Lehigh Valley bird sightings for week ended August 7

Black-and-white Warbler

Here are the Lehigh Valley bird sightings for the week ended August 7. The list was compiled by The Bird House based on reports from ebird.org.

Easton, Northampton County
(at “Forks of the Delaware”)
Solitary Sandpiper, 1 on Aug. 4

Monocacy Nature Center, Northampton County
Mute Swan, 2 each on Aug. 3 and Aug. 6.
Great Horned Owl, 1 on Aug. 3 and 1 on Aug. 6.
Canada Warbler, 1 on Aug. 3.

Bethlehem, Northampton County

Peregrine Falcon, 1 on Aug. 5

Housenick Memorial Park, Northampton County
Solitary Sandpiper, 1 on Aug. 2.
Indigo Bunting, 2 on Aug. 2.
Also seen: Green Heron and American Redstart.

Freemansburg towpath, Northampton County
Turkey Vulture, 12 on Aug. 7.
Spotted Sandpiper, 1 on Aug. 7.
Warbling Vireo, 2 on Aug. 7.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, 10 on Aug. 7.
Also seen: Northern Parula and Yellow Warbler.

Northampton, Northampton County
Turkey Vulture, 1 on Aug. 7.
Indigo Bunting, 1 on Aug. 7.

Solitary Sandpiper

Plainfield, Northampton County
(on the Appalachian Trail)
Ovenbird, 1 on Aug. 2

Bath, Northampton County
(at Silvercrest Pond)
Bald Eagle, 1 on Aug. 1.
Turkey Vulture, 2 on Aug. 1.
Cooper’s Hawk, 1 on Aug. 1.

Haafsville, Lehigh County
Black Vulture, 1 on Aug. 7 (eating cat food on an open porch).

Schantz Road, Lehigh County
(Construction site at Boulder Drive)
Red-winged Blackbird, 50 on Aug. 7.

State Game Lands 205, Lehigh County
Red-tailed Hawk, 2 on Aug. 7.
American Kestrel, 1 on Aug. 7.
Indigo Bunting, 5 on Aug. 7.

Germansville, Lehigh County
(at Reservoir Road)
Eastern Wood-Pewee, 8 on Aug. 7.
Hooded Warbler, 2 on Aug. 7.
Chestnut-sided Warbler, 1 on Aug. 7.
Also seen: Cooper's Hawk and Brown Thrasher.

Grasshopper Sparrow

Trexler Nature Preserve, Lehigh County
Green Heron, 1 on Aug. 5.
Solitary Sandpiper, 1 on Aug. 5.
Warbling Vireo, 4 on Aug. 5.
Brown Thrasher, 1 on Aug. 5.
Black-and-white Warbler, 1 on Aug. 5.
Chestnut-sided Warbler, 1 on Aug. 5.
Orchard Oriole, 7 on Aug. 5.

Lynnport, Lehigh County
Wild Turkey, 4 on Aug. 4.

Leaser Lake, Lehigh County
Green Heron, 12 on Aug. 1 and 7 on Aug. 2.
Turkey Vulture, 1 on Aug. 1 and 6 on Aug. 2.
Pied-billed Grebe, 1 on Aug. 1 and 2.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, 64 on Aug. 2.
Barn Swallow, 21 on Aug. 2.
Worm-eating Warbler, 1 on Aug. 2.
Black-and-white Warbler, 3 on Aug. 2.
Bobolink, 4 on Aug. 2.
Orchard Oriole, 4 on Aug. 2.
Baltimore Oriole, 1 on Aug. 1 and 10 on Aug. 2.
Osprey, 1 on Aug. 1.

Peace Valley Park, Bucks County
Cliff Swallow, 6 on Aug. 5.
Turkey Vulture, 1 on Aug. 3, Aug. 4 and Aug. 5.
Black Vulture, 1 on Aug. 5.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, 1 on Aug. 2.
Worm-eating Warbler, 1 on Aug. 4.
Prothonotary Warbler, 1 on Aug. 2.
Yellow Warbler, 3 on Aug. 2.
Baltimore Oriole, 1 on Aug. 4.
Bald Eagle, 1 on Aug. 3.

Bobolink

Nockamixon State Park, Bucks County
White-eyed Vireo, 1 on Aug. 4.
Baltimore Oriole, 3 on Aug. 4.
Turkey Vulture, 5 on Aug. 3 and 2 on Aug. 4.
Common Loon, 1 on Aug. 3.

Beltzville State Park, Carbon County
Black-and-white Warbler, 1 on Aug. 7.
Yellow Warbler, 1 on Aug. 1.
Vesper Sparrow, 2 on Aug. 7.
Grasshopper Sparrow, 1 on Aug. 7.
Bobolink, 18 on Aug. 1, 14 on Aug. 4, and 75 on Aug. 7.
Red-winged Blackbird, 15 on Aug. 1.
Baltimore Oriole, 5 on Aug. 1 and 3 on Aug. 4.
Also seen: Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Green Heron and Brown Trasher.