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Common Gallinule 1992 Oct-Dec Tioga 3 at Nessmuk L. 10/18 (Bob Ross)
Common Gallinule 1992 Oct-Dec York 1 at Long Arm Dam 10/18 (Russ Ryan)
Common Gallinule 1993 Apr-Jun Warren 2 seen in May at Akeley Swamp (Ted Grisez)
Common Gallinule 1993 Jan-Mar Philadelphia 1 on 1/17
Common Gallinule 1993 Apr-Jun Crawford first seen 4/17 at Hartstown Marsh; 5 on 5/8 at Conneaut Marsh; and 1 still there on 5/8 (Ronald Leberman)
Common Gallinule 1993 Apr-Jun Erie first seen 4/24 at Presque Isle SP and present through the rest of the quarter (Ed Kwater)
Common Gallinule 1993 Oct-Dec Philadelphia 2 up to 10/16 at Tinicum (Skip Conant)
Common Gallinule 1993 Oct-Dec Bucks 1 on 10/27 at Silver L. (George Carmichael)
Common Gallinule 1994 Jan-Mar Philadelphia Up to 40 at Fort Mifflin in October (John Miller) and 1 on 12/17 at the Sewage Ponds (Nick Pulcinella)
Common Gallinule 1994 Oct-Dec Cumberland 1 on 11/17 at Big Spring Fish & Game Club (Deaune Hoffman)
Common Gallinule 1994 Jan-Mar Delaware 1 on 12/17 at Tinicum (John Miller)
Common Gallinule 1995 Jan-Mar Philadelphia 1 on 3/28 at the airport (Al Guarente)
Common Gallinule 1995 Jan-Mar Delaware Present up to 12/17 at Tinicum NWR (John Miller)
Common Gallinule 1995 Jan-Mar Lancaster Present from 10/4 to 12/22 with a high of 60 on 10/22 at Washington Boro (Bob Schutsky)
Common Gallinule 1995 Jan-Mar Philadelphia Present up to 12/16 at Tinicum NWR (John Miller)
Common Gallinule 1996 Oct-Dec Bucks 1 on 10/9 at Bradford Dam (Ian Baldoch)
Common Gallinule 1996 Oct-Dec Mercer present up to 10/4 at Pennsy Swamp (m. obs.)
Common Gallinule 1997 Jan-Mar Philadelphia 1 on 1/3 at Tinicum (John Miller, Ed Fingerhood, Doris McGovern, Ryn Agnew)
Common Gallinule 1997 Oct-Dec Philadelphia Recorded up to 11/1 with a high of 3 on 10/5 at Tinicum (Ted Floyd)
Common Gallinule 1998 Oct-Dec Berks 1 on 10/17 at Glen Morgan Lake (Ken Lebo)
Common Gallinule 1998 Oct-Dec Crawford 1 on 10/18 at Conneaut Marsh (Ron Leberman)
Common Gallinule 1998 Oct-Dec Luzerne Present up to 10/4 at Frances Slocum State Park (Rick Koval)
Common Gallinule 1998 Jan-Mar Philadelphia 1 on 3/3 at the sewage treatment plant was early (John Miller)
Common Gallinule 1999 Jan-Mar Crawford 2 on 3/26 at Conneaut Lake outlet (Isaac Fields)
Common Gallinule 1999 Jan-Mar Cumberland 1st seen on 3/25 at Kings Gap EE Center (Deuane Hoffman)
Common Gallinule 1999 Oct-Dec Cambria 1 on 9/29 at Prince Gallitzin State Park (John Salvetti)
Common Gallinule 1999 Oct-Dec Crawford Present all quarter with a high of 9 on 8/1 at Conneaut Marsh (Ron Leberman)
Common Gallinule 1999 Jul-Sep Erie Present part of the quarter (Jerry McWilliams)
Common Gallinule 1999 Oct-Dec Lawrence 2 on 8/5-9/4 at Copper Road Wetland
Common Gallinule 1999 Jul-Sep Philadelphia Present part of the quarter
Common Gallinule 1999 Oct-Dec Crawford 1 on 10/2 at Hartstown Marsh (Marvin Byler)
Common Gallinule 2000 Jul-Sep Philadelphia Present all quarter
Common Gallinule 2000 Oct-Dec Philadelphia Present up to 10/26 at Tinicum (Peter Robinson)
Common Gallinule 2000 Oct-Dec Montgomery Present up to 11/18 at Harleysville (August & Judy Mirabella)
Common Gallinule 2000 Oct-Dec Beaver 1 on 7/24 at Darlington (Robert Lash) and 2 on 8/27 (Bill Hintze)
Common Gallinule 2000 Oct-Dec Crawford 11 on 8/5 at Coneaut Marsh (Ron Leberman) and 26 on 9/9 at Hartstown Marsh (Marvin Byler)
Common Gallinule 2000 Jul-Sep Erie Present part of the quarter
Common Gallinule 2000 Jul-Sep Montgomery Present all quarter at Harleysville
Common Gallinule 2001 Oct-Dec Luzerne 1 on 10/13 at LS (Rick Koval)
Common Gallinule 2001 Jul-Sep Crawford (nests)
Common Gallinule 2001 Jul-Sep Erie Present through quarter (Jul-Sep)
Common Gallinule 2001 Apr-Jun Crawford present from 4/22 to the end of the quarter at Conneaut Marsh (Ron Leberman, Isaac Field)
Common Gallinule 2001 Apr-Jun Delaware present from 4/16 to the end of the quarter at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum (Denis Brennan)
Common Gallinule 2001 Apr-Jun Erie present part of the quarter
Common Gallinule 2001 Apr-Jun Mercer 1 on 5/10 at Pennsy Swamp (Margaret Higbee, Linda Wagner)
Common Gallinule 2001 Jul-Sep Philadelphia Only two nests were found
Common Gallinule 2001 Apr-Jun Philadelphia Present part of the quarter
Common Gallinule 2002 Apr-Jun Crawford present from 4/8-6/17 at Conneaut Marsh where this species breeds (Ronald Leberman)
Common Gallinule 2002 Apr-Jun Delaware present during May
Common Gallinule 2002 Apr-Jun Erie present during the quarter
Common Gallinule 2002 Apr-Jun Mercer 3 on 5/9 at Pennsy Swamp (the Troyer Family)
Common Gallinule 2002 Apr-Jun Philadelphia present from 4/21 through the end of the quarter
Common Gallinule 2002-2003 Dec-Feb Philadelphia 1 on 12/14 at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum (Robert Miller)
Common Gallinule 2003 Jun-Jul Crawford Six were present at HM 6/21 and 9 were seen 7/28 (Ron and Robert Leberman)
Common Gallinule 2003 Jun-Jul Philadelphia They now number only one or two pair at Tinicum. Another pair in the lagoons outside Ft. Mifflin (Kate Somerville)
Common Gallinule 2003 Aug-Nov Bucks One 9/13 through 10/12 Penn Warner Tract (D Farbotnik)
Common Gallinule 2003 Aug-Nov Crawford 20 8/5 through 9/12 Conneaut Marsh (R Leberman)
Common Gallinule 2003 Aug-Nov Philadelphia adult with chicks was seen in a lagoon east of Philadelphia Int'l Airport 8/26 (Kate Sommerville)
Common Gallinule 2004 Jun-Jul York one was found the 3rd week of June at a small cattail marsh on Brunner Island (Richard Humbert); then was seen 6/29 (Bill DelGrande) and 7/10 (John & Jean Prescott).
Common Gallinule 2004 Jun-Jul Centre a male at Toftrees Pond on 6/19 (Rob Stone), lingered until at least 6/24. was seen by many
Common Gallinule 2004 Jun-Jul Crawford at Conneaut Marsh and Hartstown, seen by many
Common Gallinule 2004 Jun-Jul Lawrence a total of 34 in the marsh along Wampum New Galilee Rd. including 7 brand new chicks on 7/3 and 4 nesting pairs (Barb Dean)
Common Gallinule 2004 Aug-Nov Philadelphia 2 were found on 8/15 at Hog Island in the lagoons surrounding Ft Mifflin (Kate Somerville)
Common Gallinule 2004-2005 Dec-Feb Philadelphia one found on the dike that borders both counties at John Heinz NWR 12/18 (Robert Miller)
Common Gallinule 2004-2005 Dec-Feb Delaware one found on the dike that borders both counties at John Heinz NWR 12/18 (Robert Miller)
Common Gallinule 2006-2007 Dec-Feb Bucks One-four present through 1/26 at U.S. Steel in Falls Township by which date the pond froze (Adrian Binns).
Common Gallinule 2007 Jun-Jul Beaver Pair seen in Wampum/New Galilee pond 6/9 (Tom Johnson)
Common Gallinule 2007 Jun-Jul Bucks 4 young observed at Falls Twp. 7/1 (Devich Farbotnik)
Common Gallinule 2007 Jun-Jul Warren 6/6 (John Fedak Atlas).
Common Gallinule 2007 Jun-Jul Clinton near Mill Hall 6/27-28 (Wayne Laubscher)
Common Gallinule 2007 Jun-Jul Lawrence juvenile seen at Cooper Rd. wetlands 7/1 (Barb Dean Atlas)
Common Gallinule 2007 Jun-Jul Northampton at Green Pond 6/1 (Dustin Welch)
Common Gallinule 2007 Jun-Jul Philadelphia an adult was occasionally seen but never a pair at Tinicum
Common Gallinule 2007 Jun-Jul Tioga responded to playback on 6/30 in the Muck (Deuane Hoffman)
Common Gallinule 2008 Jun-Jul Bucks Again believed to be breeding at U.S. Steel, but no young were reported (Devich Farbotnik)
Common Gallinule 2008 Jun-Jul Butler Birds continuing in Slippery Rock Twp. failed to nest due to low water caused by human destruction of a beaver dam (Gene Wilhelm)
Common Gallinule 2008 Jun-Jul Crawford On 7/4, 3 adult and 7 young at Geneva (Ron Leberman).
Common Gallinule 2009 Jun-Jul Bucks Continued at the Penn Warner Tract to at least 6/6 (Devich Farbotnik)
Common Gallinule 2009 Jun-Jul Dauphin Reported at Tobias Lake near Halifax 6/12 (Jenni & Barry Horton).
Common Gallinule 2009 Mar-May Chester one at Longwood 5/9 (Larry Lewis)
Common Gallinule 2009 Mar-May Forest one at Buzzard Swamp 5/9 (Flo and Jim McGuire)
Common Gallinule 2009 Mar-May Crawford present at Geneva Marsh 4/25 (MV), single birds at McMichael Road and Custards in Geneva Marsh 4/26-5/30 (m.ob.)
Common Gallinule 2009 Mar-May Lebanon 2 at Lake Shuey beginning 5/7 (David McNaughton).
Common Gallinule 2009 Jun-Jul Crawford A new location for a breeding pair was found 6/14 on a pond across the road from the old PPG plant south of Geneva (Ron F. Leberman, Robert C. Leberman), 4 were noted there 6/18 and 6/21, one adult and 2 young on 7/4.
Common Gallinule 2009 Mar-May Bucks a pair at the Penn-Warner Tract 5/26 (Devich Farbotnik)
Common Gallinule 2009 Mar-May Lawrence one in New Beaver 5/8 (Mark Vass)
Common Gallinule 2012 Jun-Jul Mercer Pennsy Swamp 6/2 (Neil Troyer).
Common Gallinule 2012 Mar-May McKean one at Eldred Swamp 4/12 (John Fedak)
Common Gallinule 2012 Mar-May Philadelphia one at John Heinz Refuge at Tinicum 4/30 (Adrian Binns), one at Roxborough Reservoir 5/12 (Matt Sharp).
Common Gallinule 2012 Mar-May Centre one at the PennDOT Remediation Ponds near Julian 4/23-26 (Alex Lamoreaux)
Common Gallinule 2012 Mar-May Clinton one at the Mill Hall Wetlands 5/20 (m.ob.)
Common Gallinule 2012 Mar-May Crawford two at Erie National Wildlife Refuge 4/15-16 (Shawn Collins), one or two at Conneaut Marsh during the season (m.ob.)
Common Gallinule 2012 Jun-Jul Adams two 6/16 (Phil Keener), one 6/21 (Tim Becker) and again 7/7 (Phil Keener)
Common Gallinule 2012 Jun-Jul Crawford 10, including number of young chicks, at Geneva Marsh 7/14 and 2 adults with 7 young there 7/17 (Ron F. Leberman). Two were last reported at McMichael Road 7/22 (Shawn Collins)
Common Gallinule 2012 Jun-Jul Lawrence as many as 6 birds at New Beaver, Three Rivers gravel pond, and Wampum (m.ob.)
Common Gallinule 2012 Mar-May Bedford one at Dunnings Creek Wetlands 5/6 (Dawn Kleinflescher)
Common Gallinule 2013 Mar-May Lawrence at a traditional breeding site on Wampum-New Galilee Road beginning 4/27 (Mark Vass, eBird)
Common Gallinule 2013 Mar-May Mercer 6 at Pennsy Swamp 5/26 (Steve Sanford).
Common Gallinule 2013 Mar-May Cumberland one at SGL 169 from 5/11-13 (Andrew Markel, Dan Snell, Vern Gauthier)
Common Gallinule 2013 Mar-May Bedford two at Dunnings Creek Wetlands 4/24 (Tom Dick)
Common Gallinule 2013 Jun-Jul Crawford locally common at various wetlands
Common Gallinule 2013 Jun-Jul Mercer at Pennsy Swamp 6/4 (Neil Troyer) and 7/13 (Kevin Parsons, eBird).
Common Gallinule 2013 Mar-May Berks one at Lake Ontelaunee 5/9 (Dan Altif, Jason Horn)
Common Gallinule 2013 Mar-May Crawford present at the Conneaut Marsh 4/6-5/19 (m.ob.)
Common Gallinule 2013 Mar-May Bradford one at the Taylor Road Marsh 5/4 (Lewis Frederick)
Common Gallinule 2014 Jun-Jul Crawford up to 4 at Conneaut Marsh 6/1-7/26 (Ronald F. Leberman, Isaac Field)
Common Gallinule 2014 Jun-Jul Lawrence one at Wampum-New Galilee Road 7/13 (Mark Vass)
Common Gallinule 2014 Jun-Jul Philadelphia one at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum 6/24 (ph. John Collins)
Common Gallinule 2014 Jun-Jul Tioga two at southern end of The Muck, Marsh Creek 6/6 (Deuane Hoffman, eBird).
Common Gallinule 2015 Mar-May Lycoming up to 3 at State Game Lands 252 from 4/29-5/17 (David Brown, Deb Brown, Bobby Brown)
Common Gallinule 2015 Mar-May Northampton one at the Gremar Road Ponds 5/17 (ph. Matt Sabatine).
Common Gallinule 2015 Mar-May Crawford one at State Game Lands 277 from 5/5-15 (Randy Stringer, Tomas Nonnenmacher, Ken Pinnow, Rob Hodgson)
Common Gallinule 2015 Mar-May Luzerne one at Susquehanna Riverlands 4/7 (Rick Koval), one at Plymouth Flats 4/26 (Kevin Ripka)
Common Gallinule 2015 Mar-May Bradford one at Mount Pisgah State Park 5/8-9 (Lewis Frederick)
Common Gallinule 2015 Mar-May Bedford one at Dunnings Creek Wetlands 5/22 (Tom Dick)
Common Gallinule 2016 Jun-Jul Crawford 2 adults and 6 young at Geneva Marsh 6/29 (Carol Winslow); eBird observations include one at Custards 6/30 (Steve Gosser) and another 6/4 (Mary Alice Koeneke and Glenn Koppel), and from McMichael/Browns Hill Road 6/29 (Anne Jacobs)
Common Gallinule 2016 Jun-Jul Bucks one seen at Peace Valley Park since 5/13 was last reported 6/2 (Tom Fahey)
Common Gallinule 2016 Jun-Jul Erie one at Gull Point 7/23 (Evan Lipton, eBird) and one from Presque Isle Bay 7/5 (James Flynn, eBird)
Common Gallinule 2016 Jun-Jul Lawrence 2 at Black Swamp from mid-June through the season (Jeff McDonald, Shannon Thompson, m.ob.).
Common Gallinule 2016 Jun-Jul Huntingdon one at Old Crow wetland 7/13-23 (David Kyler, Trudy Kyler, m.ob.)
Common Gallinule 2017 Mar-May Tioga present at The Muck 5/13 (RichardFaber, eBird) and 5/21-26 (Ken Cooper, Doug Wentzel, et al.,eBird).
Common Gallinule 2017 Mar-May Mercer singles at Pennsy Swamp 5/13 (Brendyn Baptiste, eBird) and 5/23 (Ross Gallardy, eBird)
Common Gallinule 2017 Mar-May Crawford first of season at Conneaut Marsh 4/11 (Shawn Collins) and 4/13 (Andy Keister)
Common Gallinule 2017 Mar-May Erie singles at Presque Isle SP 4/24 (Ryan Edwards, eBird), 5/5 (Robin and Sean Minnick, eBird), and 5/11 (James Hill, eBird)
Common Gallinule 2017 Mar-May Lawrence first of season at Black Swamp 4/22 (Brendyn Baptiste, et al.), one atWampum-New Galilee Road Marsh 5/28 (Mark Vass)
Common Gallinule 2017 Jun-Jul Crawford several observations noted at regular locations (m.ob.)
Common Gallinule 2017 Jun-Jul Erie two seen from Presque Isle, Long Pond Trail 6/2 (Carole Winslow) and one near Union City 6/18 (Scott Stoleson)
Common Gallinule 2017 Jun-Jul Huntingdon heard and seen in a wetland at Cornpropst Mills three times 6/1-10 (Greg Grove, Deb Grove, Joe Verica)
Common Gallinule 2017 Jun-Jul Lawrence two noted in the same (northern) area of Black Swamp 6/8-28 (Mary Alice Koeneke, Glenn Koppel, m.ob.)
Common Gallinule 2017 Jun-Jul Mercer two at Pennsy Swamp 6/6 (Shannon Thompson) and one there 6/16 (James Hausman)
Common Gallinule 2017 Jun-Jul Philadelphia two pairs bred for the first time in nearly two decades, first seen 6/2 (Jim McConnell), one pair with 5 chicks on 7/8, and subsequently 8 gallinules were seen (m.ob.), with second pair on a nest but success is doubted (Debbie Beer).
Common Gallinule 2018-2019 Dec-Feb Philadelphia one at John Heinz NWR 12/1-3 (Joel Rurik, Katlyn Rurik).
Common Gallinule 2019 Mar-May Philadelphia one at John Heinz NWR at Tinicum 5/8-14 (Ann Reeves), a pair at Southwest Water Treatment Plant 4/29 (Dan Efroymson, Navin Sasikumar).
Common Gallinule 2019 Mar-May Allegheny one at Chapel Harbor 5/25 through the end of season (Todd Hooe, m.ob.)
Common Gallinule 2019 Mar-May Centre one at pond in Scotia Barrens 4/15-25 (Joe Verica, et. al.), 2 were there 4/25 (Ed Bernot)
Common Gallinule 2019 Mar-May Crawford present at usual locations and numbers (m.ob.)
Common Gallinule 2019 Mar-May Cumberland one at SGL 169 on 5/7 (Andrew Markel, Vern Gauthier)
Common Gallinule 2019 Mar-May Lawrence one at Copper Rd. Marsh 4/13-20 (Mark Vass), one at Black Swamp 5/1 (Glenn Koppel, Mary Alice Koeneke)
Common Gallinule 2019 Mar-May Northampton one at East Bangor Dam 4/20-22 (Stephen Kloiber, Jon Mularczyk), one at Christian Spring Rd. pond 5/16-20 (Adam Miller)
Common Gallinule 2019-2020 Dec-Feb Philadelphia one at John Heinz NWR through period
Common Gallinule 2020-2021 Dec-Feb Philadelphia one at John Heinz NWR 12/1-3 (Rich Ziegler), one at NE Water Treatment Plant 1/11 (Mike Grubb).
Common Gallinule 2021-2022 Dec-Feb Allegheny fresh remains found in Jefferson Hills 12/21 (fide Bob Mulvihill).
Common Gallinule 2023-2024 Nov-Feb Philadelphia one at John Heinz NWR 12/15-2/20 (Martin Dellwo, m.ob.), one at NE WTP 2/24 (Patrick McGill).