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Highlights of recent sightings conducted throughout northeastern Pennsylvania by area birders. For a complete list along with area hot spots, visit the Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society website at: www.grwyovalas.org.
May 14
Nescopeck Township
Eastern Kingbird
May 16
Wyoming
Northern pintail
Willow flycatcher
Bobolinks
Yellow-billed cuckoo
Lehman Sanctuary
Black-billed cuckoo
Northern waterthrush
May 17
Wyoming
Cuckoos
Tennessee warblers
Blackpoll warblers
Frances Slocum State Park
Yellow-throated vireo
Valley View Trailer Park
Northern cardinal – male
May 18
Nescopeck Township
Green heron
May 19
Barclay Mountain (Bradford County)
Alder flycatcher
Hermit thrush
Northern waterthrush
Black-and-white warbler
Magnolia warbler
Blackburnian warbler
Black-throated blue warbler
Yellow-rumped warbler
Canada warbler
White-throated sparrow
From the flock: Sightings of pine siskins nesting in the area have been reported, and Doug Gross, Endangered and Non-game Bird Section Supervisor with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, has written about the phenomenon. Read it at http://ebird.org/content/pa/news/the-invasion-of-the-pointy-beaked-finches-pine-siskins-are-here.