Lehigh Valley bird sightings

Dave DeReamus of the Eastern PA Birdline, a project sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society, compiled the following list of bird sightings for the reporting period that ended August 23.

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Plainfield Township, Northampton County

Blue Grosbeaks, 3 on Aug. 18 at the Grand Central landfill

Jacobsburg State Park, Northampton County

Olive-sided Flycatcher, 1 on August 19 and 20

Mourning Warbler, 1 on August 10

Bethlehem Township, Northampton County

Baird’s Sandpiper, 1 on August 18 at Bethman and Church Roads

East Allen Township, Northampton County

Mourning Warbler, 1 on August 21

Bake Oven Knob, Lehigh County

Merlin, 2 on August 17

Also Common Raven

Trexlertown, Lehigh County

Sandhill Crane, 1 on August 15 near Rodale Park

Haycock Mountain on State Game Land 157, Bucks County

Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher, 1 on August 16

Olive-sided Flycatcher, 1 on August 16

Perkasie, Bucks County

Red-necked Phalarope, 1 on August 16 at Willard Markey Centennial Park

Green Lane Reservoir, Montgomery County

Caspian Terns, 6 on August 10 at the Church Road area

Peace Valley Park, Bucks County

Black-crowned Night Heron 1 on August 13 and 14

Short-billed Dowitchers, 15 to 20 on August 11 (fly-by’s)

Also Canada and Blackburnian warblers

To report bird sightings, send an e-mail to becard@rcn.com with the word “Birdline” in the subject heading.

Directions to many of the sites in this week's report can be found in "Birds of the Lehigh Valley and Vicinity," a guidebook published by the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society and available for sale at The Bird House.