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Submission Date Observer's Name E-mail Phone Observer's Address Names of additional observers Species (Common Name) Species (Scientific Name) Number of individuals Age(s) and Plumage(s) and Sex (if known) Observation Date and Time Did you submit this sighting to eBird? County Location (City, Borough, Township) Exact Site (E.g. Name of park, lake, road) GPS coordinates of sighting Habitat Distance to bird Viewing conditions Optical equipment used Description Behavior (be as detailed as possible about what the bird was doing) PA Rare Bird Report 2016-10-27 15:19:53 Pamela Fisher [email protected] 717-330-7044 761 Willow Lane Gap Pennsylvania 17527 United States Barbara Hunsberger, Mary Alice High, John Shenk, Thyra Sperry, Steven Swanson Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 1 Adult 10-26-2016 2:10 PM Not yet (please do, eBird is great!) Lancaster Martindale Hurst Road 40.165686, -76.093554 Farm 30 yards Beautifully clear day, the sun was behind us and to our right for excellent lighting conditions. Bushnell 10x42 binoculars and a Leupold 20-45x80 Spotting Scope About the size of a Mallard. Pink bill, gray face, chestnut upperparts and crown. Black belly, chestnut chest, and white patches visible on the wings when it flew. Pink legs and feet. It was sleeping when we arrived, but flew into the water. It floated around for a short while, then got ashore on the far bank, and preened and slept.
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Page 1: PA Rare Bird Report...United States Barbara Hunsberger, Mary Alice High, John Shenk, Thyra Sperry, Steven Swanson Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 1 Adult 10-26-2016

Submission Date

Observer's Name

E-mail

Phone

Observer's Address

Names of additionalobservers

Species (Common Name)

Species (Scientific Name)

Number of individuals

Age(s) and Plumage(s) andSex (if known)

Observation Date and Time

Did you submit this sightingto eBird?

County

Location (City, Borough,Township)

Exact Site (E.g. Name of park,lake, road)

GPS coordinates of sighting

Habitat

Distance to bird

Viewing conditions

Optical equipment used

Description

Behavior (be as detailed aspossible about what the birdwas doing)

PA Rare Bird Report

2016-10-27 15:19:53

Pamela Fisher

[email protected]

717-330-7044

761 Willow LaneGapPennsylvania17527United States

Barbara Hunsberger, Mary Alice High, John Shenk, Thyra Sperry, Steven Swanson

Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

1

Adult

10-26-2016 2:10 PM

Not yet (please do, eBird is great!)

Lancaster

Martindale

Hurst Road

40.165686, -76.093554

Farm

30 yards

Beautifully clear day, the sun was behind us and to our right for excellent lightingconditions.

Bushnell 10x42 binoculars and a Leupold 20-45x80 Spotting Scope

About the size of a Mallard. Pink bill, gray face, chestnut upperparts and crown. Blackbelly, chestnut chest, and white patches visible on the wings when it flew. Pink legsand feet.

It was sleeping when we arrived, but flew into the water. It floated around for a shortwhile, then got ashore on the far bank, and preened and slept.

Page 2: PA Rare Bird Report...United States Barbara Hunsberger, Mary Alice High, John Shenk, Thyra Sperry, Steven Swanson Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 1 Adult 10-26-2016

Separation from similarspecies (How you eliminatedothers)

Discussion – anything elserelevant to the observationthat will aid the committee inevaluating it:

Are you positive of youridentification ? (Why or whynot)

During

After

Supporting evidence (checkall that apply)

It doesn't look like anything from around here.

There has been some speculation that this might be a semi domesticated bird,however there were no bands, the hind toes were present, and it could fly perfectlywell. The farm owners sons said it just showed up one day about two weeks ago.

Yes. I have only ever seen this species before, and they look like nothing else aroundhere.

Sibley's

Stokes, Petersons

Photograph


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