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Birds of Note All Records For Roseate Spoonbill
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| Roseate Spoonbill | 1844 | Aug-Nov | Lancaster | One reportedly shot at Elizabethtown, Lancaster in 1844 (Poole 1964); a poorly documented specimen in North Museum in Lancaster may be this bird. |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 1968 | Mar-May | Erie | A Roseate Spoonbill was found alive, but in a weakened condition, near Albion, Erie County on May 24, 1968. It later died, was preserved, and placed in the Pymatuning Waterfowl Museum near Linesville (J. and J. Stull, A.F.N. 22:@). |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Cumberland | one continued from the summer on the Conodoguinet Creek at Camp Hill to 9/30 (JonathanGere, m.ob., doc submitted). |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2017 | Jun-Jul | Lancaster | the find of the season was an immature bird at the Susquehanna R. Conejohela Flats early on 7/15 (Mike Epler, Zachary Millen, m.ob.), staying until the following morning (fide Ted Nichols II) |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2017 | Jun-Jul | Cumberland | reported by fisherman on Conodoguinet Creek at Camp Hill on morning of 7/15, confirmed at about 1:30 pm (Jeff Johnson, m.ob.), remained into the fall. |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2018 | Jun-Jul | Lancaster | juvenile seen briefly on the Octorara Reservoir 7/14 until spooked by kayakers (Larry Bernhardt). |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2018 | Aug-Nov | Lancaster | one at Riverfront Park 8/23 (Bill Libhart) relocated to Conejohela Flats 8/24 (Meredith Lombard), remaining to at least 10/12 (doc submitted). |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2018 | Mar-May | Bucks | one in Springtown 5/25 (Jen LaStella, doc submitted - record accepted by PORC vote), first county record, 5th state record. |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2021 | Jun-Jul | Cumberland | two took up residence at Laughlin Mill Pond in Newville 7/10 (Erica Miller, m.ob.) and after 7/23 only one was seen |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2021 | Aug-Nov | Lancaster | one at Chestnut Grove Natural Area 8/25 (Meredith Lombard, doc submitted). |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2021 | Aug-Nov | Cumberland | one continued from summer at pond at Big Spring Creek to 9/18 (m.ob., doc submitted) |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2021 | Jun-Jul | Snyder | reportedly up to 5 seen and photographed starting "over the weekend" before 7/4 at Faylor Lake (fide, Chad Kaufman, eBird), with 3 seen by many 7/5-8, and one relocated at nearby Walker Lake 7/9 (Tony DeSantis, Rick Wiltraut, eBird). |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2021 | Jun-Jul | Lancaster | juv. 7/12 at Blue Rock Boat Launch. In morning one flew north up Susquehanna R past Susquehannock SP (Tom Amico), another midday at Octoraro Reservoir (Larry Lewis) that stayed to 7/13 (m.ob.). One seen in the evening 7/12 at Susquehanna River Conejohela |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2021 | Jun-Jul | Franklin | two reported 7/10 near Wayne Heights (Robert Shibe, ph., Bill Oyler) |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2021 | Jun-Jul | Dauphin | one photographed at Wildwood Lake 7/23 (Kevin Shannon, m.ob.) |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2021 | Jun-Jul | Chester | flew into county 7/12 from Mt Eden Rd (Larry Lewis, m.ob.) and later that day seen flying along Rt 452 (Jeff Kenney) |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2022 | Aug-Nov | Lancaster | one at Conejohela Flats 8/23 (ph. Janice Roak, doc submitted). |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2023 | Jun-Jul | Bucks | two immatures were seen briefly at Core Creek Park 7/16 (Tom Rich, ph.), although despite many people searching, the pair was not seen again. This is the second Bucks record and the first of more than one bird |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2023 | Jun-Jul | Delaware | first seen from Philadelphia side of John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, it flew over the county border and came to roost in Delaware 7/29 (Jim McConnell, Deborah Hansen, m.ob.). The next night this bird was seen by many birders who lined up to see it in |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2023 | Jun-Jul | Luzerne | an unmistakable subadult was discovered on the main pond of the Plymouth Flats 7/29, often in the company of Great Egret (Jonathan DeBalko, eBird, ph.), and continued until 7/31 after being seen by many |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2023 | Jun-Jul | Philadelphia | one provided a first county record at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, seen only on 7/29-30 (Deborah Hansen, Jim McConnell, m.ob. ). |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2023 | Jun-Jul | Lancaster | one in breeding plumage found at the Conejohela Flats 6/1 (Paul Nale, eBird, ph.). |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2023 | Aug-Nov | Berks | one along the Tulpehocken Creek near Reading 10/15 (anonymous), DOC |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2023 | Aug-Nov | Lancaster | one seen trailing a flock of geese east of Ephrata 10/15 (Ervin Martin), DOC |
| Roseate Spoonbill | 2023 | Aug-Nov | Luzerne | one continued at the Plymouth Flats from summer to 8/19 (m.ob.), DOC. |