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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1993 Jul-Sep Westmoreland 3 from 6/9-22 at Loyalhanna Dam. See separate write-up for the occurrence in Indiana and Westmoreland Cos
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1993 Jul-Sep Indiana 11 on 6/8
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1993 Oct-Dec Lancaster 5 from 7/21 to at least 8/12 at the Howard Martin farm near the intersection of Centerville and Charlestown roads (Jerry Book, Tom Garner, Harold Morrin, m. obs. Ph, Randy Miller et al)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2006 Jun-Jul Berks Four were discovered at a small farm pond on Kauffman Rd. Oley Twp. 6/4 (Patrick O'Donnell). None was banded (Rudy Keller). Starting 6/5 only one duck was seen at the original site or at nearby Gotwals Pond with the last report 6/18 (Art Schiavo)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2006 Jun-Jul Lancaster One was found 6/24 at the Alcoa Marsh (Leon Schreffler m.ob.) and remained at least through 7/6 (John Fedak).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2007 Jun-Jul Lancaster 2 flew past the Conejohela Flats 6/24 (Chuck Chalfant).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2008 Aug-Nov Crawford one trapped at the Pymatuning Goose Management Area and banded 8/26 (Kevin Jacobs, doc submitted) was seen by many until 10/8. The bird was reportedly shot later by a hunter (fide Ron Leberman).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2010 Mar-May Dauphin 5 in South Hanover Twp. 5/30 (Tom Johnson, et al., doc submitted).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2010 Aug-Nov Franklin one near Chambersburg 8/14 (Sandy Powers, doc submitted).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2010 Aug-Nov Berks two on the Wyomissing Creek in Mohnton 8/3-8 (Larry Koch, Barbara Murse, doc submitted)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2012 Jun-Jul Lancaster 2 seen and photographed at Middle Creek WMA 7/26, not relocated (ph. Shawn Loewen).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2016 Aug-Nov Lancaster one at Hurst Rd and Frysville Rd 10/24-11/5 (Fern Bauman, m.ob. doc submitted)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2016 Aug-Nov Northampton one at Walnutport Canal 10/3 to early Dec (Pam Pryor, m.ob., doc submitted).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2017 Aug-Nov Adams one at Lake Heritage 9/22(Callan Murphy) remained the through at least 12/19 (no doc).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2017-2018 Dec-Feb Adams one continued at Lake Heritage from the fall until 12/19 (m.ob.).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2018 Aug-Nov Chester 2 at a private farm pond in Nottingham 8/10 (Kendra VonNieda, doc submitted)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2018 Aug-Nov Mercer one at Shenango propagation ponds 8/10 (ph. Jim Mondok, doc submitted).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2019 Jun-Jul Berks 11 visited a pond at the edge of a residential development near Leesport 7/4 and left the same day (David Robson)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2019 Jun-Jul Montgomery one stopped in Wissahickon Waterfowl Preserve 7/25-26 (Andrew Albright, m.ob., ph.)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2019 Jun-Jul Clinton one at the Central Mountain High School wetlands in Mill Hall 7/12 remained until 7/22 (Carol and Charles Hildebrand, m.ob.)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2019 Jun-Jul Lancaster a pair at Alcoa Marsh 6/17-29 (Larry Bernhardt, m.ob.)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2019 Mar-May Lebanon 8 along Ft. Zellers Rd. 5/20 (Jonathan Heller, Steve Ferreri, Mike Shull, doc submitted), first county record
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2019 Jun-Jul Montour one found at Rt54 wetlands continued to 6/16 (m.ob.)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2019 Jun-Jul Philadelphia four at the John Heinz NWR impoundment 7/21 (m.ob., eBird).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2019 Aug-Nov York 6 on Susquehanna River at Native Lands Heritage Trail 8/7 (Chuck Berthoud, Dick Cleary, Dean Newhouse, Donald Weidemann, doc submitted).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2019 Mar-May Berks 12 at EJ Breneman's Quarry 5/11-27 (Ken Lebo, m.ob., doc submitted), third county record
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2019 Jun-Jul Allegheny seven appeared at North Park during stormy weather 7/19 (David Prentice)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2019 Mar-May Montour flock of 37 at Rte. 54 Wetlands near Arrowhead Rd. 5/18 (Franny Dennehy, Paul Dennehy, m.ob., doc submitted).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2020 Jun-Jul Philadelphia seven at the retention pond behind the Philadelphia Mills mall 6/24 (Holger Pflicke, m.ob.).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2020 Jun-Jul Montgomery one discovered at Green Lane Park 7/20 by a park employee and shared by Joseph Greco, then seen by many
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2020 Jun-Jul Huntingdon ten spent 7/30 at the Old Crow Wetland (David Kyler, ph., m.ob.)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2020 Jun-Jul Delaware four were discovered at John Heinz NWR 6/2 (Rich Ziegler, m.ob.)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2020 Jun-Jul Erie four took up residence in a West Springfield pond 6/29 to around 7/22, the first county record (fide Richard & Michele Wurst)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2021 Jun-Jul Franklin one 7/17 at Antrim Commons Ponds (Michael Saylor).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2021 Aug-Nov Dauphin one on Susquehanna River at Liverpool 9/11 (Dave Barnes, no doc)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2021 Aug-Nov Schuylkill one flew past Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 8/23 (Bracken Brown, et al., no doc).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2022 Aug-Nov Adams one at a farm pond on Buttonwood Rd. 10/11-11/14 (Cy Dietz, Linette Mansberger, doc submitted)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2022 Aug-Nov Schuylkill 11 at Landingville Dam and Marsh 8/29-31 (Dan Brennan, Karen Hardy, Rich Rieger, John Stetson, Dave Kruel, doc submitted).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2022 Jun-Jul Berks 2 in flooded field along Cross Keys Rd. 6/3-6 (Jo Spilde, ph.)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2022 Jun-Jul Philadelphia 3 at John Heinz NWR 7/30, third report since 2019 (Kathy Tangaroo, m.ob.).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2022 Jun-Jul Lancaster one spent time at Lancaster Solid Waste Management Authority landfill 7/21-26 (Brian Shade)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2022 Jun-Jul Delaware 10 photographed 6/15 at Governor Printz Park (Rob Fergus, m.ob.)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2022 Jun-Jul Clarion one at small farm pond in Limestone where it stayed 6/12-14 (Jeffrey Hall, Eric Schill, Alice Thurau, Carole Winslow)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2022 Jun-Jul Allegheny one at Imperial 6/12-13 (Mark Vass)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2023 Jun-Jul Philadelphia one observed 7/2 at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge (Rand Quinn, eBird, ph., m.ob.).