The Nemesis Bird

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First Orchard Oriole of the year proved to be an excellent digiscoping subject.

Three species of swallow were present at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge while I was there. The most common were Tree Swallows followed by Northern Rough-winged Swallows and Barn Swallows. The Barn Swallows were the most cooperative to photograph, perching on the boardwalk and not taking flight until I was about 10 feet away.

Barn Swallow
Tree [...]

A couple of weeks ago I went to Middle Creek during the height of the Snow Goose influx. I snapped a couple of flight shots that I thought were neat.

Snow Geese

Canada Geese

Northern Harrier

Northern Harrier

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Sunday afternoon a post showed up on the PA Birds listserv stating that a Western Tanager had been found at John Heinz NWR. Not much detail at first but as people descended on the refuge to look for it they posted that it was a female and that it was being seen near the observation [...]

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From the DVOC mailing-
“Rule change - Beginning today, any bird seen on or over “any body of water” within 50 miles of the political boundary of a state can be counted for that state. The term “any body of water” includes offshore waters, inshore waters, lakes, ponds, [...]