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Piping Plover 1992 Oct-Dec Erie One on 8/3 at Presque Isle SP Deuane Hoffman
Piping Plover 1993 Oct-Dec Erie 1 on 8/11 (Eric Hall) and 1 juv. on 9/4-12 (Don Snyder, Jerry McWilliams, et al)
Piping Plover 1995 Oct-Dec Erie 1 on 7/29 and possibly the same bird on 8/10-11 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Piping Plover 1996 Oct-Dec Crawford 1 on 9/22 at Woodcock Lake (Ron Leberman)
Piping Plover 1997 Apr-Jun Erie 3 on 5/8 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Piping Plover 2000 Oct-Dec Lancaster 1 on 8/27-9/3 at Washington Boro (Eric Witmer, et al)
Piping Plover 2002 Apr-Jun Indiana 1 at Yellow Creek State Park 4/30 was a first county record (Lee Carnahan, Carol Guba, Margaret Higbee, Dory Jacobs, Gloria Lamer, Scott Speedy)
Piping Plover 2005 Mar-May Erie one 4/26-28 (Ben Coulter, Jerry McWilliams); one 5/10-12, & 5/17 (Ben Coulter, Jerry McWilliams); one 5/28 (John Fedak); all at Presque Isle State Park. All three birds were recognizable as different individuals due to variations in plumage, and one was banded
Piping Plover 2005 Mar-May Bucks one at the Penn-Warner Tract 4/2 (Devich Farbotnik)
Piping Plover 2006 Jun-Jul Berks One at a farm pond on Old Rt. 22 east of Shartlesville 6/4 was a first county record (Joan Silagy). (No Doc).
Piping Plover 2009 Mar-May Erie one with colored leg bands at Presque Isle State Park 5/5 (Kathleen Ryan, doc submitted).
Piping Plover 2009 Mar-May Bedford one at Shawnee State Park 5/9 (Debbie Bodenschatz, doc submitted)
Piping Plover 2011 Aug-Nov Erie one banded bird at Gull Point 8/14-15 (Brian Berchtold, ph. Jerry McWilliams, doc submitted) was banded at Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan.
Piping Plover 2011 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 4/26 (Sara Sargent, no doc).
Piping Plover 2012 Aug-Nov Franklin one in a flooded field east of Chambersburg 10/30 (Bill Oyler, Chris Blazo, doc submitted).
Piping Plover 2012 Aug-Nov Erie one juvenile at Gull Point 8/12 (ph. Daniel Parsons, doc submitted) and 8/17 (ph. Jerry McWilliams) had been banded at Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan
Piping Plover 2012 Jun-Jul Erie a banded adult made a brief appearance at Sunset Point 7/13 (ph. Mike Weible, doc submitted).
Piping Plover 2013 Mar-May Erie one banded bird at Presque Isle State Park 5/14-15 (Jason Fidorra, doc submitted) and one unbanded bird there 5/30 (Roger Donn, no doc).
Piping Plover 2013 Jun-Jul Erie one leg-banded bird at Gull Point 6/8 (Roger Donn, no doc), one unbanded adult at Gull Point 6/8-9 (Roger Donn, Mary Birdsong, doc submitted), and one unbanded adult 7/26-28 (Roger Donn, doc submitted).
Piping Plover 2014 Jun-Jul Erie as many as five different adults at Gull Point 6/12-7/8, with up to 2 present at once (Mary Birdsong, Diane Morton, Roger Donn, m.ob., doc submitted)
Piping Plover 2015 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 5/4-14 (Mary Birdsong, no doc).
Piping Plover 2016 Mar-May Erie two at Presque Isle State Park 5/8-18 (Jerry McWilliams, Shannon Thompson, Mary Birdsong, photo in eBird)
Piping Plover 2016 Mar-May Lawrence one at Shaner Road Marsh 5/1 (Randy Stringer, photo in eBird).
Piping Plover 2016 Aug-Nov Mercer one banded juv. (origin undetermined) at ShenangoRiver Reservoir 9/1-10 (Neil Troyer, ph. Geoff Malosh, m.ob., no doc) provided a first county record.
Piping Plover 2016 Aug-Nov Erie one at Barracks Beach and four different banded birds at Gull Point 8/6-24 (Geoff Malosh, Mary Birdsong, et al., no doc)
Piping Plover 2016 Jun-Jul Erie one of 2 banded males at Gull Point on Presque Isle found in May was seen scraping and in display flight 6/9 (Mary Birdsong), continuing until at least 7/15, but never accompanied by female (Mary Birdsong, m.ob.).
Piping Plover 2017 Mar-May Erie a banded male 4/18, joined by a banded femaleit 5/11. Another banded male appeared 5/16 with all 3 remainingthrough the season at Presque Isle SP (Mary Birdsong).
Piping Plover 2017 Jun-Jul Erie two pairs successfully nested for the first time in Pennsylvania since the mid-to late 1950s. The first nest contained 3 eggs with 2 successfully hatching (Mary Birdsong, Cathy Haffner). See article in this issue for more on nesting and history at Presque
Piping Plover 2017 Aug-Nov Erie 2 juvs. continued at Gull Point to 8/28 (MaryBirdsong, Roger Donn, no doc), and one flew past Sunset Point 9/28 (Jerry McWilliams, no doc).
Piping Plover 2018 Jun-Jul Erie a pair again successfully nested, seen through the period (Mary Birdsong, m.ob.).
Piping Plover 2018 Aug-Nov Erie continued from summer at Gull Point to at least 8/12 (Don Snyder, Jerry McWilliams, et al.).
Piping Plover 2018 Mar-May Erie nesting confirmed at Presque Isle SP 5/15 (Mary Birdsong).
Piping Plover 2019 Aug-Nov Erie up to 5 continued from summer at Gull Point to 8/30 (Justin Berkheimer, Jennifer Ferrick, et al., doc previously submitted).
Piping Plover 2019 Mar-May Erie at least 3 at Presque Isle SP 4/15 through the season (Mary Birdsong, no doc).
Piping Plover 2019 Jun-Jul Erie nesting pair present through the season, with 4 eggs on 6/19, and a second male.
Piping Plover 2020 Aug-Nov Erie 5 at Gull Point 8/30, presumably continuing from summer (Nathaniel Sharp, eBird, doc submitted).
Piping Plover 2020 Jun-Jul Erie pair was confirmed nesting again, monitored by PGC camera, with four eggs hatching 6/23-24, chicks banded 7/2 (Cathy Haffner), and all four fledged by 7/16 (Mary Birdsong), plus another banded plover was noted 6/30 and a 2020 fledgling from Ontario was se
Piping Plover 2021 Aug-Nov Erie at Gull Point from summer to 8/31 (Jerry McWilliams, Mary Birdsong, doc previously accepted).
Piping Plover 2021 Jun-Jul Erie two young fledged from 4 nest attempts at Presque Isle SP (Mary Birdsong, Sarah Sargent, fide Cathy Haffner).
Piping Plover 2022 Jun-Jul Erie 3 pairs (2 males, 3 females) produced 9 chicks, of which 5 fledged in the wild and 4 from captive rearing (fide, Cathy Haffner).
Piping Plover 2022 Mar-May Erie first reported at Presque Isle SP 4/25 and present through May (m.ob.)
Piping Plover 2022 Mar-May Philadelphia one at Delaware River mudflats at Glen Foerd 5/14 (Shane Murphy, et al.).
Piping Plover 2022 Aug-Nov Erie 2 juveniles that fledged this summer remained to the first week of Sep (m.ob., doc submitted).
Piping Plover 2023 Mar-May Erie up to three in May at Presque Isle State Park (m.ob.).
Piping Plover 2023 Jun-Jul Erie four pairs nested this season at Gull Point (fide Cathy Haffner).
Piping Plover 2023 Aug-Nov Erie up to four present at Gull Point to 9/9 (Jon Kauffman), doc previously submitted.