The following birds were seen in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 2016. 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, 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, Michael Schall, Joan Silagy, Mike Slater, Matt Spence, Bill Uhrich, Bruce Williams,
Matt Wlasniewski, Peter and Jane Wolfe.
Sightings in 2016 (245 species) |
Greater white-fronted goose
Snow goose Ross' goose Brant Cackling 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 Long-tailed duck Bufflehead Common goldeneye Hooded merganser Common merganser Red-breasted merganser Ruddy duck Ring-necked pheasant Ruffed grouse Wild turkey Northern Bobwhite Red-throated loon Common loon Pied-billed grebe Horned grebe Double-crested cormorant American bittern Great blue heron Great egret Little blue heron Tricolored heron Cattle egret 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 Red-tailed hawk Rough-legged hawk Golden eagle American kestrel Merlin Peregrine falcon Virginia rail Common moorhen American coot Sandhill crane Semipalmated plover Killdeer Greater yellowlegs Lesser yellowlegs Solitary sandpiper Spotted sandpiper Upland sandpiper Least sandpiper Baird's sandpiper Pectoral sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed dowitcher Wilson's snipe American woodcock Bonaparte's gull Ring-billed gull Herring gull Iceland gull Lesser black-backed gull Great black-backed gull Caspian tern Common tern Forster's tern Rock pigeon Eurasian collared-dove Mourning dove Black-billed cuckoo |
Yellow-billed cuckoo
Barn owl Eastern screech-owl Great horned owl Barred owl Northern saw-whet owl Common nighthawk Whip-poor-will Chimney swift Ruby-throated hummingbird Calliope 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 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 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 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 waxwin 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 |
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 Dickcissel Bobolink Red-winged blackbird Eastern meadowlark Rusty blackbird Common grackle Brown-headed cowbird Orchard oriole Baltimore oriole Purple Finch House finch Pine siskin American goldfinch House sparrow |
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