Birds of Note

All Records For King Rail

King Rail	1993	Apr-Jun	Lancaster	1 was found at Alcoa Marsh 5/8 (J. Heller, R. Miller). It remained until 5/14 and was seen by many. It was much larger than the Virginia Rail and differed from that species in that it had a rich rusty color that extended up onto its cheeks and the distinctive call of a King Rail
King Rail	1993	Apr-Jun	Butler	1 was heard and seen at Moraine SP 5/25 (G. Wilhelm)
King Rail	1996	Apr-Jun	Lancaster	1 on 5/11 at Alcoa Marsh (no details)(Jane & Leon Schreffler)
King Rail	1996	Jan-Mar	Philadelphia	3 from 10/19 to 12/19 at Tinicum (John Miller)(no details)
King Rail	1997	Jul-Sep	Crawford	3 on 6/27 at Conneaut Marsh (John Fedak)
King Rail	1998	Oct-Dec	Tioga	1 on 9/29 at Hills Creek SP (Larry & Arlene Brown)
King Rail	1999	Apr-Jun	Cumberland	1 found dead on 5/13 on Rte 696 in Hopewell Twp.by William Greenwalt and later identified by Ken Gabler
King Rail	2000	Oct-Dec	Westmoreland	1 on 9/10-13 at Powdermill Nature Reserve (no desc.)(Laura Quattrini)
King Rail	2000	Apr-Jun	Mercer	1 on 4/27 at Pennsy Swamp (Randy Stringer)(no desc)
King Rail	2002	Jul	McKean	1 heard on 7/1 at Bullis Mills Swamp (John Fedak)
King Rail	2002	Aug-Nov	Lancaster	1 heard on 9/22 at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (Tom Raub)
King Rail	2003	Jun-Jul	Philadelphia	In South Philly on 6/6 at 13th & Federal, heard flying over "kik,,kik,,,kik ing,"(George Armistead).
King Rail	2004	Mar-May	Bucks	1 at Quakertown Swamp on 4/24 remained to the end of the season (Bill Etter, Devich Farbotnik)
King Rail	2007	Jun-Jul	Warren	Responded to tape 6/25 at undisclosed location (John Fedak Atlas).
King Rail	2007	Jun-Jul	Tioga	Responded to tape 6/16 at undisclosed location (Deuane Hoffman Drew Weber Atlas)
King Rail	2008	Jun-Jul	Butler	Attempted to nest this season, but with high water levels in all wetlands, they were unsuccessful (Gene Wilhelm, no doc).
King Rail	2011	Mar-May	Bucks	two at Quakertown Swamp 4/10 and heard into May (Devich Farbotnik, no doc)
King Rail	2011	Mar-May	Lehigh	one at Haafsville 4/26-30 (Dave Neimeyer, doc submitted).
King Rail	2011	Mar-May	Crawford	one at Geneva Marsh 5/28-31 (Lukas Musher, Shannon Thompson, Dave Wilton, Clare Nicolls, no doc)
King Rail	2011	Mar-May	Chester	one at Cheslen Preserve 5/23 (Chuck Chalfant, doc submitted)
King Rail	2012	Mar-May	Lancaster	one at Woods Edge Park 3/9 (Roger Stoner, no doc).
King Rail	2012	Jun-Jul	Lebanon	first heard calling in the Lancaster portion of Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area during a nightjar survey 6/2 (Keith Lutz, Kevin Lutz, no doc), crossed over into Lebanon 6/4 (Randy C. Miller).
King Rail	2013	Mar-May	Philadelphia	one at Tinicum 5/27-29 (Debbie Beer, Linda Widdop, Mike Rosengarten, et al., doc submitted).
King Rail	2014	Mar-May	Bucks	one at Quakertown Swamp 5/19 (ph. Devich Farbotnik, doc submitted)
King Rail	2014	Mar-May	Crawford	one at Conneaut Marsh 4/19 (Dave Inman, no doc).
King Rail	2017	Mar-May	Bucks	one heard at Quakertown Swamp 4/8 (Devich Farbotnik, no doc)
King Rail	2017	Jun-Jul	Crawford	visual and auditory observations at Geneva Marsh continued from 5/18, with reports 6/1-7/1 (m.ob.), including 2 rails there 6/25 (Mary Alice Koeneke, Glenn Koppel, ph.).
King Rail	2017	Mar-May	Crawford	one at Conneaut Marsh along McMichael Rd 4/9 (Isaac Field, Ron Leberman, no doc), one at another area of Geneva Marsh 5/18 (Chris Lundberg, no doc)through the season.
King Rail	2019	Aug-Nov	Montgomery	one at Dixon Meadow Preserve 8/30-9/2 (Kenneth Rieker, m.ob., doc submitted).
King Rail	2019	Mar-May	Crawford	one at Geneva Marsh 5/17 (Andew Markel), 5/24 (Jason Horn), and 5/31 (Carl Engstrom, Eric Zawatski, no doc).
King Rail	2020	Mar-May	Delaware	one at Fort Mifflin 5/1 (Jim McConnell), no doc, one recorded as a nocturnal flight call in Wallingford 5/29 (Rob Fergus), no doc.
King Rail	2021	Mar-May	Centre	one in a back yard in State College 4/13-15 (Kurt Engstrom, Carl Engstrom), forth county record
King Rail	2021	Mar-May	Crawford	one at Conneaut Marsh 5/7-15 (Steve Sanford, Michael Williams, Ryan Tomazin), no doc.
King Rail	2022	Mar-May	Chester	one detected by nocturnal flight call recorder at private residence 4/26 (Zach Baer)
King Rail	2022	Mar-May	Philadelphia	one at Army Corps of Engineers 5/1 through May (Ed Edge, Holger Pflicke, et al.).
King Rail	2022	Mar-May	Delaware	one detected by nocturnal flight call recorder over Wallingford 5/14 (RF)
King Rail	2023	Jun-Jul	Philadelphia	seen in the open by many at John Heinz NWR from 6/21-7/9 (Kayann Cassidy, Wendy Sykora) was the second observation of this former breeder after a 10-year absence from the county
King Rail	2023	Jun-Jul	Delaware	this bird wandered across the county line at least once on 6/25 (Rich Ziegler) when it was heard calling from the Delaware side of the dike.