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Unusual Bird Sightings

4/4/2020

21 Comments

 
21 Comments
Thomas Simmons
4/7/2020 12:06:39 pm

April 2, 2020 7:00PM Harwood Trail Coming down the grassy trail behind the Nature Center at Richard M. Nixon County Park a Veery was in the weeds and lit on a stake for about 15 seconds then went into the dense brush. Very early for this bird!

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George Schardt
4/7/2020 12:56:56 pm

Nice sighting Tom. Thanks!!

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Tom and Alice Simmons
4/7/2020 01:23:05 pm

April 5, 2020 7:00PM Chestnut Grove Natural Area, Lancaster County From the parking lot at the base of a small Redbud tree in bloom were some White-crowned Sparrows. At least 2 Adults and 2 Juveniles. They were flitting around the mulch, grass and into the small tree. We were enjoying their songs.

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Chuck Kling
4/13/2020 04:22:07 pm

Ebird report, with picture, of a European Goldfinch just outside Glen Rock. Escaped pet or a wild transient??

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Tom & Alice Simmons
4/17/2020 01:21:14 pm

About noon today (4/17/20) while doing Project FeederWatch a first-year female Pine Warbler was feeding at our suet cake and platform feeder at our bedroom window.

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Chuck Kling
4/29/2020 10:12:30 am

Saw a Glossy Ibis at Lake Redman boardwalk this morning around 9:30. Was still there when I left.

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George Schardt
4/29/2020 10:18:37 am

Thanks for the prompt report Chuck. I hope people are opting to be notified of these posts, I saw the report right away in time to head down there!

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Tom and Alice Simmons
5/5/2020 07:05:29 pm

On 5/1 we saw the leucistic (white) Red-tailed Hawk from near the intersection of 214 and Swamp Rd. between Dallastown and Loganville. Stand between the bridge and the barn and look downstream Barshinger Creek. The bird was noted at a meeting a few years ago and is still in this territory.

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Chuck Kling
5/5/2020 07:17:25 pm

A Least Bittern has been hanging around the Lake Redman boardwalk since 5/1/20. Still reported from there today.

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Tom Simmons
5/5/2020 07:23:30 pm

Great sighting. Where there did you see it?

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Chuck Kling
5/14/2020 01:54:51 pm

Sorry for late response, didn't see your question. Bird was still reported there as of yesterday. He hangs out in the shallow water grassy area just as you enter the boardwalk. Sometimes to the left sometimes straight ahead. Very hard to see, but within 10 feet of you.

Keith A Baker
5/14/2020 01:37:13 pm

Has anyone ever seen a black vulture with brite red shoulders looks like a giant red winged blackbird. I have seen three of these at my farm recently.

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Chuck Kling
5/15/2020 10:22:49 am

Two female Bobolinks at Hopewell Twp just now

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Alice & Tom
5/16/2020 11:24:47 am

Thanks for the info. We went in the evening and saw one male. Also saw about six Grasshopper Sparrows in addition to all the other goodies.

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Ryan Szuch
5/15/2020 11:00:54 am

I sighted a chickadee at my feeder this week. eBird indicates that was a rare sighting. Why is that? Have they mostly migrated north by now?

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Tom Simmons
5/15/2020 11:40:49 am

Did you click on Black-capped or Carolina. Carolina is commons here.

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Chuck Kling
6/5/2020 01:27:48 pm

Saw a Prothonitary Warbler at Lake Williams this morning. First time I've ever seen one there.

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Gary Shearer
6/29/2020 09:09:15 am

I have twice seen a bird on our farm in Reading Twp , Adams county that may be a lark bunting but all I read puts this bird in the Rockies?

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Alice Simmons
6/29/2020 02:18:41 pm

Gary Shearer, I am glad you reported this bird. On 5/9/20 I'm sure it was a Lark Bunting that I saw in our yard. Only for a few seconds before it moved out of sight. No time for a photo. I did not report it because who would believe it. A black bird with a white wing patch. We searched and nothing else like it.

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Tom and Alice Simmons
11/9/2020 03:18:42 pm

We saw a Ross's Goose. We heard from someone at the Boardwalk this AM that one was there with Canada Geese and they all left about 7;15 AM. We looked around and found it at the Lake Redman spillway at about 1:30 with about 100 Canada Geese. We walked up the bank along the spillway and it was easy to find. Mostly white with black near the tail and a short beak. About half the size of a Canada Goose.

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Tom and Alice Simmons
12/16/2020 05:42:59 pm

Keep your eyes open on the CBC. I had a phone call from a friend asking for a bird ID. From their description it likely was a male Common Redpoll. It was at their peanut butter feeder in the Wrightsville area.

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