377

Rare Bird ReportsNick PulcinellaApt 6 201 Elm Ave.Swarthmore, PA 19081610-543-8360

Book ReviewsGene Wilhelm147 Cemetery Rd.

Slippery Rock, PA 16057 ILLUSTRATIONS:

412-794-2434 COVER: Cinnamon Teal by Randy Miller

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PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS 181 VOLUME 8 NO. 4

PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS (ISSN 0898-8501) is published four times a year by Pennsylvania Birds. Editorial and business offices are located at 2469Hammertown Road, Narvon, PA 17555-9726. Subscriptions, all in US$: One year U.S.A. $17.50, Canada $30, Foreign $40. Library rate $28. Singlecopies: $3 (1988 only), $4.50 (89-94). Checks and money orders in U.S.$ only should be made payable to PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS. Copyright© 1995 by Franklin C. Haas and Barbara M. Haas.SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT NARVON, PA 17555POSTMASTER: Send address changes to PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS, 2469 Hammertown Road, Narvon, PA 17555-9726.

from the Editors...

It is now mid-March as we are

putting the finishing touches on

this issue before it goes to the

printer. Who would have thought

that temperatures had reached

into the 70s and Barb had already

played a few rounds of golf. Last

year at this time we still had over a

foot of snow on the ground and

were among the many suffering

cabin fever. Even on a trip to New

England, we found they did not

have much snow either. From a

record-cold to a record-warm

winter in just one year.

We are gearing up for

beginning our ninth year of

publication. If you haven't sent

your Pennsylvania list totals to

Terry Schiefer by now, please do

so. The reporting form was

included with the last issue. The

first issue for 1995 (due out in

June) will have these data and he

needs your input as soon as

possible. We also hope to have the

Hawk Migration Counts for that

issue.

With the new format, finding

references to particular species is

so easy, we have reduced the index

to a listing of articles and authors

only.

If your are sending us an

article (and we sure hope you will

consider doing so), please try and

send it on disk. W e use

WordPerfect™ 6.0 but can virtually

translate any word processing

document. It is always safe to also

include the document on the disk

in ASCII. It is not critical on short

articles or notes, but on the longer

articles it can save us scads of time

without having to "retype" what

was already typed. The prevalency

of computers in this day and age

should make this an option to

almost all of you. If you don't have

access to a computer, a typewritten

copy is acceptable. Thanks.

PSO ANNUAL MEETING

You will find a registration

form for the PSO annual meeting

inside the back mailing cover. This

meeting promises to be a great

meeting, with interesting programs

and field trips. The theme this year

is Audubon's America. As you

know, John James Audubon did

much of his field work in

Pennsylvania, and we will be

meeting in an area in which he

spent some time. Some of the field

trips will cover areas explored and

studied by Audubon. There will be

a program on Friday evening about

his travels in the area. And don't

miss Frank's multi-screen hawk

identification program! It is the

ONLY way bird identification

programs should be presented.

But the best part of these

meetings is meeting other birders,

catching up with old friends, and

sharing war stories! Please join us.

OTC

With this issue, we are

including reports from the

O r i n t h o l o g i c a l T e c h n i c a l

Committee of the Pennsylvania

Biological Survey. This body

addresses issues concerning birds

in Pennsylvania and serves as an

ad visory com m ittee to th e

Pennsylvania Game Commission

on bird-related matters. There will

be a more in-depth article about

the committee and its functions in

an upcoming issue.

NAMC

Don't forget the upcoming

North American Migration Count

on May 13, 1995. If your county

does not participate, why not

organize it now? Contact Alan

Gregory on how you can become a

part of this effort (address inside

front cover). The NAMC is similar

to the CBC in that you go out and

count all of the birds you can find

in a given area, but differs in using

county boundaries to define the

area covered and all counts are

done on the same day, rather than

spread out over several weeks.

It certainly is a fun way to

spend a beautiful day in May. You

would probably be out birding

anyway, so why not contribute?

Barb & Frank Haas

Chief Editors

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PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS 182 VOLUME 8 NO. 4

LETTERS

Dear Editors:

I have been reading with

interest the continuing saga of

nesting Sandhill Cranes in

Lawrence County, Pa., as related in

the pages of Pa. Birds [7(3):91-92

and 8(3): 136-137] by Gene

Wilhelm. In his most recent article,

Dr. Wilhelm relates the status of

Sandhill Crane in Ohio through

mid-1988, the cut-off date for Bruce

Peterjohn's Birds of Ohio. Since

the status of this species has

changed considerably since the

publication of Birds of Ohio, I

thought that the following update

(with a focus on northeastern Ohio)

might be of interest to readers of

Pa. Birds.

Sandhill Cranes are now

annual spring and fall migrants

through northeastern Ohio, being

reported in small numbers every

year since 1991. These sightings

are presumably artifacts of

increasing numbers being found

elsewhere in the Midwest. These

increases are also reflected in

southwestern Ohio, where totals

have jumped every autumn since

1989, building up to 850+

individuals being reported during

the autumn of 1993 (our latest

av a i lab le co m p le te au tu m n

season). Christmas Bird Counts

records are also on the rise,

especially in the south.

Of more interest (with respect

to recent Pennsylvania nestings) is

the fact that Sandhill Cranes have

resumed nesting in Ohio, and have

apparently nested every year since

1987 or 1988 in southwestern

Wayne Co., roughly 75 air miles

from Youngstown, OH (adjacent to

Lawrence County, Pa.). Although

sources conflict as to the exact year

w hen nesting w as in itially

confirmed, adults were noted as

being present in the nesting area

as early as 1985. In mid-May 1988,

a nest with 2 eggs was detected by

Ohio Division of Wildlife personnel

engaged in a helicopter survey. The

species nested in this area every

year through 1992, when two nests

were confirmed and a third was

thought possible. Although we

have no data for 1993, 1–2 pair

were still present in spring 1994.

A n o t h e r u n p u b l i s h e d b u t

confirmed nesting took place in

northeastern Wayne Co. in 1989.

Other areas of northeastern

Ohio have also hosted potential

nesters since 1991, including late

spring/ early summer records from

Ashtabula, Geauga, and Lorain

Cos. Although nesting has not been

confirmed from any of these area,

suitable habitat does seem to be

present.

Previous to the above records,

Sandhill Crane was last confirmed

as an Ohio nester in 1926.

Although it took nearly 60 years,

this species does seem to be on the

rebound in Ohio. Hopefully,

Pennsylvania will also share in this

positive situation.

Robert Harlan, Editor

The Ohio Cardinal

7072 Parma Park Blvd.

Parma Hts., OH 44130

(216) 843-8750

Dear Editors,

...I was interested in your

point about the statwide Black

Tern flight last 14 August (Pa.

Birds 8:157). Checking out the

"Rare and Unusual Bird Reports"

section, it looks as if 14 August was

also the day for American Avocet,

with 19 birds in 4 counties —

interesting, if unexplainable.

Ted Floyd

Pesticide Research Laboratory

Penn State University

University Park, PA 16802

P.O.R.C

N o m i n a t i o n s

Sought

The Pennsy lvaniaOrnithological RecordsCommittee will have twopositions up for election thisMay. If you are interested inserving on this committee,send your resume to:

Douglas GrossChairmanOrnithological TechnicalCommitteeRR1, Box 1795Berwick, PA 17859

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PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS 183 VOLUME 8 NO. 4

1994-95 Christmas Bird Countsby Alan Gregory

The 1994-1995 Christmas Bird

Count period — the 95th CBC — was 17

December 1994 to 2 January 1995. A

total of 63 official counts, and one new

unofficial (Somerset) count, were

conducted in Pennsylvania, an increase

of one from 1993-1994. Two of those 63

counts were new. They are Lake

Raystown and Tunkhannock. The

established count in the Johnstown area

was not conducted.

WEATHER

The 1994-1995 count period in

Pennsylvania was distinguished by its

moderate, largely uneventful weather

pattern and the lack of any significant

incursion into the state by "winter

finches." But, while the "winter finches"

did not visit Pennsylvania, the 1994-1995

count period was marked by an increase

in the number of individuals of

half-hardy species tallied across the

state.

The CBC period followed a fall

marked by above-average temperatures

and near-average precipitation. The

1994-1995 CBC period opened on 17 Dec.

with wet, often foggy weather. Some

compilers of counts held on that day

reported less diversity of species and

lower counts for selected species. Counts

held the following day enjoyed mostly dry

weather.

This moderate late fall/early winter

weather continued through most of the

remaining count period for much of the

state. Only a few northern counties with

relatively high elevation had any

significant snow cover during the count

period. Participants in the 26 Dec.

Southeastern Bradford Co. CBC, for

example, noticed a consistent snow cover

in Sullivan Co. in the area of Ricketts

Glen State Park while transiting that

county heading north to their count

circle. Temperatures in southern

Luzerne Co. on the edge of the Pocono

Plateau stayed 5E to 10E higher than

average throughout the count period.

And while several snowstorms crossed

Pennsylvania in January, the first

significant (6 or more inches) storm held

off until early February. Many

newspapers were running front-page

stories by mid-January about the

"missing" winter. The Pittsburgh region,

which receives an average of more than

43 inches of snow through mid-February,

had received only about 14 inches

through the third week of February.

WINTER FINCHES

While the 1993-1994 count was

marked by a tremendous influx of

Common Redpolls into the state (indeed

the entire Northeast and mid-Atlantic

regions), these birds of the far north

along with Pine Siskins and Evening

Grosbeaks were nearly absent from

Pennsylvania for the latest CBC period.

Only three Pennsylvania CBCs reported

grosbeaks. Only four tallied siskins — a

total of just 11 individuals. Just 20

redpolls were recorded statewide in the

latest count. Evening Grosbeaks were

more evident than siskins, with a total of

38 recorded statewide (Emporium tallied

24), but that's still far below the 2,563

individuals tallied statewide in

1993-1994.

CBC compilers to the north, in

Maine and Canada, noted a superb

spruce cone crop in their regions, which

could account, in part, for the

near-absence of "winter finches" from

Pennsylvania during this latest CBC

period (even though a good cone crop was

evident in Pennsylvania's native Red

Spruce habitats and in rural and urban

spruce plantings across the state).

Even field workers on the

Algonquin Provincial Park CBC, about

150 miles north of Toronto, noted very

few Pine Siskins or Evening Grosbeaks

and no redpolls. That count did, however,

enjoy success with crossbills (3527 Red

and 2500 White-winged).

TRENDS

Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, many

individuals of half-hardy species stayed

in the state through the CBC period,

attracted to linger perhaps by the mild

weather. Higher-than-average numbers

of Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Hermit

Thrushes, among other species, stuck it

out in the state long enough to be

recorded on CBCs. These species also

weren't limited just to southeastern

counts — they showed up across the

state.

Let's look more in-depth at several

of these half-hardy species.

The Eastern Phoebe regularly

lingers in Pennsylvania through early

winter. Two years ago (1992-1993), CBC

field workers recorded a total of 8

phoebes in 7 counts with a single high

count of 2 birds on the Upper Bucks Co.

CBC. Last year (1993-1994), the

statewide tally rose to 19 individuals,

with a high of 6 birds on the Southern

Lancaster Co. count. This year

(1994-1995) also generated a total of 19

individuals, with a high of 4 on the

Southern Lancaster count.

The Carolina Wren was impacted

heavily by the winter of 1993-1994. The

statewide results from the past three

years tell the story.

STATE HIGH COUNTYEAR TOTAL COUNT TOTAL1992-93 4,356 Glenolden 4011993-94 2,989 Glenolden 2431994-95 1,275 Solanco 155

The latest CBC records tell the

story of this species' losses over the

1993-1994 winter. Only 1275 wrens were

recorded statewide, a severe decline by

anyone's definition. The forthcoming

North American Migration Count and

the 1995-1996 CBC will, perhaps, reflect

this wren's recovery. I urge birders to

keep written records of this species'

status in their local areas in order that

we might better track its future status

and recovery.

The Hermit Thrush, a species that

regularly winters in Pennsylvania in

small numbers, is a berry-eating bird and

thus is not as heavily impacted by deep

snow cover and extreme cold. The

number of individual thrushes recorded

over the past three counts shows little

fluctuation. The 1992-1993 statewide

tally of 186 individuals on 35 counts was

only one bird shy of the 187 thrushes on

32 counts recorded in 1993-1994 — again

a high level of consistency. The

1994-1995 CBC generated a statewide

tally of 234 thrushes on 36 counts, not a

real significant increase, but nonetheless

indicative perhaps of the effects of the

mild fall-early winter period.

A fourth species that regularly

winters in Pennsylvania — again in

relatively small but stable numbers — is

the Yellow-rumped (Mrytle) Warbler.

This warbler's numbers increased

significantly in the recent count over the

previous two counts. Staewide, 1373

"Myrtle" warblers were tallied. This

compares with just 446 in the 1993-1994

count and 850 individuals in 1992-1993.

The mild fall-early winter also

appeared to prompt higher-than-average

numbers of Ruby-crowned Kinglets to

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PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS 184 VOLUME 8 NO. 4

A WEALTH OF WARBLERS

Warblers made an impressive showing on PA's CBCs this year,with ten species statewide. This was the best since 1984 when therewere nine. Over the past 45 years, 20 species of warbler have beenrecorded on Pennsylvania's CBCs. The average per year has beengrowing steadily; it was 2.6 in the '50s, 2.5 in the '60s, 5.4 in the '70s, 5.4in the '80s, and 6.6 from 90-94. The highest years were '71(8), '74(9),'84(8), '91(8), and '94(10). Part of this is due to the number of countsgrowing from 23 in 1950 to 64 this year. However, the number of warblerspecies per count has also been growing. A listing of the species and thenumbers of years between 1950 and 1994 that they have occurred areshown in the table below.

Frank HaasSPECIES YEARSWARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED 10

NASHVILLE 2PARULA, NORTHERN 1WARBLER, YELLOW 2

CAPE MAY 4YELLOW-RUMPED 45BLACK-THROATED GREEN 2YELLOW-THROATED 1PINE 18PRAIRIE 2PALM 26BLACK-AND-WHITE 6

REDSTART, AMERICAN 2OVENBIRD 8WATERTHRUSH, NORTHERN 2WARBLER, KENTUCKY 1YELLOWTHROAT, COMMON 32WARBLER, WILSON'S 5CHAT, YELLOW-BREASTED 20DENDROICA SP. 3

Table 1. Years of occurrence of warbler species on Pennsylvania CBCs from 1950to 1994.

linger in Pennsylvania. A statewide tally

of 539 ruby-crowns is significantly higher

than the 176 for 1993-1994 and the 171

individuals tallied in 1992-1993.

OWLS

Several counts had good success in

censusing these mostly nocturnal

raptors. This is a traditional weak spot

for many CBCs, as there has always been

a tendency among some field workers to

stop looking for more individuals of a

given species once a representative bird

has been found and tallied for that

species.

Several Pennsylvania CBCs,

however, made consistent efforts in the

recent count period to generate a more

representative sampling of the owls

within their count circles. The Upper

Bucks Co. CBC had the highest diversity

with 149 individuals of six species. Next

was Elverson with 103 individuals of five

species and Bloomsburg also had five

species, but a lower number of

individuals, 63. A field worker on the

Emporium count took the time to band a

Northern Saw-whet Owl. No Snowy Owls

were reported on Pennsylvania CBCs,

although there were several of these

visitors from the tundra in the region

through most of the count period. This

included an owl that frequented the area

of National Airport in Washington, D.C.

I again urge field workers to

generate more "owling" hours and thus

provide more data on the owls within

their count circles. Much remains to be

learned of the state's population of owls,

particularly of such difficult-to-find

species as the Saw-whet and Long-eared.

RARITIES

Despite the near-absence of

"winter" finches, the list of unusual/rare

species recorded in Pennsylvania in the

most recent count was nonetheless

impressive.

Here are a few of the more

noteworthy examples:

- Red-throated Loon: Somerset and

Southern Lancaster Co. (Solanco).

- Red-necked Grebe: Solanco.

- American White Pelican: Beaver.

- Great Cormorant: Delaware Co. (4)

and Pennypack (5).

- Greater White-fronted Goose: Upper

Bucks Co..

- Ross' Goose: Solanco.

- Sandhill Crane: Solanco.

- Western Kingbird: Solanco.

- Orange-crowned Warbler: Southern

Bucks Co., Reading, Newville, and

Hamburg.

- Northern Parula: Harrisburg.

- Black-throated Green Warbler:

Glenolden.

- Yellow-throated Warbler: Newville.

- Prairie Warbler: Tunkhannock.

- Dickcissel: Chambersburg and Lehigh.

- Green-tailed Towhee: Upper Bucks

Co.

- Clay-colored Sparrow: Central Bucks

Co.

- Dark-eyed "Oregon" Junco :

Pittsburgh.

The following is a list of each count;

the date it was held; any count-week

species recorded; age notations for

selected species; what forms of certain

species were recorded (e.g., Snow Goose

"blue" form), and total party-hours. Note

that some compilers did not report their

count's party-hours. And, while most

compilers also provided a list of their

participants, space unfortunately does

not allow us to list participants' names.

Audubon – 7 Jan.; 152 party-hours; Tony

F e r n a n d e s , c o m p i l e r , 7 4 1

Monument Rd, Malvern 19355.

Bald Eagle State Park – 1 Jan.; 64.75

party-hours; of 4 Bald Eagles 2

were ad.; Eugene Zielinski,

compiler, RR 3, Box 71, Bellefonte

16823.

Buffalo Creek Valley – George Reese,

compiler, 460 Monroe Rd, Sarver

16055.

Beaver – 21 Dec.; 37.10 party-hours;

J o h n C r u z a n , c o m p i l e r ,

Department of Biology, Geneva

College, Beaver Falls 15010-3595.

Bedford Co. – 31 Dec.; 37 party-hours; 1

Mallard hybrid; Janet Shaffer,

compiler, RR 6, Box 338, Bedford

15522.

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PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS 185 VOLUME 8 NO. 4

Bethlehem-Easton – 31 Dec.; 125.5

party-hours; count-week species

were Wild Turkey and N. Oriole;

Bald Eagle was imm.; Donald and

Elaine Meese, 2366 Springtown

Hill Rd, Hellertown 18055.

Bernville – 2 Jan.; 162.5 party-hours; of

3 Snow Geese reported, two were

"blue" form; of 3 Bald Eagles, 2

were ad.; Ed Barrell, compiler, RR

9, Box 9215, Reading 19605-9627.

Bloomsburg – 18 Dec.; 102.5 party-hours;

1 "blue" form Snow Goose and 3

Mallard hybrids; count-week

species were Bald Eagle (imm.) and

Short-eared Owl; new count highs

for Canada Goose, Am. Black Duck,

Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-billed Gull,

Herring Gull, Rock Dove, E.

S c r e e c h O w l , R e d - b e l l i e d

Woodpecker, E. Phoebe, Blue Jay,

F i s h C r o w , B l a c k - c a p p e d

C h ic k a d e e , W h it e - b r ea s t e d

Nuthatch, Hermit Thrush, Swamp

Sparrow, and Brown-headed

Cowbird; count total of 83 species

was new high; Robert Sagar,

compiler, RR 2, Box 70, Benton

17814.

Bushy Run State Park – 31 Dec.; 64.25

party-hours; count-week species

were Snow Goose, Am. Woodcock,

N. Harrier and Brown-headed

Cowbird; Dick Byers, compiler,

3570 Clawson Drive, Murrysville

15668.

Butler – 17 Dec.; 44 party-hours; new

count highs for Am. Coot and Bona-

parte's Gull; 7 Fox Sparrows

n o t a b l e h i g h ; O l d s q u a w ,

White-winged Scoter and White-

crowned Sparrow notable for this

count; Gene Wilhelm, compiler, 147

Cemetery Rd, Slippery Rock 16057.

Central Bucks Co. – 1 Jan.; 124 party-

hours; count-week species were Gr.

White-fronted Goose, N. Bobwhite,

Am. Coot and Bonaparte's Gull;

new highs for Mute Swan, Com.

Goldeneye, Wild Turkey, Herring

Gull, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied

Woodpecker, Carolina Chickadee,

Tufted Titmouse, E. Bluebird, and

House Finch; new lows for

Ring-necked Duck, Am. Tree

Sparrow and Am. Goldfinch;

Clay-colored Sparrow new for

count; Kenneth Kitson, compiler,

704 Headquarters Rd, Ottsville

18942.

Chambersburg – 17 Dec.; 167.5 party-

hours; Edith C. Lindsell, compiler,

8 1 0 A M e n n o V i l l a g e ,

Chambersburg 17201-4081.

Clarksville – 31 Dec.; 83 party-hours;

count-week species was Killdeer;

new for count were Horned Grebe,

Turkey Vulture and Com. Raven;

new highs for Carolina Chickadee

and Swamp Sparrow; Ralph K.

Bell, compiler, RR 1, Box 229,

Clarksville 15322-7320.

Clarion – 17 Dec.; 120.25 party-hours;

Margaret Buckwalter, compiler, RR

2, Box 26, Shippenville 16254.

Culp – 17 Dec.; 115.75 party-hours;

Angeline Stout, compiler, RR 3, Box

72E, Altoona 16601.

Dallas – 17 Dec.; count-week species

w e r e P i e d - b i l l e d G r e b e ,

Rough-legged Hawk, Fish Crow and

Cedar Waxwing; Edwin Johnson,

compiler, 90 Midland Drive, Dallas

18612.

Delaware Co. (Glenolden) – 17 Dec.; 177

party-hours; count-week species

were Black-crowned Night Heron,

Oldsquaw, Bald Eagle (ad.), Merlin,

E. Phoebe, Lincoln's Sparrow and

N. (Baltimore) Oriole; new high for

Winter Wren; of rare for count were

Great Egret, Com. Moorhen, House

Wren, and new for count was

Black-throated Green Warbler;

Nick Pulcinella, compiler, 201 Elm

Ave., Swarthmore 19081.

Dingman's Ferry – 1 Jan.; 79.25 party-

hours; Patricia A. Kaufmann,

compiler, RR 2, Box 1010,

Dingman's Ferry 18328.

DuBois – 2 Jan.; 38 party-hours; count-

week species were Canada Goose,

Sharp-shinned Hawk, and Barred

Owl; co-compilers, Marianne

Atkinson, RR , Box 349C, DuBois

15801, and Jocelynn Smrekar, RR

4, Box 409A, DuBois 15801.

Elverson – 26 Dec.; 134 party-hours;

count-week species were Horned

Grebe, Oldsquaw, Bald Eagle,

Rough-legged Hawk, and Ruffed

Grouse; new for count were Iceland

and Glaucous gulls; 99 species new

high for count; Robert E. Cook, Box

152, Elverson 19520.

Emporium – 18 Dec.; 56.5 party-hours;

N. Saw-whet Owl banded by

observer during count; Bob Martin,

compiler, 125 Elmwood Court,

Emporium 15834.

Erie – 31 Dec.; 57.25 party-hours;

count-week species were N.

Shoveler and Thayer's Gull; notable

highs for Black and Surf scoters

and Yellow-rumped Warbler; Joan

S. Howlett, compiler, 3662 Kinter

Hill Rd, Edinboro 16412.

Gettysburg – 17 Dec.; 97 party-hours; of

37 Snow Geese 2 were "blue" form;

Art Kennell, compiler, 2332

Bullfrog Rd, Warbler Woods,

Fairfield 17320.

Hamburg – 1 Jan.; 104.5 party-hours;

count-week species were Bald

Eagle, Turkey Vulture, Golden

Eagle, and Com. Raven; new highs

for these species, Barred Owl,

Ruby-crowned Kinglet and White-

crowned Sparrow; Am. Pipit was

s e c o n d c o u n t r e c o r d ;

Orange-crowned Warbler was new

for count; Laurie Goodrich,

c o m p i l e r , H aw k M o u n ta in

Sanctuary, RR 2, Kempton 19529.

Indiana – 26 Dec.; count-week species

were Tundra Swan, Snow Goose,

Oldsquaw, and Red-breasted

Merganser; Margaret and Roger

Higbee, co-compilers, RR 2, Box

166, Indiana 15701.

Harrisburg – 17 Dec.; 128.5 party-hours;

count-week species were Tundra

Swan and Black Vulture; Bill

Tripp, compiler, 425 Reeser's Rd,

Camp Hill 17011-1306.

Huntingdon – 18 Dec.; 65 party-hours;

David Kyler, compiler, RR 4, Box

159A, Huntingdon 16652.

Lancaster – 31 Dec.; 81.5 party-hours;

Sandhill Crane new for count; first

Wood Duck since 1964, first N.

Goshawk since 1969; W. Edward

Pederson, compiler, 306 Clearfield

Rd, New Providence 17560.

Lake Raystown – 2 Jan.; 53.5

party-hours; this was the first

"official" year for this count (a trial

count was conducted during the

1993-94 CBC period); Greg Grove,

compiler, RR 1, Box 483,

Petersburg 16669.

Lebanon – 17 Dec.; 63 party-hours; Fritz

Heilman, compiler, 115 E. Chestnut

St., Lebanon 17042

Lehigh Valley – 17 Dec.; 137 party-hours;

count-week species were N.

Saw-whet Owl, Carolina Chickadee,

Lapland Longspur, and Snow

Bunting; new highs for Wild

Turkey, Mourning Dove, Hairy

Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse , N.

Cardinal, White-crowned Sparrow;

Gary L. Freed, compiler, 1132

Walters Rd, Pennsburg 18073.

Lewisburg – 18 Dec.; 87 party-hours;

Richard Nickelsen, compiler, 432

Pheasant Ridge Rd, Lewisburg

17837.

Lewistown – 17 Dec.; 59.25 party-hours;

count-week species were Black and

Turkey vulture, Wild Turkey, and

Purple Finch; Linda Whitesel,

compiler, RR 3, Box 820,

Mifflintown 17059.

Linesville – 18 Dec.; of 3 Snow Geese 2

were "blue" form; of 9 Bald Eagles,

8 were adults; count-week species

were Oldsquaw and Snow Bunting;

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E. Phoebe was new for count; Ron

Harrell, compiler, 428 Park Ave.,

Meadville 16335.

Lititz – 31 Dec.; 88.75 party-hours;

count-week species were Snow

Goose, Bald Eagle, and N.

Goshawk; new for count were Great

Egret, Lesser Black-backed Gull,

and Yellow-breasted Chat; Margie

Rutbell, compiler, PO Box 103,

Carversville 18913.

Lock Haven – 31 Dec.; 56 party-hours;

c o u n t - w e e k s p e c i e s w a s

Double-crested Cormorant; Wayne

N. Laubscher, compiler, RR 2, Box

153, Lock Haven 17745.

Mansfield – 18 Dec.; 50 party-hours;

Robert M. Ross, compiler, RR 2,

Box 113A, Wellsboro 16901.

New Bloomfield – 18 Dec.; new highs for

Great Blue Heron, Am. Coot,

Ring-billed Gull, E. Phoebe, Tufted

Titmouse, Golden-crowned and

Ruby-crowned kinglet, Gray

Catbird, and White-crowned

Sparrow; Dr. O.K. Stephens,

compiler, PO Box 55, New

Bloomfield 17068.

Newville – 31 Dec.; 82 party-hours;

count-week species was N. Pintail;

new highs for Great Blue Heron,

Canada Goose, Mallard, Turkey

Vulture, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed

Hawk, Ring-billed and Herring

gull, Downy and Hairy woodpecker,

Horned Lark, Golden-crowned and

Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Hermit

Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler,

C o m m o n Y e l l o w t h r o a t , N .

Cardinal, Field Sparrow, Song and

White-crowned sparrow; new for

count were N. Shoveler, N.

Goshawk, Wild Turkey, Am.

Woodcock, E. Phoebe, Am. Pipit,

a n d O r a n g e - c r o w n e d ,

Ye llow -throated , and Palm

warblers; Don and Robyn Henise,

compilers, 763 Green Spring Rd,

Newville 17241.

Pennypack Valley – 17 Dec.; 35 party-

hours; count-week species were

Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead,

and Wild Turkey; John R. Billings,

compiler, 8805 Winchester Ave.,

Philadelphia, 19115-5103.

Pittsburgh – 31 Dec.; 216 party-hours;

James L. Valimont, compiler, 102

Deborah Lynn Court, Cheswick

15024.

Pleasantville – 1 Jan.; 35 party-hours;

count-week species was Pied-billed

Grebe; Russ States, compiler, 24 E.

Fifth St., Oil City 16301.

Pocono Mountain – 18 Dec.; Roxanne

Kaiser, compiler, PO Box 63,

Delaware Water Gap, 18327.

Raccoon Creek State Park – 27 Dec.; 32

party-hours; William B. Smith,

compiler, RR 3, Box 300A Aliquippa

15001.

Reading – 18 Dec.; 117 party-hours; new

highs for Mute Swan, Black and

Turkey vulture, Sharp-shinned

Hawk, Iceland and Greater

B la c k -bac k e d gu l l , Tu f t e d

Titmouse, E. Bluebird, and N.

Cardinal; Osprey new for count; 91

sp. New high for count; Matthew

Spence, compiler, 1118 N. 11th St.,

Reading 19604.

Rector – 18 Dec.; 56 party-hours;

count-week species were Tundra

Swan, Greater Scaup, N. Harrier,

and Ring-billed Gull; new highs for

Com. Raven and Eur. Starling;

Com. Loon new for count; Robert

Mulvihill, compiler, Powdermill

Nature Reserve, HC64, Box 453,

Rector 15677-9605.

Scranton – 17 Dec.; 71 party-hours;

William Speare, compiler, 1117

Gravel Pond Rd, Clarks Summit

18411.

Somerset (unofficial) – 15 Dec.; Tom

Dick, compiler, 1003 Eisenhower

Blvd., Johnstown 15904.

Southeastern Bradford Co. – 26 Dec.;

81.5 party-hours; new highs for

Hooded Merganser, N. Flicker,

B lu e J a y , W h it e - b r e a s t e d

Nuthatch, Golden-crowned Kinglet,

and Am. Robin; Snow Goose was

new for count; Bill Reid, compiler,

RR 2, Box 143, Tunkhannock,

18657.

Southern Lancaster Co. – 18 Dec.; 210

party-hours; count-week species

were Am. Woodcock and Barn Owl;

24 of 70,000 Snow Geese were

"blue" form; Western Kingbird was

second Lancaster Co. record; 3 Eur.

Wigeon notable; 112 species new

high for count; Robert M. Schutsky,

compiler, 115 Peach Bottom

Village, Peach Bottom 17563.

State College – 18 Dec.; 129.25

party-hours; count-week species

were Com. Merganser and

Ring-billed Gull; new highs for

Great Blue Heron, Tundra and

Mute swan, Sharp-shinned,

Cooper's, and Red-tailed hawks,

R e d - b e l l i e d W o o d p e c k e r ,

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Pileated

Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse,

W h i t e - b r e a s t e d N u t h a t c h ,

Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit

Thrush, Com. Yellowthroat, Song

Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, and

Com. Grackle; John D. Peplinski,

compiler, 761 Beaver Branch Rd,

Pa. Furnace 16865.

Susquehanna Co. – 2 Jan.; 37

party-hours; Jerry Skinner,

compiler, RR 6, Box 6294, Montrose

18801.

Thompson – 18 Dec.; count-week species

were E. Screech Owl, Great Horned

Owl, and Am. Goldfinch; Katherine

Cameron, compiler, RR 1, Box 25,

Thompson 18465-9715.

Tunkhannock – 18 Dec.; 24 party-hours;

this was the inaugural year for this

count; Richard Koval, compiler, 305

William St., Plains 18705.

Upper Bucks Co. – 18 Dec.; 178.5

party-hours; Bald Eagle was adult;

Greater White-fronted Goose,

Lesser Black-backed Gull, and

Green-tailed Towhee new for count;

Hart Rufe, compiler, 1890 N. 5th

St., Perkasie 18944.

Warren – 17 Dec.; 99 party-hours; one

Red-tailed Hawk was albino;

Michael E. Toole, compiler, 212

Mohawk Ave., Warren 16365.

Washington – 17 Dec.; count-week

species was Merlin; Roy Ickes,

c o m p i le r , W as h in g t o n a n d

Jefferson College, Washington

15301-4801.

West Chester – 17 Dec.; 133.50

party-hours; new high for Hooded

Merganser; Barry Blust, compiler,

21 Rabbit Run Lane, Glenmoore

19343.

White Mills – 17 Dec.; 30 party-hours;

Voni Strasser, compiler, RR 2, Box

37, Hawley 18428.

Wild Creek – Little Gap - Rick Wiltraut,

compiler, 205 Washington St.,

Nazareth 18064.

Williamsport – 18 Dec.; 74.5 party-hours;

Russ Campbell, compiler, PO Box

74, Montoursville 17754-0074.

Wyncote – 17 Dec.; 227.5 party-hours;

Martin Selzer, compiler, 1907

Hemlock Rd, Flourtown 19031.

York – 17 Dec.; Bill Del Grande,

compiler, 1687 Crestlyn Rd., York

17403.

Thanks to all the compilers for

providing their results. Special thanks to

Monica Gregory for her continuing

assistance in entering the mountain of

data.

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PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS 187 VOLUME 8 NO. 4

NO. ABREV. NAME

1 AUDU AUDUBON

2 BALD BALD EAGLE

3 BEAV BEAVER

4 BEDF BEDFORD COUNTY

5 BERN BERNVILLE

6 BETH BETHLEHEM—EASTON

7 BLOO BLOOMSBURG

8 BRAD SE BRADFORD COUNTY

9 BUFF BUFFALO CREEK VALLEY

10 BUSH BUSHY RUN STATE PARK

11 BUTL BUTLER COUNTY

12 CBUK CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY

13 CHAM CHAMBERSBURG

14 CLAN CLARION

15 CLAK CLARKSVILLE

16 CULP CULP

17 DALL DALLAS AREA

18 DING DINGMANS FERRY

19 DUBO DUBOIS

20 ELVE ELVERSON

21 EMPO EMPORIUM

22 ERIE ERIE

23 GETT GETTYSBURG

24 GLEN GLENOLDEN

25 HAMB HAMBURG

26 HARR HARRISBURG

27 HUNT HUNTINGDON

28 INDI INDIANA

29 LAKE LAKE RAYSTOWN

30 LANC LANCASTER

31 LEBA LEBANON COUNTY

32 LEHI LEHIGH VALLEY

NO. ABREV. NAME

33 LEWG LEWISBURG

34 LEWN LEWISTOWN

35 LINE LINESVILLE

36 LITI LITITZ

37 LOCK LOCK HAVEN—JERSEY SHORE

38 MANS MANSFIELD

39 NEWB NEW BLOOMFIELD

40 NEWV NEWVILLE

41 PENN PENNYPACK VALLEY

42 PITT PITTSBURGH

43 PLEA PLEASANTVILLE

44 POCO POCONO MOUNTAIN

45 RACC RACCOON CREEK STATE PARK

46 READ READING

47 RECT RECTOR

48 SCRA SCRANTON

49 SOMR SOMERSET

50 SBUK SOUTHERN BUCKS COUNTY

51 SLAN SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY

52 STAT STATE COLLEGE

53 SUSQ SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY

54 THOM THOMPSON

55 TUNK TUNKHANNOCK

56 UBUK UPPER BUCKS COUNTY

57 WARR WARREN

58 WASH WASHINGTON

59 WEST WEST CHESTER

60 WHIT WHITE MILLS

61 WILD WILD CREEK—LITTLE GAP

62 WILL WILLIAMSPORT

63 WYNC WYNCOTE

64 YORK YORK

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Neotropical migrants in Pennsylvania:

Evidence of absence, or absence of evidence?

By Paul Hess and Ted Floyd

The goal sounds simple enough: use

Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data to find

patterns of population change in

Pennsylvania's birds.

Yet as Rick Mellon and Dan Braun-

ing demonstrated (Pa. Birds 8:2-9, 8:66-

71), clear-cut patterns are not necessarily

obvious, convincing conclusions are

elusive, and what begins as a

straightforward analysis can quickly

become complex and hard to interpret.

There are good reasons for the difficulty.

One set of problems involves the

formulation of biologically meaningful

questions. Are we interested in

population changes of the state's entire

avifauna? Or is it more appropriate to

focus on specialized subsets of breeding

birds? Can population trends be related

to species-specific migration strategies

and habitat preferences (e.g. Whitcomb

et al. 1981, Robbins et al. 1989)? And

how, for that matter, are we to categorize

or define migration strategies and

habitat preferences? Are long-term and

unidirectional changes in fact occurring,

or do populations instead tend to

fluctuate randomly over the years?

Another set of problems involves

the use of mathematical or statistical

analyses. Should we trust the "raw"

yearly counts reported in the Breeding

Bird Atlas species graphs? Or is it

necessary to resort to the "official" BBS

trends that are adjusted to compensate

for sampling biases? What conclusions, if

any, can we safely generalize from BBS

data?

Only one thing seems certain:

Population changes of Pennsylvania birds

pose obvious challenges to biologists and

statisticians alike. Each research

strategy has its own merits, and we

argue against the notion that there exists

a single best approach. Instead, we strive

for a balanced view that hopefully

maximizes the advantages of Mellon's

and Brauning's different approaches

while minimizing the limitations.

Mellon was interested in the actual

magnitude of population changes in neo-

tropical migrants and forest-interior

species that breed in Pennsylvania, and

he raised the issue of the confidence

associated with claims of population

changes. To this end, he created

generalized trend classes like "major,"

"minor," "definite," "possible," "increasing

or stable," "decreasing or stable," and so

forth. Mellon derives his data from the

Atlas text and graphs — two often

contrary sources whose joint use is

problematic or limited, as Mellon himself

points out.

Brauning expanded on Mellon's

analysis and looked at population

changes in three migration and six

habitat categories. Instead of Mellon's

Atlas data, Brauning relies on adjusted

trend estimates published by the BBS.

His method does not consider the actual

magnitudes of the trends, although it

does split them into groups based on

statistical significance. His table was

accidentally mislabeled: "**" columns

actually meant trends with p < 0.10, and

"*" columns meant trends without

significance (Brauning pers. comm.).

In this note we build on Mellon's

notion of trend magnitude, but we opt for

Brauning's use of adjusted BBS data.

This combination of approaches offers

both a sharper focus and a broader

perspective on the trend patterns of

neotropical migrants and many of our

other breeding birds.

Overall symmetry

Our data come from "BBS trends

1966-1991," a U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service report estimating population

changes for 166 species as measured by

their counts on Pennsylvania BBS

routes. We eliminate birds found on

fewer than 14 routes, which the BBS

warns are too few for safe estimation of

trends. For 136 species left on the list,

each trend is its estimated average

annual percent change during the

quarter-century.

The frequency distribution of those

trends is remarkably symmetrical (Fig.

1). It shows no overall thrust of either

increase or decline, but instead a strong

central tendency toward no change. The

median near zero and the nearly opposite

25th and 75th percentiles reflect an

almost perfect balance.

Don't mistake the symmetry for

stability. Rather, this distribution

implies a complex array of active trends

sloping in all directions. If there is

equilibrium — which is surely doubtful

— it is exceedingly dynamic indeed.

Migration strategy

A bit of trouble brews when we look

within the overall list to classify species

by migration type: permanent residents

(P.R.), short-distance or temperate-zone

migrants mainly to the southern United

States (S.D.), or neotropical migrants

(N.M.).

The problem is that assigning

species to categories isn't always cut-and-

dried, especially for birds like Gray

Catbird and Solitary Vireo whose main

winter range spans both the temperate

and tropical zones. Whether such species

are categorized as N.M. or S.D. can

influence statistical interpretations. Nor

is the issue confined to those partial-

neotropicals; for example, we call Horned

Lark S.D. and Purple Martin N.M., the

opposite of Brauning's assignments. To

enable comparison with other BBS

analyses, we simply use the BBS's own

list (Peterjohn and Sauer 1993), even

though we don't necessarily agree with

its assignment of some species.

Among migration categories, the

trend distributions vary interestingly

(Table 1):

* The 61 neotropical migrants show

a strong tendency toward the central

class of least change. Fully half the

species cluster there, and the median

trend happens to be 0.0%. In general, the

pattern supports Brauning's finding that

about equal numbers of these species are

i n c r e a s in g a n d d e c r e a s i n g in

Pennsylvania. However, it differs notably

from the bimodal distribution Mellon

reported, which had strong peaks at both

the center and the class of greatest

increase. One reason for his pattern

might be interpretation of some trends

from the Atlas graphs. These raw data

points almost always slope upward more

steeply than adjusted BBS trends (Peter-

john pers. comm.). If the unadjusted

counts are less reliable, as BBS

statisticians believe, they can produce

misleading results. In an extreme case,

Black-and-white Warbler, the two

different forms of data actually change

the entire direction of the slope from a

highly significant decline to a slight

increase!

* The 45 short-distance migrants

also show a central tendency, but with a

relatively lower peak and only one-third

of the species clustering in the class of

least change. In addition, an imbalance

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Table 1. Frequency distributions of trends for 136 speciesby migration category on Pennsylvania BBS routes, 1966-1991

TREND CLASS FREQUENCY (number of species in class) (average percent All species N.M. S.D. P.R.annual change) (n = 136) (61) (45) (30)

-7.0% or more 2 0 1 1-5.0 to -6.9% 8 4 4 0-3.0 to -4.9% 12 4 7 1-1.0 to -2.9% 20 5 9 6-0.9 to +0.9% 51 31 14 6+1.0 to +2.9% 25 13 5 7+3.0 to +4.9% 11 2 3 6+5.0 to +6.9% 3 1 2 0+7.0% or more 4 1 0 3

Median trend -0.2% 0.0% -0.9% +1.2%25th percentile -1.7% -0.8% -3.0% -1.0%75th percentile +1.8% +1.2% +0.9% +3.9%

N.M.= neotropical migrantsS.D.= short-distance migrantsP.R.= permanent residents)

toward decline affirms Brauning's report

that about 60% of the species are

decreasing. All these birds represent

such diverse avian families that we must

view with caution any claims of some

overriding ecological determinant of their

general decline.

* The 30 permanent residents show

a different, "flat" pattern with no strong

modal tendency at all. Nevertheless, a

distinct imbalance on the positive side

agrees with Brauning's report that about

60% of the species are increasing. One

reason for the disproportion might be

that most of these birds are adapted to

urban and suburban habitats, which

probably have grown on many BBS

routes.

Thus among the three categories,

our neotropical migrants show the

strongest tendency toward zero change.

This distribution is no regional anomaly;

trends for the same species cluster even

more tightly around zero on the entire

North American BBS (Peterjohn and

Sauer 1993).

Habitat — a thorny thicket

Fragmenting the species by habitat

adds further problems. Numerous

habitat preferences exist, and tiny sub-

samples mean dubious statistical tests

and interpretations. Furthermore,

assigning species to particular habitats is

often even more arbitrary than choosing

migration groups.

To group grassland or wetland

species is fairly straightforward, but

difficulties arise in some other

distinctions. For example, are birds like

White-eyed Vireo and Chestnut-sided

Warbler properly scrub-successional or

woodland? More uncertain is attempting

to split "area-sensitive" species that

supposedly need large forest tracts from

species supposedly content in small

woodlands. At the present stage of

research, the evidence for assigning some

species is inconclusive; the BBS doesn't

try, nor do we.

Nevertheless, to complete the

picture we offer frequency distributions

based on habitat — again using the

BBS's own classifications. Only 112 of the

Pennsylvania species can be assigned to

these guilds, and most samples are so

small that fewer frequency classes must

be used.

The patterns are diverse and

potentially complex (Table 2):

* 10 grassland trends tip heavily

toward decline.

* 11 wetland trends tend to stretch

out as increases.

* 12 urban trends have a notably

nondescript pattern.

* 23 scrub-successional trends show

a moderate imbalance of decreases.

* Only the 56 woodland species

show a strong central tendency toward

no change. It may be relevant that 60% of

them are also neotropical migrants, the

most symmetrical migration category.

Biological reality, or mathematical

novelty?

A final point about the frequency

distributions: Ecological causes are

justifiably sought wherever patterns of

population change are found, but the

possibility of statistical artifacts must

also be acknowledged.

At an overall level the frequency

distribution is strikingly symmetrical,

and the largest subclasses (neotropical

migrants and woodland species) also

exhib it reasonably symm etr ica l

distributions. It is only in the smaller

migration strategy and habitat

preference subclasses that distributions

are asymmetrical. Differential symmetry

of the frequency distributions may arise

from unequal sample sizes, not from any

underlying biological determinant.

At the continental scale of all 2,475

BBS routes (only 112 of which are in

Pennsylvania), where all three migration

strategies and all five habitat strategies

are very well represented, moderate to

very strong symmetry is shown at every

level of analysis. If we consider the

continental distribution of only those

species that breed in Pennsylvania, then

we obtain a similar pattern of symmetry

— but half the species are trending in the

opposite direction on the continental

scale (Peterjohn and Sauer 1993).

This pure ly mathem atica l

possibility may not satisfy the seeker of

biological truth. Neither does it

necessarily tell the whole story; the well-

documented decline of certain grassland

species is more than an artifact. But it

deserves consideration, if only as a

caution that the BBS cannot tell us

everything we'd like to know. Bird

populations across the commonwealth

and across the nation are highly

dynamic, but in most species groups

compelling evidence for long-term or

large-scale declines (or increases)

remains to be worked out.

Literature cited

Brauning, D.W., ed. 1992. Atlas of

Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania.

Univ. Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh,

Pa.

Brauning, D. 1994. Population trends of

Pennsylvania's nesting birds: A

response. Pa. Birds 8(2):66-71.

Mellon, R. 1994. Neotropical migrants in

Pennsylvania. Pa. Birds 8(1):2-9.

Peterjohn, B.G., and J.R. Sauer. 1993.

North American Breeding Bird

Survey annual summary, 1990-

1991. Bird Populations 1:1-15.

Robbins, C.S., J.R. Sauer, R.S. Green-

berg, and S. Droege. 1989.

Population declines in North

American birds. Proc. Natl. Acad.

Sci. 86:7658-7662.

Whitcomb, R.F., J.F. Lynch, M.K.

Klimkiewicz, C.S. Robbins, B.L.

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Table 2. Frequency distributions of trends for 112 speciesby habitat guild on Pennsylvania BBS routes, 1966-1991

TREND CLASS FREQUENCY (number of species in class)(average percent Grassland Wetland Urban Scrub Woodlandannual change) (n = 10) (11) (12) (23) (56)

-4.5% or more 4 0 0 4 1-1.5 to -4.4% 3 4 4 6 13-1.4 to +1.4% 2 2 5 9 30+1.5 to +4.4% 1 2 2 3 11+4.5% or more 0 3 1 1 1

Median trend -3.6% +2.2% -0.8% -1.0% +0.1%25th percentile -6.2% -1.2% -2.5% -4.0% -0.9%75th percentile -0.9% +4.2% +1.6% +0.9% +1.5%

CORRECTION: In Population Trends ofPennsylvania's Nesting Birds, Dan Brauning, PB: 8:2,the legend at the bottom of Table 2 should read:

* reflects a tendency with no statisticalsignificance given

Whitcomb, and D. Bystrak. 1981.

Effects of forest fragmentation on

avifauna of the eastern deciduous

forest. In Forest Island Dynamics

in Man-dominated Landscapes, ed.

Burgess, R.L., and D.M. Sharpe,

pp. 125-205. Springer-Verlag, New

York.

Hess:

1412 Hawthorne St.

Natrona Heights PA 15065

Floyd:

Pesticide Research Laboratory

Penn State University

University Park PA 16802

Fig. 1. Frequency distribution of trends for 136 species on Pennsylvania

Breeding Bird Survey routes, 1966–1991 (from 1st column of Table 1).

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PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS 204 VOLUME 8 NO. 4

Scenario of the Upland Sandpiper in Western Pennsylvaniaby Gene Wilhelm

The Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia

longicauda) is characteristic of the Great

Plains and prairies where the species

seems to be holding its own or even

increasing in population in certain areas.

In Pennsylvania, however, the species

has experienced a dramatic population

cycle. The opening of Penn's Woods by

native Americans and later by European

settlers extended its breeding range

eastward and increased its population

until the turn of the twentieth century.

From that point the species has been

steadily declining. Pennsylvania

Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data

support this downward trend since 1966

with an average 8% annual decline on

the 15 routes recording this species, only

one of which recorded the bird in the last

nine years. The Upland Sandpiper is

listed as "threatened" in Pennsylvania.

I have been familiar with the

species most of my life, being born and

raised in Missouri where the Upland

Sandpiper was common in the prairie

remnants north of the Missouri River.

Long before the coming of European

settlers to the prairie belt, the Upland

apparently had adapted to a natural

cycle of events centered on the mobility

of the bison. Herds of bison roamed the

extensive grasslands, their millions of

hooves churning the soil, especially

during early spring rains, thus forming a

system of adjoining disturbed, grazed,

and untouched parcels of the grasslands.

This same cyclic system, based

upon spring rains and summer growing

seasons, was established by the early

European settlers-farmers in the eastern

and mid-western parts of the United

States. In the nineteenth century,

rotating fields among fallow, pasture,

and plowed-planted crops in a four- or

five-year cycle was commonplace and this

agricultural technique adequately

substituted for the traditional natural

system of diverse habitat requirements of

the Upland Sandpiper. Such general

farming methods were conducive to

successful breeding of the species. In

fact, the bird was well-known and highly

appreciated by farmers because it mostly

fed upon pesky insects that were

injurious to field crops.

However as soon as mono-

agriculture entered the prairie belt with

its over-emphasis on single, large fields

devoted entirely to consecutive years of

growing only corn and soybeans, clean

field and chemical techniques, and more

recently no-till farming, the Upland

Sandpiper became scarce. The four- or

five-year field rotation cycle was broken

and so were the breeding requirements of

the Upland.

What are the specific habitat

requirements of the Upland Sandpiper in

Pennsylvania and what management

guidelines should be taken to improve

the status of this vulnerable species?

Perhaps field data collected on Slippery

Rock University (SRU) campus between

1978–1986 and elsewhere in western

Pennsylvania between 1988–1993 will be

helpful.

Todd in his monumental work Birds

of Western Pennsylvania (1940) mentions

Slippery Rock, Butler Co., as a historical

breeding site for the Upland Sandpiper.

The site, in fact, was located on the

grounds of Slippery Rock University

where I commenced employment in 1972

as Professor of Environmental Studies.

In 1973 I started researching the species

and kept field notes. Gradually over the

years I extended my field investigation

beyond the SRU campus to other likely

breeding sites in Butler, Mercer, and

Lawrence counties. I soon posed these

ornithological questions: With so many

thousands of acres of reclaimed strip

mines in grasslands, why doesn't the

Upland Sandpiper breed there? What

special management measures need to be

taken to protect and enhance suitable

Upland habitat?

Uplands arrive in western

Pennsylvania usually after 15 April, with

most arrival dates for Butler, Lawrence,

and Mercer counties after 20 April. For

years (1973–1986), Uplands returned to

the SRU campus in the last 10 days of

April. As many as 15 individuals

occupied a mowed 80-acre athletic field

on the west side of Harmony Road (Zone

B in Fig. 1). Another 20 acres on the

western side of the field were left

unmowed for many years (Zone C in Fig.

1) and constituted important breeding

habitat for several species of grassland

birds (Table 1). The mowed part of the

field was the important arrival and

departure staging area for the Uplands

since the birds used the field for diurnal

feeding and resting for several days after

their spring arrival. Apparently pair

bonding already had occurred during

spring migration because pairs were

evident within the flock and there was a

lack of competitive courting among

individuals. In less than a week the pairs

separated and flew in an easterly

direction, only to return daily late in the

afternoon for communal feeding.

However, within 2 weeks after arrival,

the pairs quit using the field and rarely

returned to it until post-breeding time in

late July or early August. Between 10–15

August family units started arriving on

the field early in the morning, staying for

a few hours, then flying off. The birds

returned late in the afternoon, lingered

for a few hours, and again departed. As

many as 24 birds were counted in 1978,

1979, and 1981 but fewer than 12 after

1981. By mid-August the birds flocked

together until nearly dark, then

dispersed eastward for the night. Finally,

usually on some full-moonlit night

between 12–22 August, the flock would

take off into the twilight flying south.

Uplands are nocturnal migrants and

often travel with Bobolinks (Dolichonyx

oryzivorus) in western Pennsylvania and

eastern Ohio.

There were 20-acre north-south

elongated fields devoted to growing corn

and hay on the east side of Harmony

Road (Zone A in Fig. 1). Southeast of

these fields was an old fence line of trees

that separated grassy experimental plots

from the rest of Zone A. The plots were

defined by a wooden post-and-rail fence

on the west and south sides, by a dense

woodlot on the east, and by the old fence

line of trees on the north. Privately

owned pastures and cultivated fields

adjoined the grassy plots to the south.

The entire area (Zones A-B-C) provided

an ideal rotational field system

encompassing fallow grasslands and

clover, active pastures and mowed fields,

and cultivated fields side-by-side,

covering a total of 200+ acres. I soon

discovered that this area supported 2

breeding pairs of Uplands, one north of

the old fence line of trees and the other

southeast of that demarcation line.

Every spring the Uplands used the

cultivated fields first, searching for

upturned grubs and other insect larvae,

worms, etc. As the planted crops

protruded above ground, usually by mid-

May, the birds shifted their feeding to

the active pastures, never hesitating in

the last to seek various insects amongst

the large herds of dairy cows.

By the second or third week of May

the fallow fields of grass had reached a

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height of 10–12 inches. Here is where the

Uplands nested, usually the preferred

site being a fallow field/cultivated field

ecotone separated by the wooden post-

and-rail fence. There was also a high

voltage power line on the east side of

Zone A suspended between tall (20 m)

wooden guide poles. Both the wooden

fence posts and tall power poles were

used often as sentinel positions by male

Uplands during incubation periods.

Field cultivation ceased east of

Harmony Road in Zone A after 1982 and

thus the rotational field cycle was

broken. Immediately woody vegetation

intruded in a typically abandoned field

succession fashion. Only one pair of

Uplands nested in 1982, 1983, and 1984

southeast of the old fence line of trees

where the rotational field system was

still intact on adjoining private property.

In 1985 extensive SRU mowing occurred

along the east berm of Harmony Road as

far north as Branchton Road and then

east on the south berm on Branchton

Road to the university's property line,

about one-quarter-mile in length. This

activity established a grassy swath 20 m

wide and double that width at the

southeast corner of Harmony and

Branchton roads. Because of the wet

spring, grass grew quickly and

luxuriantly in early May and I was

shocked to discover 4 pairs of Uplands

nesting on and adjoining SRU property:

1 pair at the north end of Zone A, 1 pair

at the south end of Zone A, 1 pair south

of Zone A on private property, and 1 pair

east of Zone A on private property.

Heavy spring rains curtailed usual

mowing of the campus and athletic

activities, which, in turn, benefitted the

Uplands.

Unfortunately the 1986 breeding

season was a total disaster for the

species. Only one pair was located on the

SRU campus on 27 April, although it is

possible that I may have missed other

incoming birds earlier while I was

conducting ornithological workshops in

the Southwest. In early May the lone

pair abandoned the SRU campus

altogether and moved east onto private

property to nest. The pair did not return

to the campus again, making 1986 the

first known year in decades that the

Upland Sandpiper failed to breed on SRU

grounds. There were at least six reasons

why 1986 was such a poor breeding

season: 1) Zone A became too weedy and

woody; 2) berm mowing in Zone A along

the east side of Harmony Road and the

south side of Branchton Road was

discontinued by the university that

spring; 3) Zone B, the important spring

and late summer staging-feeding area for

the Uplands, was used almost

continuously by scores of university

students and soccer tournament players

from April to early August; 4) such

intense athletic activities demanded

weekly mowing which extended into

former protected parts of Zone C; 5)

there was indiscriminate use of Zones A-

B-C by off-road vehicles throughout the

spring and summer months; and 6) active

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) and

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

nests on the east side of Zone A could

have discouraged the lone pair of Upland

Sandpipers.

Since 1986 human activities have

intensified in Zones A-B-C and the

abandoned field succession in Zone A has

prevented any hope of Uplands or other

grassland avian species returning there.

In fact, the gradual shrinking and almost

continuous mowing of Zones B-C

discourage such species as Bobolink,

Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna),

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus

sandwichensis), Grasshopper Sparrow

(Ammodramus savannarum ), and

Henslow's Sparrow (A. henslowii) from

attempting to nest there (see Table 1).

For many years in the 1970s and early

1980s, Slippery Rock University campus

was a convenient place to observe and

study these birds.

During the Pennsylvania Breeding

Bird Atlas Project period of 1983–1989, I

began searching for locales in the tri-

county region where the combined

rotational field system occurred. I found

such a cyclic sequence in Amish country

around New Wilmington, Lawrence

County. This area has been a historical

stronghold for the species for decades. In

fact as many as 9 breeding pairs of

Upland Sandpipers were recorded in one

atlas season. To this day, the species

finds its combined habitat requirements

for successful breeding here, centered on

a four-year rotational field system: wide

open pastures for dairy cows and horses

are used for arrival and departure

staging area; fallow grassy fields side-by-

side with cultivated fields of grains and

corn are utilized for feeding and nesting;

all fields are demarcated by wooden post-

and-rail fences which are used as

strategic observation points by Uplands;

and a traditional avian-human

interrelationship exists that emphasizes

reciprocal benefits to both parties: the

Uplands eat the many injurious field

insects and the Amish provide suitable

habitats, protection, and appreciation of

the birds.

In sum, perhaps Pennsylvania

ornithologists and wildlife managers

have been stressing too heavily the vast,

open human-made prairies associated

with reclaimed strip mines as the most

suitable breeding locales for Uplands. I

investigated thousands of such grassy

acres in the tri-county area between

1983–1989 and never found nesting

Uplands. However they are found near

Knox, in Clarion County, where such

extensive grasslands adjoin cultivated

fields and pastures.

Therefore it is strongly suggested

that ornithologists investigate Amish

farms in May, June, and July wherever

they are located in the Commonwealth. I

suspect that chances are excellent for

locating breeding Uplands there,

especially in the western and

southeastern counties of the state. Then

too, general farming areas still using a

rotational field system should be

checked. Knowing these combined

habitat requirements also should

encourage state agencies and private

landowners to duplicate these apparently

necessary Upland Sandpiper habitats,

again especially in western and

southeastern counties of the state. In this

way we have a chance of not only

protecting a threatened species of special

concern, but also developing and

expanding necessary habitats for its

future propagational success. Given this

opportunity, the Upland Sandpiper and

other avian grassland associates can

make a comeback with human help and

management.

147 Cemetery Rd.

Slippery Rock, PA 16057

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TABLE 1.

Pairs SRU Nesting Bird Species 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Status1

Upland Sandpiper 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 0 Threatened2

Grasshopper Sparrow 4 4 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 VulnerableHenslow's Sparrow 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 VulnerableVesper Sparrow 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 VulnerableRed-headed Woodpecker 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 VulnerableEastern Bluebird 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 Stable3

American Kestrel 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 StableBobolink 15 14 13 12 10 8 6 3 2 VulnerableHorned Lark 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 VulnerableEastern Meadowlark 10 9 8 8 5 4 3 3 2 VulnerableSavannah Sparrow 10 9 10 12 8 8 6 5 4 Vulnerable

1. Threatened status for the Upland Sandpiper is based on results contained in Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania, Daniel W.Brauning, Ed., 1992, Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., pp 138-139 and Pennsylvania's Species of Special ConcernUpdate, Pennsylvania Birds, Vol. 7 No. 4, pp 126-128. The terms Vulnerable and Stable refer to the status of those species on theSRU campus only for the period of study between 1978-1986. In 1994 only the E. Bluebird, E. Meadowlark, and SavannahSparrow nested on the SRU campus.

2. Young Upland Sandpipers fledged per year as follows: 1978 (2); 1979 (3); 1980 (3); 1981 (2); 1982 (2); 1983(1); 1984 (1); 1985(5); 1986 (0).

3. E. Bluebird breeding success was due to the use of an artificial nesting box placed in Zone A by a student.

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Miracle at Imperialby Ted Floyd

As the Allegheny County compilerfor Pennsylvania Birds, I suppose I amuniquely privileged to grumble aboutthe county's avian shortcomings. Thebasic problem is a virtual absence ofgood places to go birding. Our largest"lake" shows up as an indistinct speckin the Pennsylvania Gazetteer andAtlas. Our finest forest is a diminutivepatch of green in the middle ofPittsburgh. And mudflats andgrasslands are entirely absent fromthe county — or so we've alwaysimagined. Over the years, countybirders have adapted grudgingly to asterile expanse of skyscrapers andstrip malls and super highways. Try toimagine Philadelphia County withoutTinicum and you'll get a feel for therecent birding prospects in AlleghenyCounty.

There used to be a certain sting ofguilt and deficiency when I wouldassemble the county summary eachquarter. Only four shorebird specieswere recorded in my first three yearsas the county compiler. No reports ofgrassland sparrows ever made theirway to me. Even a meadowlark washard to come by in most quarters. Mysense of ignominy was exacerbatedfurther by my deadbeat status of sorts— I'm an expatriate compiler whodoesn't even bird in the county.

Late last March I was finallyshamed into action. I made a weekendjaunt to Allegheny County for theexpress purpose of finding as manybirds as possible. I spent my first daywith black belt birder Paul Hess, andwe concentrated on several well-knownlocales in the city's northern suburbs.We hauled in a locally respectable (i.e.,r e g i o n a l l y u n d i s t i n g u i s h e d )assemblage of migrant waterfowl andearly passerines — good for severaladditions to the quarterly species list.The next morning I explored thelargely unknown southeastern cornerof the county, and I added one or twomore fairly mundane species to thefirst quarter list. Later that day Iventured westward to another poorlyknown portion of the county. Guidedonly by an imprecise road map and ayearning for good birds, I meandered

my way though the western suburbsand out past the town of Imperial.Here I finally stumbled onto theornithological Holy Grail thatAllegheny County's long-sufferingbirding community had sought afterfor so long.

A complex mosaic of tall grasses,conifer groves, and pothole pondsextended in every direction. HornedLarks — unreported for years inAllegheny County — flitted away atmy approach. Northern Harriersnavigated skillfully about the dips andrises of the rolling grasslands. AnOldsquaw rested on a quiet pond,while American Wigeons and LesserScaups worked its weedy edges. Atightly bunched flock of at least 18Common Snipe put up from a wetdepression. The birding reminded meof Crawford County's productive MillerPonds, but the habitat was reminiscentof Nebraska's mystical Sand Hills. Iwas thoroughly mesmerized and Ilonged to linger, but nightfall forcedme to withdraw. The habitat — createdby an extraordinarily conscientioussurface mine reclamation project —offered obvious potential, and Iwondered excitedly about what lay instore here. I would receive a partialrevelation several weeks later, duringa quick pass through the county enroute to my summer field research inNew Mexico.

This time I was accompanied byRutgers ornithologist JosephZurovchak. Time was limited, and astiff breeze was unhelpful. The larksand harriers and snipes were stillholding on, and they were joined byrecent recruits of Vesper andSavannah sparrows, Blue-winged andGreen-winged teals, and Greater andLesser yellowlegs. I departedreluctantly, for the land ofPhainopeplas and Pyrrhuloxias, butnot without first phoning severalcounty birders and pleading with themto monitor the bird life at Imperial.

Two weeks passed, and memoriesof Imperial yielded to fresherimpressions of the canyons and playasof the desert southwest. But I was soon

yanked back to Imperial, albeitvicariously, by an 8000-charactercomputer message from Paul Hess. Itstitle (“IMPERIAL BONANZA”) seemedto portend corroboration of my earlierexperiences there, but its lengthy textwas even more exciting than I couldhave imagined. In an unforgettablemorning of birding Paul and his wifeDeborah found a singing LarkSparrow, a possible LeConte'sSparrow, and spectacular densities ofmany other grassland passerines.Meanwhile, the myriad little pondswere dotted with shorebirds, and thesparsely wooded roadsides hostedGolden-winged and Yellow-throatedwarblers. My recent successes atImperial hadn't been flukes — thisplace was for real!

Imperial received only scantattention during the remainder ofspring migration, due to confusion overits precise whereabouts and the annualemigration of county birders toPresque Isle and Cape May andbeyond. Summer wore on, and I heardnext to nothing about Imperial. Myfield season finally wound down, and Irelished the opportunity to revisitImperial. In a week-long period offrequent but spotty coverage, mycolleagues and I documented at leasttwenty species whose occurrence untilthis year would have been regarded asnoteworthy for the county. Grasslandpasserines continued in excellentnumbers, shorebirds were numerousand diverse, and marsh species werewell represented, too. County life listswere burgeoning, with additions ofWilson's Phalaropes and UplandSandpipers and Black Terns andVirginia Rails and Henslow'sSparrows, to name just a few. To cap itall off, no less than three BlueGrosbeaks, including a barely fledgedjuvenile, provided likely evidence of anunprecedented breeding effort.

A lengthy interregnum ofornithological inactivity sooncommenced, precipitated this time bythe sudden appearance of numerousNO TRESPASSING signs. Butpermission to access portions of thesite was obtained eventually, and we

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were back in business by late October.Only a handful of shorebirds andwaterfowl lingered from earlier visits,but the excitement at Imperial wasundiminished. Clouds of AmericanPipits rose up from the muddy marginsof the many ponds, and a LaplandLongspur put in a brief appearance,too. A Rough-legged Hawk, a pair ofShort-eared Owls, and at least eightNorthern Harriers cruised about thewindswept and sun-kissed expanses ofdying grasses.

I managed one last excursion toImperial, late in the afternoon ofChristmas Day. When I arrived thesetting sun was already casting theuneven terrain in a glow of bronze andamber. Harriers numbered in thedouble digits, but they were greatlyoutnumbered by Short-ears. Many ofthe owls hunkered down low in theprostrate vegetation and barkedgrowlingly as I snuck by, while othersmaneuvered wildly through theintricate array of short hills andshallow depressions. But the realshow-stoppers ascended high into thestone cold skies and offered a dazzlinginteractive aerial display of twistingand turning and breathtakingdivebombing. I struggled for anaccurate count, and I would soon hearfrom Chuck Tague that aphantasmagoric twenty-seven Short-ears were wintering here, well withinsight of downtown Pittsburgh.

Much remains to be learnedabout Imperial. It received woefullyinadequate coverage during spring andfall migration, and its breedingavifauna is largely undocumented.Moreover, the habitat is inherentlyephemeral and conditions can changemarkedly from year to year. We'relooking ahead to continued goodfortune and new surprises, but we'llnever forget our astonishing first yearin the grasslands and wetlands outpast Imperial.

Pesticide Research LaboratoryPenn State University

University Park 16802

Future Breeders in

Pennsylvania

– More Guesses

by Ted Floyd

In a recent issue of

Pennsylvania Birds (Vol. 8:138)

Dan Brauning challenged us to

guess at the next 10 species to

breed in the commonwealth. We're

tantalizingly situated with respect

to several major nesting habitats

whose breeding birds could

conce ivably sp ill over into

Pennsylvania. Last year's Evening

Grosbeak and Blackpoll Warbler

nests demonstrate the possibilities

from the boreal forests of

neighboring New York State.

Meanwhile, the Delaware and

Chesapeake bays are lapping at

the southeastern boundaries of the

commonwealth. Lastly, the open

country of western Pennsylvania

beckons to breeders from the

Midwest. Brauning's challenge is

especially daunting, because recent

additions to the state's breeding

avifauna have involved unexpected

species that have turned up in

remote or unanticipated locations.

Here are my predictions, ranked in

decreasing order of likelihood.

1. Double-crested Cormorant –

suitable habitat abounds for

this increasing species

2. Clay-colored Sparrow –

reclaimed strip mines in the

west are the best bet for this

species

3. Black Rail –

to be looked for statewide in

undisturbed wet meadows

4. Mississippi Kite –

closing in from Virginia and

apparently New Jersey

5. Chuck-will's-widow –

the southern tier counties are

within striking distance

6. White-winged Crossbill –

the northern tier counties

contain abundant appropriate

habitat

7. Lincoln’s Sparrow –

this opportunistic breeder

could nest in the Allegheny

High Plateau

8. Western Meadowlark –

listen for its distinctive song

in the dry uplands in the west

9. Rusty Blackbird –

northern mountain bogs are a

possibility

10. Wilson's Phalarope –

open wetlands in the west

co u ld p ro v id e bre e d in g

opportunities.

Pesticide Research Laboratory

Penn State University

University Park 16802

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Site Guide: Unami Creek ValleyMontgomery County

by Kevin F. Crilley

The Unami Creek Valley in western

Montgomery County offers excellent

woodland birding from April through

September. Located near Sumneytown,

this area is within an hour's drive of both

Philadelphia and Allentown, and on a

good day it is well worth the trip. Much

of the area covered in this guide is owned

by the Valley Forge Council and the

Philadelphia Council, Boy Scouts of

America. As such, most of the area is

posted, but it can be birded from the road

shoulder. Other parts of the area are

private residences and should be

respected as such.

From PA Route 29 in Green Lane,

take PA Route 63 east for 1.3 miles and

turn left at the Sumneytown Hotel on

Geryville Pike. Go .2 miles and turn right

on Swamp Creek Road. Park in the lot on

your immediate right. In spring and

early summer, scan the scattered

Sycamores along the creek for Eastern

Kingbird, Cedar Waxwing, and both

Northern and Orchard orioles. The

shrubby edge across the road yields

Winter, Carolina, and House wrens, and

Chipping, Song, and White-throated

sparrows in the appropriate seasons.

Watch for migrant E. Bluebird on the

utility wires.

From the parking lot, walk Swamp

Creek Road upstream for .4 miles to a

stone-arch bridge. This stretch features

the famous Sumneytown vulture roost.

From November to March over 200 birds

(including ±40 Black Vultures) spend

their nights here. Even if the birds are

out for the day, a wide band of white-

wash on the road will pinpoint the

location. During spring migration, this

short stretch yields an impressive array

of songbirds. Look and lsiten for E.

Phoebe, E. Wood-Pewee, Acadian

Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher,

thrushes, Red-eyed and Yellow-throated

vireo, and almost any eastern warbler.

Most notable of this last group are

Cerulean Warbler and Northern Parula.

Prothonotary, and Yellow-throated

warblers can also be found here, but are

considered rare.

When you reach the stone bridge,

look for Spotted Sandpiper, Northern

Rough-winged Swallow, and both

Louisiana and Northern waterthrushes.

From the bridge, you can continue

walking upstream along Swamp Creek

Road or return to your car. (The second

option may yield something new on the

return trip.)

Proceed across the stone bridge and

park in the lot on your immediate left.

(Note: during the last two weekends in

April this lot may be filled by trout

fishermen — plan accordingly.) This

gravel parking lot features several large

Sycamore and Black Walnut trees. Scan

these for Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Cedar

Waxwing, vireos, warblers, and American

Go ld f inch . In 1991 an act ive

Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest was

found here 20 feet above the ground on a

Sycamore limb.

The next stretch of Swamp Creek

Road is 1.1 miles. There are small gravel

pull-offs every .2 miles, but some of these

are hazardous. Be aware of high road

shoulders and on-coming traffic! Proceed

upstream on Swamp Creek Road through

an area of mature mixed hardwoods. This

area hosts up to six woodpecker species

(all but Red-headed). With its abundant

large trees, this area is the last

stronghold of the Pileated Woodpecker in

western Montgomery County. Watch

overhead for both vulture species,

accipiters, Red-tailed and Broad-winged

hawk. Eastern Screech- and Great

Horned owl are common here, and at

least one pair of Barred Owl resides in

the valley. Both cuckoo species can be

found here in spring and summer, as can

a good variety of songbirds. Watch for

spot-breasted thrushes, Northern Oriole,

Scar le t Tanager , Rose-breas ted

Grosbeak, vireos, and warblers.

Just beyond a concrete dam/spill-

way ("Lake Long") there is a parking lot

on the left. This small impoundment

(when not filled with excitable boy scouts

in rowboats) can yield Great Blue and

Green herons, Wood Duck, Belted

Kingfisher, and the ubiquitous Canada

Goose. Snags along the shoreline may

provide perches for migrant flycatchers,

and the scrubby growth along the

lakeshore is good for thrushes and

White-eyed Vireo.

From the lot at Lake Long, it is a

short .4-mile hike to a powerline

crossing. A side trip up the steep slope of

the powerline is usually worth the effort.

Listen at the crossing for both

Yellow-billed and Black-billed cuckoos.

(Caution: the area under the powerlines

harbors more ticks than birds!) The

dense shrub growth under the utility

lines attracts Yellow, Blue-winged, and

Prairie warblers, Yellow-breasted Chat,

Indigo Bunting, Rufous-sided Towhee,

and Field Sparrow. The taller trees at

the edge of the cut can yield nearly any

woodland migrant. Walk the powerline to

a road crossing (Boutcher Road) and

retrace your steps to Swamp Creek Road.

From the powerline continue north

on Swamp Creek Road for .5 miles and

turn right on Knuckles Road. There is a

small pull-off on your immediate right.

Walk upstream on Swamp Creek for .2

miles to a stone arch bridge (Price Road).

From the bridge, check again for Spotted

Sandpiper, Belted Kingfisher, swallows,

and waterthrushes. Be sure to look

overhead for passing raptors. On the way

back to your car, listen for Acadian

Flycatcher, Kentucky and Worm-eating

warbler. All of these species favor fairly

steep slopes with dense shrub cover.

In addition to the species

mentioned above, Wild Turkey and

Ruffed Grouse are possible in any season

in the Unami Creek Valley. The former

tend to be somewhat tame, as they are

descended from pen-reared birds. The

grouse, on the other hand, are extremely

wary and locally rare.

To complete your tour, take

Knuckles Road .1 miles to the first

intersection (Scott Road) and go left.

Follow Scott Road .9 miles to a stop sign

and go left on White's Mill Road. At the

next stop sign go left on Swamp Creek

Road and retrace your route to PA Route

63.

The Unami Creek Valley is an

unusual, but often rewarding, birding

tour. Visiting birders are reminded to

respect the privacy of home owners and

the Boy Scout Councils. By doing so we

can help ensure that the area remains a

special place for birds and birders alike.

Stay alert for oncoming cars and enjoy

your visit!

P.O. Box 108

Sumneytown 18084

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UNAMI CREEK VALLEYMontgomery County

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PHOTOGRAPHIC HIGHLIGHTS

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Cooper's Hawk Utilizing Carrionby Paul and Glenna Schwalbe

It is well known that accipiters

catch living prey, primarily other birds,

but also live animals (Rosenfield and

Bielefeldt 1993). Thus you can imagine

our surprise when we discovered a

Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii, eating

carrion in northern Pennsylvania. In

fact, this may be the first record of this

type of behavior for this species.

On a road going south from the

borough of Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co.,

on 16 January 1995, the two of us came

across two or three American Crows,

Corvus brachyrhynchos, trying to dine on

a freshly killed cottontail rabbit

(Sylvilagus). They flushed as we

approached in our car, circled behind us,

and through our rear view mirror we

watched them land again by the rabbit,

only to be flushed repeatedly by other

cars.

The next morning passing by the

same spot we noticed that the dead

rabbit was now lying on a lawn a short

distance off the side of the road. The

crows were not present at this time and

the rabbit looked quite intact with no

apparent damage.

On the third morning, 18 January,

two days after the rabbit had been killed,

as we were approaching the area we saw

a crow dive toward the spot where the

rabbit had been the day before, but

instead of landing as we expected, it flew

up and away. Arriving near the rabbit we

saw a large brown bird on the dead

animal and as we passed by we realized

it was a hawk, both of us thinking

Cooper's Hawk from its size, but we were

not sure. We turned around and drove

back, stopping in the road at what we

considered a safe distance so as not to

scare the hawk.

Both of us using Bausch & Lomb

Elite 8X35 binoculars soon realized the

bird was an immature Cooper's Hawk,

feeding on carrion, a three-day-old rabbit

carcass. The temperature range during

these three days was from 35E–59EF, so

no freezing had taken place. The hawk

and rabbit were no more than 8-9 feet off

the edge of the road. Passing cars in the

lane on its side of the road did not

disturb the bird in any apparent way.

The accipiter was facing away from us so

we could see the back of it from our

position. After noting the field marks

from this angle, we then continued past

the hawk, turned around again and came

back to look at it's underside. Again

stopping about 50-60 feet from the

"rabbit feasting," we leisurely observed

the front/underparts of the accipiter.

Later we pulled up on the opposite side

of the road, directly across from the

hawk and watched it for several minutes

from a distance of about 15 feet.

The Cooper's was feeding during

the entire time of observation. It would

pull off small strips of muscle, eat them,

look at us, now and then change its

position slightly, then pull off another

piece of flesh. Our total observation time

was about 12 minutes, and when we did

finally leave, it was still feeding.

The overall coloration of the bird

was brown with extensive streaking on

the underparts. It was rather large and

the underneath streaking went quite far

down past the belly. To exclude any

possibility of it being a small Goshawk,

A. gentilis, we noted its characteristics

and wrote them down.

The large head was dark above, no

supercilium was present, and the iris was

yellow. The back was dark brown,

mottled with several whitish spots on the

mantle, but none on the wing coverts.

The breast and belly were completely

streaked with fine streakings down to

the legs (which is contrary to most field

guides, i.e. Kaufmann 1990; but it was

very similar to the juvenile & as illustrat-

ed in Palmer 1988), and it also had

streakings on the leg feathering. Under-

tail coverts were white and no streaks

could be seen there. The tail had an

obvious whitish band at the tip, with

alternating dark and light bands for its

entire length. The light tail bands were

much wider than the dark bands, and

there was no "highlighting" of the dark

bands as there would be in the Goshawk.

From underneath, the bands were

slightly irregular but did not have the

zigzag pattern one would expect in the

Goshawk.

Unfortunately we did not see how

the bird found the rabbit and recognized

it as a food source. Crows were present in

nearby trees and one was apparently

making an attempt to chase the hawk

away when we approached as noted

above. Did the hawk come along, see

them feeding on the rabbit and recognize

the exposed flesh as food, or did it find

the rabbit on its own? Of course we don't

know the answer to this question.

Cooper's Hawks do prey on rabbits,

live rabbits (Bent 1937; Rosenfield 1988),

but no record of their using carrion, even

rabbit carrion, as a food source could be

found in any reference, including Bent

1937; Clark & Wheeler 1987; Ehrlich et

al. 1988; Evans 1983; Grossman and

Hamlet 1964; Meng 1959; Palmer 1988;

Rosenfield 1988; Scott 1983; and Todd

1940. However, the authors would

appreciate being informed of any account

of the utilization of carrion by the

Cooper's Hawk found elsewhere in the

literature, or if anyone is aware of other

examples of this type of behavior.

Literature Cited:

Bent, A. C. 1937. Life Histories of NorthAmerican Birds of Prey. Part 1.Smithsonian Institution U.S. Nat.Mus. Bull. 167; United StatesGovernment Printing Office,Washington, D.C.

Clark, W.S., and B.K. Wheeler. 1987. AField Guide to Hawks, NorthAmerica. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.

Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye.1988. The Birders Handbook. Simonand Schuster, New York, N.Y.

Evans, D.L. 1983. In The Audubon SocietyMaster Guide to Birding, Part 1Loons to Sandpipers (J. Farrand Jr.,Ed.). Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y.

Grossman, M.L. and J. Hamlet. 1964. Birdsof Prey of the World. Bonanza Books,N.Y.

Kaufman, K. 1990. A Field Guide toAdvanced Birding. Houghton Mifflin,Boston.

Meng, H. 1959. Food Habits of NestingCooper's Hawks and Goshawks inNew York and Pennsylvania. WilsonBull. 71:169-74.

Palmer, Ralph S. 1988. Handbook of NorthAmerican Birds. Vol. 4. Yale Univ.,New Haven, Conn.

Rosenfield, R.N. 1988. In Handbook ofNorth American Birds, Vol. 4 (R.S.Palmer, Ed.). Yale Univ., New Haven,Conn.

Rosenfield, R.N. and J. Bielefeldt. 1993.Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii). InThe Birds of North America, No. 75(A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.).Philadelphia: The Academy ofNatural Sciences; Washington, D.C.:The American Ornithologists' Union.

Scott, S.L., Ed. 1983. Field Guide to theBirds of North America. NationalGeographic Society, Washington, D.C.

Todd, W.E.C . 1940. Birds of WesternPennsylvania. Carnegie Museum.Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh.

546 Wilson St.Jersey Shore 17740

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Juniata Valley Audubon Society Checklist of the Birds of

Blair County, Pennsylvania (September 1994)by Paula Ford

Bold-faced species areconfirmed breeders.

Underlined species are possible orprobable breeders.

# The pound sign indicates thatthe species is not present all years. Ifpresent (in proper habitat), duringmigration or the appropriate season, itcan be hard to find.

* The star sign indicates that theorigin of the bird(s) seen is in doubt.

Please assist us in clarifying thestatus of the birds on the list. Provideany updated breeding information ornew sightings to Paula Ford at 814-782-3925.

Red-throated LoonCommon LoonPied-billed GrebeHorned Grebe#Red-necked GrebeDouble-crested Cormorant

#American BitternGreat Blue Heron#Great EgretGreen Heron#Black-crowned Night-Heron

Tundra SwanSnow Goose#BrantCanada Goose

Wood DuckGreen-winged TealAmerican Black DuckMallardNorthern PintailBlue-winged TealNorthern ShovelerGadwallAmerican WigeonCanvasback

RedheadRing-necked DuckGreater ScaupLesser ScaupOldsquaw#Black Scoter#Surf ScoterWhite-winged ScoterCommon GoldeneyeBuffleheadHooded MerganserRed-breasted MerganserRuddy Duck

#Black VultureTurkey VultureOsprey#Bald EagleNorthern HarrierSharp-shinned HawkCooper's Hawk#Northern GoshawkRed-shouldered HawkBroad-winged HawkRed-tailed HawkRough-legged Hawk#Golden EagleAmerican Kestrel#Merlin#Peregrine Falcon

Ring-necked PheasantRuffed GrouseWild TurkeyNorthern Bobwhite

#Virginia Rail SoraAmerican Coot

KilldeerGreater Yellowlegs#Lesser Yellowlegs#Solitary SandpiperSpotted Sandpiper#Upland Sandpiper#Sanderling#Semipalmated Sandpiper #Western Sandpiper#Least Sandpiper#Pectoral Sandpiper

Common SnipeAmerican Woodcock

Bonaparte's GullRing-billed GullHerring GullCaspian TernCommon TernForster's Tern Black Tern

Rock DoveMourning DoveBlack-billed CuckooYellow-billed Cuckoo

Barn OwlEastern Screech-OwlGreat Horned Owl#Snowy OwlBarred Owl#Northern Saw-whet Owl

Common Nighthawk#Whip-poor-willChimney SwiftRuby-throated HummingbirdBelted Kingfisher

#Red-headed WoodpeckerRed-bellied WoodpeckerYellow-bellied SapsuckerDowny WoodpeckerHairy WoodpeckerNorthern FlickerPileated Woodpecker

#Olive-sided FlycatcherEastern Wood-PeweeAcadian Flycatcher#Alder FlycatcherWillow FlycatcherLeast FlycatcherEastern PhoebeGreat Crested FlycatcherEastern Kingbird

Horned Lark#Purple MartinTree SwallowNorthern Rough-winged Swallow

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Bank SwallowCliff SwallowBarn Swallow

Blue JayAmerican Crow#Fish Crow #Common Raven

Black-capped ChickadeeTufted TitmouseRed-breasted NuthatchWhite-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper

Carolina WrenHouse WrenWinter WrenGolden-crowned KingletRuby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray GnatcatcherEastern BluebirdVeery#Gray-cheeked Thrush#Swainson's ThrushHermit ThrushWood ThrushAmerican RobinGray Catbird#Northern MockingbirdBrown Thrasher

#American PipitCedar WaxwingEuropean Starling

White-eyed VireoSolitary VireoYellow-throated VireoWarbling VireoRed-eyed Vireo

#Blue-winged WarblerGolden-winged WarblerTennessee Warbler#Orange-crowned WarblerNashville Warbler#Northern ParulaYellow WarblerChestnut-sided WarblerMagnolia WarblerCape May WarblerBlack-throated Blue WarblerYellow-rumped WarblerBlack-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian WarblerPine WarblerPrairie Warbler#Palm Warbler Bay-breasted WarblerBlackpoll WarblerCerulean WarblerBlack-and-white WarblerAmerican Redstart#Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating WarblerOvenbirdNorthern WaterthrushLouisiana WaterthrushKentucky Warbler#Mourning WarblerCommon YellowthroatHooded Warbler#Wilson's WarblerCanada WarblerYellow-breasted Chat

Scarlet TanagerNorthern CardinalRose-breasted Grosbeak#Blue Grosbeak Indigo BuntingRufous-sided Towhee

American Tree SparrowChipping SparrowField SparrowVesper SparrowSavannah SparrowGrasshopper Sparrow#Henslow's SparrowFox SparrowSong Sparrow#Lincoln's SparrowSwamp SparrowWhite-throated SparrowWhite-crowned SparrowDark-eyed JuncoSnow Bunting

BobolinkRed-winged BlackbirdEastern MeadowlarkRusty Blackbird#Brewer's BlackbirdCommon GrackleBrown-headed Cowbird

Orchard OrioleNorthern Oriole

Purple FinchHouse Finch#Common RedpollPine SiskinAmerican GoldfinchEvening GrosbeakHouse Sparrow

Corrections to theAllegheny CountyChecklistby Ted Floyd

Several additions and correctionsto the "Preliminary Checklist of theBirds of Allegheny County"(Pennsylvania Birds 8:142-143) havebeen brought to my attention by PaulBrown and Paul Hess. First, thefollowing five species should be addedas accidentals: American WhitePelican (1 record), Cattle Egret (1record), Varied Thrush (2 records),Black-headed Grosbeak (1 record), andBrewerÆs Blackbird (2 records). Theseadditions bring the county list to 282species.

Second, Western Tanager andWestern Meadowlark should beitalicized as accidentals (they wereinadvertently indicated as occasional).

Third, Hess recommends that thefollowing species, indicated asoccasional, be upgraded to annual:Philadelphia Vireo, Cape MayWarbler, Pine Warbler, BlackpollWarbler, and Cerulean Warbler.

Lastly, Hess proposes severalchanges in wording that I thinkprovide important clarification.Lightface species should be thought ofas "reported less than annually",rather than "occur[ring] occasionally",as many of these doubtless occurregularly in very small numbers butsimply go undetected. Also, italicizedspecies should be viewed as"extirpated, casual, or accidental"(instead of "extirpated or accidental"),as some of these species, though rare,are not strictly accidental.

Pesticide Research LaboratoryPenn State University

University Park 16802

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RARE BIRD REPORTSby Nick Pulcinella

Cinnamon TealAnas cyanopteraLancaster CountyNick Pulcinella

On 26 November 1994 I observed

the male Cinnamon Teal (Anas

cyanoptera) that had been present at

Octoraro Reservoir since 25 November. I

watched the bird for approximately one

hour at distances of 100–500 yards under

a bright and cloudless afternoon sky. The

sun was shining over my right side onto

the reservoir. I was using Leitz 10X40

field glasses and a Kowa 20–60X scope. I

was able to study the bird at rest and in

flight. The bird was both wary and

restless and frequently engaged in

periodic flights around the lake together

with Green-winged Teals (Anas crecca) in

which they would fly in wide circles for a

short time, land, and then take flight

again in a few seconds. The bird's flight

was strong and it appeared to be healthy.

General description. A duck

smaller than a Mallard (Anas

platyrhynchos), but slightly larger than a

Green-winged Teal. Overall color of head,

back, and sides was dark cinnamon.

Underparts. When flying, the

lower breast and belly appeared to be a

light buffy-brown.

Upperwing. The upperwing was

dark cinnamon with large pale blue

patches in the mid-forewing. It was never

close enough to me while flying to notice

the smaller dark green patches on the

wing.

Bill. Dark, longer and broader than

a Green-winged Teal. This feature was

very noticeable when the two species

were together.

Other observers. Jim and Linda

Waldie.

201 Elm Ave.

Swarthmore, PA 19081

Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurusMontgomery County Nick Pulcinella

On 29 November 1994 I observedthe Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilochlorurus) that had been frequenting a

feeder at 2649 Kutztown Rd.,Perkiomen Heights since 27November. I observed the bird for lessthan three minutes at a distance ofabout fifty yards through both Leitz10X40 field glasses and a Kowa 30Xscope. The bird was seen between 0730and 0735. The sky was partly sunnyand light was shining directly onto thebird feeder. The bird made severalsorties to the feeder and fedaggressively in the company of White-throated Sparrows (Zonotrichiaalbicollis), Dark-eyed Juncos (Juncohyemalis), House Finches (Carpodacusmexicanus), and Blue Jays (Cyanocittacristata). Its appearances were alwaysof a short duration and not allowing fora long, detailed study. After its fourthsortie it flew into the nearby cedarsand from there it must have leftbecause I waited for about 45 minutesand it never returned.

General appearance. An overallgreenish-gray songbird slightly largerand longer than a White-throatedSparrow.

Head. Gray forehead and cheekswith a bright orange-brown cap. Thethroat was white, bordered on bothsides by a vertical black mustachestripe that in turn was bordered by avertical white stripe.

Upperparts. Greenish on thenape, back, and folded wings.

Underparts. Generally grayish.Undertail coverts were greenish.

Tail. Greenish-brown with a darkbrown extending to the tip.

Bill. Conical shape.Other observer. John Freiberg.This is only the second record for

Pennsylvania.201 Elm Ave.

Swarthmore 19081

A Late YellowWarbler Centre CountySteven Feldstein

While observing a flock of Black-

capped Chickadees (Parus atricapillus)

and several migrant wood warblers

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica

coronata), Cape May Warbler (D.

tigrina), Black-throated Green Warbler

(D. virens), Ted Floyd spotted a Yellow

Warbler (D. petechia). Because of the late

date, we considered the possibility that

this bird may be a long distant migrant

such as D. p. rubiginosa, also known

commonly as "Alaska Yellow Warbler."

This Yellow Warbler remained with the

flock of chickadees and warblers, but did

not interact with the other birds in any

o b v io us w ay . T h r o ug h o ut t h e

observation, I did not hear the Yellow

Warbler call. This Yellow Warbler did not

exhibit any distinctive behavior such as

flicking its wings or raising and lowering

its tail.

I will first discuss in detail the filed

marks for the bird of interest. It should

be noted that some of the following field

marks will be compared with those for

other subspecies of Yellow Warbler.

Obviously these other subspecies were

not present during the time of the

observation, but this comparison is being

made with subspecies for which I have

extensive field experience.

The shape of this bird was typical

for that of a warbler, as it was a small

slender bird with a thin bill and square-

shaped tail. The bird was also of similar

size to the other Dendroica warblers

present. Its nape, back, rump, and upper

surface of its tail appeared to be

uniformly olive-green in color. Also, its

entire crown, with the exception of the

front of its forehead, was the same shade

of green as the rest of its upperparts. The

front of the forehead of the bird was also

green in color, but it showed a slight

yellowish tinge. There was no evidence of

streaking on its upperparts. Its wings

were blackish with strongly contrasting

yellow edges to the wing coverts and

secondaries. I had the impression that

the wings were darker than on the

following two subspecies of Yellow

Warbler, D. p. aestiva (subspecies which

breeds in the eastern USA) and D. p.

morcomi (subspecies which breeds from

the Rockies westward). This darkness

most likely accounted for great contrast

in color between the dark wings and the

yellow edges to its wing coverts and

secondaries.

The breast of the bird was bright

yellow in color, and I had the impression

that it was just as bright as other

subspecies of Yellow Warbler, such as

aestiva and morcomi. The belly of the

bird was noticeably paler than the

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breast. The bird also had conspicuous

reddish streaks on its breast and sides.

Although this reddish streaking was very

obvious, this streaking was obviously

duller than the streaking on the above

two subspecies of Yellow Warbler.

Furthermore, these streaks seemed to be

narrower and less continuous, i.e., the

streaks appeared to be broken in places,

as compared with the above two

subspecies. The undertail coverts of the

bird were very bright yellow, appearing

brighter than the breast. There was no

streaking on the undertail coverts. The

undersurface of the tail was green with

two large, bright yellow, oval-shaped

spots. The shape of these tail spots was

typical for a Dendroica warbler.

The face and throat of the bird was

bright yellow, and its eye was black. Also,

the bird seemed to have a hint of a dark

eyeline. The bill was long and thin (like

the bill of most Dendroica warblers) and

the upper and lower mandibles of its bill

were both black. There was no obvious

eye-ring, nor any other obvious field

marks on its face. The contrast between

the black eye and yellow face did not

seem as great as with aestiva. This was

most likely because of the olive-green

crown on the bird, whereas aestiva has

a completely yellow crown.

The olive-green upperparts, yellow

underparts with reddish streaking,

yellow edges on the wings, and yellow

tail spots clearly identify the bird as an

adult male Yellow Warbler. Neither

females nor immature males would show

the amount of reddish streaking on the

breast as this bird indicated.

The question of interest for this

particular bird is the identification of

subspecies. The entire olive-green crown,

together with the yellowish tinge to the

front of the forehead (many individuals

show no yellow on the forehead), is the

primary known field mark identification

of rubiginosa (Curson et al. 1994;

Godfrey 1986). D. p. aestiva has a

completely yellow forehead, crown, and

nape (Curson 1994), and D. p. amnicola

(the subspecies that breeds across

Canada and the interior of Alaska) has

olive-green upperparts, including the

crown and nape, with a bright yellow

forehead (Godfrey). I do not have a

reference for the color of the crown for

morcomi. Thus, the color of the crown

and forehead suggest that the bird is

rubiginosa, but amnicola is similar to

rubiginosa, nests to the north of

Pennsylvania, and must migrate through

the state. Therefore, for the remainder of

this documentation, I will primarily

compare rubiginosa with amnicola.

With regard to color of the

underparts, Curson et al. (1994) indicate

that amnicola is slightly duller than

aestiva . They also state that

rubiginosa has duller underparts than

amnicola. However, no references I

could find mention the contrast between

the paler belly and brighter breast we

saw on this bird. With regard to the

breast streaking, Curson et al (1994)

state that for amnicola it is narrower

and darker than on aestiva. Also, for

comparison, Curson et al (1994) note that

morcomi has wider and paler streaking

on its breast than aestiva. The bird that

we saw also gave me the impression of

having narrow breast streaking.

However, Curson et al. (1994) do not

mention the width of the breast

streaking on rubiginosa. At the time of

observation, I did not notice the darkness

of the streaking.

As stated above, amnicola breeds

to the north of Pennsylvania. According

to the fifth edition of the AOU Checklist,

rubiginosa breeds in coastal Alaska and

British Columbia and winters on the

west coast of Mexico and Central

America. This suggests a migration along

the west coast of the US, and in fact the

fifth edition of the AOU Checklist states

that rubiginosa is casual in migration to

Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Thus,

simply based on geography, amnicola

would be more likely than rubiginosa.

The late date could apply equally well to

either subspecies, as both subspecies do

nest as far away as Alaska. Also, Parkes

(1968) assigned a bird collected at

Powdermill Nature Reserve on 25

September 1966 in western Pennsylvania

to rubiginosa. This comprised the

northeasternmost record for rubiginosa

up to that time. Furthermore, there has

been an even later record of Yellow

Warbler in Pennsylvania (Santner et al.

1992). However, no reference to

subspecies was made.

I have extensive experience with

both aestiva in the Northeast USA, and

morcomi in Colorado, where I lived

during the past three years. But, I have

no field experience with rubiginosa.

Also, although I assume I have seen

many amnicola as migrants, I had not

previously noted their field marks. Based

on my above description, I strongly feel

that the bird must be either amnicola or

rubiginosa. Furthermore, the color of

the forehead suggests that the bird is

rubiginosa. However, one should always

use caution when using a single

fieldmark, i.e., the color of the forehead,

for an identification. Other field marks

indicated in the above description, such

as the contrast between the color of the

breast and belly, discontinuous

streaking, and slight eyeline, are not

indicated in the literature as being

applicable to any particular subspecies.

As a result, because very little has been

published about identification of the

various Yellow Warbler subspecies, it

does not seem unreasonable to me for the

Pennsylvania Ornithological Records

Committee to archive this documentation

as either amnicola or rubiginosa until

more is known about the field marks of

these two subspecies of Yellow Warbler.

The notes for this documentation

were written in the afternoon at home on

the day of the observation. None of the

references listed below, nor any field

guide, was consulted until after the

written description of the field marks for

the above bird was completed.

Literature Cited

American Ornithologists' Union Check-

list of North American Birds. 5th

ed. 1957.

Curson, J., D. Quinn, and D. Beadle.

1994. Warblers of the Americas.

Houghton-Mifflin.

Godfrey, W.E. 1986. The Birds of

Canada. National Museum of

Canada.

Parkes, K.C. 1968. Some bird records

from western Pennsylvania. Wilson

Bull. 80:100-102.

Santner, S.J., D.W. Brauning, G.

Schwalbe, and P.W. Schwalbe.

1992. Annotated List of the Birds of

Pe nnsy lvania . Pennsylvania

Biological Survey.

887 Grace St.

State College 16801

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The Marsh Monitoring Program Needs You!

Across North America, various

types of wetlands and the plants

and animals found in them face

i n c r e a s i n g t h r e a t s f r o m

development and pollution. Two-

thirds of the Great Lakes wetlands

have been lost; many drained or

reclaimed for land development.

Forty-three Areas of Concern

(AOCs) around the Great Lakes

have been identified by the

International Joint Commission as

being particularly stressed and in

urgent need of rehabilitation.

Remedial Action Plan (RAP) and

Public Advisory Committees

(PACs) have been established to

implement rehabilitation of the

ecosystem in each AOC.

In addition to loss of habitat,

scientists around the world are

c o n c e r n e d w i t h d e c l i n i n g

populations of amphibian and

birds. In the past few decades,

many species once commonly found

in North American wetlands have

suffered reductions in numbers.

Efforts to determine just how much

they have declined have been

hindered by a lack of knowledge

about the present and historical

population levels.

Th e M arsh M onitoring

Program (MMP) is a cooperative

project of Long Point Bird

Observatory and Environment

Canada (the Canadian Wildlife

Service and the Great Lakes

Cleanup Fund), with the support of

the U.S. Great Lakes Protection

Fund. It has been established to

aid the conservation of marsh

habitat by establishing a baseline

assessment of marsh bird and

a m p h ibian sp ecies an d b y

m onitoring their popu lation

changes and habitats over the long

term. In addition to monitoring

individual sites, the Program will

provide valuable data on marsh

birds and amphibians on a region-

wide basis. The information

gathered will be used to assist RAP

committees in assessing the

progress of their rehabilitation

efforts as well as assisting similar

community action programs in the

rest of the Great Lakes Basin.

T he M arsh M onitorin g

Program is a volunteer-based

program. It is open to anyone with

an interest in birds and/or frogs

and toads. Volunteers have the

option of adopting a preselected

route or they can set up their own

route. The Program focuses on the

Great Lakes Basin, but any marsh

in Ontario and in any U.S. state

bordering the Great Lakes can be

surveyed.

A Marsh Monitoring Training

Kit will be distributed to all

volunteers in March, whether they

are monitoring birds, amphibians

or both. The Kit is comprised of

written instructions for both the

bird and amphibian surveys and an

identification guide to common

wetland vegetation. The Training

Kit also includes an instructional

tape with examples of the songs

and calls of the birds and

amphibians most likely to be

encountered. This combination of

written and audio instruction will

open the survey to a much broader

audience. You don't need to be an

e x p e r t o r n i t h o l o g i s t o r

herpetologist to take part.

Marsh bird monitoring routes

are composed of 4 to 8 permanently

marked sample stations surveyed

using fixed time, fixed distance,

point counts with a call playback

tape for certain bird species. Two

separate visits will be made to each

route, not less then ten days apart,

between 20 May and 5 July.

Surveys are conducted after 6 p.m.

and conclude before sunset.

Amphibian monitoring routes

may be the same as those used for

the marsh bird surveys or they

may be set up independently. The

amphibian surveys are also based

upon point counts, however, no

callback tape is used. Each route is

visited on three separate occasions

no less then 15 days apart. Surveys

are conducted over a 10-week

period, between 1 April and 1 July,

depending upon the latitude of the

route. All surveys are carried out

after sunset and conclude before

midnight. In addition to the

population monitoring, stations on

both th e m arsh bird an d

amphibian routes will be mapped

f o r g e n e r a l v e g e t a t i o n

c h a r ac ter is tics to h e lp in

determ ining species' habitat

associations.

For more information on the

Marsh Monitoring Program or to

sign up for a route, contact:

Amy Chabot

MMP Project Coordinator

Long Point Bird Observatory

PO Box 160

Port Rowan, Ontario N0E 1M0.

Phone: 519-586-3531

Fax: 519-586-3532

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Ornithological Technical CommitteeMeeting Summary

Penn State University, 11 November 1994

In response to inquiries about the

Ornithological Technical Committee of

the Pennsylvania Biological Survey and

its activities, it was agreed that each

biannual meeting would be summarized

in Pennsylvania Birds. The first

summary is provided below.

Attendance:

Doug Gross (Chair), Terry Master,

Charles Bier, Margaret Brittingham,

Paul Schwalbe, Dan Brauning, Chuck

Yohn, Chris Haney, Laurie Goodrich

(Secretary); Absent members: Frank

Haas, Daniel Klem, Jr., Donald Snyder.

Chair Announcements:

Doug Gross welcomed a new

member to the OTC, Chris Haney of

Penn State University, DuBois Campus.

Doug announced a workshop to be

held in December or January with Jerry

Hassinger and Mammal Technical

Committee to discuss funding priorities

for Wild Resource Conservation Fund.

Dan Brauning explained that the license

plates have brought in more money than

had been previously available and thus

an opportunity for thinking about larger

projects. In the future there is an

opportunity for additional funds to the

states through the National Wildlife

Diversity Initiative. For both reasons,

Jerry would like the input of the

committee about state priorities for bird

research and monitoring.

Treasurer's Report/Bird Checklist:

Paul Schwalbe reported on sales of

the publication Annotated List of Birds

of Pennsylvania (Santner et al. 1992,

Penn. Biol. Survey Contr. No. 4, OTC), a

checklist of Pennsylvania birds written

primarily by OTC members. The booklet

is almost sold out, and the committee

discussed whether we should reprint

more of this edition or revise it and then

publish it. After discussion it was

decided to buy 100 copies back from Wild

Resource Conservation Fund and use

those for resale until revisions could be

made sometime in the future. Proceeds

from sales of checklist will be used for

revision of checklist and to buy several

hundred reprints of the recent article on

Breeding Birds of Special Concern: A

Listing Rationale and Status Update

(Jour. Penn. Acad. of Science 68(1):3-28,

1994) for distribution to interested

parties, legislators, etc.

P e n n sy lv a n i a O r n it h o lo g ic a l

Records Committee:

Doug Gross expressed his

appreciation for the hard work of the

Records Committee (PORC) and Nick

Pulcinella, the new Records Committee

Chair. Two positions will be open in

spring 1995. D. Gross will send letter of

inquiry to Carnegie Museum and

Academy of Natural Sciences to inquire

if any of the curatorial staff are

interested. The relationship of OTC and

PSO was discussed. D. Gross reported

that the PSO recognizes PORC as the

records committee for state birds in that

PORC has already been reviewing data

submitted to the Special Areas Project of

PSO.

Pennsylvania Game Commission

Joint Meeting with OTC:

Meeting will be held December 8th.

Items to be discussed include: new

publication on Breeding Birds of Special

Concern in state; piscivorous birds and

aquaculture conflicts; biodiversity plan,

old growth forest research (see below).

Piscivorous Birds Committee:

Terry Master was asked to serve as

committee chair due to his experience

with foraging in herons and egrets.

Pennsylvania Biological Survey (PBS)

and OTC have been involved with the

issue of bird depredation at fish

hatcheries over the last few months

(particularly D. Gross and T. Master). D.

Gross sent a letter on behalf of the PBS

to the Pa. Fish and Boat Commission

expressing concerns about increased

requests for depredation permits and

requesting a meeting of the agencies

involved, National Audubon Society, and

other appropriate conservation groups.

Non-lethal methods have not worked in

many locations. The Fish Commission

has made considerable efforts to use

non-lethal methods of deterrence,

h ow e v e r i t ap pe ars th a t th e

aquaculturists are not making the same

efforts. Discussion emphasized the need

for more research on herons and their

foraging behavior, the need for meeting

with aquaculturists on this problem, and

continuing the communication among

the agencies involved. OTC has provided

technical information on this issue to

several conservation groups in the state.

Old Growth Forests:

Chris Haney reported on his

ongoing research with birds in old

growth forests. Higher densities of some

species (e.g. Swainson's Thrush) were

found. Criteria for defining old growth

were discussed. According to criteria

developed in Michigan, attributes such

as woody debris and snags are

important. Some Pennsylvania old

growth appears to not be regenerating

due to deer browsing.

Species of Special Concern List:

A form to petition to add species is

listed in the Pennsylvania Journal of

Science article and will be published in

Pennsylvania Birds. Discussion included

the issue on non-breeders on lists in

other states. Some members felt we

should not include non-breeding birds on

the state list but rather look at

important areas for non-breeding birds,

e.g. migrant concentration points. Dan

Brauning mentioned the new project

launched by National Audubon Society

to identify the Important Bird Areas for

the state. This project will be a flagship

for the entire country and will identify

the important areas for breeding, non-

breeding or migrant birds throughout

the state.

Other Announcements:

Pennsylvania Partners in Flight

meeting will be held in conjunction with

The Wildlife Society meeting on 31

March in DuBois. Dan Brauning is Chair

of Pennsylvania's Steering Committee.

Dan Brauning mentioned that he

and Jerry McWilliams are working on a

book on the birds of Pennsylvania. He

also mentioned there were 20 Osprey

and 18 Bald Eagle nests and 5 pair of

shrikes in the state in 1994.

Doug Gross reported that the

publication of Biodiversity 2000 book has

been delayed, but will be reviewed over

the next six months.

The Next OTC meeting will be held

19 May 1995 in conjunction with the

PSO meeting in Hazleton.

Laurie J. Goodrich, Secretary

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Summary of the Season - October through December 1994

What a mild season it was.

Memories of the 1993 Christmas

Bird Counts, with many conducted

in sub-freezing weather, had

birders out this year in almost

short-sleeve shirt temperatures.

Alan and Monica Gregory's report

on the 1994 CBCs bears witness to

this, with 164 species tabulated on

the 64 counts. Several counts set

new record highs, with Solanco the

highest this year with 113 species.

Since we have only one state on

which to report, we can get the

information to you rather quickly.

The Rare and Unusual Bird

R eports sec tion also g ives

testimony to the fact that there

were definitely lingering birds to

be found.

Although the open water made

for good observation of waterfowl

generally, it made finding same

more difficult in Erie. Osprey were

seen in Dec. in Berks, Clinton, and

Huntingdon. A total of three

Swainson's Hawk were seen: 2

over Bake Oven Knob (Lehigh) in

Nov. and 1 over the Militia Hill

Hawk Watch (Montgomery) in

Sept. The five Sandhill Cranes in

the Law ren ce/B utler/M ercer

complex remained into Dec., and

four other counties reported

finding this species as well.

There was an excellent listing

o f shorebirds th is quarter,

including the elusive Purple

Sandpiper in Erie. Erie also had

the only reports of phalarope or

jaeger. A Black Tern was found in

O ct. in W estm oreland and,

remarkably, Black-billed Cuckoo

was found at opposite ends of the

state (Westmoreland and Berks)

that month as well. It was

definitely not a Snowy Owl

invasion year.

Best find for the Solanco CBC

was a Western Kingbird that

cooperated for detailed descriptions

and photographs. Three species of

swallow made their presence

known into this quarter. Both

s h r ik e s w e r e f o u n d ; th e

Loggerhead Shrike in Crawford

set a new late date.

What a year for warblers on

CBCs! Ten species were found

across the state, in and of itself a

new record, and many were new

for a particular count. The Parula

and Yellow-throated were new for

the state (on CBCs).

A Green-tailed Towhee in

Montgomery obliged many early-

rising birders who chased for it.

Fortunately it visited a birder's

residence, providing a 1st County

record and only the 2nd State

record. This bird was still being

seen as we went to press. Not as

obliging was the Lark Sparrow in

Bucks, which was only seen one

day by one individual.

Is there a pattern emerging?

The first state record of LeConte's

Sparrow was in Westmoreland in

October 91, followed the next April

by one in Chester. The third record

was in October 93 in Lancaster,

followed by one in Chester the next

April. If so, then the one seen in

Montgomery this past November

should be followed by a sighting

this April. Will it happen? Best

place to find Sharp-tailed

Sparrow of late continues to be on

th e is la n d s in th e lo w e r

Susquehanna River.

After last year's redpoll

invasion, the only ones (20

individuals) located this year were

on CBCs in counties where we do

not get regular county reports (18

in Wayne and 2 in Clearfield). Pine

Siskins were reported from only 6

counties. C rossbill re ports

continue to be few, with the only

Red Crossbill in Lancaster in late

O ctober and W hite -w inged

Crossbill found only in Clarion

and Perry counties. Oh, well,

someday there will be a winter

finch invasion again. Won't there?

The doom and gloom

prognosticators of an even worse

winter than last year were,

fortunately, proved wrong. But it

probably served us all well to at

least be prepared for the worst.

There were 256 species (plus 1

exotic) reported this quarter, down

slightly from the 263 reported in

the same quarter last year. We

received partial or complete reports

from 49 counties. Thanks again to

our hardworking county compilers!

There were 306 species plus 7

exotics, escapes, or hybrids

reported this year.

Frank & Barb Haas

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Notes From the Field

Allegheny County

W e tallied 100 spp. this quarter and finished out the year

with 209 spp. A disappointing fall m igration petered out

uneventfully, and our CBC held 12/31 was unexceptional. Once

again, the bulk of our good records came from Imperial (IM).

Noteworthy at IM were 10 N. Harrier and 1 Rough-legged

Hawk (TF et al.). No Ruffed Grouse was reported. E. Screech-

Owl were scarce on the CBC, perhaps due to heavy mortality from

last winter's snow and cold. A mind-bending 27 Short-eared Owl

gathered at IM 12/18 (CT). Last winter's harsh weather was

suspected in the low CBC total of Carolina Wren . However, N.

Mockingbird continue to increase slowly, as evidenced by the

CBC's 14, an all-time record. At least 140 Am. Pipit staged at IM

10/29 (MFl,TF) and 1 lingered to 12/31 at North Park (JV et al.). A

Yellow-rum ped Warbler 12/6 (WH) rounded out a mediocre fall

warbler migration. A Fox Sparrow 11/20 (MF) and 4 W hite-

crowned Sparrow 10/13 (PB) were the only reports. A Lapland

Longspur was at IM (MF,TF) 10/30. E. Meadowlark max. was 20

at IM 11/13 (CT), and 1 remained until 12/4 (CT). The only winter

finches were a Purple Finch (PH) and a scattering of Pine Siskin

(v.o.).

Armstrong County

Highlight of this rather ordinary season was an imm. Bald

Eagle migrating through Crooked Creek Park 10/12 (PK). Few

waterfowl reports were received. A Red-headed Woodpecker at

Keystone Res. 11/14 was nice.

Berks County

A small-race Canada Goose was at L. Ontelaunee (LO) 10/2

(MS). An Osprey seen on the Reading CBC (RBC) 12/18 (DK) is the

latest and only Dec. record. There were at least 6 Bald Eagle

reports off the Kittatinny Ridge, including 3 seen on the Bernville

CBC (BBC) 1/2. While owling on the Hamburg CBC (HBC), SW and

JH heard not only a record 4 Barred Owl, but also 2 packs of

coyotes howling at the same stop. N. Saw-whet Owl can go

unreported for years, but this year we had 4 records: KG reported

1 at HMS 10/8 and 2 at the Port Clinton fire tower 12/4; MS heard

1 calling at Grace Mine, Morgantown, 12/26; and 1 narrowly missed

being collected when it flew in front of the Silagy's car on the RBC

12/18.

Many kinglets were counted in Oct. and enough stayed to

produce above-average or record totals on the CBCs, esp. of Ruby-

crowned. Other late lingerers, most found on CBCs, were: E.

Phoebe 12/18; 3 Gray Catbird 1/1,2,6/95; 2 Orange-crowned

Warbler 12/18 and 1/1; and a C. Yellowthroat 1/2. All of these had

precedents, unlike the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher seen at LO 1/1

(MS) and 1/2 (MW ), the only record of this sp. in Berks between Oct.

and Apr. As with Saw-whets, so with Orange-crowned W arbler:

usually there is no report; this year there were 4. Besides the CBC

birds, 1 was at LO 10/1 (KL) and 1 at Leesport 10/5 (DK). It was

unusual to get 6 reports of a skulker like Lincoln's Sparrow .

White-crowned Sparrow set records of 60 on the HBC 1/1 and 84

on the BBC 1/2. The only Snow Bunting seen were flying over the

hawk lookouts in Nov., and winter finches were represented by a

quarterly total of 8 Purple Finch, one of the leanest years for this

group.

Bucks County

Highlights include 4 rarities that only stayed a brief tim e: a

Snowy Owl was seen for several hours on the roof of the Palisades

High School 12/13 (SA). An Orange-crowned Warbler was found

on the Southern Bucks CBC (SCBC) 12/17 (RM). A Lark Sparrow

was reported 12/1 at Kintersville (BF). This was a 1st Co. record,

but unfortunately it was only seen once.

A Red-necked Grebe was at Nockamixon SP (NSP) 11/10

(SF). 2 Great Corm orant were on the SCBC 12/17. An Am .

Bittern was at New Hope 10/21 (BH). A Gr. White-fronted Goose

was at Peace Valley Park (PVP) from 10/23+ (KR). This is the 3rd

consecutive season for this sp. at the lake. A Common Teal was at

Chalfont 11/13 (RF). N. Shoveler were at PVP (6 on 12/11 by TW)

and on the Upper (3 on 12/18) and Southern (10 on 12/17) CBCs. A

Gr. Scaup was at PVP 12/17 (RF). Oldsquaw were found from

11/7 at NSP (SF) to 12/11 at New Hope (BH). At NSP a Black

Scoter and a Red-breasted Merganser were seen on 11/11 (SF)

and a White-winged Scoter was seen 11/16,17 (SF,KR).

A N. Goshawk was at New Hope 10/2,12 (BH). Merlin were

at New Hope 10/1 (BH) and at Chalfont 11/2 (RF). Peregrine

Falcon were reported at New Hope 10/9 (BH), at Revere 10/24 (SF),

and on the SCBC 12/17.

The Pectoral Sandpiper remained at PVP to 10/29 (AM). A

Dunlin was at NSP 10/12 (SF). At PVP were a Bonaparte's Gull

11/2 and a Glaucous Gull 11/10 (SF). A Forster's Tern was at

Bristol 10/4 (RM). Both Barred and Short-eared owls were found

on the UCBC 12/18). A Short-eared Owl was also reported at New

Hope 11/9 (BH). Two Long-eared Ow l were found on the SCBC.

Red-headed Woodpecker were at Revere 10/3 (SF) and on the

UCBC 12/18.

133 Fish Crow were counted on the SCBC. A Gray-cheeked

Thrush was at PVP 10/1 (RF). 3 late Palm Warbler showed up on

the SCBC. Connecticut Warbler were at Chalfont 10/6,7 (RF).

Mourning W arbler continued to be at PVP to 10/2 (SF). A late

Indigo Bunting was at Chalfont 11/4 (RF). Vesper Sparrow were

at Chalfont from 10/25–11/4 (RF).

EXOTIC: A Shelduck was seen at NSP 12/13 (SF,RF et al.),

but only the one day.

Butler County

The mild season kept a good variety of waterfowl past mid-

Dec. at L. Arthur, in low numbers except 120+ Bufflehead, 200+

Ruddy Duck, and 800+ Am. Coot. Notable were 2 Oldsquaw and

3 White-winged Scoter on the CBC, which also tallied a high 211

Bonaparte's Gull (GW ).

Glades' Bald Eagle pair remained until the lake froze at

year-end (NW ), and a Rough-legged Hawk appeared at Zelienople

12/25 (JZ).

Landbirds seemed scarce, including no northern finches, a

scan sparrow migration, and surprisingly few half-hardy lingerers.

Mourning Dove, Am. Tree Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow,

and House Finch were 70-80% below the past 10-year CBC

average in birds/party-hour. Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse, Am.

Robin, and Am . Goldfinch were 40-50% down. Exceptional,

however, were the CBC's 7 Fox and 3 White-crowned sparrows

(GW ).

Late dates included Great Egret 10/15 at L. Arthur (JH) and

L. Oneida (FL); Turkey Vulture 12/12 at Slippery Rock Twp (GW );

Osprey 11/11 (JS,SS) and 11/24 (RS) at L. Arthur; Least

Sandpiper 10/15 at L. Arthur (JH), and Ruby-crowned Kinglet

in Dec. at Moraine SP (MG). Most interesting was a singing Pine

Warbler present for a m onth to 10/30 at Slippery Rock Twp in a

Chipping Sparrow flock (GW ).

Cambria County

Byers comments on the 2 Hermit Thrush on 12/2: "They

were singing a rather subdued short version of their song, but

definitely their courtship/territorial song." Salvetti ends his report

with Eur. Starling in Prince Gallitzin SP at 40,000 ± one or two!!

Cameron County

On 11/25 Paul & Glenna Schwalbe saw an imm. Golden

Eagle near Driftwood. The bird did not appear to be migrating at

the time of observation.

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Chester County

An Eared Grebe was at the Honey Brook Sewage Plant

10/11–14 (EBNT, ph. FH). A Cinnamon Teal, originally found in

Lancaster also made it into Chester 11/27 (JHG).

A % Yellow-headed Blackbird was at Cochranville 10/29

(EBNT).

OMM ISSION: last quarter: 2 imm. Little Blue Heron at

Embreeville County Park 8/11,25 and 9/1,11 (JM).

Clarion County

A migrating Bald Eagle went through Wentlings Corners

10/13 (W F). A Whip-poor-will was heard at 3 a.m. in the

Shippenville area (MB).

A N. Shrike was found at a horse pasture near Shippenville

on the 12/17 CBC (JH et al.). Later it was found in adjoining

scrubby abandoned fields. A roost was found 12/29 in a hawthron

tree where whitewash and 3 pellets showed occupancy. No impaled

prey was found. Pellets contained much hair, small mam mal bones

(voles?) and insect parts: pieces of chitin and legs. Not observed

after 1/8/95.

C. Grackle by the thousands (?) invaded New Bethlehem

between 11/13 and 11/21. The flock included minor numbers of Red-

winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, and a few Eur.

Starling. They roosted at night in the maple trees in residential

neighborhoods, posing a fair nuisance to the community. Apparently

they all left together at the end of the period (JF).

On 10/25 a & White-winged Crossbill appeared at JF's

feeder in New Bethlehem. On 10/26 there were 4 && . He saw them

well enough, at a distance of ±10', to be able to see the crossed bills

without binocular. The white wing bars were diagnostic.

Clinton County

An Osprey was found on the CBC 12/31 by Mike Croll, who

is very familiar with this species. Ruffed Grouse num bers were

very high this fall according to several reports.

Crawford County

A Loggerhead Shrike found at Conneaut Marsh 12/17 was

most likely the latest date this sp. has been recorded in Crawford

(RCL,RFL).

Low numbers of loons and grebes may be due to no real cold

fronts. 3 Black-crowned Night-Heron were at Pymatuning

Spillway area 11/5 (RFL). A marked increase in the number of

Herring Gull noted.

The E. Phoebe seen on the Linesville CBC 12/17 along the

Bessemer RR tracks at Hartstown Marsh is a new late date record

for that sp. at Pymatuning (RH, RFL). The 4 Ruby-crowned

Kinglet set a new CBC record. All other Dec. records have been of

single birds only (RFL).

Dauphin County

Golden Eagles were reported on three occasions from the

Blue Mt. hawkwatch, while a Peregrine Falcon 10/9 and a N.

Goshawk 11/12 were also observed (MM). Another peregrine was

seen in downtown Harrisburg 11/30 (EC). Long-eared Owl

returned to their Hershey roost with 5 reported on the 12/17 CBC

(SR et al.). A Short-eared Owl was flushed near Halifax 11/16 (SB).

The mild weather likely accounted for these late sightings:

Both Rusty and Red-winged blackbirds were seen 12/4 (GR), and

a C. Yellowthroat made the CBC near Hershey on 12/17 (SR).

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Winter Wren were present all

quarter, while reports of Carolina Wren were lower than normal.

Delaware County

The Glenolden CBC 12/17 produced 4 Great Corm orant on

the Delaware R. Also on the CBC was a very late Great Egret at

Earl's L. Two Oldsquaw were at Springton Res. 12/16, but not for

the CBC. Black Vulture are now resident, with a high count of 6

on 11/18 at Hilldacy Farms. An imm. Bald Eagle flew over my

home 11/19, when I also had a Rough-legged Hawk . A N.

Goshawk was found in Ridley Creek SP 11/25 (FH). Two Merlin

were found: 1 in Swarthmore 11/21 and 1 in Haverford 12/26 (HM).

A good find was a lingering C. Moorhen at Tinicum 12/17 (JCM).

A very late Black-throated Green Warbler was new for the

CBC and a Palm Warbler was found that day in Newtown Square

(JF). Two Lincoln's Sparrow were found: 1 at RCSP 10/2 (NP) and

1 at the airport (RM ). E. Meadowlark was found at the airport

10/1 and another at the Darlington Tract 12/11 (AG). A late N.

Oriole was noted in Prospect Park 12/21 (JCM).

Elk County

Two Pied-billed Grebe at Owls Nest (ON) 10/9, a Horned

Grebe the sam e day at SGL28, 4 Wood Duck at Crow Run 11/5,

2 Am . Black Duck at Cole Run 10/30, 23 Blue-winged Teal 10/9

at SGL28, 1 lone Blue-winged Teal at Cole Run 10/30 were some of

the waterfowl DW watched. 12 Ring-necked Duck were at St.

Marys Res. 10/26 (LC).

10/30 was the last date for Turkey Vulture at Cole Run

(DW ). Sharp-shinned 12/3 and Cooper's hawks 11/5 were at Crow

Run, while Red-shouldered Hawk was at ON 10/9 and Cole Run

10/30 (DW ).

Last seen Killdeer was 10/30 at Cole Run (DW ). Tufted

Titmouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and Carolina W ren started

showing up at St. Marys (SM) feeders (LC,DS). From 10/10–28 E.

Bluebird were noted moving through SM (LC,DS). Last Hermit

Thrush at Crow Run 11/5 (DW ), and 2 Wood Thrush at Glen

Hazel 10/12 (LC). Cedar Waxwing few and far between.

W olfe mentions a mini-migration going through his yard the

first week of Oct.: 22 Yellow-rumped Warbler 10/6, with 13 more

10/8. He also had 11 Chipping and 6 Song sparrows 10/7–13. Am .

Tree Sparrow were in SM (DS) and 15 at Cole Run 11/20 (LC). 2

White-crowned Sparrow were at Glen Hazel 10/12 (LC). On 11/25

Sorg noted two lighter-colored junco with brown/pink sides

(Oregon?) in his yard.

On 10/31 Christenson watched 3000+ blackbirds head east.

Sorg reported a flock of Rusty Blackbird 10/16. Sorg noted no

conjunctivitis in his flock of ±20 House Finch. Mild weather, bird

feeders quiet, no winter finches.

Erie County

The more open water available to waterfowl throughout the

period made finding them difficult. However, several large flocks of

ducks were found staging in L. Erie off the outer beaches of Presque

Isle SP. Most flocks remained stationary from early Nov. to late

Dec. Over 2000 scaup (mostly Lesser), 300 Surf Scoter, and a

remarkable total of 100,000+ Red-breasted Merganser were

estimated at various times through the period. There was very little

shorebird or gull activity.

The mild fall persuaded som e birds to remain later than

usual, such as the Marsh Wren that was found on the CBC,

breaking the previous late record in Erie by about 6 weeks! The

Gray Catbird on the CBC was very late as well.

The only northern finch reported was an unconfirmed sighting

of a Pine Siskin coming to a feeder for a few days in Oct.

Fayette County

The Watkos found the following at Green Lick Dam, Jacobs

Creek County Park: 10/27: 5 White-winged Scoter; 11/9: 5

Gadwall; 11/15: 30 Ruddy Duck, 1000+ Tundra Swan (in flight);

11/18: 1000+ Tundra Swan, 8 Gadwall; 12/11: 23 Horned Grebe,

28 Bufflehead, 26 Ruddy Duck; 12/19: 70 Tundra Swan, 29

Bufflehead, 20 Ring-necked Duck (fide Bob Leberman).

A Black-throated Green Warbler was found at Ohiopyle on

12/10 (DD,EH).

On 11/15 heavy rains all day "grounded" enormous numbers

of Tundra Swan on the mountain lakes. It's a good thing the

Shaffers were in the field to see this event. Donegal L.

(Westmoreland) and L. Somerset (Somerset) were also loaded with

Tundra Swan. Noted on Jacobs Creek L. 11/15 were: 2 C. Loon, 4

Horned Grebe, 250 Tundra Swan, 1 Gadwall, 7 Ring-necked Duck,

1 Ls. Scaup, 4 Surf Scoter, 1 C. Goldeneye, 50 Bufflehead, 1

Ruddy Duck, and 10 Am. Coot.

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Franklin County

A Dickcissel was found on the CBC 12/17 (DRH).

Greene County

On C. Raven: Although we live approx. 20 m i. w. of the

Allegheny Mts., the raven is not rare here. First noted, 2 flying over,

on 7/2/84. The next sighting was 9/16/85. Then 3 were noted flying

over on 2/3/87. Then twice note in Oct. 1987. The 1 was seen being

chased by a crow on 11/11/90. In Oct. 1992 and Oct. 1993 they were

heard. 2 have been seen (or heard) at least a dozen times this Dec.

(1994). We now have lots of deer here and dead deer in the wood

may bring them here. They may even be nesting on some high cliffs

w. of here. Will check this out this spring.

Huntingdon County

An Osprey was nr. Huntingdon 12/15 (CY). A Short-eared

Owl was seen once ±12/27 near Mooresville (PL). A late Barn

Swallow was at Huntingdon 10/23 and a late Wood Thrush at

Detweilers Run 11/4 (GG).

The 11th Huntingdon CBC held 12/18 had 61 spp. (10-yr

avg.=59.6). One new (probably overdue) species was added to the

cumulative list, Red-winged Blackbird (#99). Five species were

found ofor only the 2nd tim e: Ring-necked Duck, C. Goldeneye,

C. Merganser, Am. Woodcock, Yellow-rumped Warbler. High

counts were found for both kinglets: 102 Golden-crowned (10-yr

avg.=39); and 16 Ruby-crowned (10-yr avg.=2). Five Carolina

Wren found (10-yr avg.=14).

Indiana County

Highlights included a Sandhill Crane, Red-throated Loon,

1 Red-necked Grebe, several reports of Snow Geese, and Black

and White-winged scoters, all at Yellow Creek SP (YC). Rough-

legged Hawk was observed only once–at Nolo. The top count ever

of Am. Coot at YC reached 770; coots were consistently present all

quarter. A m igrant flock of ±30 thrushes near Hillsdale contained

at least 5 Gray-cheeked Thrush; Roger & I were only able to focus

on 5 indiv. before the flock took off, the rest of the birds

unidentified.

Indiana's CBC was the 2nd best ever, despite an all-day fog.

W e listed 10,759 indiv. of 67 spp. with an additional 5 observed

during count week. Three species new to the count – No. Pintail,

Gadwall, and Am. Woodcock – were added. In addition, all-time

high tallies were reached on 12 spp. – Com. Loon, Pied-billed

Grebe, Canvasback, R uffed Grouse, Am. Coot, Barred Owl,

Red-bellied Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Black-

capped Chickadee, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Am . Robin,

Yellow-rumped Warbler.

Lancaster County

This fall brought above normal temperatures and below

normal precipitation. The large number of sum mer lingerers

reported on the CBCs probably reflected the warm weather. In fact,

even without winter finches, most of the CBCs reported good species

counts. The Solanco CBC won the prize by sm ashing their old record

of 108 with an amazing total of 112 spp. The most exciting rarity

this fall was certainly the drake Cinnamon Teal, a very beautiful

bird. However, there were m any other notable finds, and many are

detailed in the Rare Birds section.

Sandhill Crane, an imm. first seen 10/23 (EBNT), sightings

occured through Nov. on the Conejohela Flats. Then in late Nov.

reports of a crane feeding on the Paul W itmer farm near the

intersection of Blue Rock and River rds. began to surface. An imm.

appeared regularly in this and other nearby fields through Dec.

Apparently the crane spent the nights on the flats and it could often

be seen there in the early morning and late evening. Over the years

there have been quite a few Sandhill Crane sightings in the Co., but

this record was unique since it provided a 1st for the Lancaster

CBC.

3 Eurasian Wigeon turned up on the SCBC—a pair in

Drumore Twp and an imm. % at Octoraro L. Four Surf Scoter at

Middle Creek 10/16 provided both a new early date and the 1st

Middle Creek record (TG). Despite a dismal migratory season, N.

Goshawk appeared in good numbers with 2 seen on the SCBC and

the LCBC. Peregrine Falcon were present all quarter again; but

this time they were seen near Millersville (LCBC) and in Drum ore

Twp (m.ob.). The 125 Am. Coot at the Conejohela Flats represented

a modern high count for the Co. (EBNT). Shorebirds were well

represented with 16 spp. reported. Unlike last year, many warblers

decided to hang around into the first week of Oct. In all, 14 spp.

were reported including a Yellow Warbler 10/29 breaking the old

record by 37 days. A Bobolink made news by staying on the flats

until 11/27, breaking the old record by 54 days. The Red Crossbill

in Rapho Twp 10/30 (RM) was the first since 1988; but even so,

winter finches were practically nonexistent. One Pine Siskin was

reported, but no Evening Grosbeak.

Rarities detailed elsewhere are Great Cormorant, Ross'

Goose, Cinnam on Teal, Sandhill Crane, Western Kingbird

(2nd Co. and 1st for Solanco CBC), Dickcissel, Sharp-tailed

Sparrow , and Yellow-headed and Brewer's blackbirds.

Lawrence County

The 5 Sandhill Cranes remained in the Plain Grove area

until 12/14. Up to 13 Short-eared Ow l and 6 N. Harrier have

been seen at the Volant strip mine area. Here Horned Lark and E.

Meadowlark could be found through Dec.

Ring-billed and Herring gulls were good for our Co. and the

Am. Pipit numbers, ±350, were impressive.

Lehigh County

Carolina Chickadee, rare here, was at a Macungie feeder

sporadically (PBM) m ost of the quarter. Two Swainson's Hawk

went by Bake Oven Knob 11/8 (AK,FB). An imm. % Dickcissel was

found near Trexlertown on the Allentown CBC 12/17 (BLM,KS,AJ,

EM) and observed in good light from 20' away.

Lycoming County

From the Schwalbes: The Ruffed Grouse population was

very good this fall. A Nashville W arbler was in Jersey Shore

11/23. Only 1 Am. Tree Sparrow was at the feeder all fall and

winter; not this absent in ±25 years. A Sw am p Sparrow was at

Antes Fort 10/25 and White-crowned Sparrow first noted 10/25.

Mercer County

It was a dull waterfowl season. Concensus was that they

migrated late and just flew over the Co. Two Red-shouldered

Hawk have chosen Grove City College for their wintering grounds.

In spite of last year's severe winter, Wild Turkey continue to

increase: a flcok numbering 35+ was seen regularly at Hermitage.

A record acorn crop should insure their survival.

Winter Wren sightings were common 10/5– 11/18, but not

one Carolina. Yellow-rum ped , the only warbler reported, was

scarce. None stopped to gorge on poison ivy berries at a particular

spot where they have been seen every fall for years. A very possible

white-winged form of Dark-eyed Junco was observed at a Grove

City feeder 10/23 (HB).

Montgomery County

Three rather unusual birds visited this quarter, all in the

Green Lane Res. area. A Sandhill Crane from 10/6–11/6, Green-

tailed Towhee at Larry Rhoads' feeder from 11/27+ (to Jan. 1995

at least). And a LeConte's Sparrow on 11/3 only. Hundreds of

birders got to see the crane and towhee. Both Sandhill Crane and

LeConte's Sparrow were found by John Puschock. 4 Red-throated

and 150+ Common loons flew by the Militia Hill Hawkwatch 11/24

(MK). Details of the hawk watch elsewhere. Green Lane Res. hosted

12 Black Scoter on 11/11. Winter Wren were located by 3

different parties this quarter. Along with the Green-tailed Towhee,

Rhoads' backyard boasted Palm Warbler and Savannah Sparrow

as late as 12/31. Purple Finch almost escaped detection this

quarter — what has happened to this species?

Northampton County

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2 Double-crested Corm orant were at Martins Cr. (MC)

12/31 (DD,AK,RW ), the latest local record by 7 weeks! Over 500 Am .

Black Duck and 13 N. Pintail were at MC 12/31 and a % Surf

Scoter at Minsi L. 12/30-31 was a 1st Co. record (ph.RW ).

Blue Jays at Jacobsburg SP can do excellent Broad-winged

Hawk imitations, so beware of late Broad-wing reports! The dark

morph Red-tailed Hawk was seen near Foul Rift 12/31 (DD,RW ).

W hile cleaning Am. Kestrel boxes RW discovered one box littered

with grasshopper legs and another with cicada wings. Boyce had 2

late Merlin sightings off the ridge: 1 near a flock of House

Sparrow at Nazareth 11/25 (ph.) and 1 chasing wcsp at Foul Rift

12/11.

A Sandhill Crane at Hartzells Ferry in mid-Oct. was a 1st

Co. record (m.ob.,ph.RW ). Boyce and Wiltraut heard a Ruffed

Grouse drum ming while owling along Blue Mt. 12/18 and were

surprised to see a Barred Owl hunting a roadside bordered by open

fields near Hartzells Ferry 12/31. An E. Phoebe was seen on the

Bethlehem/Easton CBC 12/31. No Carolina Wren was seen on the

W ild Creek/Little Gap CBC. On 10/16, RW heard a Winter Wren

at Nazareth giving a call that he's only heard from the Pacific Coast

race. More than the usual number of Ruby-crowned Kinglet

lingered into late Dec. (RW ). An Orange-crowned Warbler was

at Jacobsburg 10/9 (DM) and a C. Yellowthroat was seen on the

B/ECBC (AK). Sgts from the Koch residence included: 1 Dickcissel

10/6; a % Yellow-headed Blackbird 11/6; and a late N. Oriole

12/28,29. Lincoln's Sparrow were regularly seen at Nazareth in

early Oct. (RW ).

Philadelphia County

At least 10 Great Corm orant take up residence on the

Delaware R. in Oct/Nov., while 200+ Double-crested Cormorant

lingered through Dec. (JCM). Two ad. and 2 im m . Snow Geese

were in Roosevelt Park 12/17 (KR). Not far away at Tinicum (TN),

NP counted 500+ Green-winged Teal on 11/2; 3 Gadwall, never

common, were here 12/7 (SC,RM) and 1 on 12/28 (TR).

Osprey were seen fishing in Wissahickon Cr. 10/22–11/8

(JMc,AT). Four separate sightings of Red-shouldered Hawk

11/7–12/1 (SL,EB) from W. Mt. Airy (W MA) and Roxborough (RX)

sections. The Peregrine Falcon pair at the Girard Pt. Bridge was

seen all quarter (JCM). In the far northern section of Pennypack

Park, Wild Turkey were noted 10/19–11/3. As many as 19 are now

in this flock. C. Moorhen lingered until 12/17 at the sewage ponds

and 100+ Am. Coot at TN 11/2 was a nice count (NP). A 1000+

Laughing Gull were at Ft. Mifflin (FM) in Oct. (JCM).

The W yncote CBC 12/17 produced 36 Red-bellied

Woodpecker in the WC area. Also found were 4 Pileated , but only

3 Red-breasted Nuthatch, indicating a non-invasion year (MS

compiler). Carolina Wren numbered 31 for the CBC. Other reports

suggest some recovery after last winter's devastating ice storms.

Winter Wren, however, made a good showing, with 10 at TN 12/17

(SC,RM). A late N. Parula, 10/9, at TN (KS) was noteworthy, as

were a Scarlet Tanager 10/2 at Carpenters Woods and a Rose-

breasted Grosbeak in WMA 10/1 (SL).

JCM noted 25+ White-crowned Sparrow at Ft. Mifflin in

Oct., a very high count. A 100+ Snow Bunting were on the airport

grounds in Dec (JCM). Increasingly hard to find E. Meadowlark

were in RX 12/29 (CM). A good flight of 50+ Rusty Blackbird at

TN 10/15 (DM) and 11/2 (NP) noted a good season, but JCM's 70+

at FM in Nov/Dec was the peak.

Most noteworthy was a well-described Clay-colored

Sparrow in RX 10/1 (FU). This is our 7th record and the earliest

fall date; prior early fall date was 10/13/45.

Potter County

A Short-eared Owl thought to be dead was picked up by a

hunter and turned over to the local Game Protector, Bill Ragosta,

was possibly a 1st Co. record. W hen the box was opened it flew

away!

Schuylkill County

A mild fall produced lower than usual numbers of mirants

overall. Weidensaul reported 2 separate Snow Geese with Canada

flocks in Wayne Twp.

A late sighting of 2 Black Vulture in Port Clinton 12/25,26

(KG). An imm. N. Goshawk was seen 11/29 (SW ). A late migrant

Merlin was seen near New Ringgold 11/8 (LG). A pair of C. Raven

was found away from the Kittatinny ridge in a wooded area n. of the

mountains 11/26–12/10 (SW ).

Somerset County

L. Somerset finally reached full pool 12/9 following the fish

management drawdown of last winter. poor waterfowl brood usage

and lack of early fall migration staging resulted from the disruption

of the aquatic food chain caused by the drawdown. Hope for an

increase of waterfowl feeding as millet and smartweed beds flooded

failed to develp as shoreline ice cover locked this source under the

ice. In late Nov. a Mallard roost developed mid-lake die to mild

temperatures delaying freeze-up of the deeper water. The roosting

effort continued with my mid-Nov. estimate of ±200 Mallard

increasing to ±500 by mid-Dec. These birds generally arrived after

dusk and could be seen in the beam of car headlights at 0500 from

the boat launch. The flock would leave ±1 hr. before sunrise and fly

to feed in cornfields w. of Somerset through the day (TM).

A beaver dam in the headwaters of Middle Cr. was used as an

evening roost during migration staging in mid-Oct. with high counts

between 10/9–14 of 206 Mallard, 66 Wood Duck, 2 Am. Black

Duck , 2 teal, 3 C. Snipe, and a Great Blue Heron (TM).

Had a second-hand report of a Peregrine Falcon in

Hooversville (RS). Received a report of 3 Trum peter Swan the end

of Oct. (no details–eds.). Hard to believe the near-absence of Red-

breasted Merganser. There was a report of 500-600 Tundra

Swan at Quemahoning Dam in mid-Nov. Raptors were still

migrating along Shaffer Ridge after the hawkwatch closed (SB).

Sullivan County

Had expected to find more "half-hardy" species lingering due

to mild weather, but was not the case. They certainly were not at

feeders, with even common species not coming for free hand-outs

until cold weather arrived at the very end of the quarter. Waterfowl

flight was very poor throughout. Mild weather may have "kept them

flying" and not forced any large numbers or species down onto area

lakes, which froze over by end of Nov.

Two E. Phoebe near Hillsgrove 12/9 were late (DL), as were

scattered reports of E. Bluebird in small groups. Northern finches

were in very limited nnumber and as of end of quarter did not seem

to indicate an invasion year. Only one small flock of Pine Siskin on

11/27 (eating road salt) near Hillsgrove and 1 Snow Bunting at

Eagles Mere 11/14 were noted.

Tioga County

A "pink-sided" Dark-eyed Junco was seen at Jobs Corners

on 12/9 and 12/30 (LAB).

Venango County

Overall, it was slow. Pied-billed Grebe were one of the few

common waterbirds. At least 7 indiv. were seen in two locations.

Horned Grebe, however, had only one observation of 1 indiv. Only

14 Tundra Swan; must have just flown past. First C. Goldeneye

wasn't until 12/3 at which time we had 3; this is a month later than

usual. No scaup. Only 1 Ring-necked Duck. There were 8 Surf

Scoter on Kahle L. in Oct. and 1 at Two Mile Run L. for a week in

Dec. For whatever reason Venango was not the duck resort this fall.

No shorebirds, probably due to the heavy rains in late sum mer

which wiped out what little shorebird habitat we had.

Herring Gull is becoming common; not too long ago it was a

new Co. bird. Finally, Short-eared Owl appeared: 1 at Kahle L.

and 5 at Barkeyville. A N. Saw-whet Owl, 1st record in 7 years,

was in the French Cr. area 12/29. Black-throated Blue Warbler

was here a week later than usual. First Am. Tree Sparrow were

about a month late and in low numbers. Most of the sparrows left

on time or early. One Rusty Blackbird report.

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Warren County

There was a C. Loon at the Seneca Pumped Storage Res.

(SPSR) 12/3 (TG). 31 Tundra Swan flew over the Allegheny Res.

12/12 (KC), and about 200 over Sheffield 12/20 (DW ). 26 Am. Black

Duck and 9 C. Merganser were also at SPSR 12/3.

Up to 4 Bald Eagle have been in the Warren-Kinzua Dam

area. At least 4 different N. Harrier have been seen in the NW

Warren since 11/19 (BHg,JS,BDW ). A N. Goshawk was near

Tidioute 11/10 (JK). Two and possibly a third white Red-tailed

Hawk were here during the quarter. One near Columbus (BM,MB)

is pure white except for dark eyes and seen all quarter. Another in

W arren along the by-pass since mid-Nov. (MTT), and a third seen

once along the reservoir (MB). The first Rough-legged Hawk was

seen 10/15 at Bear L. (KC), and 3 others in Dec. in NW Warren

(BHg,JS). A Golden Eagle was at Kinzua Dam 10/12 (JL).

C. Raven are becoming bolder and wandering farther toward

the northwest. They have been seen or heard on the edge of Warren

on 3 occasions (TG,BHg), and 2 n.w. of Tidioute 11/10 (JK).

A N. Mockingbird was in Warren 12/7 (BHl). 3 N. Shrike

were seen since 12/13 (BHg,DW ,JS,BW ). The first Snow Bunting

was reported 11/10 near Tidioute (JK).

Westmoreland County

A Black Tern lingered at Donegal L. through 10/2 when it

was believed to have been killed by a Peregrine Falcon (fide EW ).

Four Orange-crowned Warbler were banded at Powdermill

Nature Reserve between 10/9–14, including a brightly colored ad. %

identified as belonging to the western ssp. V. c. orestera, which has

very rarely been recorded in the East. An Oregon Junce was

banded at PNR 10/26.

Wyoming County

Am. Coot were far more common this year than ever before;

43 on 11/2 is unprecedented.

The only report of Evening Grosbeak anywhere in NE Pa.

(as far as I know) was of 4 birds at Stevens L. 10/8. Were these

wandering birds, or is it possible that they were from those that

nested this year on Dutch Mt. in Wyoming? I returned to Stevens L.

2 or 3 times in the next few days but could not find them again.

York County

There were 28 (considered wild) Wood Duck on Bill Sell's

pond near Codorus SP (CSP) 12/17. A & Ruby-throated

Hummingbird was at a drip pool near W rightsville 10/4 (JLD). On

an 11/20 CSP survey a Solitary Sandpiper was well out of season.

Also found were 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

A 100 Horned Lark near Hanover was an excellent number

(KL et al.). A rare, for us, Marsh Wren was seen along Gut Rd

10/10 (JJP). A Wood Thrush was seen and heard at CSP 11/15

(PR).

There were 13 spp. of warbler actually seen in Oct. The latest

a N. Parula 10/17. Three locations, basically Gut Rd, Wrightsville,

and Spring Valley County Park, produced most of them. Some

extended into periods of being rare. A Connecticut Warbler

seemed to be the best find. A dead & or imm. Dickcissel was found

along Pinetown Rd ± 10/20 (JP). Only 1 C. Grackle and 7 Brown-

headed Cowbird were seen on the CBC, yet there were 25 Rusty

and 90 Red-winged blackbirds, the latter were all && or imm..

COMPILERS AND OBSERVERS

ALLEGHENY: Ted Floyd, Pesticide Res. Lab., PSU,

University Park 16802 (814-865-1024), Paul Brown, Ron Byrom,

Mike Fialkovich, Mary Floyd (MFl), Richard Floyd, Cheryl

Gearhart, Dan Gearhart, Jim Gray, W alter Hammond, Deborah &

Paul Hess, Joan Knudson, John Roell, Chuck Tague, Jim Valimont,

Suzanne Varley, Joseph Zurovchak.

ARMSTRONG: Margaret and Roger Higbee, RR 2 Box

166, Indiana 15701 (412-354-3493), Bill Betts, Joyce Bichsel,

Millie Bichsel, Lee Carnahan, Marcy Cunkelm an, Carol Guba,

Nancy Karp, Pat kline, Pat Rawls, Mary Jo Valasek, Linda Wagner,

Gloria Winger.

BEDFORD: Janet Shaffer, RR 6 Box 338, Bedford 15522

(814-356-3553), Clyde & Rosie McGinnett, Donna Housel, Laura &

Michael Jackson, John Shaffer.

BERKS: Rudy Keller, RR 4 Box 235, Boyertown 19512

(215-367-9376), Bill Barber, Mike Fialkovich, Kerry Grim, John

Hobdell, Jason Horn, Anna Kendall, Dean Kendall, Ken Lebo, Bob

& Joan Silagy, Ernest Schiefer, Steve Shipe, Matt Spence, Jim

Valimont, matt Wlasniewski, Sue Wolfe, HMS Staff/vols.

BLAIR: Stan Kotala, RD 3 Box 866, Altoona 16601 (814-

946-8840), Marcia Bonta.

BRADFORD: Bill Reid, 73 W Ross St, Wilkes-Barre

18702 (717-836-2734), Elizabeth Beebe, Dan Brauning, Mark

Blauer, Trudy Gerlach, Alan Gregory, Doug Gross, Robert Houck,

Jim Hoyson, Edwin Johnson, Bob Sagar, Ronald Young.

BUCKS: Ken Kitson, 704 Headquarters Rd, Ottsville

18942 (610847-2968), Steve Allison, Ian Baldoch, S. Blank, Garry

& Karen Campbell, Steve Farbotnik, Ron French, Bob Friedermann,

Roy Frock (RFk), Bill Hoehne, George Hoffman, Don McClintock,

Bruce McNaught, Bob Mercer, August Mirabella, Don Parlee, Ken

Reiker, Hart Rufe, Tom Wartenberger.

BUTLER: Paul Hess, 1412 Hawthorne St, Natrona

Heights 15065 (412-226-2323), Helen Beck, Suzanne Butcher,

Ruth Crawford, Barb & George Dean, Helen Ferguson, Mike

Fialkovich, Marguerite Geibel, Deborah Hess, Joyce Hoffmann,

Mark Krenitsky, Carroll Labarthe, Fred Lochner, George Reese,

Jack Solom on, Betty Starr, Sue Sterritt, Randy Stringer, Jim

Valimont, Ned Weston, Gene Wilhelm, Joanne Wilhelm, Joseph

Zurovchak.

CAMBRIA: Gloria Lamer, RR 1 Box 183D, Penn Run

15765 (412-349-1159), Georgette Syster, RR 1 Box 183C, Penn

Run 15765 (412-349-6293), Dick Byers, Greg Cook, Dave Gobert,

Clay Lamer, John Salvetti.

CARBON: Bernie L. Morris, 4324 Glenwood Dr, Em maus

18049 (610-967-0257), Nancy & John Boyer.

CHESTER: Barry Blust, 21 Rabbit Run Ln, Glenmoore

19343 (610-458-5616), Tony Fernandes, John Ginaven, Beryl

Hurlock, Phyllis Hurlock, Herb Houston, Larry Lewis, John

McNamara, Grier Saunders, Bob Schutsky, EarlyBird Nature

Tours, West Chester Bird Club.

CLARION: Margaret Buckwalter, RR 2 Box 26,

Shippenville 16254 (814-782-3925), Fred Crowley, John Fedak,

W alt Fye, Janice Horn, Mike Leahy.

CLINTON: Glenna & Paul Schwalbe, 546 W ilson St,

Jersey Shore 17740 (717-398-4514), Mike Croll, Harry

Henderson.

CRAWFORD: Ronald F. Leberman, RD 1, Meadville

16335 (814-724-5071), Jim Barker, Ron Harrell, Robert C.

Leberman, Shirley McCarl.

CUMBERLAND: Deuane Hoffman, 3406 Montour St,

Harrisburg 17111 (717-564-7475), Don & Robyn Henise.

D A U PH IN : D ick W illiam s, 3 Parkside A ve ,

Hummelstown 17036 (717-566-6562), Jane Barnette, S. Bernardi,

Scott Bills, Ed Chubb, Joe Church, Nancy Cladel, Bernie Crist, John

Dernbach, Laura & Dick Franz, Barb Huffman, Vivian Johns, Mark

McConaughy, Al Knoche, Betty Ott, Grace Randolph, Sharon &

Steve Rannels, Joan Renninger, Pat Williams.

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DELAWARE: Al Guarente, 421 S Old Middletown Rd,

Media 19063 (215-566-8266), Bob Bodine, Skip Conant, Wes

Doughty, John Freiberg, Frank Hohenleitner, Evelyn Kopf, Helen

McWilliam s, John Miller, Robert Miller, Nick Pulcinella, Tom

Reeves, Bill Stocku.

ELK: Linda Christenson, 602 Sunset Rd, St. Marys

15857 (814-781-3156), David Sorg, David Wolfe.

ERIE: Jerry McWilliams, 3508 Allegheny Rd, Erie 16508

(814-868-3059), Louise Chambers, Dave Darney, James Hill, Ed

Kwater, Linda McWilliam s, Geoff Robinson, Ruth Swaney.

FAYETTE: Mike Fialkovich, 141 Comrie Ave, Braddock

15104, Dave Darney, Eric Hall, Dana & Walt Shaffer.

FRANKLIN: Don & Robyn Henise, 763 Greenspring Rd,

Newville 17241 (717-775-6550).

GREENE: Ralph Bell, RR 1 Box 229, Clarksville 15322

(412-883-4505).

HUNTINGDON: Greg Grove, RR1 Box 483, Petersburg

16669 (814-667-2305), Margaret Brittingham , Deb Grove, Dave

Kyler, Phil Lukish, Mike McCarthy, Chuck Yohn.

INDIANA: Margaret and Roger Higbee, RR 2 Box 166,

Indiana 15701 (412-354-3493), Henry & Marge Bakkila, Alice

Beatty, Don Beck, Bill Betts, Tom Betts, Joyce Bichsel, Millie

Bichsel, Jean Bobella, Dick Byers, Carol Calloway, Lee Carnahan,

Greg Cook, Marcy Cunkelman, Betsy Fetterman, Gene Flament &

Nancy Flament, Phyllis Flasher, David Foltz, Don Grew, Randi &

Sarah Gerrish, Carol Guba, Charlie Hertz, Hugh Johnston, Nacy

Karp, Mark Krenitsky, Caly & Gloria Lam er, Carol & Fred

McCullough, Flo McGuire, Frances Michny, Toni Mirilovich,

Marilyn Moore, Pat Rawls, Bill Rushin, John Salvetti, Mary Jane

Seipler, Nancy Smeltzer, Harvey & Shirley Spindle, Mark

Strittmatter, Georgette Syster, Joe Taylor, John Taylor, Linda

W agner, Joe Walko, Jane & Paul Wunz.

JUNIATA: Deuane Hoffman, 3406 Montour St,

Harrisburg 17111 (717-564-7475), Gloria Bickel, Margaret Knepp,

Aden Troyer, Linda Whitesel.

LANCASTER: Jonathan Heller, 194 Newcomer Rd,

Mount Joy 17552 (717-653-5541), Jerry Book, Bruce Carl, Larry

Coble, Tom Garner, Mike Gockley, Dan Heathcote, Keith Leidich,

Larry Lewis, Ann Mease, Randy Miller, Bob Schutsky, Eric Witmer,

Pamela W oodman, Al Zaid, EarlyBird Nature Tours.

LAWRENCE: Suzanne Butcher, 11 Norwick Dr,

Youngstown, OH 44505 (216-759-1945), Barb & George Dean,

Shirley McCarl, Rosie Noll, Nancy Rodgers, Bob Walczak.

LEBANON: Randy Miller, 607 Woodland Dr, Mannheim

17545 (717-664-3778).

LEHIGH: Bernie L. Morris, 4324 Glenwood Dr, Em maus

18049 (610-967-0257), Fritz Brock, Nancy & John Boyer, Jason

Horn, Alan Jennings, Arlene Koch, Ed Miller, Pauline Morris,

Kathy Siem inski.

LUZERNE: Bill Reid, 73 W Ross St, Wilkes-Barre 18702

(717-836-2734), Sandy Goodwin, Alan Gregory, Doug Gross, Jim

Hoyson, Edwin Johnson, Dave Koval, Rick Koval, Jim Shoemaker.

LYCOMING: Wesley Egli, PO Box 381, Picture Rocks

17762 (717-584-3083), Dan Brauning, Glenna & Paul Schwalbe,

Stan Stahl.

MERCER: Marty McKay, 2320 Valley View Rd,

Sharpsville 16150 (412-962-7476), Harriett Bauer, Shirley

McCarl, Randy Stringer, Loraine Weiland.

MIFFLIN: Margaret Kenepp, RR 2 Box 343, McVeytown

17051 (717-899-6252), Gloria Bickel, Greg Grove, Ron Singer.

MONTGOMERY: Gary L. Freed, 1132 Walters Rd,

Pennsburg 18073 (215-679-8536), Kevin Crilley, George

Franchois, Ron Grubb, Marylea Klauder, Bill & Naom i Murphy,

John Puschock, Larry Rhoads.

MONTOUR: Dan Brauning, RR 2 Box 484, Montgom ery

17752 (717-547-6938), Ron Beach, Jon Beam, Christine Smull,

Dave Unger.

NORTHAMPTON: Rick Wiltraut, 223 Lincoln Ave,

Nazareth 18064 (215-759-5184), Steve Boyce, Dave DeReamus,

Arlene Koch, Dennis Miller.

PERRY: Deuane Hoffman, 3406 Montour St, Harrisburg

17111 (717-564-7475), Dick Colyer.

PHILADELPHIA: Edward Fingerhood, 70205 Delaire

Landing Rd, Philadelphia 19114 (215-637-2741), Erica Brendel,

Skip Conant, Al Guarente, Lori Hayes, Cliff Hence, Steve Lawrence,

Chris McCabe, Doris McGovern, Rob Megraw, Jim McKinney, John

C. Miller, N ick Pulcinella, Tom Reeves, Keith Russell, Kate

Somerville, Judy Stepanaski, Fred Ulmer, Al Zaid.

POTTER: Dave Hauber, RR 2 Box 153, Coudersport

16915 (814-2748946), Elnora Burrows, Pat Chap, Ken Comstock,

Betty Devling, Mary Devling, Larry M ehal, Jack Mitterer, Bill

Ragosta, Kirk Newton.

SCHUYLKILL: Laurie Goodrich, Doug Wood, c/o Hawk

Mt. Sanctuary, Kerry Grim, Jane Tamulonis, Scott Weidensaul.

SOMERSET: Scott Bastian, 102 Harding St, Kittanning

16201 (412-543-5427), Jill Bastian, Tom Dick, Tony Marich, Jeff

Payne, Ruth Sager.

SULLIVAN: Nick Kerlin, PO Box 62, Forksville 18616

(717-92224-3542), Fred Crafts, Suzanne Kaier, Ann Leach, Donna

Long, Mike Norris, Mary Lou Shaffer.

TIOGA: Bob Ross, RR 2 Box 113A, Wellsboro 16901 (717-

376-5394), Larry & Arlene Brown, Austin Brown.

VENANGO: Russ States, 24 E 5th St, Oil City 16301 (814-

676-6320), Gary Edwards, 450 Stevens Dr, Apt 304, Pittsburgh

15237 (412-931-4379), Kathie Goodblood, Alice Morrison, Jerry

Stanley, Carolyn W orley.

WARREN: Ted Grisez, 10 Belmont Dr, W arren 16365

(814-723-9464), Mike Bleech, Keith Confer, Bill Highhouse (BHg),

Bill Hill (BHl), Jim Morrison, Jim King, John Leunsman, John

Schultz, Mike & Tina Toole, Brenda Watts, Don Watts.

WESTMORELAND: Robert C. Leberman, Powdermill

Nature Reserve, HC 64 Box 453, Rector 15677 (412-593-7521),

Dick Byers, Bob Mulvihill, Helen Schm idt, Bob Shaw, Tim Vechter,

Mike & Evaleen Watko.

WYOMING: Bill Reid, 73 W Ross St, Wilkes-Barre 18702

(717-836-2734), Dave Koval, Rick Koval, Eric Stull.

YORK: Al Spiese, 4086 Old Orchard Rd, York 17402 (717-

755-8309), James Beath, Julia Contino, Ann Curtain, Sam Couch,

Bill DelGrande, Jack & Lil Downs, Dorothy Dressler, Jerry Dyer,

Dick Humbert, Candy Krenzer, Dave Kubitsky, Charles Latterman,

Karen Lippy, Calvin Orvis, Peter Robinson, John & Jean Prescott,

Rusty Ryan, Jeff Wentz.

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Rare and Unusual Bird Reports(Species not expected or reported in five or fewer counties this period)

Rare and unusual sightings will be reviewed by theP.O.R.C.

Eared Grebe - Chester: 1 from 10/11-14 at HoneybrookSewage Ponds (Larry Lewis & photo); Erie: 1 on 10/27to 11/5 at Presque Isle S.P. (Jerry McWilliams).

Great Cormorant - Bucks: 2 on 12/17 on the So. BucksCBC (Bob Mercer); Delaware: 4 on 12/17 on theDelaware R. (Bill Stocku); Lancaster: 1 ad. flew pastthe Conejohela Flats 10/16, and another observed onthe Conowingo Pond 11/20 (EBNT).

American Bittern - Bucks: 1 on 10/21 at New Hope (BillHoehne); Cumberland: 1 on 10/9 at Kuhn L. (Don &Robyn Henise); Indiana: 1 on 11/14 at Yellow CreekS.P. (Gloria Lamer); Potter: 1 on 10/8 at LehmanHollow (Larry Mehal).

Snowy Egret - Bucks: Last seen 10/8 at Peace Valley Park(August Mirabella); Delaware: Present for part of thequarter; Lancaster: Last seen on 10/1 at Middle CreekWMA (Pamela Woodman).

Little Blue Heron - 1 on 10/11 at Embreeville CountyPark (John McNamara); York: Last seen 10/6.

Cattle Egret - Lancaster: 1 on 10/25 at Washington Boro(EBNT).

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - York: Last seen 10/8.Trumpeter Swan - Somerset: 3 on 10/30 at Quemahoning

Dam were probably from the re-introduction programin the upper midwest and Canada (Mike & EvaleenWatko).

Greater White-fronted Goose - Bucks: 1 present from10/23 on at Peace Valley Park (Ken Reiker).

Ross' Goose - Lancaster: First discovered at Octoraro L. onthe Solanco CBC 12/18 (LL), it stayed with thethousands of Snow Geese well into Jan.

Eurasian Green-winged Teal - Bucks: 1 on 11/13 atChalfont (Ron French).

Cinnamon Teal - Lancaster: On 11/25 Al Zaid found a % atOctoraro L. The word quickly spread and m.ob. saw ituntil 11/27. According to Leidich the % was travelingwith a & Cinnamon/Blue-winged Teal. No positive IDwas made on the &. No confirmed sightings exist past11/27. This sighting represented the 1st confirmed Co.record and only the 6th or 7th state record.

Eurasian Wigeon - Lancaster: A % and & on a pond onPrawl's Hollow Rd and a % at Octoraro L. All on theSolanco CBC 12/17.

Sora - Crawford: 1 on 10/30 at Conneaut Marsh (RonLeberman); Lancaster: 1 on 10/1 at Washington Boro(EBNT); Montgomery: 1 on 10/8 at Green Lane Res.(John Puschack).

Common Moorhen - Cumberland: 1 on 11/17 at BigSpring Fish & Game Club (Deaune Hoffman);Delaware: 1 on 12/17 at Tinicum (John Miller);Philadelphia: Up to 40 at Fort Mifflin in October(John Miller) and 1 on 12/17 at the Sewage Ponds(Nick Pulcinella).

Sandhill Crane - Indiana: 1 on 10/25 at Yellow Creek S.P.(Margaret Higbee, Gloria Lamer, John Salvetti, Linda

Wagner); Lancaster: Sightings were plentiful in andaround Washington Boro, but apparently onlyrepresented 1 or 2 birds.; Lawrence: the five craneswere last seen 12/14 (Nancy Rodgers); Montgomery: 1present from 10/6 to 11/6 at Green Lane Res. (JohnPuschack & photo); Northampton: 1 on 10/13-15 nearHartzells Ferry was a first county record (m.ob. &photo).

Black-bellied Plover - Erie: Last seen 11/12 at PresqueIsle S.P. (Jerry McWilliams); Lancaster: Last seen10/26 at Washington Boro (EBNT); York: Present intoOctober.

American Golden Plover - Cumberland: 3 on 10/4 atMud Level Rd (Deuane Hoffman); Erie: 1 on 10/1 and10/31 at Presque Isle S.P. (Jerry McWilliams);Lancaster: Last seen 10/22 at Washington Boro(Pamela Woodman); Somerset: 1 on 10/2 at the GarretMudflats (Scott Bastian).

Semipalmated Plover - Cumberland: 1 on 10/9 atStoughstown Rd Pond (Deuane Hoffman); Lancaster:Last seen 10/26 at Washington Boro (Bruce Carl).

Sanderling - Erie: Seen into late Oct. at Presque Isle S.P.(Jerry McWilliams); Lancaster: Last seen 10/10 atWashington Boro (EBNT); York: Last seen 10/10.

Semipalmated Sandpiper - Berks: 1 on 10/2-7 at L.Ontelaunee (Ken Lebo, Matt Spence, MattWlasniewski); Lancaster: Last seen 10/22 atWashington Boro.

Western Sandpiper - Lancaster: 3 on 10/1 at WashingtonBoro (EBNT); Lawrence: 1 on 10/30 at McCreary Rd(Barb Dean, Robert Walczak).

White-rumped Sandpiper - Berks: 1 on 10/11 (Ken Lebo),2 on 10/23 (Matt Wlasniewski), and 1 on 10/24 (JasonHorn), all at L. Ontelaunee; Erie: Last seen 10/30 atPresque Isle S.P. (Jerry McWilliams); Lancaster: Lastseen 10/26 at Washington Boro (EBNT).

Purple Sandpiper - Erie: 1 on 12/1 at Presque Isle S.P.(Jerry McWilliams).

Stilt Sandpiper - Erie: 1 on 10/1 at Presque Isle S.P.(Jerry McWilliams).

Short-billed Dowitcher - Crawford: 1 on 10/1 atPymatuning L. (Ron Leberman); Westmoreland:Present part of the quarter.

Phalarope sp. - Erie: 1 on 10/26 at Presque Isle S.P.(Jerry McWilliams).

Parasitic Jaeger - Erie: November continues to be Jaegermonth at Presque Isle. At least 2 were observed on11/23 in large flocks of gulls (Jerry McWilliams).

Laughing Gull - Delaware: 1 on 10/1 near the airport (AlGuarente); Philadelphia: 1000± on the Delaware Riverinto October (John Miller).

Little Gull - Erie: 5 on 10/18 and 3 on 11/23 at PresqueIsle S.P. (Jerry McWilliams).

Thayer's Gull - Erie: 1 on 12/30 at Presque Isle S.P.(Jerry McWilliams).

Iceland Gull - Berks: 1 on 12/9 (Ken Lebo) 2 on 12/18(Matt Spence) at L. Ontelaunee, 1 at BFI Landfill12/26 (Frank & Barb Haas), and 2 on 12/31 at Carr L.

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(Ken Lebo); Lancaster: 1 on 12/18 on the ConowingoPond (Bob Schutsky).

Glaucous Gull - Berks: 1 on 12/26 at Carr L. (Ken Lebo);Bucks: 1 on 11/10 at Peace Valley Park (SteveFarbotnik); Erie: 1 on 12/31 at at Presque Isle S.P.(Jerry McWilliams); Lancaster: 1 on 12/18 on theConowingo Pond (Bob Schutsky) and 1 on 12/19 atMuddy Run (Randy Miller).

Caspian Tern - Perry: 1 on 10/2 (Deuane Hoffman);Philadelphia: at least 6 at Fort Mifflin into October(John Miller).

Common Tern - Erie: 50 on 10/18 at Presque Isle S.P.(Jerry McWilliams); Indiana: 1 on 10/2 at YellowCreek S.P. (Greg Cook).

Black Tern - Westmoreland: 1 on 10/2 at Donegal L. (Mike& Evaleen Watko).

Black-billed Cuckoo - Allegheny: 1 on 10/8 at HarrisonHills Park was late (Paul Hess); Berks: 1 on 10/1 atLeesport (Dean Kendall).

Snowy Owl - Bucks: 1 on 12/13 at Palisades High School(Steve Allison); Crawford: 1 on 12/24 at Woodcock L.(Jim Barker).

Long-eared Owl - Bucks: 2 on 12/17 (So. Bucks CBC);Dauphin: 5 present from 12/17 on at Hershey North(Steve Rannels).

Whip-poor-will - Clarion: 1 on 10/9 near Shippensvillewas calling (Margaret Buckwalter).

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - York: 1 on 10/4 atWrightsville was late (Jack & Lil Downs).

Eastern Wood Pewee - Berks: 1 on 10/7 at Hawk Mt.;Erie: 1 on 10/1 at Presque Isle S.P. (JerryMcWilliams); York: 1 on 10/16 at Codorus Furnacewas very late (Jack & Lil Downs).

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Westmoreland: 1 banded10/20 at Powdermill Natrure Reserve (Bob Leberman,Bob Mulvihill).

Great Crested Flycatcher - Erie: 1 on 10/3 at PresqueIsle S.P. (Jerry McWilliams).

Western Kingbird - Lancaster: Gockley et al. watched 1for about 20 min. as it perched in a tree along thecauseway of the Muddy Run Pumped Storage Area onthe afternoon of 12/18 (Solanco CBC). A 2nd Co.record.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Montgomery: 1 on10/5 at Green Lane Res. (George Franchois).

Bank Swallow - Lancaster: 8 on 10/1 at Washington Boro(Jonathan Heller); York: Up to 10/9.

Cliff Swallow - Lancaster: 6 on 10/1 at Washington Boro(Jonathan Heller).

Northern Shrike - Clarion: 1 from 12/17 to 12/29 nearShippensville (Janice Horn, et al.); Crawford: 1 on12/18 at Pymatuning L. (Margaret Moser) and 1 12/26at Hartstown Marsh (Ron & Bob Leberman); Erie: 1on 10/15 (Jerry McWilliams) and 1 on 12/11 (EdKwater, Dave Darney), both at Presque Isle S.P.;Potter: 1 present from 12/20 on at Corbett (ElnoraBurrows); Warren: 3 seen since 12/13 (Bill Highhouse,Don Watts, John Schultz, BrendaWatts).

Loggerhead Shrike - Crawford: 1 on 12/17 at ConneautMarsh was latest date for the county (Ron & BobLeberman).

White-eyed Vireo - Bucks: 1 on 10/15 at Peace Valley

Park (Ron French).Yellow-throated Vireo - Indiana: 1 on 10/17 at

Clarksburg was late (Marcy Cunkelman); Luzerne: 1on 10/2 at Plains.

Warbling Vireo - Clarion: 1 banded on 10/2 at WentlingsCorners (Walter Fye); Erie: last seen 10/7 at PresqueIsle S.P. (Geoff Robinson).

Philadelphia Vireo - Bucks: 1 on 10/7 at Peace ValleyPark (Rick Myers); Westmoreland: 1 banded on 10/6 atPowdermill Nature Reserve (Bob Leberman, BobMulvihill).

Yellow Warbler - Centre: 1 on 10/1 at Bald Eagle S.P. wasidentified as the Alaskan race (rubiginosa) (StevenFeldstein); Delaware: 1 on 10/1 at the airport (Al Gua-rente); Lancaster: 1 on 10/29 was late (Tom Garner).

Chestnut-sided Warbler - Berks: 1 on 10/13 at Leesport(Dean Kendall); Dauphin: 1 on 10/3 at Hershey North(Nancy Cladel); Delaware: 1 on 10/4 at Ridley CreekS.P. (Nick Pulcinella).

Blackburnian Warbler - Berks: 1 on 10/5 at Hawk Mt.;Dauphin: 1 on 10/16 at Blue Mt. (Mark McConaughy);Lancaster: 1 on 10/1 at Middle Creek WMA (PamelaWoodman).

Yellow-throated Warbler - Cumberland: 1 on 12/31 wasvery late (Ramsay Koury).

Prairie Warbler - Bedford: 3 on 10/2 at Beldon (Clyde &Rosie McGinnett); Bucks: 1 on 10/16 at Kintnersville(Bob Friedermann); Montour: 1 on 10/11 at MontourPreserve (Christine Smull); Wyoming: 1 on 12/18 atMehoopany was very late (Rick & Dave Koval, EricSmull).

Bay-breasted Warbler - Lehigh: 1 on 10/14 nearAllentown (Nancy & John Boyer); Perry: 2 on 10/2 atMillers Gap (Dick Colyer, Deuane Hoffman); York: 1on 10/13 at Gut Rd was late (Al Spiese).

Black-and-white Warbler - Delaware: 1 on 10/2 at theDarlington Tract (Al Guarente); Lancaster: 1 on 10/1(Tom Garner); Perry: 4 on 10/2 at Millers Gap (DickColyer, Deuane Hoffman); York: 1 on 10/14 atWrightsville was late (Jack & Lil Downs).

Worm-eating Warbler - Blair: 1 on 10/4 at BrushMountain (Marcia Bonta).

Northern Waterthrush - Westmoreland: 1 banded on 10/5at Powdermill Nature Reserve (Bob Leberman, BobMulvihill).

Connecticut Warbler - Bucks: 1 on 10/6-7 at Chalfont(Ron French); York: 1 on 10/11 at Wrightsville waslate (Jack & Lil Downs).

Mourning Warbler - Bucks: 1 on 10/2 at Peace ValleyPark (Steve Farbotnik).

Hooded Warbler - Butler: 1 on 10/1 at Todd Sanctuary(Mike Fialkovich); Westmoreland: 1 banded on 10/1 atPowdermill Nature Reserve (Bob Leberman, BobMulvihill).

Wilson's Warbler - Berks: 1 on 10/1 at Leesport (DeanKendall); Westmoreland: 1 banded on 10/2 atPowdermill Nature Reserve (Bob Leberman, BobMulvihill).

Canada Warbler - Berks: 1 on 10/6 at Hawk Mountain;Delaware: 1 on 10/12 at Tyler Arboretum (TomReeves).

Yellow-breasted Chat - Bucks: 1 on 10/7 at Kintnersville

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(Bob Friedermann).Blue Grosbeak - Delaware: 3 on 10/2 at the Darlington

Tract (Al Guarente)Dickcissel - Franklin: 1 on 12/17 on the CBC; Lancaster:

First found 12/26 (Bob Schutsky), this & remained atthe intersection of Furniss & Tanyard Hollow rds. intoJan. Because of its extreme elusiveness only a luckyfew were able to find it.; Northampton: 1 on 10/6 atWilliams Twp (Arlene Koch).

Green-tailed Towhee - Montgomery: 1 found on 11/27 atthe home of Larry Rhoads near Green Lane Res. isonly the 2nd state record (Larry Rhoads). The birdwas still there in late February.

Lark Sparrow - Bucks: 1 on 10/1 at Kintnersvilleunfortunately did not stay around (Bob Friederman).

Grasshopper Sparrow - Montgomery: 1 on 10/7 at GreenLane Res. (John Puschack); Perry: 1 on 10/1 atAndersons Marsh (Dick Colyer, Deuane Hoffman).

LeConte's Sparrow - Montgomery: 1 on 11/3 at GreenLane Res. was a first county record and the fifthrecord for the state.

Sharp-tailed Sparrow - Lancaster: Present at theConejohela and Bainbridge flats from 10/1–26(EBNT,BC).

Lapland Longspur - Allegheny: 1 on 10/30 at Imperial(Mike Fialkovich, Ted Floyd); Erie: present from 10/1(4) to 12/4 (3) at Presque Isle S.P. (Ed Kwater, JerryMcWilliams); Lancaster: 4 on 11/14 at Mount Joy(Jonathan Heller) and present through the rest of thequarter; Lehigh: present on 12/15 at Alburtis (JasonHorn).

Bobolink - Lancaster: 1 on 11/27 at Washington Boro wasvery late (Tom Garner).

Yellow-headed Blackbird - Chester: 1 on10/29 nearCochranville (Bob Schutsky, Larry Lewis); Lancaster:Although blackbird flocks were largely absent herethis fall, Randy Miller found a % in a flock nearQuarryville for the Solanco CBC 12/18.; Northampton:1 on 11/6 at Williams Twp (Arlene Koch).

Brewer's Blackbird - Lancaster: Leidich reported a singlebird at his feeder in Conestoga for 5 minutes on 12/26.

Northern Oriole - Bucks: 1 on 10/23 at Chalfont (RonFrench); Delaware: 1 on 12/21 at Prospect Park wasvery late (John Miller).; Northampton: 1 on 12/28-29at Williams Twp (Arlene Koch).

Red Crossbill - Lancaster: 1 on 10/30 in Rapho Twp. wasthe only report statewide (Randy Miller).

White-winged Crossbill - Clarion: 1 to 4 on 10/25-26 inNew Bethlehem (John Fedak); Perry: 1 on 12/18(Newville CBC).

Evening Grosbeak - Crawford: 7 on 11/5 at PymatuningL. (Ron Leberman); Wyoming: 4 on 10/8 at Stevens L.(William Reid).

EXOTICS

Common Shelduck - Bucks: 1 on 12/13 at NockamixonS.P. (Steve Farbotnik).

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County Reports - October through December 1994

HOW TO READ THE TABLES

The species listed in the followingtables represent the "expected" species inmost areas. The following 26 species, perm-anent residents that occur in almost everycounty, are not included.

Ruffed Grouse, Ring-neckedPheasant, Wild Turkey, Rock Dove,Mourning Dove, Eastern Screech andGreat Horned owl, Belted Kingfisher,Red-bellied, Downy, Hairy, andPileated woodpecker, Blue Jay,American Crow, Tufted Titmouse,White-breasted Nuthatch, CarolinaWren, Eastern Bluebird, NorthernMockingbird, Cedar Waxwing,European Starling, Northern Cardinal,Song Sparrow, House Finch, AmericanGoldfinch, and House Sparrow

Not all of the above are "permanentresidents" in the strictest sense. Kingfish-ers, for example, will leave an area if all ofthe open water freezes up. Blue Jays mi-grate, but since Pennsylvania is in thecenter of their summer and winter ranges,they are present year round. Any commentson the above species can be found in eitherthe Summary of the Season or in Notesfrom the Field.

All other reported species can befound in the Rare and Unusual Birds sec-tion.

CODES

The codes used in the tables are asfollows:

A = Present All quarter. This species waspresent from the first day of the quarterthrough the last day of the quarter. Thiscould refer to individual birds or the speciesas a group.

B = Breeds. This species breeds in thiscounty (only listed during breeding season).

P = Present Part of the quarter. Thisspecies was present, but specific dates arenot available.

R = Permanent Resident. This speciesbreeds and is present year round in thiscounty.

L = Late or Low. An L after a date indi-cates an unusually late date. An L after anumber indicates an unusually lownumber.

H = High. An H after a number indicatesan unusually high number.

E = Early. An E after a date indicates anunusually early date.

6 = An arrow before a date indicates thespecies was present from the beginning ofthe quarter to at least that date.

An arrow after a date indicates thespecies was present starting with that dateand through the rest of the quarter.

( ) = Numbers in parentheses indicate highcounts for the season.

* = Something noteworthy. Commentsabout the record may usually be found inthe Notes from the Field section.

sp. = Species unknown, such as Scaup.

A comma between dates indicatesthat the species was not present duringthat interval.

A blank does not necessarily meanthat the species does not occur in thatcounty, just that no reports were receivedby the compiler for that species. Also, ifthere are no B's in a county list, it doesn'tmean that no birds breed in that county. Itjust means the county compiler did notindicate breeding birds in the report.

EXAMPLES:

2/27-3/6(24)-3/30 means the specieswas first reported on 2/27 with a high of 24on 3/6 and last reported on 3/30.

1/6-3/22(250)6 means the species wasfirst reported on 1/6 with a high of 250 on3/22 and present through the rest of thequarter.

61/5,3/156 means the species waspresent up to 1/5 then returned on 3/15 andwas present through the rest of the quarter.

B-5/66 means the species was firstseen on 5/6, breeds in the county, andremained the rest of the quarter.

A-5/6(25) means the species waspresent all quarter with a high of 25 on 5/6.

9/4E means the species was reportedon 9/4 which was early for this county.

1/15-2/26(300H)6 means the specieswas first reported on 1/15, with a highcount of 300 on 2/26 which was unusuallyhigh for this county.

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2(1

20

)R

10

/15

-12

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(4)

11

/15

-12

/22

(29)

10

/29

-12

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(2)

-

MA

LL

AR

DR

A-1

2/1

3(2

5)

RR

RR

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/22

(400

)R

RR

RR

PIN

TA

IL, N

OR

TH

ER

N-

--

10

/27

-11

/26

(30)6

-1

1/2

2-1

2/7

10

/5-1

2/1

7(8

)-

--

-

TE

AL,

BLU

E-W

ING

ED

--

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10

/2(2

)-

--

--

--

SH

OV

EL

ER

, N

OR

TH

ER

N-

--

11

/8(1

0)6

--

12

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(6)6

--

12

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GA

DW

AL

L1

2/2

6-3

1-

-A

-1

1/2

21

1/66

10

/30

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/22

(6)-

24

12

/22

(10

)-

12

/15

WIG

EO

N,

AM

ER

ICA

N1

0/3

16

--

10

/6-1

1/3

0(2

0)6

-1

0/2

8-1

2/8

(2)

10

/21

(9)6

10

/15

(4)-

12/1

71

1/1

2(3

)-

-

CA

NV

AS

BA

CK

--

-1

1/7

-12/6

(14

)6-

12

/71

1/76

12

/17

(2L

)-

--

RE

DH

EA

D-

--

12

/6-1

5-

--

10

/30

-(3

L)-

12

/17

--

10

/21

(2)

DU

CK

, R

ING

-NE

CK

ED

--

-1

0/1

1-1

2/6

(18

0)6

-1

1/2

2(3

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2/7

AN

OV

(2L

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0/2

(22)-

12/9

12

/17

(6)

10

/15

SC

AU

P,

GR

EA

TE

R1

2/2

66

--

11

/16

-12

/18

--

12

/10

--

--

L

ES

SE

R1

1/7

11

/14

-12

/13

-1

0/1

1-1

2/1

8-

-1

0/1

2-1

1/2

61

1/2

2(5

)-1

2/1

71

0/3

--

OL

DS

QU

AW

--

-1

1/1

3(4

)-1

2/2

5-

-1

1/7

-11(6

)-12

/11

12

/17

(2)

12

/17

(3)

--

SC

OT

ER

, B

LA

CK

--

-1

0/2

-11/1

1(6

)-

-1

1/1

1(5

)-

-1

0/1

5-1

1/1

1-

S

UR

F-

--

11

/10

-16

(3)

--

--

-1

0/1

7(8

)-

W

HIT

E-W

ING

ED

--

--

--

11

/16

-17

(6)

12

/17

(3)

--

12

/18

GO

LD

EN

EY

E,

CO

MM

ON

12

/14

-31

(3)

--

11

/7-1

2/8

(5)6

-1

2/7

(2)

12

/9-1

7(5

2)

12

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(2L

)1

1/1

7-1

2/2

1(7

)-2

21

1/2

21

2/1

3-1

5

BU

FF

LE

HE

AD

12

/216

11

/14

(5)

-1

0/2

3-1

1/1

0(1

20

)6-

11

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5)

10

/27

(12

)-12

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10

/30

-12

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(122

)1

1/5

-7(7

5)-

12

/22

11

/11

(7)6

11

/2(1

4)-

17

ME

RG

AN

SE

R, H

OO

DE

D1

1/2

16

-1

1/1

0(1

3)

11

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2/1

1(1

5)-

25

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0/2

8-1

1/2

2(1

0)6

11

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00

)6N

OV

-12

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(9)

11

/3-1

2/2

2(2

8)

12

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(2)

11

/2-1

2/2

C

OM

MO

N-

12

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(4)

-1

1/6

-12/1

8(8

2)6

-R

-12

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(134

)R

12

/17

(2L

)1

2/2

21

2/2

66

11

/3-1

2/1

8(4

)

R

ED

-BR

EA

ST

ED

--

12

/12

11

/6-1

2/4

(3)

--

11

/11

-1

1/5

(5)

-1

1/2

(2)

DU

CK

, R

UD

DY

10

/29

-31

--

10

/3-1

1/1

2(1

95)-

12/2

6-

10

/28

-11

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)A

10

/30

-(2

50H

)-1

2/1

71

1/7

-17(2

9)-

12

/21

11

/22

(4)6

11

/2(1

8)-

12/2

VU

LT

UR

E,

BLA

CK

--

-A

-12/1

8(4

5H

)-

-R

--

A-

T

UR

KE

Y6

11/1

3(8

)-11/1

3-

RA

-12/1

8(6

6H

)6

10

/29

61

0/2

8(2

)R

61

0/3

0(6

)-1

2/1

2L

61

0/5

A6

11

/8

OS

PR

EY

--

10

/56

10

/2(1

8)-

12/1

8L

*1

0/3

-11/8

-6

11

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0/1

5-1

1/2

4L

61

0/2

51

1/0

4(2

)-

EA

GL

E,

BA

LD

-1

0/1

2-

10

/2(1

0)6

--

AA

10

/26

-1

0/1

3*

HA

RR

IER

, N

OR

TH

ER

NA

11

/12

10

/26

-12

/13

10

/2-1

1/9

(21

)6-

12

/26

(4)

A1

0/2

2-1

2/1

7(2

)A

-11

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1/4

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7R

HA

WK

, S

HA

RP

-SH

INN

ED

AA

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/1(2

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2/3

1(2

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-10

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68

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AR

10

/22

-11

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R1

0/2

9-1

2/1

7(9

)R

C

OO

PE

R'S

AR

12

/31

(2)

A-1

0/2

(56)

RA

RA

-10

/15

(3)

R1

2/1

7R

GO

SH

AW

K,

NO

RT

HE

RN

--

-1

0/4

-11/2

4(4

)-12

/19

R-

10

/2-1

2-

--

-

HA

WK

, R

ED

-SH

OU

LD

ER

ED

61

0/5

--

10

/2-1

1/1

0(4

1)6

--

61

0/2

46

11

/13

-1

2/1

7-2

6-

B

RO

AD

-WIN

GE

D-

--

61

0/4

--

61

0/3

--

--

R

ED

-TA

ILE

DR

R-1

1/1

2(6

)R

R-1

1/9

(86

1)

RR

RR

RA

R

R

OU

GH

-LE

GG

ED

10

/29

-30

--

11

/10

(2)6

-1

2/2

3-

12

/25

--

-

EA

GL

E,

GO

LD

EN

--

12

/28

10

/4-1

1/1

0(1

2)-

12

/29

--

--

--

-

KE

ST

RE

L, A

ME

RIC

AN

AR

-12

/7(7

)R

RR

RR

RR

AR

ME

RLIN

--

-1

0/2

-10(7

)-11

/7-

-1

0/1

-11/2

--

12

/17

-

FA

LC

ON

, P

ER

EG

RIN

E-

--

10

/2-8

(5)-

30

--

10

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2/1

7(2

)-

--

-

BO

BW

HIT

E,

NO

RT

HE

RN

-1

0/5

(15)

-1

1/1

2-

12

/26

R-

--

-

CO

OT

, A

ME

RIC

AN

10

/31

-11

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0)6

11

/14

-12

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(52)

11

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A-

11

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2(2

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0/2

1(3

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0/2

-12/1

7(8

27H

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0/2

-12/2

2(1

14)6

11

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(10

6)6

10

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1/1

(14

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KIL

LD

EE

R6

10

/29

(9)-

11/1

66

11

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(10

)1

0/1

1(3

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(154

)6

10

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61

1/9

61

2/1

76

10

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(45

)-N

OV

61

0/2

9(1

2)-

11

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1/0

4(1

0)-

12

/26

10

/9-1

5(1

5)-

20

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RT

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TO

BE

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OU

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EN

YA

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RO

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BE

DF

OR

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BL

AIR

BR

AD

FO

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RC

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BR

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YE

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S,

GR

EA

TE

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10

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61

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5(1

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11

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10

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--

--

L

ES

SE

R-

--

10

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1/6

--

61

1/1

6-

--

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SA

ND

PIP

ER

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OL

ITA

RY

--

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0/6

(2)-

7-

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10

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--

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S

PO

TT

ED

--

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10

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10

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L

EA

ST

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0/6

(4)-

25

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10

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L-

--

P

EC

TO

RA

L-

--

10

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5(1

1)-

11

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-6

10

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(4)

--

--

DU

NL

IN-

--

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-6

10

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--

--

SN

IPE

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OM

MO

N1

0/3

1-

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--

61

1/1

2-

--

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WO

OD

CO

CK

, A

ME

RIC

AN

--

-6

11

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(2)

-6

12

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L6

12

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-6

10

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--

GU

LL,

BO

NA

PA

RT

E'S

--

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0-1

2/1

3(2

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NO

V-1

2/1

7(2

11

H)

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R

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LE

DA

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(15

0)

--

A-

PA

A6

11

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1)-

12/2

21

2/1

7(3

14

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H

ER

RIN

GR

11

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A1

0/3

0(1

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12

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2/1

7(2

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1/2

8-1

2/1

7(4

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L

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SE

R B

LA

CK

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CK

ED

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66

--

12

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(6)-

18

--

12

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G

RE

AT

BL

AC

K-B

AC

KE

D-

--

11

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(13)6

--

A-

-1

2/2

6-

TE

RN

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OR

ST

ER

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0/4

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L, B

AR

N-

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R-

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12

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B

AR

RE

D-

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11

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R

S

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RT

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RE

D10/3

1-1

2/1

8(2

7H

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11

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2/1

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11/1

1-1

2/1

7(4

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N

OR

TH

ER

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0/8

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26

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--

10

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NIG

HT

HA

WK

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OM

MO

N6

10

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--

--

--

--

-

SW

IFT

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HIM

NE

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10

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86

10

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61

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10

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1)

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WO

OD

PE

CK

ER

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R-

R-

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SA

PS

UC

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R, Y

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W-B

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8(7

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11

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TH

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A-

RR

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61

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61

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61

0/1

06

12

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61

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10

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61

0/2

(2)

61

0/3

(10)

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10

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LA

RK

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NE

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0/3

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12

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11

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(8)

10

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11

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1/1

1(2

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R

SW

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W,

TR

EE

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10

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10

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--

--

--

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B

AR

N-

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CR

OW

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ISH

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R-

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2/1

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RA

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N,

CO

MM

ON

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R-

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0/3

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5(2

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11

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CH

ICK

AD

EE

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LA

CK

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PP

ED

RR

RR

RR

RR

RR

R

C

AR

OL

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R-

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R-

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NU

TH

AT

CH

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ED

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EA

ST

ED

10

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(2)6

--

10

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2/2

6(1

04

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2/1

8(3

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0/1

0-1

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7-

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CR

EE

PE

R, B

RO

WN

10

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R1

1/7

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6(2

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0/76

RR

RA

10

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12

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(9)

R

WR

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OU

SE

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10

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10

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61

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2-

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2/2

6-

W

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ER

10

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10

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10

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71

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4(2

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16

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M

AR

SH

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KIN

GL

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OLD

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NE

D1

0/56

11

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(4)

-1

0/36

10

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R1

0/3

06

10

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(10)

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0/56

11

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(32)

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Y-C

RO

WN

ED

A-

61

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1(2

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10

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10

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10

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GN

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CA

TC

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R, B

LU

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RA

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61

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10

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SH

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RA

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61

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10

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10

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10

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10

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H

ER

MIT

10

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12

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10

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(4)-

12/2

16

12

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2/1

7(5

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W

OO

D-

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61

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10

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RO

BIN

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ME

RIC

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10/2

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3)

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AR

RA

RR

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8(2

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TB

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RA

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10/1

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61

2/2

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61

0/5

(6)

12

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(4)

61

0/7

(2)

TH

RA

SH

ER

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RO

WN

--

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10

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61

1/5

61

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61

0/2

51

2/1

7-

PIP

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AM

ER

ICA

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9(1

40

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10

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1/5

(20

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61

0/2

2(2

6)-

11

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10

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(10)

--

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VIR

EO

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AR

Y6

10

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10

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61

0/2

6(3

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16

10

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(2)

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10

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10

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2(3

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10

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(3)-

24

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10

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R

ED

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ED

--

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10

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10

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61

0/1

5-

--

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WA

RB

LE

R,

TE

NN

ES

SE

E-

--

61

0/7

(2)

--

61

0/1

5-

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O

RA

NG

E-C

RO

WN

ED

--

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0/16

--

12

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--

--

N

AS

HV

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--

61

0/1

4(2

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10

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0-

-1

0/2

-46

10

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--

PA

RU

LA

, N

OR

TH

ER

N-

--

61

0/1

3-

-6

10

/15

61

0/1

--

-

WA

RB

LE

R, M

AG

NO

LIA

61

0/8

--

61

0/1

3-

-6

10

/86

10

/1-

--

C

AP

E M

AY

--

-6

10

/2(1

0)-

17

--

61

0/8

61

0/1

5-

--

B

LA

CK

-TH

RO

AT

ED

BLU

E-

--

61

0/1

(9)-

11

61

0/1

4-

-6

10

/1-

--

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NN

SY

LV

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IA B

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S2

35

V

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UM

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TY

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PO

RT

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OC

TO

BE

R T

HR

OU

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DE

CE

MB

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19

94

AL

LE

GH

EN

YA

RM

ST

RO

NG

BE

DF

OR

DB

ER

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BL

AIR

BR

AD

FO

RD

BU

CK

SB

UT

LE

RC

AM

BR

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HE

ST

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CLA

RIO

N

Y

EL

LO

W-R

UM

PE

D1

0/6

-31(7

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0/1

(5)-

12

/13

10

/29

(4)

A6

10

/28

(4)

12

/26

10

/26

10

/9-1

5(2

5)-

22

612/2

2(2

1)

10/1

6-2

910/1

6(2

0±)

B

LA

CK

-TH

RO

AT

ED

GR

EE

N6

10

/56

10

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61

0/2

(9)-

11

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61

0/5

-6

10

/86

10

/9-

--

P

INE

--

-1

0/1

-26

--

-6

10

/30

L-

--

P

AL

M-

--

10

/9-1

66

10

/14

-6

12

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(3)

-6

10

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-

B

LA

CK

PO

LL

--

-6

10

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--

61

0/1

1-

--

-

RE

DS

TA

RT

, A

ME

RIC

AN

--

-6

10

/1-

--

--

--

OV

EN

BIR

D-

--

--

-6

10

/86

10

/2-

--

YE

LL

OW

TH

RO

AT

, C

OM

MO

N6

10

/15

--

A-

-6

10

/15

61

0/2

(2)

61

0/3

(2)

--

TA

NA

GE

R, S

CA

RLE

T-

61

0/1

-6

11

/13

(4)*

--

61

0/8

--

--

GR

OS

BE

AK

, R

OS

E-B

RE

AS

TE

D-

-6

10

/3(2

)6

10

/4(2

)-

--

--

--

BU

NT

ING

, IN

DIG

O-

--

61

0/1

6-

-6

11

/14

61

0/1

--

-

TO

WH

EE

, R

UF

OU

S-S

IDE

DA

10

/1(4

)R

A6

10

/30

--

61

2/1

76

10

/15

(2)

A6

10

/13

SP

AR

RO

W,

AM

ER

ICA

N T

RE

E1

2/1

6(4

0)6

11

/12

(3)

12

/31

(10

)1

1/2

0(2

)61

1/1

76

12

/26

(32

5)

11

/126

11

/13

-12

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(45L

)61

2/2

-22(1

9)6

12

/176

12

/14

-17

(83)6

C

HIP

PIN

G6

10

/9(3

0_

-11/9

L-

61

1/5

A6

10

/10

(2)

-6

12

/18

(4)

61

0/3

0(2

5)

61

0/2

66

12

/17

-

F

IEL

DA

-6

11

/19

(5)

A6

11

/7A

R6

11

/13

61

0/2

5(5

)R

A

V

ES

PE

R6

10

/26

(3)-

31

--

P-

-1

0/2

5-1

1/4

--

--

S

AV

AN

NA

H6

10

/29

(8)-

31

--

P-

-R

61

0/1

56

11

/3-

-

F

OX

11

/20

--

10

/22

-11

/12

(3)6

--

10

/17

-11

/26

10

/15

-12

/17

(7H

)1

1/7

(2)

11

/16

-12

/26

(2)

-

L

INC

OL

N'S

--

-1

0/1

-11/1

2(2

)*-

-1

0/1

-2(5

)-29

10

/15

(2)

--

10

/2-5

(2)

S

WA

MP

A1

1/1

21

1/1

2(5

)A

61

0/1

0(2

)A

R6

12

/17

(3)

AA

10

/1-7

(7)

W

HIT

E-T

HR

OA

TE

D1

0/96

-1

0/4

(3)6

A1

0/9

(10)6

AA

10

/2-2

2(1

3L)6

10

/166

10

/166

10

/7(7

)6

W

HIT

E-C

RO

WN

ED

10

/13

(4)

-1

0/1

71

0/26

10

/156

61

2/2

6(3

)1

0/6

(3)6

10

/11

-15

(5)-

12

/17

-1

2/1

1(6

)61

0/7

-15(5

)-12

/17

JU

NC

O, D

AR

K-E

YE

D1

0/1

56

11

/29

(53

)1

0/26

AA

R1

0/76

10

/8L

-12

/17

(127

L)6

10

/16

(2)6

11

/12

(3)6

A

BU

NT

ING

, S

NO

W-

--

11

/8-1

1(1

7)-

13

--

11

/5-1

2(3

7)6

--

--

BLA

CK

BIR

D,

RE

D-W

ING

ED

61

0/3

1(1

20

0)

--

A6

10

/20

(20

)6

10

/28

(50

)A

61

0/1

5(2

00

)-1

2/1

7P

A6

12

/17

(71

)

ME

AD

OW

LA

RK

, E

AS

TE

RN

61

1/1

3(2

0H

)-1

2/4

L-

61

1/1

1(2

)-

A-

--

61

0/2

5-

10

/9-3

0(2

4)

BL

AC

KB

IRD

, R

US

TY

-1

1/1

2-1

2/6

(11

)-

10

/15

-22

(6)6

--

10

/17

-11

/4(6

)1

0/1

5-N

OV

(12

)1

0/3

(150

H)-

11/7

10

/20

(50

)-

GR

AC

KL

E,

CO

MM

ON

A-1

0/3

0(5

00

)-

RA

61

0/2

0(5

)P

A6

10

/15

(50

)6

11/1

(1000)

RA

-11/1

3-2

1(1

000S

)

CO

WB

IRD

, B

RO

WN

-HE

AD

ED

A-1

1/1

2(1

00

0)

-R

61

2/1

8(5

5)

61

0/5

P6

11

/56

12

/17

61

1/5

(10)

RA

FIN

CH

, P

UR

PL

E1

1/9

-1

1/7

-12/3

1(7

)1

1/2

0(5

)-1

2/1

81

1/2

8R

RN

OV

(2)-

12

/17

11

/29

(2)

-1

2/1

7(1

3)

SIS

KIN

, P

INE

10

/20

(10

)-31

--

--

--

--

--

CLIN

TO

NC

RA

WF

OR

DC

UM

BE

RLA

ND

DA

UP

HIN

DE

LA

WA

RE

ELK

ER

IEF

RA

NK

LIN

GR

EE

NE

HU

NT

ING

DO

NIN

DIA

NA

LO

ON

, R

ED

-TH

RO

AT

ED

--

--

--

10

/27

(2)-

11/1

3-

--

11

/2-1

9(2

)

C

OM

MO

N-

10

/23

-12

/31

(5)

12

/17

--

-A

10

/2-1

1/1

9(5

)-

A-1

1/2

(60)

10

/12

-26

(25)-

12/2

9

GR

EB

E,

PIE

D-B

ILLE

D-

10

/9-1

2/1

8(9

)1

1/1

-12/1

7(6

)P

10

/30

(5)6

10

/9(2

)A

--

6(6

)-11

/19

61

0/1

5(4

9)-

12

/29

H

OR

NE

D-

11

/5(2

)-

11

/19

11

/12

(2)-

12/1

71

0/9

10

/25

(2)6

--

-1

0/2

5(6

)-1

2/2

0

R

ED

-NE

CK

ED

--

--

--

11

/5(5

)-1

2/7

--

-1

2/2

0

CO

RM

OR

AN

T, D

OU

BL

E-C

RE

ST

ED

-1

0/1

-23(5

1)-

12

/11

--

10

/1-2

9(3

)-

A-1

0/2

6(1

65

)-

-6

9/2

4(2

)6

11

/8(3

)

HE

RO

N,

GR

EA

T B

LU

EA

-12

/31

(8)

A-1

2/1

8(1

6)

AR

A-

AR

-R

A

EG

RE

T,

GR

EA

T-

--

61

0/2

96

12

/17

--

--

--

HE

RO

N,

GR

EE

N-

--

--

--

--

--

NIG

HT

-HE

RO

N, B

LA

CK

-CR

OW

NE

D-

11

/5(3

)-

-R

--

--

--

SW

AN

, T

UN

DR

A-

10/3

0-1

2/1

8(2

3)

12/1

712/1

8(3

5)

12/1

7(9

5)

-10/2

5-D

EC

(400+

)61

1/1

9(8

)-

11

/15

(15

0)-

30

10

/26

-11

/18

(661

)-12

/20

M

UT

E-

A-

-R

--

12

/17

(4)

--

-

GO

OS

E,

SN

OW

-1

1/9

-26(4

)6-

-1

1/1

2-1

2/1

1(5

)-1

6-

10

/30

(4)-

11/1

--

10

/26

(20

)-11

/71

1/1

1-1

5(2

)-1

2/3

1

C

AN

AD

AR

R-1

2/1

8(1

6,0

00

)R

RR

AR

RR

RA

DU

CK

, W

OO

DP

10

/1-3

0(1

8)-

12

/18

A6

10

/29

11

/2(1

5)

61

1/5

(4)

6D

EC

(6)

A-

-6

10

/15

(15

)

TE

AL,

GR

EE

N-W

ING

ED

-10/1

-30(7

)-1

2/1

0A

PA

-11/2

(500+

)-

6D

EC

--

-6

11

/9(6

)

DU

CK

, A

ME

RIC

AN

BL

AC

K1

1/2

6(7

)6P

AR

-12

/4(3

0)

R6

10

/30

(2)

A-

-1

1/7

(2)6

A

MA

LL

AR

DR

RR

RR

-A

RR

RA

PIN

TA

IL,

NO

RT

HE

RN

-10/1

(2)

A-

11/1

2(2

00

+)

-6

OC

T-

-1

1/7

(3)-

25

10

/14

-12

/6(9

)6

TE

AL,

BLU

E-W

ING

ED

--

61

0/1

9(3

)-

-6

10

/9(2

3)-

30

6O

CT

--

-6

10

/20

(42

)

SH

OV

ELE

R,

NO

RT

HE

RN

-10/1

-30(2

5)-

12/1

8-

-11/2

(50+

)-

P-

--

-

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VOLUME 8 NO.4

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UN

TY

RE

PO

RT

S -

OC

TO

BE

R T

HR

OU

GH

DE

CE

MB

ER

19

94

CLIN

TO

NC

RA

WF

OR

DC

UM

BE

RLA

ND

DA

UP

HIN

DE

LA

WA

RE

ELK

ER

IEF

RA

NK

LIN

GR

EE

NE

HU

NT

ING

DO

NIN

DIA

NA

GA

DW

AL

L-

10

/1-1

1/1

9(9

8)6

11

/19

-12

/17

(24)

12

/8(8

)1

1/1

1-1

2/1

7(1

1)

-A

--

-1

0/2

5-1

1/2

(9)6

WIG

EO

N,

AM

ER

ICA

N-

10

/1(6

0)-

12/4

12

/31

P1

0/1

5-

A-

-1

1/2

5A

-10

/25

(13

)

CA

NV

AS

BA

CK

-10/2

3-3

0-

--

-10/5

-11/4

(200+

)6-

--

12

/19

-26

(5)

RE

DH

EA

D-

-1

1/2

(2)

11

/11

(9)

--

10

/27

-DE

C(1

2)6

--

--

DU

CK

, R

ING

-NE

CK

ED

-1

0/1

-11/1

9(2

15)-

12/3

11

/28

(2)-

12/5

P1

2/1

1-1

7(6

)6

10

/26

(12

)A

--

11

/7(7

)-1

2/2

31

0/8

-11/1

8(1

4)-

12

/6

SC

AU

P,

GR

EA

TE

R-

10

/9-1

2/3

(2)

--

12

/16

-17

(5)

-1

0/2

6-1

2/3

1-

--

11

/2(2

)

L

ES

SE

R-

12

/10

-11

(2)

12

/17

(4)

P-

-A

--

10

/3(2

)-1

91

1/1

-12/1

9(7

6)-

20

OL

DS

QU

AW

-1

2/1

51

1/1

7-

12

/16

(2)

-1

0/2

7-1

2/2

4(1

00

+)

--

12

/11

11

/10

(5)-

12/2

4

SC

OT

ER

, B

LA

CK

--

--

--

10

/26

-12

/24

(30)6

--

-1

1/1

6

S

UR

F-

--

--

-10/2

5-1

2/1

8(3

00+

)6-

-1

1/1

9-2

1-

W

HIT

E-W

ING

ED

-1

1/5

--

--

10

/25

-12

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(7)6

--

-1

1/2

GO

LD

EN

EY

E,

CO

MM

ON

11

/26

(15

)61

1/1

9-2

6(8

50

)6A

12

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(10

)1

1/2

46

-A

--

11

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)-1

2/1

81

1/5

-10(6

)

BU

FF

LE

HE

AD

-1

1/1

9-1

2/1

0(9

)-1

81

1/1

2(4

)1

1/56

10

/30

-11

/11

(29)6

-1

0/2

5(2

)6-

-1

1/7

(75)6

10

/31

-11

/10

(566

)-12

/27

ME

RG

AN

SE

R, H

OO

DE

DP

10

/30

-11

/19

(101

6)6

12

/3(2

)-1

01

1/1

96

11

/11

-21

/1(2

4)6

-A

--

11

/36

11

/2-1

1/7

(6)-

11

C

OM

MO

N1

1/2

66

11

/5(2

0)6

A1

2/16

12

/11

-16

(4)6

11

/20

(8)-

12/2

3A

--

12

/18

(4)

12

/20

R

ED

-BR

EA

ST

ED

-1

1/2

6-1

2/1

1(1

6)6

--

-1

0/2

6A

-11

/20

(10

0,0

00)

--

-1

1/2

-10(2

8)-

12

/27

DU

CK

, R

UD

DY

-1

0/2

3-1

2/3

(10

0)-

11

11

/20

-1

1/2

-24(6

)6-

P-

-1

1/7

(5)-

15

10

/8-1

1/2

(32

)-1

9

VU

LT

UR

E,

BLA

CK

--

61

2/1

76

10

/8(9

)R

-11

/18

(6)

--

--

R-

T

UR

KE

Y10/1

4(1

6+

)-

61

1/2

2R

R6

10

/30

(2)

61

2/1

A6

10

/28

61

2/1

9(8

)6

10

/4(6

)-2

4

OS

PR

EY

61

2/3

1*

--

10

/8(6

)6

11

/17

--

61

0/2

(2)

-6

12

/15

61

1/1

9

EA

GL

E,

BA

LD

-R

-12

/18

(9)

-P

11

/19

-1

2/2

11

0/2

--

-

HA

RR

IER

, N

OR

TH

ER

N1

0/2

46

12

/15

AA

-11

/5(4

)A

-P

A-

AA

-10

/11

(3)

HA

WK

, S

HA

RP

-SH

INN

ED

P-

RR

-10

/8(8

1)

AR

PR

-R

12

/26

(3)

C

OO

PE

R'S

R1

2/1

0-1

8R

R-1

0/8

(15

)A

-10

/12

(2)

RP

RR

RA

-10

/8(4

)

GO

SH

AW

K,

NO

RT

HE

RN

--

11

/5(2

)-1

21

1/1

21

1/2

5-

--

-R

-

HA

WK

, R

ED

-SH

OU

LD

ER

ED

P1

0/3

0-1

2/1

8(2

)6

11

/12

(3)

A-1

0/3

0(1

0)

61

1/1

2(3

)-1

2/2

61

0/3

0P

A-

R-

B

RO

AD

-WIN

GE

D-

--

-6

10

/4(3

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10

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11

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12/6

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11

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61

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10

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11/5

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0(7

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6(5

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12

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A

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GR

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10

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11

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SE

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61

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MO

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D-

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1/2

8-

12

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2/1

8(3

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2/1

7-3

0(5

)6-

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WK

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MO

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61

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SW

IFT

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HIM

NE

Y-

61

0/7

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INDEX to Volume 8 (1994)

Am. Woodcock Carrying Young. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Black Rail Lebanon County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Blauer, Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Blust, Barry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Book, Jerry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Brauning, Dan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,138Breeding Dickcissel Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Checklist of the Birds of Blair County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Christmas Bird Counts 1994-95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Clapper Rail in Pa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Conant, Skip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Conejohela Flats - Habitat in Danger.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Confirmed Nesting of N. Mockingbird

in Lawrence Co... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Cooper's Hawk Utilizing Carrion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Crilley, Kevin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Dean, Barb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,90,142Dickcissels in Lawrence & Venango Counties.. . . . . . . . . . . 90Discovery of a Blackpoll Warbler Nest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128Documenting Rare Birds in Pa. - Part 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Fall Raptor Migration Summary 1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Feldstein, Steven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219Fifth Report of the P. O. R. C.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20First Breeding Colony of Herring Gulls

in Pa. Allegheny County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34First Confirmed Evening Grosbeak Nest in Pa.. . . . . . . . . . 133First Record of Ross' Gull for Pa. York County. . . . . . . . . . . 87Floyd, Ted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,201,207,208Ford, Paula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Future Breeders in Pa.?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,208

Great Dickcissel Flyway, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Gregory, Alan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 183Gross, Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128Grove, Greg & Deb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Haas, Barbara M.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Hess, Paul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201House Finches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Invasion of the Varied Thrushes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Kinglet Survival Huntingdon County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Koch, Arlene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,141,146Kwater, Ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,63,87,97

Late Yellow Warbler, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Mellon, Rick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Mescavage, Betsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Miller, Randy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,96Miracle at Imperial.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207More Notes on the Sandhill Cranes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Most Documented Record of a

Hoary Redpoll in Pa.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Neotropical migrants in Pennsylvania: Evidenceof absence, or absence of evidence?. . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Neotropical Migrants in Pa.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Night-Heron, Yellow-crowned. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Ornithological Technical Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

PENNSYLVANIA BIRDLISTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Personality Profile:

Alan Brady.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Robert M. Schutsky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Population Trends of Pa.'s Nesting Birds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Posible Origin of Pa.'s 1st Nesting Record

of Herring Gull. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Preliminary Checklist of the Birds of

Allegheny Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Pulcinella, Nick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,85

Rannels, Steve .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Rare Bird Reports

Gull, Laughing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Hummingbird, Rufous/Allen's.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Redpoll, Hoary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Sparrow, Lark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Sparrow, LeConte's. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Teal, Cinnamon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Tern, Gull-billed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Towhee, Green-tailed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Warbler, Kirtland's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Reid, Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Rodgers, Nancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Ruddy Turnbark and a Ruddy Rototiller, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Russell, Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Scenario of the Upland Sandpiperin Western Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Schiefer, Terry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Schwalbe, Paul and Glenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Second Breeding Record of Sandhill Crane for Pa... . . . . . 136Sharp-shinned Duck Hawk?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Site Guide: Unami Creek Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Third Annual North American Migration Count. . . . . . . . . . . 72

Unami Creek Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Update on Great Blue Heronries

in Lawrence County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Wilhelm, Gene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,139,204Wiltraut, Rick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,144Winter of the Long-eared Owls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13