This White-winged Dove
was in Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
from December 9 to December 20, 2005.
(Photograph by Howard Eskin)
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2005
Referring to Birds noted that year on the
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This White-winged Dove
was in Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
from December 9 to December 20, 2005.
(Photograph by Howard Eskin)
Bald Eagles at Conowingo Dam in
Maryland in November 2005.
In the above photo, an adult, a juvenile, & a fish in the sky.
(That, & the following 2 photographs also at Conowingo,
courtesy of Kim Steininger.)
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One of a number of hummingbirds from western
North America
in Pennsylvania & New Jersey during November (into December) 2005.
This bird is an immature female Rufous Hummingbird,
photographed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
on December 4, 2005 by Howard Eskin.
Common
Yellowthroats have been eastern Pennsylvania,
in November & into December 2005.
The above bird was photographed at the Peace Valley Nature Center
in Bucks County, where it continued thru at least December 9th.
Another was present thru November, and to December 3rd,
in the area of the Kerrsville Dam in Berks County.
(Above photo by Bob Mullen)
A Golden-crowned Kinglet
at Peace Valley in Bucks County PA
in November 2005.
Two other species in the region in November
were the Red-breasted Nuthatch & Fox Sparrow,
in the photographs below.
(all 3 photographs courtesy of Howard Eskin)
Great Egrets apparently, in their way, necking.
This, and the following photos as far as the dashed line
were taken at the Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge,
in Oceanville, New Jersey,
on November 17, 2005, by Howard Eskin.
Great Blue Heron & American White Pelican
together.
(How easy is it to get both in the same frame?)
American White Pelican
(Another photo, further along in this gallery, shows one, earlier in the year in
June,
with a breeding plumage knob on its bill.)
American Bittern
A juvenile Brant
(Yes, they look darker.)
Looking up at a juvenile Bald Eagle
A female Hooded Merganser in flight
A Dunlin in non-breeding plumage
(of the subspecies Calidris alpina hudsonia,
1 of 10 subspecies worldwide)
Savannah Sparrow,
Passerculus sandwichensis
(There are 21 subspecies.
The species is the only member of its genus.)
This & the following 2 photos are of an
"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow,
Passerculus sandwichensis princeps.
This subspecies breeds only on
Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
It winters along the seacoast of New Jersey, USA,
where these photos were taken.
A Snow Bunting at Peace Valley, in Bucks County,
Pennsylvania
on November 5, 2005
(photograph by Marc Lombardi)
Purple Finches
male (above) & female (below)
(photos by H. B. Eskin, October 2005)
Sedge Wren in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
October 2005
(photo by Devich Fabotnik)
Pectoral Sandpiper in Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, September 18, 2005
(photograph by H. B. Eskin)
A Red-necked Phalarope (above),
and a Black Tern (below)
at Bombay Hook, Delaware, September 2005.
(Both photographs by Kim Steininger)
An American White
Pelican
at Brigantine Refuge in New Jersey,
reported on the Philadelphia Birdline on June 22, 2005.
(photograph by Howard Eskin)
An immature Bald Eagle (above),
and a fledgling (below) just off a nest
in Chester County, Pennsylvania in June 2005.
On the Philadelphia Birdline on June 22, '05, it was noted
that the Bald Eagle had just recently been removed
from Pennsylvania Endangered Species List.
(The above photograph, and the 2 below, by Kim Steininger.)
There are more Bald Eagle photos further down in this gallery.
Below, Bald Eagle
and American Crow.
Barred Owl
(photographed in Delaware in June 2005
by Kim Steininger)
The word lately has been that in the Western US the Barred Owl
has been expanding its range at the expense of the Spotted Owl.
In the
photo below, taken on May 30, 2005, at Mispillion Light, Delaware,
as you can see, there's a large mostly white gull.
What species do you think it might be?
There has been a leucistic Great Black-backed Gull summering
in that area for a few years. Or is this bird a Glaucous Gull?
There's an excellent new book on the market entitled
"Gulls of North America, Europe, & Asia",
by Klaus Maling Olson & Hans Larsson,
with many color plates and photographs.
But none of them match this bird.
(This photo by Kurt Schwarz, of Ellicott City, Maryland.)
The following picture is also in our Photo Quiz.
Two Photos of Red
Knots along the Delaware Bayshore,
(above & below by Howard Eskin, of Bucks County,
Pennsylvania)
The current & timely story of the Red Knot in the Americas
was the topic of BIRDLINE FEATURES on June 13 & 22, 2005.
Peregrine Falcons have
nested & fledged again, in the late-spring of 2005,
in some cities throughout the Delaware Valley region.
The same pair has been in Wilmington, Delaware
again this year as was there last year.
(Those birds in the photos, above & below, by Kim Steininger.
The photo above this caption was taken in June 2005.
The upper of the two photos below was also taken in 2005.
The lower photo in 2004.)
In the Birdline Delaware of June 5, 2005:
This past week, on June 2nd, 4 Peregrine chicks were banded
at the Brandywine Building in Wilmington.
They were 2 females and 2 males, approximately 25 days into their life.
The parents are the same as those in Wilmington in '04:
a New York female and a Pennsylvania male.
(Information from Craig Kopple, Endangered Species Biologist,
of the United States Fish & Wildlife Service,
Chesapeake Bay Field Office.)
A young gray-morph Eastern
Screech-Owl peering out of a nest box.
Such an occurrence was described
on Birdline Delaware on June 3, 2005.
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Pileated
Woodpeckers were seen at their nest-site in June 2005
at the White Clay Creek, north of Newark, Delaware.
(Photo by Ed Kendall)
A brilliant male Baltimore Oriole in May 2005
(Photo by Ed Kendall)
A young Great Horned Owl
literally leaving its nest
in the Spring of '05.
(photo
by Kim Steininger)
Snowy Owls were in the
early 2005 winter months
along the New Jersey Shore.
(photo
by Kim Steininger)
This fine photograph is of
the Northern Lapwing,
a Eurasian bird that was seen
in farmland near Frederick, Maryland,
in March, 2005.
(Photo courtesy of Matt Orsie, of West Virginia)
Two photographs of the Redwing (a Eurasian
thrush) that was at Peace Valley,
in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA, one day only, February 5, 2005,
a first for Pennsylvania and the third for the US.
The Redwing was found among a flock of American Robins by Jessica Huff.
Hundreds of birders, who looked for the bird the following day,
unfortunately, did not see it.
(The top photo by Dave DeReamus,
the lower photo by Devich Farbotnik.)
The Redwing occurs across Eurasia from Iceland to eastern Siberia.
In North America, there have been a number (about 10) records for the
species
in eastern Canada: in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec. The
first record in the US was in 1959 at Jamaica Bay, New York City.
Recently, there's been one in the northwestern US, in Olympia, Washington State,
found on December 20, 2004, and still present on February 1, 2005.
Another Redwing was found this year in Newfoundland, Canada,
on January 5, 2005, near St. John's.
Probably the same bird was found again on February 2, 2005
at nearby Topsail, Newfoundland.
In Iceland, during FONT tours in October, the
Redwing
is the most numerous passerine. The species stages there, that time of
year,
in large numbers, before migrating south to the British Isles.
Harlequin Ducks at Island
Beach State Park
in New Jersey, USA, February 2, 2005.
(photograph by Andy Bernick)
A Razorbill at Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey
in January 2005,
where also the following series of 4 photographs were taken of ducks:
Black & Surf Scoters, King Eiders, and Long-tailed Ducks.
The Long-tailed Ducks are in the last 2 pictures of the 4 .
(all of these photos courtesy of Kim Steininger)
A Bald Eagle, near Gettysburg, PA in March
'05.
(photograph by Kim Steininger)
Adult Bald Eagles along the Lackawaxen
River, in northeastern Pennsylvania, USA.
The weekend of January 29-30, 2005 was a good one at the
Eagle Institute watching station in Lackawaxan, PA.
Up to 71 Bald Eagles (41 adults & 30 juveniles) were reported.
Also particularly encouraging was that in addition to a large number of eagles,
there were close to 200 enthusiastic people who came to watch the birds,
many of whom had never seen an eagle previously.
On the negative side, unfortunately, a park ranger came by to report
that upstream an eagle was shot.
Positively, again, Dan Brauning of the Pennsylvania Game Commission
tells us that from 1980 when there were 3 pairs of nesting Bald Eagles in
Pennsylvania, that number has increased to 80 pairs in 2005.
(the above photograph by Ed Kendall)
Cooper's Hawk
by a feeder in Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, USA,
January 2005
(photographs by Ed Kendall)