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Forster's Tern 1992 Oct-Dec Delaware up to 11/1 (Al Guarente) behind the airport
Forster's Tern 1993 Oct-Dec Delaware Present into October
Forster's Tern 1993 Jan-Mar Lancaster 1 up to 12/5 at Conowingo Pond was very late (B. Schutsky)
Forster's Tern 1995 Oct-Dec Erie Present up to 11/25 with a high of 7 on 11/3 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams, Jim Flynn)
Forster's Tern 1995 Oct-Dec Philadelphia 3 present up to 10/8 at Penn's Landing (Jim McKinney)
Forster's Tern 1995 Oct-Dec Lancaster Present to 11/3 with a high of 20 on 10/20 at Wissler Run Park (Randy Miller)
Forster's Tern 1995 Jan-Mar Wyoming 1 0n 12/14 at South Eaton was very late and a first county record (William Reid)
Forster's Tern 1995 Oct-Dec Delaware Present up to 10/8 (30) on the Delaware River (Al Guarente)
Forster's Tern 1997 Oct-Dec Bucks 1 on 10/22 at Plumstead Twp.(Alan Brady)
Forster's Tern 1997 Oct-Dec Erie Recorded up to 11/22 (late) at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Forster's Tern 1997 Oct-Dec Philadelphia Recorded up to 11/5 with 20 on 10/19 (Ted Floyd, Ed Fingerhood)
Forster's Tern 1997 Oct-Dec Delaware Recorded up to 11/8 with 13 on 10/12 at Darby Creek (Nick Pulcinella)
Forster's Tern 1998 Oct-Dec Delaware present up to 10/25 with 10 on the Darby Creek (Ted Floyd)
Forster's Tern 1998 Oct-Dec Berks 6 on 10/10 at Lake Ontelaunee (Katrina Knight)
Forster's Tern 1998 Oct-Dec Lancaster present up to 10/25 with a high of 35 on 10/18 at Washington Boro (Peter Robinson)
Forster's Tern 1999 Oct-Dec Erie Present up to 11/13 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Forster's Tern 1999 Oct-Dec Delaware 8 present up to 11/7 at Essington (Al Guarente)
Forster's Tern 2000 Oct-Dec Philadelphia Present up to 10/15 at Tinicum (m. obs.)
Forster's Tern 2000 Oct-Dec Lancaster Present up to 10/12
Forster's Tern 2000 Oct-Dec Erie Present part of the quarter
Forster's Tern 2000 Oct-Dec Cambria 1 on 10/4 at Prince Gallitzin State Park (Dave Gobert)
Forster's Tern 2001 Oct-Dec Bucks 8 on 10/6 at Bristol (Devich Farbotnik)
Forster's Tern 2003 Jun-Jul Bucks Our first county report in June was 6/14 at the Penn-Warner Tract; followed by a second at Nockamixon State Park on 6/16 (Devich Farbotnik).
Forster's Tern 2004 Jun-Jul Lancaster the Conejohela Flats produced decent numbers on 7/19 (Deuane Hoffman, Jonathan Heller)
Forster's Tern 2004 Jun-Jul Lebanon 2 on 6/5; one adult and 1 winter plumage were seen at Memorial Lake State Park for a first June record (Randy Miller, mob)
Forster's Tern 2004 Jun-Jul Delaware were on Tinicum area creeks from 7/24 in mixed age groups of up to 50 birds
Forster's Tern 2008 Jun-Jul Philadelphia First reported 6/22 (Michael Drake), parents feeding young were present in late Jul (Doris McGovern, m.ob.).
Forster's Tern 2008 Jun-Jul Lancaster Adult feeding two juveniles ona snag at Susquehanna River, Conejohela Flats 7/19,and 9 at the same location 7/26
Forster's Tern 2009-2010 Dec-Feb Allegheny one at the point in downtown Pittsburgh 12/30-1/2 (Dave Wilton, Dan Yagusic, m.ob.) provided the second state record for January.
Forster's Tern 2011 Jun-Jul Venango at Kahle Lake 6/6 (Gary Edwards).
Forster's Tern 2011 Jun-Jul Philadelphia six at John Heinz NWR 7/28-31 (Al Guarente, eBird)
Forster's Tern 2011 Jun-Jul Lancaster 4 at the Conejohela Flats 7/23 (m.ob.)
Forster's Tern 2011 Jun-Jul Delaware up to 17 on the Delaware River 7/30-31 (Al Guarente, eBird)
Forster's Tern 2015 Jun-Jul Indiana one at Yellow Creek 7/26 (ph. Todd Hooe)
Forster's Tern 2015 Jun-Jul Elk one at East Branch Lake 6/11 (Brendyn Baptiste)
Forster's Tern 2015 Jun-Jul Montgomery one at Green Lane Park 7/30 (Paul Driver).
Forster's Tern 2015 Jun-Jul Crawford at the Espyville Marina 7/3 (Mark Vass) and at Pymatuning Spillway 7/19 (Mark Vass)
Forster's Tern 2015 Jun-Jul Bucks one at Nockamixon State Park 7/6 (Devich Farbotnik)
Forster's Tern 2015-2016 Dec-Feb Philadelphia adult at Tinicum 2/25-27 (Don Freiday, Ron Furnish, Marie Mullins, m.ob).
Forster's Tern 2016-2017 Dec-Feb Erie One at mouth Walnut Creek 12/7 (Jerry McWilliams).
Forster's Tern 2017 Jun-Jul Indiana two at beach of Yellow Creek SP 7/4 (Matthew Juskowich, ebird)
Forster's Tern 2017 Jun-Jul Delaware one at John Heinz NWR 7/28 along Darby Creek (Jim McConnell)
Forster's Tern 2017 Jun-Jul Bucks two at Penn-Warner Tract 7/29 (Devich Farbotnik)
Forster's Tern 2017 Jun-Jul Philadelphia many eBird reports 7/26 to end of season, with a high count of 5 (Ann Reeves).
Forster's Tern 2017 Jun-Jul Cambria one at Prince Gallitzin campground 6/19 (James Kellam, ebird)
Forster's Tern 2020 Jun-Jul Lancaster two on Susquehanna River Lake Clarke 6/15 (Zach Millen, m.ob.), and 5 on Susquehanna River Conejohela Flats 7/31 (Jason Horn).
Forster's Tern 2021 Jun-Jul Philadelphia many observations in late-June and July (eBird).
Forster's Tern 2021 Jun-Jul Butler at Moraine SP 6/1, 6/7, 6/15 (Martin Carlin, fide Oscar Miller)
Forster's Tern 2021 Jun-Jul Lancaster one at Middle Creek WMA 7/15 (Jonathan Heller)
Forster's Tern 2022 Jun-Jul Berks one photographed at Blue Marsh Lake 7/21 (Russ Hoffman)
Forster's Tern 2022 Jun-Jul Tioga one at Cowanesque Lake 7/25 (Ken Cooper).
Forster's Tern 2022 Jun-Jul Somerset one at Somerset Lake 7/3 (Jeff Payne)
Forster's Tern 2022 Jun-Jul Indiana 2 took refuge at Yellow Creek SP just before impending thunderstorm 7/5 (Marg Higbee, Roger Higbee)
Forster's Tern 2022 Jun-Jul Delaware frequently reported throughout the period at Delaware River/Hog Island Rd (m.ob.)