| Current
report - Thursday August 14, 2008
- Birds Mentioned
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accounts for many of these birds
Western Tanager++
+ (Details requested by New
Jersey Birds Records Committee)
++ (Details requested by Pennsylvania
Ornthological Records Committee)
+++ (Details requested by Delaware
Records Committee)
American White Pelican
Little Blue Heron
White-faced Ibis
Redhead
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-Tailed Hawk
Merlin
Sora
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Black Tern
Common Nighthawk
Purple Martin
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Common Raven
Lawrence Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Yellow Warler
Blackburnian Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Western Tanager
Lark Sparrow
Dickcissel
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Hotline: Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert
Email reports to:
Compilers: Mike Lyman - Delaware
Valley Ornithological Club
Phone: (215) 240-7547
URL: http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm
Welcome to the Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert, a service
provided by the joint efforts of the Academy
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Delaware
Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC), covering the Delaware
Valley Regions of Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
I'm Mike Lyman filling in for the vacationing Steve
Kacir. I will be your guide for birding in the Greater Philadelphia Region.
This week, we highlight reports of Western Tanager and good migration
in both warblers and shorebirds
For New Jersey: Click
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Cape May County:
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Here for Cape May County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On Wednesday morning, August 13, highlights from Higbee's
Beach included a very strong warbler migration consisting of hundreds
of AMERICAN REDSTARTS, YELLOW and BLACK AND WHITE WARBLERS; with lesser
numbers of CERULEAN, TENNESSEE, BLACKBURNIAN, WORM-EATING and MOURNING
WARBLERs seen here this day. On Monday August 11, a LAWRENCE WARBLER
was well seen at Higbee's Beach. Cape May State Park on August 13, held
PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPER at Bunker Pond and 2 PIPING PLOVERS along
with an adult BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (first reported Saturday August 9) at
the Plover Ponds. Hidden Valley had a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and
HOODED WARBLER present on Saturday August 9, and a first fall male GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLER on August 10. Tuesday August 12, seen from the Woodcock Trail
Tract of Cape May NWR were YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and a flyover DICKCISSEL.
August 14, from the TNC Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge, reports of a
LARK SPARROW.
Cumberland County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On the evening of August 9, observers on an organized
kayaking trip witnessed a mega roost of approximately 20,000 PURPLE
MARTINS by the Maurice River.
Atlantic County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Thursday, August 14, Edwin B. Forsythe, AKA Brigantine,
continued to hold the long staying GLAUCOUS GULL in the North Pool and
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN in the East Pool. Also seen in the East Pool
this day were a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and a WILSON'S PHALAROPE as well
as a report of WHITE-FACED IBIS at the refuge.
Burlington County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No report
Camden County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Ocean County:
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with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Monmouth County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Salem County:
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with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
August 11, DeLea Sod Farm also held a female YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD in a mixed blackbird flock. Also seen here was 1 BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER.
Gloucester County:
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Here for Gloucester County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Click
Here for information on DVOC member Sandra
Keller's Gloucester County Big Year.
Monday, August 11, Dream Park in Logan Township had
a lone female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.
Hunterdon County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Mercer County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Warren County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Somerset County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
NJ Extralimitals:
Bergen County
In Wyckoff on August 12, an observer had 14 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS fly toward
the Wyckoff Nature Center. Near the Oradell Reservoir on Sunday August
10, a Merlin was seen.
For Delaware: Click
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New Castle County
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Thousand Acre Marsh held a drake REDHEAD on August
9.
Kent County:
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with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On August 11, Bombay Hook held many good shorebirds,
among these were a dozen LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS in Raymond's Pool, a
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE in the South end of Bear Swamp, 3 WILSON'S PHALAROPES
in Finis Pool and an Immature BLACK TERN over Shearness Pool. A WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW was seen on August 12, from the base of Lockerman Street Bridge
on the west side of the St. Jones River.
Sussex County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No report
For Pennsylvania: Click
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Philadelphia County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Delaware County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Chester County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Montgomery County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Click
Here for information on DVOC member Steve
Kacir's Montgomery County Big Year.
No reports
Bucks County:
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with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On August 8, an observer had 19 KILLDEER from Rock
Way near Council Rock High School South, this sod farm has in the past
held grasspipers and other unusual shorebirds for the area, making it
a worthy stop. Also on this day, at Peace Valley Nature Center, a kettle
consisting of an Immature RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, BROAD-WINGED HAWK AND
RED-TAILED HAWK, provided a nice study in Buteo identification. The
following day, August 9, an or the same Immature RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
was seen numerous times throughout the day between the nature center
and Chapman Road bridge, this is an unusual find this time of year for
Peace Valley. LESSER BLACK BACKED GULLS were found also at Peace Valley
on August 9. On August 10, 2 Immature LITTLE BLUE HERONS were seen from
Woodbourne Road at Core Creek Park.
Northampton County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On August 12, from the Freemansburg area, a report
of a WESTERN TANAGER seen by the locktender's house, along the Lehigh
Canal. On August 13, Bear Swamp held a SORA in the pre- dawn hours.
This same day at Lake Minsi a COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen.
Lehigh County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
August 10, observer had SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER across
the street from 860 Nestle Way in Fogelsville.
Schuykill County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Berks County:
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with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On August 9, Lake Ontelaunee had a COMMON RAVEN. This
same day from a private residence in Berks reports of nesting success
for SHARP-SHINNED HAWK with 5 fledglings.
Lancaster County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Lebanon County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Announcements
On August 16, Martin Selzer will lead a DVOC field
trip to Edwin B Forsythe AKA Brigantine to catch the later wave of the
shorebird migration spectacle. The trip will meet at the
Refuge headquarters at 8:00AM.
The next meeting of the DVOC is Thursday September
4th at 7:30pm at Silver Lake Nature Center, 1306 Bath Rd., Bristol,
PA. This is an informal meeting scheduled to highlight attendees summer
adventures in birding. More details can be found on the DVOC website
http://www.dvoc.org, and guests are always welcome.
See Life Paulagics is running a number of pelagic
trips out of ports in the Delaware Valley. A pelagic out of Lewes, DE
is scheduled for Aug 16, and an overnight trip out of Lewes is scheduled
for Aug 21. A pelagic out of Belmar, NJ is scheduled for Aug 24. . For
more information, call 215-234-6805 or visit See Life Paulagics on the
web at http://www.paulagics.com
The Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert is a weekly report
on birding in the Delaware Valley Region including
Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. To report birds or significant
upcoming birding events and planned pelagic trips, please email
. This is Steve Kacir, good
birding to you all and thanks for calling, surfing and reporting.
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