The following birds were seen in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 2015. 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:
Dan Altif, Joe Beatrice, Dale Beitzel, Jim Eckert, Ryan Fick, Steve Fordyce,
Ellen Grim, Kerry Grim, Russ Hoffman, Jack Holcomb, Holly Hartshorne, David Hughes,
Sarah Hungerford, Dean Kendall, Ken Lebo, Rudy Keller, Katrina Knight, Ken Lebo,
Peter Montgomery, Joan Silagy, Mike Slater, Matt Spence, Bill Uhrich, Bruce Williams,
Matt Wlasniewski, Peter and Jane Wolfe.
Sightings in 2015 (245 species) |
Snow goose
Canada goose Mute swan Trumpeter 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 Surf scoter 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 Great blue heron Great egret Little blue heron Green heron Black-crowned night-heron 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 Peregrine falcon Virginia rail American coot Sandhill crane Semipalmated plover Killdeer Greater yellowlegs Lesser yellowlegs Solitary sandpiper Spotted sandpiper Semi-palmated sandpiper Least sandpiper White-rumped sandpiper Pectoral sandpiper Dunlin 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 Common tern Forster's tern Black tern Rock pigeon Eurasian collared-dove Mourning dove Rock pigeon Eurasian collared-dove Mourning dove |
Black-billed cuckoo
Yellow-billed cuckoo Barn owl Eastern screech-owl Great horned owl Snowy owl Barred owl Short-eared owl Common nighthawk Whip-poor-will Chimney swift Ruby-throated 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 Pacific-slope flycatcher Eastern phoebe Great crested flycatcher Eastern kingbird 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 N. 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 Marsh 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 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 Prothonotary 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 Summer tanager Scarlet tanager 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 Lapland longspur Snow bunting Northern cardinal Rose-breasted grosbeak Blue grosbeak Indigo bunting Bobolink Red-winged blackbird Eastern meadowlark Rusty blackbird Common grackle Brown-headed cowbird Orchard oriole Baltimore oriole Purple Finch House finch Red crossbill Common redpoll Pine siskin American goldfinch House sparrow |
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