Posted with permission of list owner -
Nick Bolgiano and I (aka Stone Mountain Publishing) are pleased to
announce the publication of BIRDS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
This book covers a 6-county region (Clinton, Centre, Huntingdon, Blair,
Mifflin, and Juniata. There are 22 chapters on specific locations or
seasonal phenomena. The chapters are intended to be ornithological,
educational, historical, and conservation-oriented accounts. This is not
primarily a bird-finding guide. The 335 species accounts, comprising 40%
of the book, are updated and expanded versions of Merrill Wood's 1983
Birds of Central Pennsylvania and contain records of sightings as well
as status and habitat information with bar graphs of seasonal
occurrence. See below for Table of Contents.
Cost for Maryland or other non-Pa. residents = $18.85 plus $3.50 shipping.
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Contents.
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Breeding Birds: Atlases and Surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3 Rothrock State Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4 Bear Meadows Natural Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5 Detweiler Run and Alan Seeger Natural Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6 Big Flat Laurel Natural Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
7 Stone Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
8 Hawk Watching in Central Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 48
9 The Stone Mountain and Jacks Mountain HawkWatches. . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 57
10 Golden Eagle Migration through Central Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 62
11 Winter Birds and the Christmas Bird Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 69
12 State College Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
13 Bald Eagle State Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
14 Scotia Barrens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
15 Black Moshannon State Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
16 Kishacoquillas (Big) Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
17 Lake Raystown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
18 Frankstown Branch of Juniata River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
19 Canoe Creek State Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
20 Southern Sproul State Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
21 Tamarack Swamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
22 Other Areas in Central Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Species Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Seasonal Occurrence Bar Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Index of Species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
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