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Pennsylvania Birds PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS IETY F OC O S R O A I R N N A I T V H Volume 21, No. 3 L O Y S L Jun - Jul 2007 O N G N Y E Issued December 2007 P Seasonal Editors PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS Daniel Brauning Journal of the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology Michael Fialkovich Greg Grove Volume 21 Number 3 June-July 2007 Deuane Hoffman Geoff Malosh - Editor-in-chief 450 Amherst Ave Department Editors Moon Twp, Pa 15108-2654 Book Reviews (412) 735-3128 [email protected] Gene Wilhelm, Ph.D. http://www.pabirds.org 513 Kelly Blvd. Slippery Rock, PA 16057-1145 724-794-2434 [email protected] CBC Report Nick Bolgiano Contents 711 W. Foster Ave. State College, PA 16801 814-234-2746 121 Editorial [email protected] 122 Confessions of a Peregrine Addict ...................... Scott Gregg Hawk Watch Reports 125 Smart Hummingbird Behavior. ..........................Frank Haas Lindsay Zemba Keith Bildstein 126 White Ibis in Northampton County....................... Arlene Koch 410 Summer Valley Rd. 127 White Ibis in Dauphin County...........................Don Detwiler Orwigsburg, PA 17961 570-943-3411 128 Observations from the 2007 Pennsylvania Migration Count..... Bill Etter [email protected] 132 Photo-Quiz #17 Answer................................Rick Wiltraut PAMC 133 Belated Report of Northern Gannet in Warren County. .... Geoff Malosh Bill Etter 1030 Old Bethlehem Road 134 Summary of the Season. ............................. Dan Brauning Apt#2 135 Birds of Note: June to July 2007 Perkasie, PA 18944 (215)-258-0229 137 Photographic Highlights [email protected] 142 Local Notes Pennsylvania Birdlists Photo-Quiz #18................................... Inside back cover Peter Robinson P. O. Box 482 Hanover, PA 17331 [email protected] Photo-Quiz Rick Wiltraut Jacobsburg EE Center 835 Jacobsburg Road Wind Gap, PA 18091 Data Technician Wendy Jo Shemansky 41 Walkertown Hill Rd. Daisytown, PA 15427 [email protected] Publication Manager Franklin Haas 2469 Hammertown Rd. Narvon, PA 17555 [email protected] Cover: White Ibis (Eudocimus albus). This individual, one of two late-summer White Ibises found in Pennsylvania this season, spent at least four weeks on the Susquehanna River between Wade Island and West Fairview beginning in early August. Photographed here on the day of its discovery 8-Aug-2007 (Don Detwiler). from the Editor... Introductions me that the significance and publish a report from every one of importance of Nick’s the state’s 67 counties in every issue. It began a little over a year ago, accomplishments as editor of The level of detail published herein when I sent Nick Pulcinella an Pennsylvania Birds cannot be is nothing short of amazing, and it unsolicited email. I had gotten understated. Under his stewardship, all begins with the relationship involved with Pennsylvania Birds in the publication schedule was brought between observers and the County the middle of 2005 by volunteering to back on time after falling behind by Compilers. The dedication, be county compiler for Beaver and over a year. Nick actively sought determination, and diligence of the Washington Counties, and had articles and photos worthy of Compilers forms the very backbone quickly found that the task was not inclusion in the journal, and of the journal, and like the rest of the only enjoyable (for the most part) unfailingly succeeded in teaming journal’s staff, they do it for nothing and rewarding, but that compiling with all manner of contributors to other than the satisfaction of came easier to me than I had create interesting and important creating and sustaining the record of expected it would. I felt that I could reading. The process of publishing an Pennsylvania birding. contribute more, so I sent Nick a issue from the ground up—observers It is my charge to continue in note explaining my interest in reporting to compilers reporting to these, the best traditions of contributing a larger role in the our tireless Data Entry Technician Pennsylvania Birds, and hopefully to production of Pennsylvania Birds. I reporting to the Seasonal Editors start a few traditions of my own. I didn’t have anything specific in reporting to the Chief—was am very excited about this mind… I was simply exploring the streamlined to the point that my opportunity, and consider it a great possibilities. I told him that if he was learning curve in this new role has honor that I’ve been asked to act as ever faced with having to replace any been basically nil. the Chief Editor of a journal I began of the key players on the Of course, Nick did not do all of reading as a kid over 20 years ago. Pennsylvania Birds staff, such as a this alone. Having now been through Above all, it is my promise to ensure Department or Seasonal Editor, he the process of editing an issue that the hours and hours of should keep me in mind. myself, I am actually inclined to volunteered time and effort of all I was expecting his reply to be think that the role of Seasonal those I have mentioned above will be something along the lines of a quick Editor is harder than that of the as well represented and richly “Thanks, I’ll let you know”. Needless Chief, and I am grateful that our rewarded in these pages as is to say, I was quite surprised when he four Seasonal Editors are as possible. I look forward to the replied by asking if I’d be interested knowledgeable and dedicated as they challenge, and I hope all of you are in taking over for him someday, as are. Department Editors play just as as optimistic about the future of this Chief Editor. He wasn’t resigning important a role, by keeping alive journal as I am. yet… he was just exploring the and thriving the many staples and possibilities too. I told him I’d traditions of Pennsylvania Birds: Compiler News consider it, but it didn’t take me very CBC and PAMC Summaries, Spring long to decide that I wanted to do it. and Fall Raptor Migration Tom Clauser has agreed to Near the beginning of 2007, Nick Summaries, Pennsylvania Birdlists, come back aboard the Pennsylvania announced his resignation, and the Book Reviews, and the Photo Quiz… Birds staff as compiler for Schuylkill rest is history. the journal would not be the same County. We look forward to having I’ve been a reader of without them. It would be very easy reports from this county once more. Pennsylvania Birds since the very to allow any of these efforts to slip, See the Local Notes for Tom’s beginning. I held a subscription to but they never have, and that is a contact information. The following the journal as a teenage birder back credit to the entire staff. counties still have vacancies: Blair, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Finally, and most importantly, C a m e r o n , C le a r fie ld , E lk , which I let slip when I moved out of thanks and appreciation must be Lackawanna, Northumberland, Pennsylvania for most of 8 years extended to our County Compilers Pike, and Wayne. If you have bird beginning in 1993. Upon returning to and their legions of observers, many sightings from any of these counties Pittsburgh permanently in 2002, I of whom are you, the very readers of you wish to share, please send them was delighted to see that this journal. Without you and the to the Chief Editor. If you live and/or Pennsylvania Birds was still going, Compilers you report to, there would bird in any of these counties and and I quickly ordered every back be no Pennsylvania Birds. Ours is an want to contribute as a County issue that I had missed… 34 of them extremely ambitious project, with a Compiler, by all means contact the in all. It was right around then that scope that far exceeds nearly every Chief Editor! Nick had agreed to take over as other comparable ornithological Geoff Malosh Chief Editor. journal in print today. Pennsylvania Editor-in-Chief Looking back now, it’s clear to Birds is nearly unique in its effort to [email protected] PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS (ISSN 0898-8501) is published four times a year by The Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology. Editorial and business offices are located at 2469 Hammertown Road, Narvon, PA 17555-9730. Subscriptions, all in US$: One year U.S.A. $28.50, Canada $40, Foreign $45. Library rate $30. Single copies:, $5.50. Checks and money orders in U.S.$ only should be made payable to PSO. Copyright © 2007 by The Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology. SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT NARVON, PA 17555 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to PSO, 2469 Hammertown Road, Narvon, PA 17555-9726. PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS 121 2007 - VOLUME 21 NO.3 Confessions of a Peregrine Addict Scott Gregg I first started doing it just for a Eagles to see the Peregrine. I should My best observation during the good time, for the buzz and the high I got have been able to recognize how serious courtship period took place directly over from the dopamine rush. Some other my addiction was becoming. head on March 14. Both birds came in people I knew and liked were doing it It was almost always there, either from the southwest, with the male in the too. But then I started needing to do it; it on the bridge or on one of the high- lead. He tail chased a dove and hit it, took control of me. I think I was tension towers near the bridge. So knocking it end over end, but becoming an addict, becoming obsessed instead of going to the bridge once a day intentionally did not take it.
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