The following birds were seen in Berks County,
Pennsylvania in 2005. This report was provided by Ken Lebo, past president
of the
Baird Ornithological Club. The Baird
Ornithological club sponsors many birding walks throughout the year. These
walks and monthly lectures can be found at the web page highlighted above.
Sightings in 2005 (260 species) (Two missing species added 2/28/06) |
Red-throated loon
Pacific loon Common loon Pied-billed grebe Horned grebe Red-necked grebe Great cormorant Double-crested cormorant American bittern Least bittern Great blue heron Great egret Green heron Black-crowned night-heron Yellow-crowned night-heron Tundra swan Mute swan Trumpeter swan Greater White-fronted goose Snow goose Ross’ goose Brant Canada goose Cackling goose Wood duck Green-winged teal American black duck Mallard Northern pintail Blue-winged teal Northern shoveler Gadwall Eurasian wigeon American wigeon Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked duck Greater scaup Lesser scaup Long-tailed duck Black scoter Common goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded merganser Common merganser Red-breasted merganser Ruddy duck Black vulture Turkey vulture Osprey Mississippi kite Bald eagle Northern harrier Sharp-shinned hawk Cooper's hawk Northern goshawk Red-shouldered hawk Broad-winged hawk Red-tailed hawk Rough-legged hawk Golden eagle American kestrel Merlin Peregrine falcon Ring-necked pheasant |
Ruffed grouse
Wild turkey Northern bobwhite Virginia rail Sora Common moorhen American coot Sandhill crane Black-bellied Plover American golden plover Semipalmated plover Killdeer Black-necked stilt Greater yellowlegs Lesser yellowlegs Solitary sandpiper Willet Spotted sandpiper Ruddy turnstone Semipalmated sandpiper Western sandpiper Least sandpiper White-rumped sandpiper Baird’s sandpiper Pectoral sandpiper Dunlin Stilt sandpiper Short-billed dowitcher Common snipe American woodcock Bonaparte's gull Ring-billed gull Herring gull Iceland gull Lesser black-backed gull Glaucous gull Great black-backed gull Caspian tern Common tern Forster's tern Least tern Black tern Rock dove Mourning dove Black-billed cuckoo Yellow-billed cuckoo Barn owl Eastern screech owl Great horned owl Snowy owl Barred owl Northern saw-whet owl Common nighthawk Whip-poor-will Chimney swift Ruby-throated hummingbird Rufous hummingbird Belted kingfisher Red-headed woodpecker Red-bellied woodpecker Yellow-bellied sapsucker Downy woodpecker Hairy woodpecker Northern flicker Pileated woodpecker |
Olive-sided flycatcher
Eastern wood-pewee Yellow-bellied flycatcher Acadian flycatcher Alder flycatcher Willow flycatcher Least flycatcher Eastern phoebe Great crested flycatcher Western kingbird Eastern kingbird Horned lark Purple martin Tree swallow N. rough-winged swallow Bank swallow Cliff swallow Barn swallow Blue jay American crow Fish crow Common raven Carolina chickadee Black-capped chickadee Tufted titmouse Red-breasted nuthatch White-breasted nuthatch Brown creeper Carolina wren House wren Winter wren Golden-crowned kinglet Ruby-crowned kinglet Blue-gray gnatcatcher Eastern bluebird Veery Gray-cheeked thrush Bicknell’s thrush Swainson's thrush Hermit thrush Wood thrush American robin Gray catbird Northern mockingbird Brown thrasher European starling American pipit Cedar waxwing Norhern shrike White-eyed vireo Blue-headed vireo Yellow-throated vireo Warbling vireo Philadelphia vireo Red-eyed vireo Blue-winged warbler Golden-winged warbler Tennessee warbler Orange-crowned warbler Nashville warbler Northern parula Yellow warbler Chestnut-sided warbler Magnolia warbler Cape May warbler |
Black-throated blue warbler
Yellow-rumped warbler Black-throated green warbler Blackburnian warbler Pine warbler Prairie warbler Palm warbler Bay-breasted warbler Blackpoll warbler Cerulean warbler Black-and-white warbler American redstart Prothonotory warbler Worm-eating warbler Ovenbird Northern waterthrush Louisiana waterthrush Kentucky warbler Connecticut Warbler Mourning warbler Common yellowthroat Hooded warbler Wilson's warbler Canada warbler Yellow-breasted chat Scarlet tanager Northern cardinal Rose-breasted grosbeak Blue grosbeak Indigo bunting Dickcissel Eastern towhee American tree sparrow Chipping sparrow Clay-colored sparrow Field sparrow Vesper sparrow Savannah sparrow Grasshopper sparrow Fox sparrow Song sparrow Lincoln's sparrow Swamp sparrow White-throated sparrow White-crowned sparrow Dark-eyed junco Snow bunting Bobolink Red-winged blackbird Eastern meadowlark Rusty blackbird Brewer’s blackbird Common grackle Brown-headed cowbird Orchard oriole Baltimore oriole Purple Finch House finch Red crossbill White-winged crossbill Common redpoll Pine siskin American goldfinch Evening grosbeak House sparrow |