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Black Rail 1992 Oct-Dec Lancaster 1 at Holtwood Flyash Pond 10/12 (Bob Schutsky). This was only their 2nd 20th Century sighting
Black Rail 1994 Jul-Sep Lebanon 1 off and on from 5/30 to 6/12 (Steve Rannels)
Black Rail 1999 Apr-Jun Berks 1 on 5/17-6/2 at Albany Twp. (Mark Miller et al)
Black Rail 2003 Aug-Nov Bucks One 9/30 Penn Warner Tract (D. Farbotnik & J. Horn). No Desc
Black Rail 2007 Mar-May Westmoreland one at the Little Sewickley Creek wetlands found during the PAMC 5/12 (Jim Pemberton Tony Pegnato) second county record.
Black Rail 2007 Mar-May Bucks one at Pine Run Dam 4/29-5/5 (Devich Farbotnik)
Black Rail 2011 Aug-Nov Cumberland one at SGL 169 on 10/16 (Vern Gauthier) and 10/18 (Matt Sabatine) (doc submitted).
Black Rail 2012 Aug-Nov Bucks one at Delaware Valley College 10/11 (Ray Hendrick, no doc).
Black Rail 2013 Mar-May Berks one heard calling near Reading 5/20 through late June (Kathy Grim, doc submitted).
Black Rail 2013 Jun-Jul Berks first identified by voice 5/20 in a small privately owned wetland south of Reading (Kathy Grim, rec. Ken Lebo, doc submitted), heard almost every subsequent day until 6/28.
Black Rail 2014 Jun-Jul Crawford adult on Mercer Pike near the Beauchannon bridge about one mile east of I-79 on 7/20 (Ronald F. Leberman, no doc).
Black Rail 2020 Jun-Jul Clearfield one seen and heard on 6/5 at 7:27 a.m. during marsh bird playback survey on private property in Winslow Twp. (Stacy Wolbert, doc. submitted).
Black Rail 2021 Jun-Jul Montgomery detected on nocturnal recording on evening 6/10 clearly uttering telltale "kee-kee-kerr" call (Scott Godshall).