Lehigh Valley bird sightings for May 6

Glossy Ibis

Here are the Lehigh Valley bird sightings for the week ended May 6. The list was compiled by Dave DeReamus, of the Eastern PA Birdline, which is sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society.

Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County
(along National Park Drive)
Golden-winged Warbler, 1 on April 28.
Also seen: Hooded Warbler.

(along Institute Road)
Orange-crowned Warbler, 1 on April 29.

Lake Minsi, Northampton County
Glossy Ibis, 1 on May 4.
Common Tern, 2 on May 3; 1 on May 4.
Caspian Tern, 7 on May 3; 12 on May 4.

Echo Lake, Northampton County
Bonaparte's Gull, 1 on May 4.

Martins Creek Quarry, Northampton County
Caspian Tern, 4 on May 4.

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Martins Creek, Northampton County
(at a private feeder)
Blue Grosbeak, 1 from April 28 to at least May 1.

Palmer Township, Northampton County
(Main Street at Van Buren Road)
Glossy Ibis, 1 on May 4.
Black-bellied Plover, 4 on May 4.

Bethlehem Township, Northampton County
(at the St. Luke's Anderson Medical Campus retention pond)
Willet, 1 on May 3.

Beltzville State Park, Carbon County
Red-breasted Merganser, 2 on April 28 and April 29; 1 on May 1 through at least May 4.
Red-throated Loon, 1 on April 29, April 30 and May 3.
Snowy Egret, 1 from April 29 to at least May 1.
Merlin, 1 on May 4.
Black Tern, 1 on May 4.
Common Tern, 1 on May 3.
Pine Siskin, 1 on April 29.

Leaser Lake, Lehigh County
Forster's Tern, 3 on April 29; 2 on April 30.
Caspian Tern, 1 on May 4.
Rusty Blackbird, 1 on April 30.

State Game Lands 217, Lehigh County
Gray-cheeked Thrush, 2 on May 1.

Sora

Alburtis, Lehigh County
(at a retention pond along Scenic View Drive)
Sora, 1 on May 5.

Green Lane Reservoir, Montgomery County
(at the Church Road area)
Marsh Wren, 1 on May 3.

(at the Deep Creek Lake area)
Yellow-throated Warbler, 1 on May 1.

Upper Black Eddy, Bucks County
(at Giving Pond)
Prothonotary Warbler, 1 on May 3.

Lake Nockamixon, Bucks County
American Bittern, 1 on May 2.

Lake Towhee, Bucks County
Trumpeter Swan, 1 to at least May 1.

Peace Valley Park, Bucks County
Double-crested Cormorant, 97 on April 28.
Prothonotary Warbler, 1 from April 25 to at least May 4.

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