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Birds of Note All Records For King Rail
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| 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 | Apr-Jun | Mercer | 1 on 4/27 at Pennsy Swamp (Randy Stringer)(no desc) |
| King Rail | 2000 | Oct-Dec | Westmoreland | 1 on 9/10-13 at Powdermill Nature Reserve (no desc.)(Laura Quattrini) |
| King Rail | 2002 | Aug-Nov | Lancaster | 1 heard on 9/22 at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (Tom Raub) |
| King Rail | 2002 | Jul | McKean | 1 heard on 7/1 at Bullis Mills Swamp (John Fedak) |
| 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 | Tioga | Responded to tape 6/16 at undisclosed location (Deuane Hoffman Drew Weber Atlas) |
| King Rail | 2007 | Jun-Jul | Warren | Responded to tape 6/25 at undisclosed location (John Fedak 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 | Chester | one at Cheslen Preserve 5/23 (Chuck Chalfant, 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 | 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 | 2012 | Mar-May | Lancaster | one at Woods Edge Park 3/9 (Roger Stoner, no doc). |
| 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 | Crawford | one at Conneaut Marsh 4/19 (Dave Inman, no doc). |
| King Rail | 2014 | Mar-May | Bucks | one at Quakertown Swamp 5/19 (ph. Devich Farbotnik, doc submitted) |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Delaware | one detected by nocturnal flight call recorder over Wallingford 5/14 (RF) |
| King Rail | 2022 | Mar-May | Philadelphia | one at Army Corps of Engineers 5/1 through May (Ed Edge, Holger Pflicke, et al.). |
| 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. |
| King Rail | 2024 | Mar-May | Berks | one at Kutztown University 4/16 (Todd Underwood), rediscovered 4/25-26 (Todd Underwood, Rudy Keller, m.ob.), and last seen 4/28 (Brian Lineaweaver, Andrew Price), doc submitted |
| King Rail | 2024 | Mar-May | Clearfield | one heard at Platt Rd 5/14 (Jerod Skebo, eBird), no doc |
| King Rail | 2024 | Mar-May | Crawford | one heard at Geneva Marsh 4/22 (Ross Gallardy, eBird), no doc. |