2010 - Bird sightings in Westmoreland County, southwestern Pennsylvania
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Bird sightings, & more, in Westmoreland County, southwestern Pennsylvania
~~~ Year 2010 ~~~
Some bird sightings
m=male, f=female, pr=pair (1 male + 1 female), a=adult, im=immature, f/i=female or immature, b=breeding (summer) plumage, n=non-breeding (winter or basic) plumage, h=heard, s=seen, oh=overhead. An underlined entry means the sighting is somehow special, first of season, unusual, noteworthy; locally or regionally uncommon/rare, out-of-season, out-of-range, extralimital, etc.
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Red-winged Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird 1, Blue Jay, Bufflehead, Pied-billed Grebe, Belted Kingfisher at Bridgeport Dam. Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck 1 at Donegal Lake, and one 6-point buck swimming west to east across the widest part of the lake, pass the main boat launch. Canada Goose, Killdeer, Green-winged Teal 9, Canvasback 1m, Pintail 1m, Common Merganser 6f, Hooded Merganser 1m, Bufflehead 1m, Ringneck Duck 3, Black Duck, Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk at Latrobe Reservoir (Trout Run Dam). Turkey Vulture 1 along Rt711 south of Ligonier, 1 along Rt30 by Ruthies Diner, 11/20.
Winter Wren 1 along Woodchuck Trail, Conemaugh Dam Park, 10/17.
Common Raven 1, Yellow-shafted Flicker 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Chipping Sparrow 12+, Killdeer, Belted Kingfisher 2, Green Heron, Chimney Swift, Screech Owl h, Keystone State Park, 9/29.
Great Egret, Wood Duck, Kestrel, Creekside Trail in Latrobe, 9/24.
Broad-winged Hawk 200+, Osprey 1, Cooper's Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Common Raven 2, Black Vulture 9, Red-tailed Hawk at Allegheny Front Hawk Watch, 9/19.
American Kestrel 1m, Great Egret 1, Osprey 1, Belted Kingfisher, Wood Duck 3, Black-throated Green Warbler, other fall warblers, Tufted Titmouse, Chickadee, Carolina Wren, Turkey Vulture, Creekside Trail and Legion Keener Park, Latrobe, 9/17.
Osprey 3 a, Indigo Bunting, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-breasted Chat, Wood Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Wood Duck, Great Blue Heron, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Kingbird at Loyalhanna Lake, 7/10.
Turkey Vulture 1 over Ligonier. Common Raven 1 over Laurel Summit, 3/6.
Common Raven 1, near Laughlintown, 2/21.
Belted Kingfisher 1, Greensburg, 2/20.
Carolina Wren 1, House Finch singing, Robins, Greensburg, 2/18.
Cardinal, a tail-less female at feeder, Latrobe, 2/17.
Common Raven 1, Robins Greensburg, 2/16.
Cardinal, Dark-eyed Junco, Tufted Titmouse, Black-capped Chickadee, House Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, American Goldfinch, House Finch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Starling at feeders in Latrobe, 2/12.
Cardinal, 1 male striking window, a behavior continuing since last summer. Starling, one caught in a wood stove fireplace. Caught and released using a butterfly net., 2/8.
Cedar Waxwing 3, Robins 6+ at Twin Lakes County Park. A tree trunk seeping sap from fresh holes made by Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, 2/4.
Blue Jay, Mockingbird, Tree Sparrow 12+, Song Sparrow, Eastern Bluebird 6+, Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, Downy Woodpecker, Yellow-shafted Flicker at 3rd Bridge wetlands north of Latrobe. Eastern Bluebird 6+ (4m 2f), Yellow-rumped Warbler 2, Bald Eagle 2 (1a 1im) at Bush Recreation Area Loyalhanna Lake. Wild Turkey 7 along Bush Rd. Robin in Latrobe, 1/31.
American Kestrel 2 (1f 1m) along Onega Rd and Saint Xavier Rd, Red-tailed Hawk 1 along Airport Rd, area of Westmoreland Airport, Unity Township, 1/30.
American Kestrel 1m, Winter Wren 1, White-throated Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, American Goldfinch 2, Red-tailed Hawk, Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker 2, Mockingbird at Loyalhanna Creekside Trail, Latrobe. The Kestrel was perched on a wire over the creek between Memorial Stadium and Chestnut Ridge Beverage Company (former LeNature's). Winter Wren was foraging in the recesses of the undercut creek bank and undercut tree roots. The Pileated Woodpeckers were in trees beside Pig Iron Pond. One of the coldest days of the season, with a high of 18 degrees late afternoon. 1/29.
Black-capped Chickadee, Dark-eyed Junco 24~, White-throated Sparrow, Cardinal, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, Hermit Thrush 1, Mockingbird 1, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Tufted Titmouse, Mallard, Canada Goose 12~ overhead, White Pekin Duck, White-breasted Nuthatch at Twin Lakes County Park, 1/28.
American Kestrel 1m along Butz Rd, east of Crabtree, 1/24.
Cedar Waxwing 12~ overhead, Canada Goose 67, Great Blue Heron 1 at Mammoth County Park.
Red-tailed Hawk 1, American Kestrel 1m with captured mouse, Baker Rd, 1/21.
Robins 24~ overhead in Westpoint, Greensburg. Accipiter 1 at Beatty Crsooroads, 1/20.
Golden-crowned Kinglet, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker h, x-c Twin Lakes County Park, 1/15.
Robins 6~, Swamp Sparrow 1, Song Sparrow 6+, x-c Keystone State Park, 1/14.
Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron fresh tracks in snow, x-c Creekside Trail Latrobe 1/13.
Red-tailed Hawk along Rt30 bypass just west of Rt119, perched atop a cow ear of the Chick-fil-A billboard. Rock Pigeons at the Knights Inn sign. Kestrel 1 at Rt30 and Greengate Rd, on wire overlooking the Railroad right-of-way. Fox seen & heard in fields & woods at night while x-c sking at night, Latrobe, 1/12.
Raven 2, Chickadees 3, x-c Laurel Summit in heavy snow covering,1/10.
Swan (Tundra) heard overhead, overcast sky with snow flurries, dark PM hours, 6th ward Latrobe, 1/3.