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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: grwyovalas.org.
July 9
Beaumont (Wyoming County)
common raven
July 10
Beaumont (Wyoming County)
belted kingfisher
great blue heron
barn swallows
field sparrows
veery
Tunkhannock Twp. (Wyoming County)
common redpoll
male and female scarlet tanagers
Baltimore oriole
male and female rose-breasted grosbeak
Northern flickers
Eastern bluebirds
catbirds
house finches
blue jays
cardinals
downy woodpecker
hairy woodpeckers
young rose-breasted grosbeaks
red-bellied woodpecker with two young
July 11
North Lake (Luzerne County)
rose-breasted grosbeaks
July 12
Beaumont (Wyoming County)
common ravens
July 14
Dallas Twp.
2 nestings of bluebirds fledged
rose-breasted grosbeak
over Tunkhannock (Wyoming County)
adult bald eagle
July 15
Frances Slocum State Park
Common Yellow throat
American Redstart
Song Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Blue Jay
Cardinal
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbirds abundant
House Wren
From the flock: Bears can raid bluebird boxes and eat the young, To keep them away, spray ammonia around the box.