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Red Knot 1992 Oct-Dec Erie 2 on 7/29 (Geoff Robinson); 52 on 8/4 (Bill Stocku, Deuane Hoffman); and 6 from 8/25 to 9/13 (Ken Lebo, Jerry McWilliams)
Red Knot 1992 Oct-Dec Lancaster 2 on 9/21-23 at the Conejehola Flats (Harold Morrin, Jonathan Heller), and 17 on 9/25 (Deuane Hoffman, Bob Schutsky, et al)
Red Knot 1993 Oct-Dec Centre 1 at Bald Eagle SP 11/7 (Harry Henderson)
Red Knot 1994 Oct-Dec Erie present at Presque Isle from 8/8-13 (Geoff Robinson, McWilliams)
Red Knot 1994 Apr-Jun Erie at Presque Isle 1 on 5/20 (Ramsay Koury) and 3 on 5/25 (Jerry McWilliams)
Red Knot 1996 Jul-Sep Montgomery 200+ on 6/1 at Green Lane Res. (Jason Horn)
Red Knot 1996 Oct-Dec Northampton 1 on 9/7 at Martin's Creek was a 1st county record (Rick Wiltraut)
Red Knot 1996 Oct-Dec Erie Present from 9/2-8 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Red Knot 1996 Apr-Jun Luzerne 1 on 5/19 at Plains
Red Knot 1996 Apr-Jun Erie 1 on 5/27 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Red Knot 1997 Oct-Dec Erie Present from 8/28-9/26 at Presque Isle State Park (Geoff Robinson, Jerry McWilliams)
Red Knot 1997 Jul-Sep Erie 24 on 6/1 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Red Knot 1998 Oct-Dec Erie 1 on 8/27 at Presque Isle SP (Don Snyder)
Red Knot 1999 Oct-Dec Erie 1 on 9/5 at Presque Isle State Park (Jerry McWilliams)
Red Knot 1999 Apr-Jun Erie 1 on 5/23 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Red Knot 1999 Oct-Dec Mercer Mercer: 1 on 8/30 at Shenango River Reservoir (Randy Stringer, Troyer Family)(No desc.)
Red Knot 1999 Jul-Sep Berks 1 on 6/12-14 at Lake Ontelaunee (Harold Lebo et al)
Red Knot 1999 Apr-Jun Delaware 30 on 5/31 at Rose Tree Park (Al Guarente, Nick Pulcinella)
Red Knot 2000 Apr-Jun Erie 50-60 on 5/17 and 1 on 5/28 at Presque Isle State Park (Jerry McWilliams)
Red Knot 2000 Oct-Dec Erie 1 on 9/4 at Presque Isle State Park (Jerry McWilliams)
Red Knot 2001 Apr-Jun Montgomery Several hundred on 5/29 seen flying at dusk at Green Lane Reservoir (Jason Horn)
Red Knot 2001 Jul-Sep Juniata 1 reported at early date of 8/5 on Stoney Mud Flats of Juniata River (Daniel Kanagy) (no desc.)
Red Knot 2001 Jul-Sep Mercer 2 on 9/13-15 on the BAS outing to Shenango Reservoir
Red Knot 2001 Apr-Jun Lancaster 1 on 5/23 at the Conejohela Flats (Jerry Book, Deuane Hoffman)
Red Knot 2001 Jul-Sep Erie 1 on 9/21 (Ben Coulter) to 9/24 (J. McWilliams) at Presque Isle
Red Knot 2002 Apr-Jun Erie 12 on 5/24 at Presque Isle State Park (Dave Wilton)
Red Knot 2002 Aug-Nov Erie 3 from 9/9-16 at Thompson Flats (Ben Coulter)
Red Knot 2003 Jun-Jul Erie Four on 7/27 at Presque Isle (from PABirds list serve)
Red Knot 2003 Aug-Nov Crawford One 10/12 Linesville Fish Hatchery (R. Leberman)
Red Knot 2004 Aug-Nov Erie Forty were present at Presque Isle SP 8/18-9/17 (Ben Coulter, Jerry McWilliams)
Red Knot 2004 Aug-Nov Lancaster One on the Conejohela Flats 8/22 (Carolyn Blatchley, Deuane Hoffman, Tom Johnson) no desc
Red Knot 2004 Jun-Jul Erie 8 on 7/31 at Gull Point was a good count for this rare species (Jerry McWilliams).
Red Knot 2004 Aug-Nov McKean One at the Bradford Sewage ponds 8/13 (John Fedak) no desc
Red Knot 2005 Aug-Nov Lancaster three at the Susquehanna River, Conejohela Flats 8/24 (Deuane Hoffman), No Desc
Red Knot 2005 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 5/22 (Jerry McWilliams, Ramsay Koury)
Red Knot 2005 Aug-Nov Erie a season total of 11 was recorded for 8/11, 8/21, & 8/31 at Gull Point (Jerry McWilliams)
Red Knot 2006 Jun-Jul Lancaster One on the Conejohela Flats 7/23 (Tom Johnson).
Red Knot 2007 Aug-Nov Philadelphia 25 put down on a sandbar in the Delaware R. 9/14 (Frank Windfelder).
Red Knot 2007 Jun-Jul Lancaster 2 at Conejehola flats 6/6 (Deuane Hoffman).
Red Knot 2007 Jun-Jul Lancaster two at the Conejohela Flats 6/6 (Deuane Hoffman).
Red Knot 2008 Jun-Jul Bucks Approximate total of 20 on 6/3 over Quakertown (Devich Farbotnik), probably the county's highest total ever.
Red Knot 2008 Aug-Nov Erie 4 flew past Gull Point 9/15 (Don Snyder)
Red Knot 2008 Aug-Nov Lancaster recorded at the Conejohela Flats 9/6 and 9/21 (m.ob.).
Red Knot 2009 Aug-Nov Lancaster 2 juveniles at the Conejohela Flats 8/23 (Jerry Book, et al.)
Red Knot 2009 Aug-Nov Mercer one at Shenango Reservoir 9/20-22 (Mark Vass).
Red Knot 2010 Aug-Nov Erie one juvenile at Gull Point 9/4-5 (Jerry McWilliams)
Red Knot 2010 Aug-Nov Lancaster one juv. on a weed bed in the Susquehanna R. off Peach Bottom 9/20 (Bob Schutsky)
Red Knot 2010 Aug-Nov Montgomery 4 at Green Lane Reservoir 8/15 (Ken Reiker, Bill Keim, Devich Farbotnik).
Red Knot 2011 Aug-Nov Erie 7 at Gull Point 9/5 (Don Snyder), and one at Gull Point 10/2-3 (Mike Weible).
Red Knot 2011 Mar-May Chester a flock of 70 flying by 5/27 and over 100 on 5/31 at Bucktoe Creek Preserve (Larry Lewis, Holly Merker, William Ryan, Lori Ryan).
Red Knot 2012 Jun-Jul Somerset 2 breeding plumage birds 6/2 at Lake Somerset (eBird, Mike Lanzone).
Red Knot 2012 Jun-Jul Erie 2 passed Gull Point on 6/1 during a storm (Geoff Malosh)
Red Knot 2012 Mar-May Somerset two at Somerset L. 6/2 (Mike Lanzone).
Red Knot 2012 Aug-Nov Dauphin 195 in several flocks at West Fairview 10/30 (Ramsay Koury).
Red Knot 2013 Aug-Nov Philadelphia 9 passed Pennypack on the Delaware and a tenth put down there 8/10 (Frank Windfelder).
Red Knot 2013 Aug-Nov Northampton 2 at Minsi Lake 8/1 (Matt Sabatine)
Red Knot 2013 Jun-Jul Erie 30 grounded during a storm at Gull Point 6/6 (Roger Donn), and a single at Gull Point 7/28 (Roger Donn)
Red Knot 2013 Mar-May Bucks a flock of approximately 150 flew by near Quakertown 5/30 (Devich Farbotnik).
Red Knot 2013 Jun-Jul Philadelphia one at Pennypack on the Delaware 7/26 (Frank Windfelder).
Red Knot 2014 Jun-Jul Erie a late spring bird at Gull Point 6/7 (Roger Donn), and 14 during a shorebird fallout at Gull Point 7/28 (Don Snyder).
Red Knot 2014 Aug-Nov Erie one at Gull Point 9/7 (Dan and Gina Rubino).
Red Knot 2014 Mar-May Erie one at Gull Point 5/31 (Roger Donn).
Red Knot 2015 Aug-Nov Erie up to 3 at Gull Point 8/15 and 8/22-31 (Roger Donn, David Yeany II, Colleen Yeany, eBird).
Red Knot 2015 Mar-May Chester a flock of 27 over West Chester 5/29 (Holly Merker).
Red Knot 2016 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 5/23 (Mary Birdsong).
Red Knot 2016 Mar-May Chester one at Chambers Lake 5/28 (Cathy Wasaman), 12 flying over Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/26 (Larry Lewis, Kathleen Pileggi)
Red Knot 2016 Aug-Nov Erie season total of 5 from 8/21-9/9 at Gull Point (Mary Birdsong, Roger Donn).
Red Knot 2017 Aug-Nov Erie about 8 total for the season at Gull Point 8/26-10/2 (Roger Donn, Jerry McWilliams, Don Snyder).
Red Knot 2017 Mar-May Bucks one over Milford Twp. 5/31 (Devich Farbotnik)
Red Knot 2017 Mar-May Chester 100 over Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/21 (Larry Lewis, Michael Hartshorne, Lauren Diamond, Holly Merker)
Red Knot 2017 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle SP 5/1 and 5 there 5/25 (Mary Birdsong)
Red Knot 2017 Mar-May Warren one at Hatch Patch Fields 5/9 (John Fedak).
Red Knot 2017 Aug-Nov Crawford one at Woodcock Lake 9/3-8 (Nancy Anderson, et al.)
Red Knot 2018 Mar-May Bucks 62 counted flying over Milford Twp. 5/26 and more over that location 5/29 in a mixed flock of 500 shorebirds (Devich Farbotnik, 4th and 5th county records
Red Knot 2018 Jun-Jul Erie singles or small groups were reported 7/22-27 at Gull Point with a high single day count of 10 on 7/22 (Steve Schmit, Mary Birdsong).
Red Knot 2018 Aug-Nov Erie 10 at Gull Point 7/22-27 (Steve Schmit) and singles there 8/16-9/1 (Mary Birdsong, Roger Donn).
Red Knot 2018 Mar-May Delaware flock of 40 over Marcus Hook 5/28 (Rob Fergus)
Red Knot 2018 Mar-May Montgomery an estimated 80 in flock over Valley Forge National Historical Park 5/29 (Steve Grunwald).
Red Knot 2019 Mar-May Lycoming one recorded over Montoursville 5/26 (Bobby Brown)
Red Knot 2019 Mar-May Erie 10 flew past Gull Point at Presque Isle SP 5/25 (Mary Birdsong)
Red Knot 2019 Jun-Jul Montgomery 30 fly-overs at Green Lane Park 6/1 (Jason Horn) and 150 simultaneously at Valley Forge National Historical Park (Steve Grunwald).
Red Knot 2019 Mar-May Philadelphia recorded by motus receiver at the University of Pennsylvania 5/26-29 and 5/30.
Red Knot 2019 Aug-Nov Erie up to 4 at Gull Point 8/9-31 (Justin Berkheimer, et al.) and one at Beach 11 on 9/13 (Robert Scribner).
Red Knot 2019 Mar-May Bucks total of 50 flew over Milford Twp. 5/25 (Devich Farbotnik), sixth county record
Red Knot 2020 Jun-Jul Chester total of 113 at about 6:30 p.m. on 6/4 over Bucktoe Creek Preserve among thousands of shorebirds (Larry Lewis, eBird) and 88 seen over Downingtown at same time (Zach Baer, ph. eBird)
Red Knot 2020 Jun-Jul Montgomery 80 over Valley Forge NHP 6/2 (Steve Grunwald) and 250 over Green Lane Park 6/4 (Jason Horn, Kenneth Rieker).
Red Knot 2020 Aug-Nov Erie season total of 6 at Gull Point 8/8-9/13 (m.ob.).
Red Knot 2021 Jun-Jul Montgomery 50 identified among 2600 unidentified shorebirds flying over Valley Forge NHP 6/1 (Dave Belford, Paul Bernhardt, Paul Driver, Steve Grunwald) and also on 6/1, 3 knots and 1200 unidentified shorebirds seen from Green Lane Park (Scott Godshall, Paul Heveran
Red Knot 2021 Jun-Jul Chester 30 were counted 6/6 over Bucktoe Creek Preserve (Larry Lewis)
Red Knot 2021 Mar-May Tioga 4 reports at Wellsboro with a high of five on 5/29 (Tom Johnson, Andy Keister, Matthew Schenk, Susan Schenk, Sara Busch, Jason Horn)
Red Knot 2021 Mar-May Chester 2 at Downingtown 5/25 (Zach Baer)
Red Knot 2021 Aug-Nov Erie one or 2 at Gull Point 8/14-10/4 (m.ob.).
Red Knot 2022 Aug-Nov Delaware 2 at Hog Island 9/3 (John Zygmunt, Ross Gallardy)
Red Knot 2022 Aug-Nov Erie 5 at Gull Point 8/22 (Oscar Nigam), followed by one 9/2 and 9/6 (Mary Birdsong), and one 10/4 (Ruth Swaney).
Red Knot 2023 Mar-May Chester 180 flying over Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/27 (Larry Lewis, m.ob.).
Red Knot 2023 Jun-Jul Erie a molting adult was reported at Gull Point on 7/27- 28 (Jerry McWilliams, m.ob.).
Red Knot 2023 Aug-Nov Bucks one detected by Motus tower at Nockamixon State Park 8/4
Red Knot 2023 Aug-Nov Delaware six at Hog Island 9/24 (Steve Schmit, Jason Horn et al.)
Red Knot 2023 Aug-Nov Erie four sightings at Gull Point 8/24-9/17 (Kendall Zook, Ruth Swaney, Jason Bojczyk)
Red Knot 2023 Aug-Nov Fayette one at Duck Pond Road 9/10-17 (Michael David).