Category: Birding

  • Site Guide

    PA Birding Site Guide There are two versions of this Site Guide — a Statewide Google Map and the other is a County Map. The Google Map takes you to a Google Map showing over 1100 sites and subsites all across the state. Or you can click on the county below and get a list of sites for that county.…

  • Hawkwatching Sites

    Hawkwatching Sites Pennsylvania has a rich history of hawkwatching. The first hawk migration sanctuary was established in 1934 at Hawk Mountain on the Berks/Schuylkill county line. As the word of the hawk migration there spread, other sites were manned, soon spreading up and down the ridges of the Appalachian Mountains. In more recent years, non-ridge…

  • Printable Field Checklist

    Printable Field Checklist Download and print a one-page Field Checklist than can be folded into pocket size. This list is a stripped-down list of mostly regularly-occurring birds in Pennsylvania. DOWNLOAD

  • Pennsylvania Birding Websites

    Pennsylvania Birding Websites We would like to list all Pennsylvania Birding-related Web sites here.If you know of any additional sites, please let us know. Local Organizations (by County) Allegheny County Three Rivers Birding ClubBlair County Juniata Valley Audubon SocietyBedford County Bedford County Bird and Nature Club Contact:  mljackson2@embarqmail.comBerks County Baird Ornithological ClubBucks County Bucks County Audubon SocietyButler County Bartramian Audubon SocietyCentre…

  • Birds of Note

    Birds of Note Introduction (Please read!) Since 1992, there has been a Birds of Note section in Pennsylvania Birds. After each issue is published, the records listed there are converted and imported into a word processing document and a database. The database is used in the Notable Records section of the Birds of PA pages…

  • PABIRDS Listserve

    PABIRDS Listserve Introduction The PABIRDS list functions as a large e-mail distribution list, linking the birding community in Pennsylvania together, electronically. This list is hosted by the National Audubon Society and serves as a forum for birders to discuss all aspects of birdlife in Pennsylvania, including rare birds, bird findings, bird identification, bird behavior, backyard…

  • Pennsylvania Birdlists

    Pennsylvania Birdlists One of the most rewarding aspects of Birding for many birders is listing – keeping lists of how many species you see in a given geo-political region (State, County, yard, ABA area, etc.) in a specified time frame (Life, Year, Month, Day) and comparing those numbers with other birders. This site is a…

  • Pennsylvania Annual Migration Count

    Pennsylvania Annual Migration Count The Pennsylvania Annual Migration Count was last run in 2019. The PSO decided to discontinue it due to lack of participation and other means of collecting migration data (eBird, etc.). Here are the past reports. Reports All Years Max/Min/Avg (PDF) 1992 (PDF) 1993 (PDF) 1994 (PDF) 1995 (PDF) 1996 (PDF) 1997 (PDF) 1998 (PDF)…

  • County Rare Bird Alerts and Chat Groups

    County Rare Bird Alerts and Chat Groups Back to RBA Menu Allegheny County GroupMe Administrator: David Yeany (814-221-4361) Berks County Rare Birds WhatsApp Administrator: Andrew Price (610-741-4368)  Blair and Cambria Counties Rare Birds WhatsApp Administrator: Michael David (412-390-6773) Chester County Rare Birds GroupMe Administrator: Josh Auld  Lancaster County Rare Birds and Lancaster Birding Chat WhatsApp Administrator:…

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