New species turn up in annual bird count
A white-breasted nuthatch perches on a feeder. Feeder observations and field workers were both used to compile the 11th annual Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania's South Butler Christmas Bird Count. AUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA/SUBMITTED PHOTO
Warm, wet weather and some unfamiliar bird species were again in evidence for Jan. 1’s annual Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania's South Butler Christmas Bird Count.
The bird count was conducted within a 15-mile circular area centered around Mars and running west to Zelienople, south to Cranberry Township, east to the Route 228 corridor and north to Connoquenessing Township.
“We started at 6 a.m. and finished at dusk,” Kubiak said. The field counters gathered at the society’s Succop Nature Park, 185 Airport Road, Penn Township, at 8 a.m. on Jan. 1 before heading out into the county.
