A Selected Bibliography of Books and Articles

Pertaining to Kittatinny Ridge Hawk Watches and The

Kittatinny Raptor Corridor in Southeastern and Southcentral Pennsylvania

Donald S. Heintzelman

Abstract: A selected bibliography of ornithology books and articles is provided relevant to Kittatinny Ridge hawk migrations, hawk watches, and The Kittatinny Raptor Corridor in Pennsylvania. These are useful resources for ornithologists, raptor biologists, hawk watchers, conservation biologists, and land use planners, dealing with raptor- and other bird-related activities on the Kittatinny Ridge and within the Kittatinny Raptor Corridor in Pennsylvania.

Keywords: Bake Oven Knob, Bear Rocks, Blue Mountain, hawk migrations, Hawk Mountain, hawk watching, Kimmel Lookout, Kittatinny Ridge, Kittatinny Ridge hawk watches, The Kittatinny Raptor Corridor, Lehigh Gap (and nearby area), Little Gap, Pennsylvania, raptor migrations, raptors, Route 309 at Kittatinny Ridge (Blue Mountain), Smith Gap, Sterrett’s Gap, Susquehanna River (at Kittatinny Ridge), Tott’s Gap, Waggoner’s Gap.

Introduction

The Kittatinny Ridge (Blue Mountain) and Raptor Corridor in southeastern and southcentral Pennsylvania long is as a major autumn raptor (and other bird) migration flight-line and corridor on the Appalachian raptor migration flyway (Broun, 1949; Heintzelman, 1975, 1979, 1986, 2004; Kunkle, 2002; Zalles and Bildstein, 2000; Bildstein, 2006). There is a rich ornithological literature published about bird migrations using this flight-line and corridor, although much of that literature is scattered in books and periodical articles and notes.

This selected bibliography consolidates much of this important literature to make it more accessible to raptor biologists, hawk watchers, ornithologists, and conservation biologists. Most of these publications are available in the research libraries at the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association’s Acopian Center for Conservation Learning near Drehersville, Pennsyvlania, and/or at the Lehigh Gap Nature Center and Wildlife Refuge near Slatington, Pennsylvania.

I have not included, however, raptor species monographs in The Birds of North America series. I also only cite original articles in Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA) serials because most hawk counts from Appalachian raptor migration watchsites are published first in other journals. Unpublished theses and dissertations, and newspaper articles dealing with the Kittatinny Ridge and Raptor Corridor, also are not included.

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Bake Oven Knob

Books

Heintzelman, Donald S.

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2002 Bake Oven Knob Autumn Hawk Count Manual. Wildlife Information Center, Inc., Slatington, PA

Periodical Publications

Anonymous

1998 A Tribute to Donald S. Heintzelman. American Hawkwatcher, 24: 18.

1999 Times of Passage for Bald and Golden Eagles in 1999. American Hawkwatcher, 25: 19.

2000a The Origin of “The Bowl” at Bake Oven Knob. American Hawkwatcher, 26: 10.

2000b Correction. American Hawkwatcher, 26: 10.

2004 Bake Oven Knob Autumn Hawk Count Records and Earliest and Latest Record Dates. American Hawkwatcher, 30: [21].

2006 Heintzelman Commended for 50 Years of Raptor Research and Conservation Work. American Hawkwatcher, 31: 8.

Bailey, Doug

2000a Mistaken Bald Eagle Identification. American Hawkwatcher, 26: 21-22.

2000b Golden Eagles Land Near Lookout During Migration. American Hawkwatcher, 26: 23.

Beck, Heather

2001 Red-tails, Raven, and Turkey Vulture Interaction. American Hawkwatcher, 27: 17-18.

Beltz, Donald

1999a Peregrine Falcon with Prey. American Hawkwatcher, 25: 18.