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Bird reports for May

5/29/2015

 
The following birds of note were reported for May in Erie County, Pa.
 
Red-throated Loon--continues through the week off the breakwaters
 
American White Pelican  1; May 9, Leo's landing
 
American Bittern--1; May 9 & 10; Leo's landing
 
Swallow-tailed Kite--1; May 9; Presque Isle Hawk Watch at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center.  Second county record.
 
Sandhill Crane--1; May 7; Eaton Reservoir
                2; May 8; Thompson Circle on the ground
                4; May 9; over inland ponds on Presque Isle
 
Little Gull  1; May 8; Gull Point
 
Black Tern  2; May 6; Edinboro Lake
 
American Golden Plover  1; May 9; Beach 7 breakwater.  Fourth spring record for Erie County
 
Piping Plover  1 adult banded at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Seashore; May 4 to at least May 7; Gull Point
 
Willet  1; May 5; Gull Point
 
Clay-colored Sparrow  1; May 9; east pier
 
Summer Tanager  1; May 10; Niagara boat launch
 
Pine Siskins are still present in good numbers, mostly at feeding stations or over the Presque Isle Hawk Watch

Black Vulture  1; May 11; over the Presque Isle Hawk Watch at the TREC
 
American Golden Plover  1; May 12; Gull Point
 
Piping Plover  1; continues to at least May 14; Gull Point
 
Kentucky Warbler  1; May 15; Fry's landing 
 
Clay-colored Sparrow  1; May 14; behind the Ranger's station
 
Some typically uncommon spring birds reported this week include: Black-bellied Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Short-billed Dowitcher, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Acadian Flycatcher (rare on Presque Isle), Alder Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Northern Parula, and Pine Siskin.

Unidentified heron yet to be determined (resembles Tricolored Heron or perhaps a hybrid)--1; May 24; Presque Isle Hawk Watch at the TREC. Two images were taken.
 
Sandhill Crane--8; May 18; Presque Isle Hawk Watch at junct. of West 12th and Peninsula Drive
 
Willet--1; May 21; Lake LeBoeuf

Black-crowned Night-Heron--1; May 25; Fry's landing
 
Mississippi Kite--1; May 25; over the Presque Isle Hawk Watch at the TREC
 
Wilson's Plover--1; May 26; Gull Point
 
Arctic Tern--1; May 27; Gull Point
 
Olive-sided Flycatcher--1; May 26; Sidewalk Trail
 
Worm-eating Warbler--1 heard; May 25; west end of Pine Tree Trail
 
Kentucky Warbler--2 heard; May 25; near B-trail

2015 Festival of the Birds Checklist

5/24/2015

 
CHECKLIST OF BIRDS SEEN AT THE FESTIVAL OF THE BIRDS
Presque Isle State Park
May 8-10, 2015
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
European Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal*
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
………………………………..
Wild Turkey
Red-throated Loon*
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican*
American Bittern 
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
……………………………….
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite*
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk*
Sora
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
American Golden Plover*
Semipalmated Plover 
Killldeer
………………………………..
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs 
Least Sandpiper 
Dunlin
American Woodcock
Bonaparte’s Gull
………………………………….
Little Gull*
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster’s Tern 
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo*
Great Horned Owl
……………………………………
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
East Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
………………………………..
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo*
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven*
Horned Lark*
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
……………………………………
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush 
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
……………………………………
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
……………………………………….
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
……………………………………….
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird 
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

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Trumpeter Swan 

* Indicates a species not reported in 2011, 2012, or 2014.

2011       142 species with 24 species of warblers

2012       146 species with 25 species of warblers

(2013      No Festival)

2014       161 species with 26 species of warblers

2015        169 species with 25 species of warblers

Bird reports for April

5/3/2015

 
The following birds of note were reported for April in Erie County, Pa.
 

Surf Scoter  2; April 8; Presque Isle Bay
 
Red-throated Loon  1; to at least April 9; off Niagara boat launch, Presque Isle
 
Red-necked Grebe  1; April 8; Misery Bay, Presque Isle
 
Eared Grebe  1; April 6, foot of East Ave., Erie
 
American Bittern  1; April 9; flying over Niagara Pond on Presque Isle
 
Iceland Gull  up to 2; to at least April 9; Presque Isle Bay
 
Lesser Black-backed Gull  up to 2; to at least April 9; Presque Isle Bay
 
Glaucous Gull  up to 3; all week; Presque Isle Bay
 
Great Egret  up to 7; all week; around Presque Isle Bay
 
Long-eared Owl  2; April 11; pines on Presque Isle
 
Short-eared Owl  up to 3; April 10 & 11; Gull Point on Presque Isle
 
Common Redpoll   up to 36; all week; Northeast feeder

Lesser Black-backed Gull  1 adult; April 14; Leo's landing, Presque Isle S.P.
 
Sandhill Crane  2; April 13; over the Presque Isle Hawk Watch at the TREC
                          6; April 16; over the Presque Isle Hawk Watch at the TREC
 
A few Pine Siskins have been reported, especially at feeding stations.

Great Egret  up to 3; through the week; inland ponds
                              1; April 26; over the Presque Isle Hawk Watch at 12th St. & Peninsula Drive
 
Little Gull  1 alternate definitive plumage; April 23; off Vista 1
 
Iceland Gull  2; April 23; Presque Isle Bay
 
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1; April 23; Presque Isle Bay
 
Glaucous Gull  up to 4;  April 23 & 24; Presque Isle Bay
 
Pine Siskins are still being reported at feeding stations in the county

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