Birds of Note

All Records For Whimbrel

 

Return to Birds of Note Search Page

Return to Alphabetic List Return to Taxonomic List

 

Whimbrel 1992 Jul-Sep Centre One was found on the beach at Bald Eagle SP 7/26 and photographed by Rick Wiltraut
Whimbrel 1992 Jul-Sep Lehigh One was found at the ABE Airport 7/26 in the company of an Upland Sandpiper by Matt Wlasniewski(†)
Whimbrel 1993 Apr-Jun Erie 9 on 5/16 and 1 on 5/23 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 1993 Oct-Dec Lancaster 1 on 8/3 on the Susquehanna R at Marietta (Deuane Hoffman)
Whimbrel 1994 Jul-Sep Erie at Presque Isle 1 on 5/26 and 6/1 (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 1994 Jul-Sep Berks 1 at L. Ontelaunee 7/23 (Rick Wiltraut) was a 2nd record
Whimbrel 1994 Oct-Dec Lancaster 1 of this nearly annual SP dropped onto the Conejohela Flats for about 30 minutes on 8/22 (Book, Jonathan Heller)
Whimbrel 1995 Apr-Jun Lancaster 1 on 5/19 at Columbia (Jerry Book); 2 on 5/21 at Washington Boro (no obs.); and an amazing 270 in 3 flocks flying by the Swallow-tailed Kite location just north of Bowmansville on 5/23! (Jonathan Heller, et al)
Whimbrel 1995 Apr-Jun Indiana 17 on 5/15 at Yellow Creek SP (Margaret Higbee, et al)
Whimbrel 1995 Apr-Jun Erie 14 on 5/18 (Jerry McWilliams) and 1 on 5/19 (Ramsay Koury) at Presque Isle SP
Whimbrel 1995 Jul-Sep Erie 1 on 7/21 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 1996 Apr-Jun Juniata 25+ on 5/25 flying over Oakland Mills (Adam Troyer)
Whimbrel 1996 Apr-Jun Luzerne 1 on 4/13 at Plains (Rich Koval) was a second county record
Whimbrel 1996 Apr-Jun Erie 8 on 5/21 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 1996 Oct-Dec Erie 2 on 8/16 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 1996 Apr-Jun Lancaster 2 on 5/27 at Washington Boro (no details)(Jerry Book)
Whimbrel 1997 Oct-Dec Luzerne 1 on 8/23 at Forty Fort was the third county record (Jim Hoyson, Rick Koval)
Whimbrel 1997 Jul-Sep Erie 6 on 6/1 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 1997 Apr-Jun Lancaster 2 on 5/19 at Washington Boro (Jonathan Heller, no details)
Whimbrel 1997 Oct-Dec Erie 1 on 8/22 at Presque Isle State Park (Don Snyder)
Whimbrel 1998 Apr-Jun Erie 1 on 5/25 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 1998 Apr-Jun Lancaster 16 on 5/25 at Washington Boro (Jerry Book, Tom Garner)
Whimbrel 1999 Oct-Dec Crawford 1 on 9/22 at Pymatuning (Marvin Byler)
Whimbrel 1999 Oct-Dec Erie 1 on 8/14; 2 on 8/21; and 1 on 9/16 at Presque Isle State Park (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 1999 Apr-Jun Erie 60 on 5/25 and 2 on 5/29 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams, John Fedak)
Whimbrel 2000 Apr-Jun Erie 1 on 5/20 and 8 on 5/24 at Presque Isle State Park (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 2000 Apr-Jun Bucks 2 on 4/21 at Nockamixon State Park (Devich Farbotnik)
Whimbrel 2001 Apr-Jun Erie 1 on 5/24 at Presque Isle State Park (Ben Coulter)
Whimbrel 2001 Apr-Jun Lancaster single birds during 5/23
Whimbrel 2001 Jul-Sep Bucks 1 on 7/29 in mowed field (R Cameron and m. obs., video) behind Clemens Food in Quakertown
Whimbrel 2001 Jul-Sep Erie 1 on 8/20 (JS) and 9/11 (Dick Bollinger) at Presque Isle
Whimbrel 2001 Jul-Sep Mercer 1 9/12-13 at Shenango Reservoir on (first for county)
Whimbrel 2002 Apr-Jun Erie 2 on 5/24 (Dave Wilton) & 4 on 5/26 (Joyce Hoffmann) at Presque Isle State Park
Whimbrel 2003 Mar-May Lancaster 1 on 5/25 at the Conejohela Flats (Dan Heathcote)
Whimbrel 2003 Jun-Jul Erie Six during evening of 7/12 at Gull Point and 1 7/23, also at Presque Isle (from PABirds listserve)
Whimbrel 2003 Aug-Nov Northampton Two flyovers 9/2 Koch Farm (m. obs.) 1st county record. No Desc
Whimbrel 2004 Jun-Jul Erie Four were present at Gull Point on Presque Isle from 7/18-31 (Jerry McWilliams, Ben Coulter)
Whimbrel 2004 Aug-Nov Clinton One at South Avis 9/29 (Wayne Laubscher) no desc
Whimbrel 2004 Mar-May Lancaster 51 at the "Rocks" on the Susquehanna River near Columbia on 5/24 (Jerry Book); 250+ at the same location 5/26 (Jason Horn et al)
Whimbrel 2004 Jun-Jul Bucks 9 found at the Penn-Warner Tract was probably the highest county tally and the 7th county record (Devich Farbotnik)
Whimbrel 2004 Aug-Nov Erie A total of 13 were observed 8/15-9/9 at Presque Isle SP (Ben Coulter, Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 2004 Aug-Nov Northampton Seven fly-by 9/8 at Martins Creek Fly Ash Basin. a 2nd county record (Rick Wiltraut)
Whimbrel 2004 Mar-May Bucks 1 at Northampton Twp. 5/26 (Adrian Binns)
Whimbrel 2004 Mar-May Bedford 6 at Dunnings Creek Wetlands (Tom Dick)
Whimbrel 2004 Mar-May Erie 1 on 5/29 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams, et al)
Whimbrel 2005 Aug-Nov Lancaster one on the Susquehanna River, Conejohela Flats 8/24 & 8/31 (Deuane Hoffman, et al )
Whimbrel 2005 Aug-Nov Erie a combined total of five birds were recorded 8/13, 30-31 at Gull Point (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 2005 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 5/28 (John Fedak); a flock of 35 to 40 flying over the Erie Zoo 5/29 (Ben Coulter)
Whimbrel 2005 Jun-Jul Erie four seen 7/14 at Gull Point (Jerry McWilliams) and 2 on 7/27 at Gull Point (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 2006 Mar-May Beaver one at Little Blue L. 5/21 (Mark Vass, ph. Geoff Malosh)
Whimbrel 2006 Mar-May Lancaster 16 at the Conejohela Flats 5/22 (Deuane Hoffman). (No Doc)
Whimbrel 2006 Mar-May Somerset one near Berlin 5/21 provided a first county record (Jeff Payne). (No Doc).
Whimbrel 2006 Mar-May Erie 3 at Presque Isle S.P. 5/22 (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 2007 Aug-Nov Erie one at Gull Point 8/25 (Mike Weible fide Mark Vass).
Whimbrel 2007 Mar-May Bedford 3 at Dunnings Creek Wetlands 5/27 (Tom Dick)
Whimbrel 2007 Mar-May Washington 9 flying in V-formation over Eighty-Four 5/28 (Andy Berchin).
Whimbrel 2007 Jun-Jul Erie Gull Point Presque Isle 7/24 (Jerry McWilliams).
Whimbrel 2007 Mar-May Beaver one at Little Blue Lake 5/27 (Mark Vass) second county record
Whimbrel 2007 Mar-May Dauphin one at a small pond on Knight Rd. in Whitehall Twp. 4/28 (Bernie Crist) heard calling in the early morning along the Susquehanna R. at West Fairview 5/29 (Tom Johnson)
Whimbrel 2007 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle S. P. 5/21 (Eric Hall)
Whimbrel 2008 Aug-Nov Lancaster recorded at the Conejohela Flats 8/19, 8/27, and 8/28 (m.ob.).
Whimbrel 2008 Aug-Nov Erie Three reports from Gull Point; one 8/7 (Mark Vass), one 9/13 (Jerry McWilliams), and 2 on 9/15 (Don Snyder)
Whimbrel 2008 Jun-Jul Cumberland One on Mud Level Road 6/4-5 (Andrew Markel), a first for the county.
Whimbrel 2009 Aug-Nov Erie one at Gull Point 8/23 (Tom Johnson) and one at Gull Point 8/28 (Mike Weible)
Whimbrel 2009 Aug-Nov Philadelphia one at Pennypack on the Delaware 8/22 (Frank Windfelder).
Whimbrel 2009 Jun-Jul Erie Gull Point at Presque Isle State Park 7/31 (Jerry McWilliams).
Whimbrel 2010 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 5/23 (fide Dave Wilton).
Whimbrel 2011 Mar-May Allegheny one at Imperial 5/27 (ph. Geoff Malosh) providing the third county record.
Whimbrel 2011 Aug-Nov Bucks one at Mud Island 8/14 (Devich Farbotnik), and one at the Wrightstown Sod Farms 8/27 (Devich Farbotnik)
Whimbrel 2011 Aug-Nov Cambria one at Prince Gallitzin SP 9/16 (Dave Gobert)
Whimbrel 2011 Aug-Nov Erie 2 at Gull Point 8/14 (Jerry McWilliams) and one at Gull Point 8/20 (Dave Wilton).
Whimbrel 2012 Jun-Jul Crawford located at Tamarack Lake 7/15 (Shawn Collins) and another there 7/22 (Ron F. Leberman).
Whimbrel 2012 Aug-Nov Cumberland one at Mud Level Road 9/5 (Bill Oyler, Vern Gauthier, Pail Banks)
Whimbrel 2012 Aug-Nov Erie 2 at Gull Point 8/10 (Ben Coulter)
Whimbrel 2012 Aug-Nov Mercer one at Shenango River Reservoir 8/3 (Geoff Malosh)
Whimbrel 2012 Aug-Nov Somerset one at Lake Somerset 9/5-14 (Mike Lanzone).
Whimbrel 2013 Aug-Nov Erie cumulative total of 14 at Gull Point for the period 8/2-19 (Roger Donn) with a peak of 5 on 8/9 (Roger Donn, Geoff Malosh), and 3 there 9/16 (Jerry McWilliams, Roger Donn).
Whimbrel 2013 Mar-May Chester a flock of 100 flying over Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/27 (Larry Lewis, et al.)
Whimbrel 2013 Mar-May Erie six at Presque Isle State Park 5/23 (Sam Stull), two present 5/24 (Sam Stull, et al.)
Whimbrel 2013 Mar-May Indiana 4 at Yellow Creek State Park 5/28 (Tom Glover, Margaret Higbee, Roger Higbee, Mike Shaffer), second county record.
Whimbrel 2013 Jun-Jul Erie a total of 10 birds 7/7-28 (Roger Donn).
Whimbrel 2014 Aug-Nov Erie total of 9 at Gull Point 8/1-9/2 (m.ob.).
Whimbrel 2014 Jun-Jul Erie one late spring bird at Gull Point 6/8 (Roger Donn, Shannon Thompson) and a total of 27 in July (m.ob.) with a single day high count of 12 on 7/28 (Don Snyder).
Whimbrel 2015 Aug-Nov Erie one at Gull Point 8/3 (Roger Donn, eBird).
Whimbrel 2015 Mar-May Chester 6 in flight over Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/27 (Larry Lewis, et al.)
Whimbrel 2015 Mar-May Somerset one at Somerset Lake 5/27 (Mike Lanzone, Jeff Payne, Andy McGann).
Whimbrel 2015 Jun-Jul Erie season total of 11 at Gull Point 6/8-7/26 (Roger Donn, Jerry McWilliams).
Whimbrel 2016 Mar-May Chester a flock of 280 observed flying over Unionville 5/23 (Kelley Nunn)
Whimbrel 2016 Mar-May Erie one at Sunset Point at Presque Isle State Park 5/24 (Katie Andersen), two at Gull Point at Presque Isle that same day (Mary Birdsong).
Whimbrel 2016 Jun-Jul Erie 2 on 7/7 (Mary Birdsong, Jerry McWilliams) and one 7/18 (Anthony Bruno, Margaret Higbee) at Gull Point.
Whimbrel 2016 Aug-Nov Erie 5 at Gull Point 8/21 (Mary Birdsong) and one there9/11-13 (Shannon Thompson).
Whimbrel 2017 Mar-May Delaware a flock of 80 over Marcus Hook 5/21 (Al Guarente)
Whimbrel 2017 Mar-May Chester 40 over Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/19 (LarryLewis, Kathleen Pileggi, m.ob.), 75 over Longwood Gardens 5/24(Sarah MacLellan)
Whimbrel 2017 Jun-Jul Erie singles at Gull Point 6/8 (Mary Birdsong), 6/13- 19 (Mary Birdsong), 7/7 (Tim Lenz), and 7/27 (Mary Birdsong, Dan Brauning).
Whimbrel 2017 Aug-Nov Erie one at Gull Point 8/12 and 2 there 8/13 (Roger Donn).
Whimbrel 2017 Mar-May Northampton 16 at Minsi Lake 5/25 (Billy Weber).
Whimbrel 2017 Mar-May Lycoming a presumed flock was recorded by a nocturnal flight call recorder atMontoursville 5/21 (David Brown)
Whimbrel 2017 Mar-May Erie at least 42 at Presque Isle SP 5/25 (MaryBirdsong), one remained to 5/27 (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 2018 Mar-May Venango 2 at Kahle Lake 5/20 (Jerry Stanley), first county record
Whimbrel 2018 Aug-Nov Erie season total of 39 at Gull Point 7/3-8/16 (Sara Sargent, Mary Birdsong).
Whimbrel 2018 Jun-Jul Bucks one flyby at Penn-Warner Tract 7/25 (Devich Farbotnik, ph)
Whimbrel 2018 Jun-Jul Erie at Presque Isle Gull Point from 7/3 on-and-off through July, with high of 15 on 7/22 (Mary Birdsong, m.ob.)
Whimbrel 2018 Jun-Jul Lancaster one seen and heard in flight at Middle Creek WMA 7/23 (Bruce Carl).
Whimbrel 2018 Mar-May Westmoreland one at Latrobe Reservoir 5/10 (Lauren Schneider).
Whimbrel 2018 Mar-May Chester 630 flying over Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/21 (Larry Lewis, Jean Marie Gauthier, Joe Sebastiani)
Whimbrel 2018 Mar-May Erie 24 over Presque Isle SP (Sam Stull), 8 over West 8th Street and Peninsula Drive in Erie 5/20 (Katie Andersen)
Whimbrel 2018 Mar-May Lawrence at least 59 on Shaner Rd. 5/20 (Glenn Koppel, Mary Alice Koeneke, Martin Carlin, Mark Vass, Geoff Malosh)
Whimbrel 2018 Mar-May Montour one at the Greenhouse Ponds 5/23 (Andy Keister)
Whimbrel 2019 Jun-Jul Erie one set down at Gull Point 7/27 (Justin Berkheimer) and seven were photographed there 7/30 (Ruth Swaney, Robert Scribner).
Whimbrel 2019 Aug-Nov Erie season total of about 8 at Gull Point 8/15-9/12 (Mark Johnson, Kendall Zook, Justin Berkheimer)
Whimbrel 2019 Aug-Nov Lancaster one at the Chestnut Grove Natural Area 8/17 (ph. Josh Houck).
Whimbrel 2019 Mar-May Washington 2 near Bentleyville 5/23 (John Flannigan, Joe Papp), third county record.
Whimbrel 2019 Mar-May Adams 2 recorded on nocturnal flight call recorder 5/17
Whimbrel 2019 Mar-May Chester 260 in flight 5/22 (Larry Lewis) and 80 on 5/25 (Larry Lewis), observed from Bucktoe Creek Preserve
Whimbrel 2019 Mar-May Erie 7 at Presque Isle SP 5/23 (Jason Horn)
Whimbrel 2019 Mar-May Indiana one near Brush Valley 3/26 (Dennis Lauffer), third county record
Whimbrel 2019 Mar-May Lancaster one at Conejohela Flats 5/10 (Jason Horn, Zach Millen)
Whimbrel 2020 Jun-Jul Delaware two seen 7/10 at Hog Island Rd. (Jason Horn, Rob Fergus)
Whimbrel 2020 Jun-Jul Erie flock of 15 cruised by lighthouse 7/11 (Chad Kauffman) and one reported at Gull Point 7/28 (Mary Birdsong).
Whimbrel 2020 Mar-May Chester flock of 157 flew over Marsh Creek SP 5/23 (Holly Merker), 200 flew over Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/23 (Larry Lewis) and 250 there 5/24 (Larry Lewis, Adam Bartles)
Whimbrel 2020 Aug-Nov Bucks one along the Delaware River in Bensalem Twp. 8/4 (Devich Farbotnik)
Whimbrel 2020 Aug-Nov Erie season total of 9 at Gull Point 8/1-9/16 (m.ob.).
Whimbrel 2020 Mar-May Erie migrating flock of 100 observed from the Presque Isle Hawkwatch 5/25 (Jennifer Ferrick, Russ States, Jerry McWilliams).
Whimbrel 2021 Mar-May Butler 9 at Lake Arthur 5/27 (Martin Carlin)
Whimbrel 2021 Mar-May Chester a flock of 106 flew over Bucktoe Creek Preserve (Larry Lewis, Al Guarente, Jason Horn, Debbie Beer), 31 seen from Downingtown (Zach Baer)
Whimbrel 2021 Mar-May Delaware one flying up Delaware River seen from Hog Island Rd. 5/29 (m.ob.)
Whimbrel 2021 Mar-May Erie 9 at Presque Isle SP 5/26 (Jerry McWilliams)
Whimbrel 2021 Mar-May Montgomery a flock of 100 flew over Green Lane Park 5/24 (Paul Driver, Jason Horn), 150 flew over Valley Forge National Historic Park 5/25 (Steve Grunwald), 19 on the ground at Green Lane Park 5/29 (Paul Driver, m.ob.)
Whimbrel 2021 Mar-May Montour one in farm field on Rte 54 on 5/29 (Andrew Keister)
Whimbrel 2021 Mar-May Tioga one along Airport Rd. in Wellsboro 5/29 (Tom Johnson, Andy Keister, John Corcoran, Lisa Doud, Sara Busch, Jason Horn, Matthew Schenk, Susan Schenk, Ken Cooper)
Whimbrel 2021 Mar-May York one flew over Lake Redman 5/30 (Bob Reiter).
Whimbrel 2021 Jun-Jul Erie four at Gull Point 7/3 (Mary Birdsong).
Whimbrel 2021 Aug-Nov Erie season total of 5 at Gull Point 8/14-9/5 (Roger Donn)
Whimbrel 2021 Aug-Nov Monroe one at Mount Pocono Airport 9/5 (Jonathan Debalko)
Whimbrel 2022 Jun-Jul Erie 4 touched down at Gull Point 6/9 and one there 7/25 (Mary Birdsong).
Whimbrel 2022 Mar-May Centre one at Bald Eagle SP 5/27 (Jon Kauffman)
Whimbrel 2022 Mar-May Chester 50 flying over Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/18 (Larry Lewis, m.ob.) and 100 there 5/25 (Larry Lewis, m.ob.)
Whimbrel 2022 Mar-May Erie 5 at Presque Isle SP 5/21 (Mary Birdsong) and one there 5/26 (Mary Birdsong) and 5/30 (Jim Flynn).
Whimbrel 2022 Aug-Nov Erie season total was 12 at Gull Point from 8/5-9/3 (m.ob.).
Whimbrel 2023 Mar-May Blair recorded at a NFC station in Plummer's Hollow 5/22 (Mark Bonta), first county record
Whimbrel 2023 Mar-May Chester flocks of 300 flying over on 5/25 and 30 on 5/26 at Bucktoe Creek Preserve (Larry Lewis, m.ob.), flocks of 30 (Zach Baer) and 60 (Ross Gallardy) were observed flying over private residences 5/25
Whimbrel 2023 Mar-May Delaware one at Hog Island Road 5/19 (Al Guarente), 70 flying over 5/24 (Ross Gallardy)
Whimbrel 2023 Mar-May Erie two at Presque Isle 5/15 (Steve Schmit)
Whimbrel 2023 Mar-May Lancaster 80 plus near Reamstown 5/26 (Ervin Martin)
Whimbrel 2023 Mar-May Montgomery detected at a NFC station in Wyndmoor 5/24 (Jason Fehon).
Whimbrel 2023 Jun-Jul Erie singles and doubles were observed at Gull Point from 6/12 (Jason Bojczyk) sporadically through 7/26 (mob).
Whimbrel 2023 Aug-Nov Erie at least nine at Gull Point from 8/22-10/7 (m.ob.)
Whimbrel 2023 Aug-Nov Montgomery nocturnal flight calls were detected at Elkins Park 9/14 (Paul Driver) and at Bryn Athyn 10/3 (Josh Cooper) the latter was considered "presumed."
Whimbrel 2024 Jun-Jul Erie singles or small groups were observed at Gull Point periodically through the season (m.ob.).
Whimbrel 2024 Mar-May Centre one at Fairbrook Wetlands 5/6 (Kathleen Bechdel, Karen Kottlowski, Doug Wentzel), 16 at Bald Eagle State Park 5/18 (Dan Hannon)
Whimbrel 2024 Mar-May Chester a flock of 91 flying over the southern part of the county 5/21, a flock of 50 flying near Downingtown 5/22 (Zach Baer) coming from Kennett Square, and 11 on 5/24 coming from Bucktoe Creek Preserve (Kathy Shattuck)
Whimbrel 2024 Mar-May Erie one at Presque Isle State Park 5/4 (Nick Leofsky, Mercedes Leofsky) and another there 5/23 (Catherine Schnerr), up to four from 5/26-31 (John Kramer)
Whimbrel 2024 Mar-May Franklin one flying over Antrim Commons Ponds 5/22 (Andy Markel), first county record
Whimbrel 2024 Mar-May Lycoming two flying over Rose Valley Lake 5/18 (Bobby Brown, Deb Brown, Bob Brown), one detected by NFC in Montoursville 5/25 (Bobby Brown)
Whimbrel 2024 Mar-May Montgomery a flock of 20 flew over Mont Clare 5/25 (Paul Driver, Steve Grunwald).