| Current
report - Wednesday June 3, 2009
- Birds Mentioned
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accounts for many of these birds
White-faced Ibis (NJ)+
Mississippi Kite (PA)+
Arctic Tern (PA)+
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (NJ)+
(NJ)+ (Details requested by
New Jersey Birds
Records Committee)
(PA)+ (Details requested by Pennsylvania
Ornthological Records Committee)
(DE)+ (Details requested by Delaware
Records Committee)
Common Loon
Least Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Glossy Ibis
White-winged Scoter
Mississippi Kite
Northern Goshawk
Chukar
Northern Bobwhite
Virginia Rail
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Red-necked Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Monk Parakeet
Black-billed Cuckoo
Barn Owl
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk
Whip-poor-will
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Brewster's Warbler
Lawrence's Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Grasshopper Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Bobolink
Purple Finch
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Hotline: Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert
Email reports to:
Compiler: Steve Kacir, Delaware
Valley Ornithological Club
Phone: (215) 240-7547
Voice of the Delaware Valley RBA: Cindy Ahern and Win Shafer
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.
This week, we highlight reports of WHITE-FACED IBIS
in Cape May County, NJ; MISSISSIPPI KITES and ARCTIC TERNS in Lancaster
County, PA; ARCTIC TERN in Berks County, PA and SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
in Union County, NJ.
For New Jersey: Click
Here for the New Jersey Birding List
Cape May County:
Click
Here for Cape May County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
A WHITE-FACED IBIS flew over Pond Creek Marsh at the
old Magnesite Plant on May 29. In West Cape May, a WHITE-FACED IBIS
was near the pond at Shunpike Rd and Stimpson Lane on May 30. A ROSEATE
TERN was at the southeast corner of The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC)
Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge on May 29. Two WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS
were at the east path on June 1. Other highlights from the refuge this
week included BLUE GROSBEAKS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and PIPING PLOVERS
with chicks. The Rea Farm had BLUE GROSBEAK and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.
This week’s highlights from Belleplain State Forest included SUMMER
TANAGERS and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. RED KNOTS were at Reed’s Beach
on May 30. An ICELAND GULL was at Cook’s Beach on May 27. A PURPLE
SANDPIPER was on the jetty to the left of the parking area at Stone
Harbor Point on May 27. PIPING PLOVERS were nesting in the Corson’s
Inlet and Ocean City area.
Click
here for Karl and Judy Lukens's website where there are pictures
of various interesting birds that have been seen in Cape May County
and in New Jersey.
Cumberland County:
Click
Here for Cumberland County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On June 2, a MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen from the Natural
Lands Trust's Peek Preserve upstream of Mauricetown. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
was at Heislerville WMA on May 29-31, and 2 BLACK-NECKED STILTS were
there on May 30. Other birds at Heislerville included WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS,
WESTERN SANDPIPER and CASPIAN TERN. On May 30, Bevan WMA in Dividing
Creek had SUMMER TANAGER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and KENTUCKY WARBLER.
Atlantic County:
Click
Here for Atlantic County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
An AMERICAN AVOCET was at the south pool at the Brigantine
Division of Edwin B Forsythe NWR on June 1-2. Other reports from Brigantine
included VIRGINIA RAIL, NORTHEN BOBWHITE, WHIMBRELS, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER,
STILT SANDPIPER, WESTERN SANDPIPERS and RED KNOTS. Tuckerton WMA had
RED KNOTS and SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS on May 29.
Monmouth County:
Click
Here for Monmouth County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On May 31, Sandy Hook had three MOURNING WARBLERS:
one around the rusty barn and maintenance building, another seen from
the path between the boy scout parking lot and the barn, and a third
MOURNING WARBLER was heard from the bike path near the road to nowhere.
An ALDER FLYCATCHER was heard near the maintenance building that day.
Other birds at Sandy Hook included CASPIAN TERNS, COMMON NIGHTHAWKS,
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and CANADA WARBLERS.
Burlington County:
Click
Here for Burlington County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was observed nesting on New
Lisbon Developmental Center land near Franklin Parker Preserve. The
Hawkins Rd area had PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and HOODED WARBLER. Wharton
State Forest had COMMON NIGHTHAWKS doing their “booming”
displays and calling WHIP-POOR-WILLS.
Camden County:
Click
Here for Camden County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Ocean County:
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Here for Ocean County Birding Resources including an interactive map
with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On May 31, Island Beach State Park had YELLOW-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS, WESTERN SANDPIPER and a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER.
Salem County:
Click
Here for Salem County Birding Resources including an interactive map
with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Featherbed Lane WMA had an UPLAND SANDPIPER, GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS and
BOBOLINKS on May 31.
Gloucester County:
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Here for Gloucester County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Hunterdon County:
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Here for Hunterdon County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Middlesex County:
In Carteret, MONK PARAKEETS were reported from High
St and Washington Ave and the corner of Atlantic St and Washington Ave.
Mercer County:
Click
Here for Mercer County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Warren County:
Click
Here for Warren County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was north of Van Campens on
the west side of Old Mine Rd near an old farmhouse with a large pull-off
on May 28. That day, an ALDER FLYCATCHER was 8.1 miles north of the
Fairview parking area at Old Mine Rd. Other highlights from Old Mine
Rd included PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, CERULEAN WARBLERS and CANADA WARBLER.
Reports from the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area at the
border of Warren and Sussex Counties included CERULEAN WARBLERS and
a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER.
Somerset County:
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Here for Somerset County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Morris County:
The LAWRENCE’S WARBLER at the Elizabeth Kay
Center in Chester was present through May 31, and a KENTUCKY WARBLER
and CANADA WARBLER were there on May 28. A juvenile PINE SISKIN was
spotted at Mountain Lakes.
Union County:
On June 1, a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was near the
big pond off Saint Georges Ave at Warinanco Park in Roselle near the
Linden border.
NJ Extralimitals:
No reports
For Delaware: Click
Here for the Delaware Birding List
New Castle County
Click
Here for New Castle County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Dragon Run Park had LEAST BITTERNS & LITTLE BLUE
HERONS on June 1.
Kent County:
Click
Here for Kent County Birding Resources including an interactive map
with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Highlights from Bombay Hook NWR included BLACK-NECKED
STILTS and BLACKPOLL WARBLERS. Three fledgling BARRED OWLS were spotted
in downtown Dover.
Sussex County:
Click
Here for Sussex County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Twenty RED KNOTS and a BLACK TERN were at Cape Henlopen
Point in Cape Henlopen State Park on May 31. PIPING PLOVERS were on
the beach at Cape Henlopen. Abbott’s Mill Nature Center had a
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER near the mill on June 3. The Morton Farm across
from Abbott’s Mill had 3-4 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS that day. A SUMMER
TANAGER was at the wood edge between the Morton Farm and Lindale Rd,
and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was reported from the Lee Meadow power line
cut. A property in Seaford still had 1-2 PINE SISKINS and a PURPLE FINCH
as of May 31.
For Pennsylvania: Click
Here for the Pennsylvania Birding List
Philadelphia County:
Click
Here for Philadelphia County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
A CHUKAR has been seen around Clifford Park.
Delaware County:
Click Here
for Delaware County Birding Resources including an interactive map with
locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.No reports
On May 29, two LEAST TERNS and 2 FORSTER’S TERNS
were found at the Delaware River near the Philadelphia Airport, behind
the UPS building. On May 28, 4 GLOSSY IBIS flew over the bridge near
Darby Creek, and a DUNLIN was at John Heinz NWR at Tinicum. A GLOSSY
IBIS flew over Route 291 on May 31.
Chester County:
Click Here
for Chester County Birding Resources including an interactive map with
locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Montgomery County:
Click
Here for Montgomery County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.No Reports
A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was by the milk barn parking
lot at Norristown Farm Park May 29-30, and a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
was singing at the blocked-off bridge on May 30. A possible BARN OWL
has been reported from Huntingdon Valley.
Bucks County:
Click
Here for Bucks County Birding Resources including an interactive map
with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On May 26, two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and 2 COMMON LOONS
were on Lake Galena at Peace Valley Park. Other highlights from Peace
Valley this week included COMMON NIGHTHAWKS, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. At Bradford Dam, a MOURNING WARBLER was near the
footbridge on the trail leading to Nike Park on May 31. A WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPER and SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS were at the shallow end of the lake
at Bradford Dam on May 30.
Northampton County:
Click
Here for Northampton County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Boro Park in Nazareth had over 20 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS
through May 28
Lehigh County:
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Here for Lehigh County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Through May 28, at least 5 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS
were still at Grandview Cemetery at Walbert Ave and Cedar Crest Blvd,
Allentown. PINE SISKINS were still to be found in Cetronia.
Schuylkill County:
Click
Here for Schuylkill County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Berks County:
Click
Here for Berks County Birding Resources including an interactive map
with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.No reports
An ARCTIC TERN was perched on an orange buoy marking
the swimming area at Blue Marsh National Recreation Area on May 30.
A LEAST BITTERN was at Peter’s Creek on May 31. The Stony Creek
area of SGL 110 had a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO on May 27 & 30. COMMON
RAVENS were at SGL 110 on May 30. On May 27, Lake Ontelaunee had a SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER and 2 DUNLINS.
Lancaster County:
Click
Here for Lancaster County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On May 29 through June 1, a MISSISSIPPI KITE was at
the Breezy View Overlook off Route 441 north of Route 30 in Columbia.
Two or three MISSISSIPPI KITES were there on May 29. A MISSISSIPPI KITE
was seen from Vinegar Ferry Rd and Depot Rd near Rowenna on June 1.
One to two ARCTIC TERNS were at “the Rocks” in the Susquehanna
River off Blue Lane on May 29 through June 2. Another ARCTIC TERN flew
past the Conejohela Flats that day. There were BLACK TERNS at “the
Rocks on May 29-31. Other sightings from the Conejohela Flats included
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, DUNLIN, LAUGHING GULL,
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, CASPIAN TERN, COMMON TERNS and PROTHONOTARY
WARBLERS. A PINE SISKIN has been at Churchtown through June 2, and another
was reported from Landisville through May 31.
Lebanon County:
Click
Here for Lebanon County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
The power line cut off Pinch Rd had an ALDER FLYCATCHER
on May 29.
Carbon County:
On May 27, SGL 129 had 2 ALDER FLYCATCHERS. On May
31, a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was near the parking area for the Hatchery
Rd power line cut in Penn Twp.
Monroe County:
No reports
Pike County:
A MOURNING WARBLER was at Promised Land State Park
on May 30. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK and ALDER FLYCATCHERS were there on June
2. On June 2, the power line cut near Highline Rd and DCNR management
area with removed trees in Delaware State Forest had 10 GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLERS, 2 BREWSTER’S WARBLERS, CANADA WARBLERS and a HORNED
LARK.
Wayne County:
No reports
PA Extralimitals:
No reports.
Extralimital Reports
No reports
Announcements
On June 6, Steve
Kacir will lead a DVOC field trip to Wharton State Forest for displaying
nighthawks and calling Whip-poor-wills. The trip will meet at the Carranza
Memorial at 6:00PM. Please contact Steve if you plan on attending. On
June 10, Bob Horton will lead
a DVOC field trip to Lakehurst Naval Air Station for Upland Sandpipers,
Grasshopper Sparrow and Vesper Sparrow. This trip will meet at the Chapel
of the Air parking lot at Lakehurst at 7:00AM. Due to the nature of this
trip, all participants will need a valid driver’s license or picture
ID, and attendees must register with Bob in advance. Additional information
about these field trips along with contact information for the trip leaders
can be found on the DVOC website: http://www.dvoc.org
The next meeting of the DVOC is on June 4, 2009 at 7:30pm
at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, when Frank
Windfelder will present “Trans-Pecos Birding.” The meeting
after that will be an informal meeting at the Palmyra Cove Nature Center
on July 2, featuring short programs by Frank
Windfelder and Debbie Beer.
Details are on the website; nonmembers and guests are always welcome.
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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