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Barn Owl 2001 Jul-Sep Bucks present all quarter, 2 nests with 6 young in Bedminster Twp. (Devich Farbotnik)
Barn Owl 2001 Jul-Sep Dauphin a nest with three young at the end of the quarter near Hershey (Joey Brandt)
Barn Owl 2002 Jul Lebanon 2 in Palmyra 4/27 (Jane Light) & 1 in Fontana 6/24 (Jeff Hackman)
Barn Owl 2002 Jul Bucks resident-2 nesting boxes used in Bedminster Twp.(August Mirabella)
Barn Owl 2003 Mar-May Cumberland recorded 3/1 (observer and location not indicated)
Barn Owl 2003 Mar-May Dauphin present the entire period
Barn Owl 2003 Mar-May Bucks present
Barn Owl 2003 Mar-May Bucks 1 from a Bedminster Twp.silo (Devich Farbotnik)
Barn Owl 2003 Mar-May Bedford Continues to use old grain silos at Dunnings Creek Wetlands
Barn Owl 2003 Mar-May Lebanon a pair on 5/30 with 4 young at State Game Lands 145 (Randy Miller)
Barn Owl 2003 Mar-May Somerset 1 on 4/22 observed hunting over Buffalo Creek at dawn was the first in the county for years (Jeff Payne)
Barn Owl 2004 Jun-Jul Franklin confirmed nesting at several locations
Barn Owl 2004 Mar-May Montgomery 1 present in central Montgomery (location and observer not listed)
Barn Owl 2004 Mar-May Berks 2 adults, 6 eggs and 1 chick in a box in Rehrersburg on 4/7 (Rich Bonnett)
Barn Owl 2004 Mar-May Bucks 1 at Bedminster Twp. 4/10 and 5/8 (Bill Etter)
Barn Owl 2004 Mar-May Chester 1 at Stuble Lake 4/15 (observer not listed)
Barn Owl 2005 Mar-May Berks a nest box in Rehrersburg contained six chicks and an egg 5/3 (Rich Bonnett)
Barn Owl 2005 Jun-Jul Huntingdon first observed in early May, a pair returned to a nest site in the Shaver's Creek valley (David Kyler)
Barn Owl 2005 Mar-May Lebanon present at SGL 145 where a nest containing two eggs was found 3/19 (Ryan Miller)
Barn Owl 2006 Mar-May Huntingdon one 5/6 (Doug Steigerwalt); and 5/30 (David Kyler) at a nest site in the Shaver's Creek Valley
Barn Owl 2006 Mar-May Lebanon one hunting around Lebanon Valley Business Park 3/10 (Randy Miller); birds were found in two other locations; one location with young 5/29 (John Fedak).
Barn Owl 2006-2007 Dec-Feb Berks Two on the Hamburg CBC 12/31
Barn Owl 2006-2007 Dec-Feb Juniata Found in at least six barns during the winter season (fide Chad Kauffman)
Barn Owl 2006-2007 Dec-Feb Lancaster One on Southern Lancaster CBC
Barn Owl 2006-2007 Dec-Feb Northumberland A pair already nesting 1/28 (Wayne Laubscher).
Barn Owl 2007 Mar-May Cumberland 6 tallied during the PAMC 5/12
Barn Owl 2007 Jun-Jul Lebanon nested and produced 2 young at Middle Creek WMA (m.ob.)
Barn Owl 2007 Mar-May Huntingdon one at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center 5/5 (m.ob.)
Barn Owl 2007 Mar-May Juniata 2 on Cedar Springs Rd. 3/3 (Chad Kauffman Henry Petersheim Art Shiavo Geoff Malosh).
Barn Owl 2007 Jun-Jul Lancaster nested and produced 2 young at Middle Creek WMA (m.ob.)
Barn Owl 2007-2008 Dec-Feb Lancaster One on Lititz CBC, 12/30.
Barn Owl 2007-2008 Dec-Feb Dauphin One on Harrisburg CBC, 12/15
Barn Owl 2007-2008 Dec-Feb Juniata Two on Lewistown CBC, 12/15
Barn Owl 2008-2009 Dec-Feb Union one on Lewisburg CBC 12/14.
Barn Owl 2008-2009 Dec-Feb Berks two on Hamburg CBC 12/28, one in Bern Twp. 1/13, 2/24 (Joan Silagy)
Barn Owl 2008-2009 Dec-Feb Dauphin two on Curtin CBC 12/29
Barn Owl 2008-2009 Dec-Feb Cumberland two reported from SGL 169 on 12/15 (Andy Markel)
Barn Owl 2008-2009 Dec-Feb Juniata two on Lewistown CBC 12/15
Barn Owl 2009 Mar-May Bedford found during the Pennsylvania Migration Count 5/9 at Dunnings Creek Wetlands where they breed (Tom Dick)
Barn Owl 2009 Jun-Jul Dauphin one in a nest box along Swatara Road in the Hershey IBA (Alex Lamoreau)
Barn Owl 2009 Mar-May Huntingdon 2 found during the Shaver's Creek Environmental Center Birding Cup (Doug Wentzel, Josh Potter, et al.)
Barn Owl 2009 Mar-May Juniata two in Oakland Mills 3/22 (Henry Petersheim)
Barn Owl 2009 Mar-May Lebanon a pair nesting at the Lebanon Landfill 4/20 (Richard Light).
Barn Owl 2009 Mar-May Berks one near Hamburg the entire period (Matt Wlasniewski)
Barn Owl 2009-2010 Dec-Feb Juniata one on Lewistown CBC 12/19
Barn Owl 2009-2010 Dec-Feb Union one on Lewisburg CBC.
Barn Owl 2009-2010 Dec-Feb Somerset one found in barn near Summit Mills late Dec, found dead of unknown cause in Jan (Joe Hertzler, Alan Peterson, Jeff Payne, Chris Payne)
Barn Owl 2009-2010 Dec-Feb Cumberland present during part of season at SGL 169
Barn Owl 2010 Mar-May Bucks an owl believed to be this species was seen flying over a road in Quakertown (ArleneFarbotnik)
Barn Owl 2010 Mar-May Cumberland present at State Game Lands 169 on 3/15 (Andy Markel) and 4/15 (Vern Gauthier)
Barn Owl 2010 Mar-May Juniata two visited a barn on Cuba Mills Road 3/24 (RaymondSwarey).
Barn Owl 2010 Mar-May Dauphin one in East Hanover Twp. 4/23 (Sally and RichZaino), three successful nest sites at the Milton S. Hershey School Barns (Richard Williams)
Barn Owl 2010-2011 Dec-Feb Dauphin one on Curtin CBC
Barn Owl 2010-2011 Dec-Feb Juniata one on Lewistown CBC 12/18
Barn Owl 2010-2011 Dec-Feb Lancaster reported on Southern Lancaster CBC 12/19
Barn Owl 2010-2011 Dec-Feb Lebanon one on Pine Rd. 2/5 (Mike Johnson eBird)
Barn Owl 2010-2011 Dec-Feb Philadelphia one rested on the 20th floor ledge at 5th & Walnut 2/16 (Sarah Hood). On 2/18, presumably the same bird was found in a stair wellon 18th St. and taken to rehab where it died (JudyStepenaski)
Barn Owl 2010-2011 Dec-Feb Union 4 on Lewisburg CBC.
Barn Owl 2011 Mar-May Bedford one at Dunnings Creek Wetlands 5/21 (Mike Lanzone)
Barn Owl 2011 Mar-May Bucks one at Bedminster Twp. 5/26 (Devich Farbotnik).
Barn Owl 2011-2012 Dec-Feb Philadelphia one in the nw. section of the city died in rehab, and another report near Northeast High School in early Dec was not confirmed.
Barn Owl 2011-2012 Dec-Feb Dauphin one along Swatara Rd. within the Hershey IBA 1/19 (Melissa Roach, Tom Johnson), and another there 2/7 (Steve Kersting)
Barn Owl 2011-2012 Dec-Feb Franklin one at a farm near St. Thomas 2/29 (Dale Gearhart)
Barn Owl 2011-2012 Dec-Feb Juniata one reported via eBird 1/14 (Ramsay Koury)
Barn Owl 2012 Mar-May Snyder See County report
Barn Owl 2012 Mar-May Lebanon See County report
Barn Owl 2012 Mar-May Bedford See County report
Barn Owl 2012 Mar-May Bucks See County report
Barn Owl 2012 Mar-May Dauphin See County report
Barn Owl 2012 Mar-May Franklin See County report
Barn Owl 2012 Mar-May Huntingdon See County report
Barn Owl 2012 Mar-May Somerset See County report
Barn Owl 2012-2013 Dec-Feb Bucks See Local Notes
Barn Owl 2012-2013 Dec-Feb Mercer See Local Notes
Barn Owl 2012-2013 Dec-Feb Union Lewisburg CBC
Barn Owl 2012-2013 Dec-Feb Berks See Local Notes
Barn Owl 2012-2013 Dec-Feb Clearfield See Local Notes
Barn Owl 2012-2013 Dec-Feb Dauphin Curtin CBC
Barn Owl 2012-2013 Dec-Feb Juniata See Local Notes
Barn Owl 2012-2013 Dec-Feb Lancaster See Local Notes
Barn Owl 2013 Mar-May Bedford one found dead at Dunnings Creek Wetlands 3/20 (Tom Dick)
Barn Owl 2013 Mar-May Bucks nested successfully for the second year in a row (Devich Farbotnik)
Barn Owl 2013 Mar-May Dauphin three active nests during the season at Milton S. Hershey campus (Nate McKelvie)
Barn Owl 2013 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 5/12 (Roger Donn)
Barn Owl 2013 Mar-May Lebanon one near Ono 4/3 (Dave McNaughton)
Barn Owl 2013 Mar-May Montgomery one recorded during nocturnal flight at Elkins Park 5/10 (Paul Driver)
Barn Owl 2013 Mar-May Snyder one near Beaver Springs 3/28 (Jason Weller).
Barn Owl 2013-2014 Dec-Feb Juniata See Local Notes.
Barn Owl 2013-2014 Dec-Feb Lancaster See Local Notes.
Barn Owl 2013-2014 Dec-Feb Bucks See Local Notes.
Barn Owl 2013-2014 Dec-Feb Centre See Local Notes.
Barn Owl 2013-2014 Dec-Feb Cumberland See Local Notes.
Barn Owl 2013-2014 Dec-Feb Lebanon See Local Notes.
Barn Owl 2013-2014 Dec-Feb Union See Local Notes.
Barn Owl 2014 Mar-May Dauphin four active nests at the Milton S. Hershey School Campus (Nate McKelvie)
Barn Owl 2014 Mar-May Bedford nested successfully (Tom Dick)
Barn Owl 2014 Mar-May Bucks a pair present (Devich Farbotnik)
Barn Owl 2014 Mar-May Cumberland one at State Game Lands 169 on 3/28 (Vern Gauthier)
Barn Owl 2014 Mar-May Lycoming nested near Elimsport and produced five young (Mario Giazzon).
Barn Owl 2014-2015 Dec-Feb Centre One during the Penn's Valley CBC 12/16
Barn Owl 2014-2015 Dec-Feb Dauphin one near Hershey 12/23 (Tim Becker)
Barn Owl 2014-2015 Dec-Feb Northumberland one at Pfleegor's farm 2/18 (Lauren Shaffer), one northern Northumberland 2/11 (Deuane Hoffman), and one at Moore Drive and Gearhart Rd. 2/1011 (Andy Keister).
Barn Owl 2014-2015 Dec-Feb Huntingdon one at Three Springs 2/15 (Neal Gracey)
Barn Owl 2014-2015 Dec-Feb Juniata one at Thompsontown 1/17 Chad Kauffman, Susan Strassner), and one 1/17 at an undisclosed location (Steven Jackson)
Barn Owl 2014-2015 Dec-Feb Juniata 3 during the Lewistown CBC 12/20
Barn Owl 2015 Mar-May Bucks one found dead 3/19 (Devich Farbotnik) and one heard 3/20
Barn Owl 2015 Mar-May Chester one in an undisclosed location (Kevin Fryberger) and one heard in the Unionville area 4/12 (Kelley Nunn)
Barn Owl 2015 Mar-May Dauphin three active nests during the season at Milton S. Hershey School campus (Nate McKelvie)
Barn Owl 2015 Mar-May Franklin returned to a nest box near St. Thomas 3/25 (Dale Gearhart)
Barn Owl 2015 Mar-May Lebanon one in the Lawn area 5/8 (Gordon Dimmig)
Barn Owl 2015 Mar-May Lycoming nesting at White Deer Valley (Andy Keister)
Barn Owl 2015 Mar-May Somerset one at Buffalo Creek (Alan Peterson, Chris Payne, Jeff Payne, Kim VanFleet).
Barn Owl 2015-2016 Dec-Feb Berks one on the Hamburg CBC 12/27 and one roosting in a silo in Albany Twp. 2/15 (Bracken Brown)
Barn Owl 2015-2016 Dec-Feb Centre 2 near Millheim during the Penns Creek CBC 12/16 (Sean Herrmann). A continuing female on a farm near Spring Mills 2/20 (Alex Lamoreaux, Elora Grahame).
Barn Owl 2016 Mar-May Lancaster one in Rapho Twp. 4/30 (Jonathan Heller)
Barn Owl 2016 Mar-May Franklin one active nest in the county (Dale Gearhart, Bill Oyler, Carl Garner)
Barn Owl 2016 Mar-May Somerset a pair observed in a silo near Shanksville 4/16 (observer not listed).
Barn Owl 2016 Mar-May Bedford a pair continue to nest at Dunnings Creek Wetlands (Tom Dick)
Barn Owl 2016 Mar-May Centre one at Bald Eagle State Park 4/17 (Lindera Carter, John Carter), two nests on a farm near Milheim (fide Joe Gyekis)
Barn Owl 2016 Mar-May Chester detected by nocturnal flight calls in Unionville 3/22 and 4/25 (Kelley Nunn), a pair is known to reside in the county (Kevin Fryberger)
Barn Owl 2016 Mar-May Dauphin a pair with eggs in the Hershey Important Bird Area 5/12 (Tim Becker, Nate McKelvie)
Barn Owl 2016-2017 Dec-Feb Juniata One near Thompsontown 1/29-2/20 (Chad Kauffman, David McNaughton, Robert Hosler).
Barn Owl 2016-2017 Dec-Feb Centre One in barn near Millheim 1/2-19 (Carl Engstrom, Kurt Engstrom, John Carter)
Barn Owl 2016-2017 Dec-Feb Cumberland One at SGL 169 barn 2/22-29 (Vernon Gauthier, Scott Brookens, Susan Strassner)
Barn Owl 2016-2017 Dec-Feb Franklin One near Cheesetown 1/29 (Bill Oyler)
Barn Owl 2017 Mar-May Chester one at Octorara Reservoir 4/26 (Patrick Millar)
Barn Owl 2017 Jun-Jul Mifflin following up on vocalizations reported at Wills Rd on 5/28 (Amos Swarey) a female was present in an abandoned silo on Middle Rd 6/3 (Jay Zook, Jon Kauffman), reports of a male and female continued through the season at a private residence outside Milroy 7
Barn Owl 2017 Mar-May Allegheny one recorded calling during the night in MoonTwp. 5/27 (Geoff Malosh)
Barn Owl 2017 Mar-May Centre one southwest of Coburn 4/185/10 (Joe Verica, et al.) and 4 north of Coburn 5/13 (observer notlisted)
Barn Owl 2017 Mar-May Mifflin pair outside Milroy(Jon Kaufman, John Mackin), others in the same area during the season, one on Back Mt. Rd 4/29 (Robert Hosler, Chad Kauffman),one on Siglerville Pike 5/6 (Ted Nichols II, Deuane Hoffman, Ian Gardner, Vince Pantanella).
Barn Owl 2017 Mar-May Lebanon one at Ft. Indiantown Gap 4/17 (Dave McNaughton)
Barn Owl 2017 Mar-May Lycoming present in known locations
Barn Owl 2017 Jun-Jul Northumberland 3 observed at nest box in barn near Turbotville 6/3 (Kirk Jeffreys, Sean Jeffreys, Roxan Chicalo)
Barn Owl 2017 Jun-Jul York an adult seen 6/15 at Frey farm in Washington Twp., which has long hosted this species (Dick Cleary), 4 nestlings banded there 7/13 (Diane Drobko, Anne Murren, m.ob.).
Barn Owl 2017 Jun-Jul Lycoming recorded calling over Montoursville evening of 6/10 (David Brown, recording station)
Barn Owl 2017 Jun-Jul Centre 16 owlets in 2 nests west of Coburn were banded 6/29, with 2 adults also visible (Joe Gyekis)
Barn Owl 2017-2018 Dec-Feb Centre one on Penns Valley farm and seen on the Penns Creek CBC 12/27-30.
Barn Owl 2017-2018 Dec-Feb Clinton one at Salona farm 12/24 through at least Jan (Stephen Allgyer)
Barn Owl 2017-2018 Dec-Feb Northampton one at Penn Argyl 1/6 (Scott Angus).
Barn Owl 2017-2018 Dec-Feb Cumberland one at SGL 230
Barn Owl 2017-2018 Dec-Feb Juniata one at private location (Edward Smiley, Steven Johnson, Tiffany Willow, Chad Kauffman)
Barn Owl 2018 Mar-May Bedford one at Allegheny Front 4/20 (Tom Dick)
Barn Owl 2018 Mar-May Centre one in flight along Paradise Rd. 5/1 (Jen Lee)
Barn Owl 2018 Mar-May Delaware one or 2 heard at Concord Trail 3/19 (Brian Quindlen)
Barn Owl 2018 Mar-May Erie one seen in mid-April, location not listed (Don Snyder)
Barn Owl 2018 Mar-May Juniata 2 in separate undisclosed locations in May
Barn Owl 2018 Mar-May Lebanon one at SGL 45 on 5/25 (Carol Light)
Barn Owl 2018 Mar-May Mifflin bred near Milroy, 4 chicks banded 5/20 (Tim Becker, Steve Eisenhauer, Amber Goss, Jon Kauffman, Nate McKelvie, Alicia Palmer).
Barn Owl 2018-2019 Dec-Feb Centre one near Spring Mills 12/15 (Joe Gyekis)
Barn Owl 2018-2019 Dec-Feb Berks one on Hamburg CBC 12/30
Barn Owl 2018-2019 Dec-Feb Schuylkill one on Hamburg CBC 12/30
Barn Owl 2018-2019 Dec-Feb Franklin one in Edenville area 2/2 (Bill Oyler).
Barn Owl 2019 Mar-May Adams one detected by night call monitoring 5/16
Barn Owl 2019 Mar-May Centre one near Milheim 5/4 (Carl Engstrom, et al.)
Barn Owl 2019 Mar-May Franklin one in Edenville Area 3/10 (Bill Oyler, Bob Koontz, Carl Garner)
Barn Owl 2019 Mar-May Lancaster one at Mt. Joy 5/5 (Jonathan Heller)
Barn Owl 2019 Mar-May Mifflin a nest was monitored by a live cam from 4/24 through the season at an undisclosed location.
Barn Owl 2020 Mar-May Cumberland one in West Penn Twp. 4/1 (Tim Johnson)
Barn Owl 2020 Mar-May Franklin nesting in the Edenville area (Bill Oyler)
Barn Owl 2020 Mar-May Lancaster one heard at the northeast Lancaster Gamelands 3/14 (Bruce Carl).
Barn Owl 2020 Mar-May Centre one 3/9-27 and 5/2 near Spring Mills (Joe Gyekis, et al.), one near Millheim 3/24 (Jim Dunn)
Barn Owl 2021 Mar-May Centre one at Shamrock 3/15 and one in State College 4/14, both heard from nocturnal flight call counts (Joe Gyekis)
Barn Owl 2021 Mar-May Delaware one on nocturnal flight call recording at Wallingford 3/12 (Rob Fergus)
Barn Owl 2021 Mar-May Franklin 2 near Edenville 3/5 (observer not listed)
Barn Owl 2021-2022 Dec-Feb Adams one at Virginia Mills 12/20 (Tony Arnold)
Barn Owl 2021-2022 Dec-Feb Franklin up to 2 in the St Thomas-Edenville area
Barn Owl 2021-2022 Dec-Feb Lancaster one at Muddy Run Reservoir 12/19 (Tom Amico).
Barn Owl 2022 Mar-May Adams one called at Virginia Mills 5/30 (Tony Arnold)
Barn Owl 2022 Mar-May Franklin up to 2 in St. Thomas-Edenville area during the season
Barn Owl 2022 Mar-May Lancaster one at SGL220 on 5/26 (Jeff Kenney, Angela Romanczuk, Liz Pettit)
Barn Owl 2022 Mar-May Mifflin one in flight along Front Mt. Road 5/6 (Rob Dickerson)
Barn Owl 2022 Mar-May Montgomery calls recorded over Franconia Twp. 3/22, 4/3, 4/25 and 5/20 (Scott Godshall).
Barn Owl 2023 Mar-May Adams one at Virginia Mills 3/21 (Tony Arnold)
Barn Owl 2023 Mar-May Blair one recorded at a NFC station in Plummer's Hollow 4/20 (Mark Bonta)
Barn Owl 2023 Mar-May Centre four young and two adults at Centre Hall 3/8-5/23 (Jon Kauffman, et al.), one heard at a NFC station in State College (Joe Gyekis)
Barn Owl 2023 Mar-May Clinton one heard at State Game Lands 255 on 5/5 (Matthew Schenck, Peter Shaver)
Barn Owl 2023 Mar-May Dauphin six young banded at an undisclosed location 5/19 (Scott Bills, Stephanie Bills)
Barn Owl 2023 Mar-May Franklin nesting at two undisclosed locations
Barn Owl 2023 Mar-May Monroe one at West End, no date (Cory Husic)
Barn Owl 2023 Mar-May Montgomery one recorded in Franconia Twp. 4/10 (Scott Godshall)
Barn Owl 2023 Mar-May Philadelphia one picked up on a Nocturnal Recording Device 5/8.
Barn Owl 2023 Jun-Jul Berks the only report was seen by chance when it flushed from a farm and was chased by an American Kestrel and other birds into a field in Heidelberg Twp. 6/26 (Anon)
Barn Owl 2023 Jun-Jul Franklin up to two detected until 7/1 in St. Thomas Twp (Bill Oyler) and 3 detected, including young, near Chambersburg 6/3 (Andrew Markel, Billy Weber)
Barn Owl 2023 Jun-Jul Lancaster one or two observed at nest box on State Game Lands 220 in July (m.ob., eBird, ph.), and heard during early morning of 6/6 near New Holand (Zach Hillen, eBird), and four banded by Dan Mummert (PGC) on 6/21 at Kauffman Orchards in Ronks (Joey Della Penna,
Barn Owl 2023-2024 Nov-Feb Franklin one at its historical nest site
Barn Owl 2023-2024 Nov-Feb Juniata four were recorded on the CBC 12/16 and one was on a nest in early Jan
Barn Owl 2023-2024 Nov-Feb Mifflin at five locations in Big Valley.