Date: 8/26/26 11:59 am From: Amy Taracido <amytaracido...> Subject: RBA western Pennsylvania, 18 August 2026
RBA
*Pennsylvania
*Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania
*PAWE08.18.26
Highlights:
WILSON'S PHALAROPE (Erie County)
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
RUDDY TURNSTONE (Erie County)
SANDERLING
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Erie County)
STILT SANDPIPER (Erie County)
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (Beaver and Erie Counties)
CASPIAN TERN
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
BROWN PELICAN (Mercer County)
LITTLE BLUE HERON (Westmoreland County)
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
BANK SWALLOW
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
BOBOLINK
Contributors: Ron Burkert, Richard Chirichiello, Jeff Cieslak, Jaslynn Devora, Donald Doherty, John Dzikiy, Adrian Fenton, Eric Hall, Michelle Kienholz, Doug Massey, Jerry McWilliams, Jackson Medeiros, Zach Millen, Bernie O'Connor, Walter Shaffer, Mark Strittmatter, Mark Vass, Robert Warnock, Nina Wolf.
Compiler: Amy Taracido
Tuesday, 11 August 2026 through Tuesday, 18 August 2026
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NOTE: GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, VIRGINIA RAIL, BLACK VULTURE continues to be reported.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY:
On 8/14 at Thornburg Conservation Park, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (JC).
At Frick Park on 8/14, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (MK).
On 8/15 at South Park, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (AF).
At Sewickley Heights Borough Park on 8/17, 1 GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (AF).
On 8/18 in Girty's Woods, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (JDz).
BEAVER COUNTY:
At Siebel Farm on 8/14, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (MV).
ERIE COUNTY:
At Presque Isle State Park on 8/12, 1 STILT SANDPIPER (JMc), 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER (JMe); on 8/13 and 8/16, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS (JMc, DM); on 8/14, 20 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 13 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 3 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, 2 SANDERLINGS, 3 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 2 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 3 CASPIAN TERNS, 1 MERLIN, 6 BANK SWALLOWS, 50 PURPLE MARTINS, 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, 1 BOBOLINK (ZM); on 8/15-8/17, 1-2 WILSON'S PHALAROPE (AP, DM, et. al.); on 8/17, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS (BO).
On 8/13 near Scott Park, 1 possible OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (JDe).
FAYETTE COUNTY:
On 8/18 at Duck Pond Road, 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER (EH).
INDIANA COUNTY:
At State Gamelands #276 on 8/12, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (MS).
MERCER COUNTY:
On 8/12 and 8/14-8/15 at Lake Wilhelm, 1 BROWN PELICAN continued (RB et. al.).
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
At Canonsburg Lake on 8/13 and 8/17, 1 possible MOTTLED DUCK (RW, NW).
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
Near Bear Rocks Road on 8/13 and 8/18, 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (RC).
On 8/15 in Murrysville, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (EH).
At Mammoth Lake Park on 8/18, 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON (WS).
