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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
