The following birds were seen in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 2011. 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. Among the contributors are: Jim Brett, Kerry Grim, Steve Fordyce. Ken Haas, Jodie Hey, Russ Hoffman, Dave Hughes, Rudy Keller, Dean Kendall, Ken Lebo, Peter Montgomery, Joan Silagy, Peter Schoenberger, Matt Spence, Bruce Williams, Matt Wlasniewski. The list follows the checklist order of the American Ornithologists' Union. Sightings in 2011 (261 species) |
Greater white-fronted goose
Snow goose Ross’ goose Brant Cackling goose Canada goose Mute swan Tundra swan Wood duck Gadwall Eurasian wigeon American wigeon American black duck Mallard Blue-winged teal Northern shoveler Northern pintail Green-winged teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked duck Greater scaup Lesser scaup White-winged scoter Black scoter Long-tailed duck Bufflehead Common goldeneye Hooded merganser Common merganser Red-breasted merganser Ruddy duck Ring-necked pheasant Ruffed grouse Wild turkey Red-throated loon Common loon Pied-billed grebe Horned grebe Red-necked grebe Double-crested cormorant American bittern Least bittern Great blue heron Great egret Snowy egret Little blue heron Green heron Black-crowned night-heron White ibis Glossy ibis 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 Swainson's hawk Red-tailed hawk Rough-legged hawk Golden eagle |
American kestrel
Merlin Gryfalcon Peregrine falcon Sora Purple gallinule American coot Sandhill crane Semipalmated plover Killdeer Greater yellowlegs Lesser yellowlegs Solitary sandpiper Willet Spotted sandpiper Hudsonian godwit western sandpiper Semi-palmated sandpiper Least sandpiper White-rumped sandpiper Baird's sandpiper Pectoral sandpiper Dunlin Stilt sandpiper Short-billed dowitcher Wilson’s snipe American woodcock Laughing gull Franklin's gull Bonaparte's gull Ring-billed gull Herring gull Iceland gull Lesser black-backed gull Glaucous gull Great black-backed gull Caspian tern Royal tern Common tern Forster’s tern Least tern Sooty tern Black tern Rock dove Mourning dove Black-billed cuckoo Yellow-billed cuckoo Barn owl Eastern screech-owl Great horned owl Barred owl Short-eared owl Northern saw-whet owl Common nighthawk Whip-poor-will Chuck-will's-widow Chimney swift Ruby-throated hummingbird Anna's 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 Eastern kingbird Scissor-tailed flycatcher Northern shrike White-eyed vireo Yellow-throated vireo Blue-headed vireo Warbling vireo Philadelphia vireo Red-eyed vireo Blue jay American crow Fish crow Common raven Horned lark Purple martin Tree swallow Northern rough-winged swallow Bank swallow Cliff swallow Barn swallow 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 Swainson's thrush Hermit thrush Wood thrush American robin Gray catbird Northern mockingbird Brown thrasher European starling American pipit Cedar waxwing 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 Yellow-throated 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 Mourning warbler Common yellowthroat Hooded warbler Wilson's warbler Canada warbler Yellow-breasted chat Scarlet tanager Green-tailed towhee 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 Harris's sparrow White-crowned sparrow Dark-eyed junco Lapland longspur Snow bunting Northern cardinal Rose-breasted grosbeak Blue grosbeak Indigo bunting Dickcissel Bobolink Red-winged blackbird Eastern meadowlark Rusty blackbird Common grackle Brown-headed cowbird Orchard oriole Baltimore oriole Purple Finch House finch Common redpoll Pine siskin American goldfinch House sparrow |
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