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PORC Review List
Review List Revised November 2024 The following Review List contains species that are considered rare or accidental in Pennsylvania. The Records Committee requests details including full descriptions, photographs, video, or sound recordings for review and possible inclusion on the state’s Official List. The Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee will review reports of: Review List A: Rarities Review…
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PORC Recently Completed Records
Recently Completed Records Here we will periodically post the most recent records that the committee has completed reviewing. More information about the Committee’s procedures is available in this summary or in our bylaws. Posted 2026 February 1 Accepted Class I-P: Accepted Class III: Not accepted: Posted 2025 January 29 Accepted Class I-P: Accepted Class III: Not accepted: Posted…
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PORC Pennsylvania Bird List
The Official List of the Birds of Pennsylvania CLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS The Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee is tasked with keeping the Official List of the Birds of Pennsylvania and associated abundance codes revised every five years for publication in Pennsylvania Birds. This current version of the list was reviewed and compiled during 2023-2024 by Julia Plummer,…
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Certificates of Appreciation
Certificates of Appreciation Certificates of Appreciation (COA) are sent to persons who permit birders to come onto their property (and frequently into their house!) in order to see a rare bird that has taken up residence (temporary or otherwise) on thier property. How to nominate a person for this award If you would like to…
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ELECTRIC BIRDING
Electric Birding By Gary Metzger My and my wife Joan’s life in a retirement community in State College is going very well; we continue to spend lots of time and energy watching our beloved birds. Our feeders in our garden space Eastern Redbud tree are busy, and we were fortunate this Spring to watch a…
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Warren County Spotlight
Warren County Spotlight October 11 -14, 2024 Return to Spotlight Page The Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology (PSO) is promoting counties across the state to explore its hotspots and find as many birds as we can. On October 11th, join us as we lead a 4-day concentrated effort to bird Warren County! This is another one…
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Cameron County Birding Spotlight Summary
Cameron County Birding Spotlight Summary October 14-17, 2022 Back to Spotlight Page Our latest edition of the county spotlight took us into the northwest part of the state near the lands of the mighty Elk. We were reminded that not all locations in the state have cell service, so we had to wait to upload…
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Meditations of a Beginning Birder
Meditations of a Beginning Birder By Julie Cramer-Le April 11, 2022, marked the one-year anniversary of my first eBird checklist. With that start, I submitted my first list, counting the red-winged blackbirds, grackles, and finches that were squabbling over my birdfeeder, scattering seeds across the lawn and making a cacophony of squeaks, whistles, clicks, and…
