The following birds were seen in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 2017. 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 for 2017 are:
Dan Altif, Ed Barrell, Joe Beatrice, Dale Beitzel,
Steve Boyer, Liz Cates, Jay Drasher, Jim Eckert, Steve Fordyce, Ellen Grim, Kerry Grim,
Holly Hartshorne, Daniel Hinnebusch, Russ Hoffman, Dave Hughes, Sue and Dick Hybki,
Linda Ingram, Rudy Keller, Dean Kendall, Dave Kruel, Harold Lebo, Ken Lebo, Nathan Lewis,
Holly Merker, Peter Montgomery, Peter Saenger, Susan Schmoyer, Mike Slater, Matt Spence,
Jaime Thomas, Bruce Williams, Matt Wlasniewski, Peter and Jane Wolfe, Art Zdancewic,
Sightings in 2017 (243 species) |
Greater white-fronted goose
Snow goose Ross' goose 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 Surf 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 Cattle egret Green heron Black-crowned night-heron |
Yellow-crowned night-heron
Black vulture Turkey vulture Osprey Swallow-tailed kite Mississippi kite Bald eagle Northern harrier Sharp-shinned hawk Cooper's hawk Northern goshawk Red-shouldered hawk Broad-winged hawk Red-tailed hawk Golden eagle American kestrel Merlin Peregrine falcon Virginia rail Sora American coot Sandhill crane Semipalmated plover Killdeer American Avocet Greater yellowlegs Lesser yellowlegs Solitary sandpiper Spotted sandpiper Semipalmated sandpiper Least sandpiper Pectoral sandpiper Dunlin Wilson's snipe American woodcock Laughing gull Bonaparte's gull Ring-billed gull Herring gull Lesser black-backed gull Great black-backed gull Caspian tern Common tern Black tern 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 Northern saw-whet 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 Eastern phoebe Great crested flycatcher Western kingbird 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 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 |
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 Dickcissel Bobolink Red-winged blackbird Eastern meadowlark Rusty blackbird Common grackle Brown-headed cowbird Orchard oriole Baltimore oriole Black-backed oriole Purple finch House finch Common redpoll Pine siskin American goldfinch House sparrow |
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