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Birds of Note All Records For American Bittern
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| American Bittern | 1992 | Oct-Dec | Crawford | 8/1 Conneaut Marsh (Ronald F. Leberman) |
| American Bittern | 1992 | Oct-Dec | York | 9/11 |
| American Bittern | 1992 | Oct-Dec | Armstrong | 1 at Keystone Res. 10/2 (Margaret Higbee, Nancy Karp) |
| American Bittern | 1992 | Oct-Dec | Chester | 1 at Kurtz's Fish Farm 11/1 (Bob Schutsky, Cathy Hicks) |
| American Bittern | 1992 | Oct-Dec | Erie | 1 on 11/15 (see Notes) |
| American Bittern | 1993 | Jan-Mar | Butler | 1 at Moraine SP 2/16-18 (Larry Adams, fide Gene Wilhelm) is very rare for western PA in winter. It appeared just before the weather turned severe |
| American Bittern | 1993 | Oct-Dec | Centre | 1 from 10/3-5 at Linden Hall (Katherine & Jennings Jones) |
| American Bittern | 1993 | Oct-Dec | Indiana | 1 at Yellow Creek SP 11/9 (Margaret Higbee, Greg Cook, Gloria Lamer, Linda Wagner) |
| American Bittern | 1993 | Oct-Dec | Lancaster | 1 at Washington Boro 10/7 (J. Heller, B. Schutsky) |
| American Bittern | 1993 | Oct-Dec | Westmoreland | 1 at Powdermill Nature Reserve 10/4 (Bob Leberman) |
| American Bittern | 1993 | Oct-Dec | York | 1 up to 10/31 at Spring Grove (Al Spiese) |
| American Bittern | 1994 | Oct-Dec | Lancaster | 1 at Bainbridge 9/18 (Tom Garner, Eric Witmer) |
| American Bittern | 1994 | Oct-Dec | Philadelphia | 1 at Tinicum 9/18 (Skip Conant) |
| American Bittern | 1994 | Oct-Dec | Bucks | 1 on 10/21 at New Hope (Bill Hoehne) |
| American Bittern | 1994 | Oct-Dec | Cumberland | 1 on 10/9 at Kuhn L. (Don & Robyn Henise) |
| American Bittern | 1994 | Oct-Dec | Indiana | 1 on 11/14 at Yellow Creek SP (Gloria Lamer) |
| American Bittern | 1994 | Oct-Dec | Potter | 1 on 10/8 at Lehman Hollow (Larry Mehal) |
| American Bittern | 1995 | Oct-Dec | Sullivan | 1 on 8/23 at Shuman's L. (Skip Conant) |
| American Bittern | 1995 | Oct-Dec | Lancaster | 1 on 10/4 and 10/22 at Washington Boro (Bob Schutsky, Eric Witmer) |
| American Bittern | 1995 | Jan-Mar | Montgomery | 1 on 12/7 at Green Lane Res. (Kevin Crilley) |
| American Bittern | 1996 | Jan-Mar | Crawford | 1 on 3/30 at Conneaut Marsh (Issac Fields) |
| American Bittern | 1996 | Oct-Dec | Chester | 1 on 10/19 at Malvern (Tony Fernandes) |
| American Bittern | 1996 | Oct-Dec | Lancaster | 1 on 10/6 and 10/27 at Washington Boro (Bob Schutsky) |
| American Bittern | 1996 | Oct-Dec | Montgomery | 1 on 10/24 (Kevin Crilley) and 11/2 (George Franchois) at Green Lane Res |
| American Bittern | 1997 | Jan-Mar | Carbon | 1 on 3/22 at Beltzville SP was early and 1st record in 8 years (David Hawk, Robert Frantz, Barry Reed) |
| American Bittern | 1997 | Jan-Mar | Montgomery | 1 on 3/26 at Green Lane Res. (Kevin Crilley) |
| American Bittern | 1997 | Oct-Dec | Crawford | 1 on 11/3 at Pymatuning (Anthony Marich Jr) |
| American Bittern | 1997 | Oct-Dec | Lebanon | 1 on 10/19 at Memorial L. SP was late (Randy Miller) |
| American Bittern | 1997 | Oct-Dec | Schuylkill | 1 on 10/12 at Landingville Dam (Tom Clauser) |
| American Bittern | 1998 | Jan-Mar | Cumberland | 1 on 1/3 at the Huntsdale Fish Hatchery was a rare winter record; (Ramsay Koury) |
| American Bittern | 1999 | Oct-Dec | Bucks | Present up to 10/6 at Pine Run (Ken Reiker) |
| American Bittern | 1999 | Oct-Dec | Centre | 1 on 10/4 |
| American Bittern | 1999 | Oct-Dec | Bucks | 1 on 9/30 at Silver Lake Park (Bob Mercer) |
| American Bittern | 1999 | Oct-Dec | Cambria | 1 on 8/9 at Prince Gallitzin State Park (John Salvetti) |
| American Bittern | 1999 | Oct-Dec | Erie | 1 on 9/22 at Roderick WMA (Jean & Toby Cunningham) |
| American Bittern | 1999 | Oct-Dec | Philadelphia | 1 on 8/21 at Tinicum NWR |
| American Bittern | 1999 | Oct-Dec | Potter | 1 on 8/6 at Shinglehouse (Tom Leete) |
| American Bittern | 1999 | Oct-Dec | Philadelphia | Present up to 11/30 at John Heinz NWR (Paul Muntean) |
| American Bittern | 1999 | Oct-Dec | Westmoreland | 1 on 10/14 at Powdermill Nature Reserve (Bob Leberman) |
| American Bittern | 2000 | Jan-Mar | Clinton | 1 on 3/23-27 at Mill Hall (Steve Bason, Wayne Laubscher) |
| American Bittern | 2000 | Jan-Mar | Delaware | 1 on 1/2-19 at Darby Creek (John Damico, Doris McGovern, John Miller) |
| American Bittern | 2000 | Jan-Mar | Juniata | 1 on 2/28 at Oakland Mills (Paul Weaver) |
| American Bittern | 2000 | Oct-Dec | Clarion | 1 on 9/16 at Brady's Bend (Mark McConaughy) |
| American Bittern | 2000 | Jan-Mar | Philadelphia | 1 on 1/9 at the Airport area (Jim McKinney) |
| American Bittern | 2000 | Oct-Dec | Armstrong | 1 on 9/16 at Brady's Bend (Mark McConaughy) |
| American Bittern | 2000 | Jul-Sep | Philadelphia | Present from 7/16-30 at John Heinz NWR at Tinicum |
| American Bittern | 2000 | Jul-Sep | Westmoreland | Present part of the quarter |
| American Bittern | 2000 | Oct-Dec | York | 1 on 8/20 at Brunner's Island (Al Spiese) and 1 on 8/25 at Codorus State Park (Ed Kurtz) |
| American Bittern | 2000 | Oct-Dec | Erie | 1 on 10/29 at Presque Isle State Park (Sam Stull) |
| American Bittern | 2000 | Oct-Dec | Lancaster | 1 on 10/14-15 at Bainbridge |
| American Bittern | 2000 | Jan-Mar | Philadelphia | Present to 12/18 at Tinicum (Denis Brennan) |
| American Bittern | 2001 | Jan-Mar | Berks | 1 on 3/31 was in a marsh near Eckville was early (Kenneth & Dorothy Grim) |
| American Bittern | 2001 | Jul-Sep | Bucks | 1 observed 9/24 at Rohm & Haas (Devich Farbotnik) |
| American Bittern | 2001 | Jul-Sep | Dauphin | 1 recovered 8/23 along Beaver Creek on the eastern edge of Lower Paxton Twp.(Ken Mengle) after rehabilitation was released at Wildwood Lake 8/28 (Beth and John Carricato) |
| American Bittern | 2001 | Jul-Sep | Luzerne | (P) |
| American Bittern | 2001 | Jul-Sep | Montour | 8/30 |
| American Bittern | 2001 | Jul-Sep | Sullivan | 1 on 7/6 at a farm pond in Cherry Township (A. Leach) |
| American Bittern | 2002 | Jan-Mar | Lycoming | 1 from 3/28-3/31 in Old Lycoming Twp.(D. Ferry) |
| American Bittern | 2003 | Jun-Jul | Tioga | Two in the Muck (Duane Hoffman to PABL). |
| American Bittern | 2004 | Jun-Jul | Philadelphia | a lone bird continued to be seen into this season in the marshy edges of the coves at Tinicum National Wildlife Refuge |
| American Bittern | 2004 | Jun-Jul | York | one was seen again 7/17 at Codorus State Park (Karen Lippy), and another was seen 7/31 near Shrewsbury (Randy Phillips) |
| American Bittern | 2005 | Jun-Jul | Crawford | one flushed at Hartstown Marsh 7/22 (Ron Leberman) |
| American Bittern | 2005 | Jun-Jul | McKean | heard in swamp and reported to the Atlas Project (John Fedak) |
| American Bittern | 2005 | Jun-Jul | Northampton | one flew over a marshy area in Mt. Bethel 6/2 (Sherri LaBarr) |
| American Bittern | 2005 | Jun-Jul | Bradford | one heard calling 6/20 at the pond in the Standing Stone area (William Reid) |
| American Bittern | 2005 | Jun-Jul | Bucks | at Quakertown Swamp at least to 6/6 (Bill Etter) |
| American Bittern | 2006 | Jun-Jul | Washington | One reported flying north over US-22 in northwestern Washington 7/13 (Wes Fritz fide Mark Vass). |
| American Bittern | 2006 | Jun-Jul | Snyder | One seen flying over Middle Creek Twp. 6/6 (Mick Brown) |
| American Bittern | 2006-2007 | Dec-Feb | Warren | One flew into the side of a shed during a storm 1/20 but was apparently unharmed (Keith Confer Tony Fera). |
| American Bittern | 2006-2007 | Dec-Feb | Chester | One at Sadsburyville 12/17-12/18 (Jay Edge) |
| American Bittern | 2007 | Jun-Jul | Bradford | Near Bentley Creek 7/15 (Tony Liguori) |
| American Bittern | 2007 | Jun-Jul | Clinton | Near Mill Hall 6/27-28 (Wayne Laubscher Tom Amico. listserv) |
| American Bittern | 2007 | Jun-Jul | Crawford | at Geneva 6/239283 7/31 (Ronald F. Leberman Robert C. Leberman) and Gordon Rd Harmonsburg area 6/22 (Chris Lundberg Atlas) |
| American Bittern | 2007 | Jun-Jul | Delaware | at the Tinicum mitigation area along the Delaware R. 6/10 (Al Guarante) |
| American Bittern | 2007 | Jun-Jul | Tioga | Heard calling 6/13 and responded to playback at 9 of 11 stations 6/14 in the Muck IBA (Dianne Franco Robert Ross) and a fledged juvenile seen 7/4 (Andy Wilson Atlas). |
| American Bittern | 2007-2008 | Dec-Feb | Cumberland | One at Trout Run Preserve, Harrisburg CBC, 12/15 (Chris Rebert). |
| American Bittern | 2008 | Jun-Jul | Bradford | Very small roadside pond bird in cattails in block 36B25 on 6/12 (Larry Brown, Sr., Atlas) |
| American Bittern | 2008 | Jun-Jul | Crawford | Noted at Geneva 6/6 and two were there 6/20 (Ron Leberman, Robert Leberman) |
| American Bittern | 2008 | Jun-Jul | Cumberland | One on several evenings flying into Mountain Road marsh at SGL 169 through the start of Jul (Andrew Markel) |
| American Bittern | 2008 | Jun-Jul | Lycoming | A single was flushed along Little Pine Creek just north of Little Pine Lake 7/6 (Kate Miller and Randy Miller). |
| American Bittern | 2008-2009 | Dec-Feb | Philadelphia | one at Tinicum 1/4 (Lynn Roman, et al.). |
| American Bittern | 2011 | Jun-Jul | Huntingdon | at Old Crow wetland near Huntingdon 6/14 (David Kyler, Trudy Kyler). |
| American Bittern | 2011-2012 | Dec-Feb | Philadelphia | one at Tinicum from the fall was last noted 1/1 (Doris McGovern). |
| American Bittern | 2011-2012 | Dec-Feb | Cumberland | one at Huntsdale Hidden Pond 12/5 (Paul Banks) |
| American Bittern | 2012 | Jun-Jul | Lebanon | one calling near Iron Valley Drive 6/14-17 (Jim Fiorentino) |
| American Bittern | 2012 | Jun-Jul | Sullivan | one in Kettle Creek Bog 6/3 (Susan Killeen, Judy Ford) |
| American Bittern | 2012 | Jun-Jul | Tioga | one 6/21 at Marsh Creek (eBird, Nate Fronk, Jim Dunn). |
| American Bittern | 2013 | Jun-Jul | Allegheny | at Wingfield Pines 6/2 (fide Shannon Thompson) |
| American Bittern | 2013 | Jun-Jul | Dauphin | one at the Milton S. Hershey School campus ponds 6/7 (Nate McKelvie), and one near Cummings Swamp just north of Millersburg 7/27 (Jim Flowers) |
| American Bittern | 2013 | Jun-Jul | Lancaster | one at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area 6/29 (Robert Slater) |
| American Bittern | 2013 | Jun-Jul | Luzerne | seen and heard during PSO field trips 6/2 at Mountain Springs Lake and again 6/26 (Doug Gross, m.ob.) and 7/15 (Trudy Gerlach, eBird). |
| American Bittern | 2013-2014 | Dec-Feb | Philadelphia | one at John Heinz N.W.R. 12/2-2/8 (m.ob.). |
| American Bittern | 2014 | Jun-Jul | Bucks | one at Core Creek Park 7/31 (Henry D'Alessandro) |
| American Bittern | 2014 | Jun-Jul | Berks | at Blue Marsh Lake 7/31 (Joan Silagy) |
| American Bittern | 2014 | Jun-Jul | Chester | one at Exton Park in late May continued through 6/26 (Brian Quindlen, George D. Tallman, m.ob.) |
| American Bittern | 2014 | Jun-Jul | Luzerne | continued throughout the month of Jun at the previously confirmed breeding location "The Meadows" (Eric Zawatski, Andy Keister, Jonathan DeBalko) |
| American Bittern | 2014 | Jun-Jul | Philadelphia | one passed Pennypack on the Delaware 7/27 (Frank Windfelder) |
| American Bittern | 2014 | Jun-Jul | Somerset | one at Buffalo Creek 6/10 (Jeff Payne, Chris Payne) and another over the Lanzone property (Mike and Tricia Lanzone) |
| American Bittern | 2014 | Jun-Jul | Tioga | at the Muck, Marsh Creek during a Game Commission survey 6/27 (Lauren Fenstermacher, Steve Ferreri). |
| American Bittern | 2014-2015 | Dec-Feb | Dauphin | one at Wildwood L. 12/3 (Ian Gardner). |
| American Bittern | 2015 | Jun-Jul | Dauphin | one at Wildwood Lake 7/9 (Ed Bernot) |
| American Bittern | 2015 | Jun-Jul | Mercer | calling at Pennsy Swamp 6/11 (Sheree Daugherty) |
| American Bittern | 2015 | Jun-Jul | Cameron | at 4-Mile Rd. 7/27 (Brandon Snavely, eBird) |
| American Bittern | 2015 | Jun-Jul | Carbon | one at SGL 40 wetlands 7/12 (Rich Rehrig, eBird) |
| American Bittern | 2015 | Jun-Jul | Philadelphia | 2 at Tinicum 7/27 (David Allen, Jaclyn Janis). |
| American Bittern | 2015-2016 | Dec-Feb | Philadelphia | one at Tinicum 12/3 (Scott Reynolds). |
| American Bittern | 2016 | Jun-Jul | Tioga | heard and observed flying in the Muck IBA 7/5 (Ken Cooper, eBird). |
| American Bittern | 2016 | Jun-Jul | Delaware | one at John Heinz NWR 7/27 (Paul Bernhardt) |
| American Bittern | 2016 | Jun-Jul | Lehigh | one in retention ponds of Bimbo Bakery 7/5 (Nathan Lewis, eBird) |
| American Bittern | 2016 | Jun-Jul | Monroe | one at Long Pond 6/2 and 6/14, at Lynchwood L. 7/27 (Bruce Johnson, eBird, ph.), and at the Birchwood Wetlands 6/19 (Tim Grover, eBird) |
| American Bittern | 2017 | Jun-Jul | Tioga | one at The Muck, Marsh Creek 6/3 (Deuane Hoffman, eBird). |
| American Bittern | 2017 | Jun-Jul | Northampton | one in Stockertown at the Rod & Gun Club 6/7 (Carolyn Metzgar) |
| American Bittern | 2017 | Jun-Jul | Luzerne | one in marshy area of Frances Slocum SP 6/3 (Kay Strickland, eBird) |
| American Bittern | 2017 | Jun-Jul | Indiana | reported flying over Indiana 7/19 (James Pumford, Joseph Pumford), represents only county summer record |
| American Bittern | 2017-2018 | Dec-Feb | Berks | one at Maiden Creek swamp 12/23 (Kyle Klotz). |
| American Bittern | 2018 | Jun-Jul | Crawford | one seen flying at Geneva Marsh 6/21 (Ron Leberman) and another heard at Erie NWR 6/30 (Ron Leberman) |
| American Bittern | 2018 | Jun-Jul | Juniata | one seen in flight at Port Royal Speedway 7/28 (Chad Kauffman) |
| American Bittern | 2018 | Jun-Jul | Pike | one at Peck's Pond 6/11 (Dennis Miranda) |
| American Bittern | 2018 | Jun-Jul | Wayne | one at White Oak Pond 6/6 (John Harvey). |
| American Bittern | 2018 | Jun-Jul | Snyder | one reported 7/22 along Troxellville Rd reported present for a week (Brandon Weader) |
| American Bittern | 2018 | Jun-Jul | Tioga | one in Marsh Creek-The Muck 7/3 (Deuane Hoffman, eBird) |
| American Bittern | 2018-2019 | Dec-Feb | Delaware | one at John Heinz NWR 12/2-15 (Geoff Veith et al.) and seen for Delaware County CBC. |
| American Bittern | 2018-2019 | Dec-Feb | Philadelphia | one at John Heinz NWR 12/2-15 (Geoff Veith et al.) and seen for Delaware County CBC. |
| American Bittern | 2018-2019 | Dec-Feb | Berks | one at Rodale Experimental Farm during Lehigh Valley CBC 12/15 (Todd Watkins) for third county record |
| American Bittern | 2019 | Jun-Jul | Crawford | two seen flying of Pymatuning SP at Hartstown 6/25 (Michael Williams) |
| American Bittern | 2019 | Jun-Jul | Elk | seen in Rasselas Marsh 6/10, 7/14 , and two 6/12 (Brendyn Baptiste, eBird) |
| American Bittern | 2019 | Jun-Jul | Sullivan | seen near town of Ricketts 7/7 (Aidan Place, Tessa Rhinehart) |
| American Bittern | 2019 | Jun-Jul | Centre | one or two regularly observed 6/3-7/18 at Scotia Barrens and Pond (Brent Bacon, m.ob.), but not confirmed breeding |
| American Bittern | 2019 | Jun-Jul | Wayne | flushed from Prompton Lake in Prompton SP 6/15 (Andy Keister) |
| American Bittern | 2019 | Jun-Jul | Westmoreland | one at Donegal Lake 7/30 (Patience Fisher). |
| American Bittern | 2019-2020 | Dec-Feb | Lancaster | one at Woods Edge Park 12/8-15 (Mike and Megan Zettlemoyer, m.ob.). |
| American Bittern | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Wayne | one heard 6/8 at 7p.m. at White Oak Pond (John Harvey, eBird) and one heard 6/12 at Farrell Corners Fen on marsh bird survey (Chris Fischer, eBird) |
| American Bittern | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Westmoreland | one reported 7/25 at Northmoreland Park (Hope Huntington). |
| American Bittern | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Chester | one in flight over west side of Struble Lake 6/20 (J. Atkins, eBird) |
| American Bittern | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Crawford | at Tamarack Lake 6/18 (Ron Leberman) |
| American Bittern | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Elk | heard near Ridgway 6/13 (Colvin Chapman) |
| American Bittern | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Indiana | one flew over West Penn Trailhead 6/29 (Bill Oyler) |
| American Bittern | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Monroe | a high flyover was photographed 7/26 at Mount Pocono Airport (Bruce Johnson, ph.) |
| American Bittern | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Pike | one heard 7/17 (Bradley White, eBird) and two seen 7/18 (Michael Schall, ph, eBird) at Shohola WMA |
| American Bittern | 2021-2022 | Dec-Feb | Berks | one at Lake Ontelaunee 12/12 (Todd Underwood) |
| American Bittern | 2021-2022 | Dec-Feb | Dauphin | one near Millersburg 12/28-1/8 and seen on Curtin CBC 12/28 (Scott & Stephanie Bills) |
| American Bittern | 2021-2022 | Dec-Feb | Erie | one at Tom Ridge Environmental Center 12/8 (Brian Gula). |
| American Bittern | 2022 | Jun-Jul | Sullivan | found at SGL 66 Shuman's Lake 6/11 (Chris DeMarco) |
| American Bittern | 2022 | Jun-Jul | Susquehanna | heard at SGL 236 Central 6/7 (Chris Fischer), on 6/11 (Gary Stone Barb Stone), and again 6/22 (Chris Fischer) |
| American Bittern | 2022 | Jun-Jul | Tioga | observed at Muck Game Lands 6/1 (Ken Cooper). |
| American Bittern | 2022-2023 | Dec-Feb | Franklin | one at a residence near St. Thomas 12/27 or 12/28 to 2/24 (Pat Walls, Fred Walls, m.ob.). |
| American Bittern | 2023 | Jun-Jul | Bradford | one reported in wetlands near New Albany 6/25 (Galen Groff, eBird, no doc) |
| American Bittern | 2023 | Jun-Jul | Indiana | one near Union Cemetery 7/22 (Henry Rummel) was the third summer record |
| American Bittern | 2023 | Jun-Jul | Luzerne | one continued to 6/2 at the Hayfield Farms (Rick Koval, Wendy Koval, Jim Joyson, Jim Shoemaker) |
| American Bittern | 2023 | Jun-Jul | Warren | two were spotted flying over Camp Stone on 6/19 (Yonatan Simkovich). |
| American Bittern | 2023-2024 | Nov-Feb | Philadelphia | one at John Heinz NWR 12/31 (Casey Butcher) and 1/13 (Abigail McBride). |
| American Bittern | 2024 | Jun-Jul | Adams | pair in the beaver pond area of Gettysburg National Military Park 6/9-22 (Cy Deitz, m.ob.) |
| American Bittern | 2024 | Jun-Jul | Bedford | one seen 6/9 Shawnee SP (Karen Lucas) |
| American Bittern | 2024 | Jun-Jul | Berks | photographed at Kernsville Dam Recreation Area desilting basin 6/2 (Todd Underwood) |
| American Bittern | 2024 | Jun-Jul | Crawford | two were observed at Conneaut Marsh- McMichael Rd 7/28 (Chuck Baumgartner, Alice Griffith) |
| American Bittern | 2024 | Jun-Jul | Luzerne | one juvenile (marked FL for Atlas) at Lee Swamp on 6/1 and 29 where the species has been seen since April (Jonathan DeBalko, eBird) and one at Hayfields Farm - West Swamp 6/29 (Jonathan DeBalko, eBird) |
| American Bittern | 2024 | Jun-Jul | Monroe | seen flying over the Delaware R on 6/8 (Jon Mularczyk) |
| American Bittern | 2024 | Jun-Jul | Pike | one seen flying over and heard at Eshback Access of the Delaware Water Gap 6/8 (Stollery & Flood, eBird) |
| American Bittern | 2024 | Jun-Jul | Westmoreland | observed during a point count 6/24 along the Beaver Run section of the Westmoreland Heritage Trail (Steven Manns) |
| American Bittern | 2024 | Jun-Jul | York | at SGL 243 on 6/29 (Troy Corman, Ramsay Koury). |