Birding Mail - Bird East - [BIRDEAST] Central PA Birdline for 2.9.2012

- RBA
* Pennsylvania
* Central Pennsylvania
* February 9, 2012
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PACE1202.09
Bird Highlights
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Lancaster
Co.)
ROSS' GOOSE (Lancaster Co.)
CACKLING GOOSE (Lancaster Co.)
PRAIRIE
FALCON (Cumberland Co.)
SNOWY OWL (Cumberland Co.)
NORTHERN SHRIKE (Centre
& Lancaster Cos.)
WOOD THRUSH (Lebanon Co.)
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
(Lancaster Co.)
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER (Cumberland Co.)
COMMON REDPOLL
(Clearfield Co.)
- Transcript
Hotline: Central Pennsylvania
Birdline
February 9, 2012
To Report: (email address filtered)

Compiler: Mark A. McConaughy
Coverage: Central Pennsylvania, Susquehanna
River Drainage System
Transcriber: Mark A. McConaughy

Welcome to
Pennsylvania Audubon's and the Patriot-News' Birdline. This Birdline covers
sightings made primarily during the week prior to Thursday, February 9,
2012.

BRADFORD COUNTY:
A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was heard calling at
Peck Hill on the evening on February 6 (AV, GV).

CENTRE COUNTY:
Two
immature and 2 adult BALD EAGLES were seen on February 4 at Bald Eagle State
Park (BSn). One immature BALD EAGLE and 1 GOLDEN EAGLE were seen at or from the
park on February 6 (AL).

Six light morph and 3 dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWKS were found on February 4 during a Winter Raptor Survey in Penns and Brush
Valley (SH, BH).

Two light- and one dark-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were
observed on February 5 along Route 192 west of Madisonburg (GG).

A
NORTHERN SHRIKE was found on February 5 along Rusknak Hill Road (JV).

A
juvenile PEREGRINE FALCON was seen on February 8 perched on a snag near a pond
at the intersection of Rock Hill and Linden Roads (AL, DGu).

CLEARFIELD
COUNTY:
One female COMMON REDPOLL visited a feeding area in DuBois on
February 5 (MA).

CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
The SNOWY OWL continues to be seen
through at least February 8 near the intersection of Duncan and Mud Level Roads
(NT, DY, CY, ML, DSn). On February 7 the SNOWY OWL was found west of the
intersection of Mud Level and Duncan Roads behind the Amish School House near
the farm with the three silo farm (BK). Note: there now have been SEVERAL
reports of people trying to closely approach the owl to take photographs
resulting it the owl flying off. DO NOT DO THIS! IT STRESSES THE OWL. MAKING IT
FLY AROUND JUST TO TAKE A PICTURE MAKES IT USE UP ENERGY IT MAY NEED TO SURVIVE.
One MERLIN was seen in the area on February 5 (SC).

The PRAIRIE FALCON
was spotted on the morning of February 4 sitting on a big pile of rocks near a
farm south of the Running Pump and Mud Level Roads (ML). Later it was seen in
the afternoon of February 4 northwest of Mud Level and west of Duncan Roads
(ML).

The TOWNSEND'S WARBLER continues to be seen through at least
February 5 (DW, DY, CY, DG, GG, ML, SC). Andy Green welcomes visitors to his
yard to see the TOWNSEND'S WARBLER. His address is 1133 Pine Road, Carlisle
(paste these coordinates into Google Maps: 40.1126724,-77.277326). This is about
half a mile east of the Kings Gap Store. Andy's driveway is gravel and is
well-marked with the house number on a signpost as well as on a green mailbox.
Visitors are welcome during daylight hours - the feeders are visible from the
driveway on the creek side of the house. The bird can be seen best on the back
deck of the home which Andy Green (the home owner) has graciously agreed too.
You can drive down the long gravel drive and park in front of the red shed at
the end but not in front of the garage on the left. Feel free to park along the
driveway, but do not block it. Andy said it is o.k. to park on the grass
shoulder. Andy says he has seen it since around. Please keep an eye out for
other warblers that are feeding in this yard along the Yellow Breeches Creek - a
PINE WARBLER and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT also come in on occasion.

DAUPHIN
COUNTY:
A second winter GLAUCOUS GULL was seen on February 7 in the
Susquehanna River near the Fort Hunter Mansion (RW).

HUNTINGDON
COUNTY:
One dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen on February 5 along Summit
School Road (JV).

One light morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was observed on
February 6 during a Winter Raptor Survey in southeastern Huntingdon County (RF,
PF).

LANCASTER COUNTY:
The NORTHERN SHRIKE continues to be observed
through at least February 3 along Girl Scout Road at Middle Creek Wildlife
Management Area (MS, BC). One immature BALD EAGLE was seen on February 3 flying
over the lake at Middle Creek (BC). One first winter GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
was found among the SNOW GEESE on February 5 (JS). February 6 produced 3
CACKLING GEESE, 10,000 SNOW GEESE (Game Commission Estimate on Feb. 7), 1 ROSS'
GOOSE, 1 subadult BALD EAGLE, 1 light morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and 1 subadult
GOLDEN EAGLE (JB).

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen between February 2
and 7 at Wood's Edge Pond along Centerville Road (BC, JB, CD, EW, ML, TG, KL,
GD, AG).

One immature BALD EAGLE was observed on February 3 perched on a
transmission line tower along Sunnyside Road (BC).

Ten BALD EAGLES were
seen on February 3 in a kettle over farmland between Elizabethtown and
Bainbridge (GD).

A SHRIKE sp. was seen on February 3 perched on one of
the blinds at Avocet Point (JB, CD).

A Winter Raptor Survey conducted on
February 5 in the western part of the county found 10 BALD EAGLES among the
raptors counted (TR, KS).

A first winter BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen
between February 5 and 7 along the Susquehanna River just up river from the Blue
Rock Road Boat Launch (EW, AL, ML).

The PALM WARBLER continues to be seen
at the Lancaster Water Authority in Washington Boro (EW).

Two PEREGRINE
FALCONS were seen on February 6 near the Veterans Memorial Bridge
(GD).

LEBANON COUNTY:
A WOOD THRUSH was seen between February 4 and 6
in State Game Lands 145 off a trail from the parking lot along Pinch Road (JH,
JB).

MIFFLIN COUNTY:
Two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were seen on February 2
along Back Mountain Road outside of Milroy (BF).

PERRY COUNTY:
One
light morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was found on February 7 during a Winter Raptor
Survey of the northeastern part of the county (DO, DGr, GW).

POTTER
COUNTY:
Two BALD EAGLES were seen during a Winter Raptor Survey conducted on
February 5 in the southern portion of the county (KJ, MJ).

One
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was observed during a Winter Raptor Survey in the central
portion of the county on February 5 (DH, FH).

SNYDER COUNTY:
One BALD
EAGLE was observed on February 8 flying low over Middle Creek just west of
Paxtonville (JW).

CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS:
If you miss the usual
Thursday postings of the Central PA Birdline on BIRDEAST and PABIRDS, I will
also be posting it on my page web site
at:
http://people.delphiforums.com/MCCONAUGHY/currentbl.htm

*PORC Pennsylvania Ornithological Record Committee. Rare bird sightings should be
documented with written descriptions and photographs whenever possible and sent
to PORC for review. Send PORC reports to Nick Pulcinella, 613 Howard Road, West
Chester, PA 19380.

The following people have contributed to this report:
Marianne Atkinson (MA), Justin Bosler (JB), Bruce Carl (BC), Shawn Collins (SC),
Cory Destein (CD), Gordon Dimmig (GD), Bob Fowles (BF), Pat Freed (PF), Ron
Freed (RF), Tom Garner (TG), Dave Grove (DGr), Deborah Grove (DG), Greg Grove
(GG), Al Guarente (AG), Delia Guzman (DGu), Bob Haas (BH), Steve Haas (SH), Dave
Hauber (DH), Fay Hauber (FH), Jonathan Heller (JH), Kathy Johnson (KJ), Mark
Johnson (MJ), Bob Koontz (BK), Alex Lamoreaux (AL), Mike Lanzone (ML), Keith
Leidich (KL), Meredith Lombard (ML), Don Orris (DO), Tom Raub (TR), Matt
Sabatine (MS), Jacob Socolar (JS), Dan Snell (DSn), Bob Snyder (BSn), Kim
Steininger (KS), Nathan Thomas (NT), Anne Vivino-Hintze (AV), George
Vivino-Hintze (GV), Gene Wagner (GW), Jason Weller (JW), Dave Wildasin (DW),
Richard Williams (RW), Eric Witmer (EW), Coleen Yeany (CY) and David Yeany (DY).
I apologize if I have misspelled their names and I will also refrain from naming
that person on request.
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Mark
A. McConaughy (email address filtered)

Bushy Run Battlefield
P.O. Box 486
Harrison City, PA 15636-0468
(724) 527-5585
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