The Great Backyard Bird Count 

The Great Backyard Bird Count will be taking place  February 15-19, 2019. Participants across the world will tally bird counts to help contribute to a snapshot of bird populations. For at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count, February 15-18, 2019, participants simply tally the numbers and kinds of birds they see. Participants can count from any location, anywhere in the world, for as long as they  wish! 
For more information on how to participate, click here: The Great Backyard Bird Count
Also contact Vern Gauthier at pabirder@gmail.com for more information on birding along the Big Spring.

Ducks, Geese & Friends

Waterfowl

Mallard, American Black Duck, Bufflehead, Canada Geese, Green-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Wood Duck, Lesser Scaup, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Tundra Swan, Common Loon, Snow Goose, Ringed-necked Duck, Northern Shoveler, Redhead, Horned Grebe, Cackling Goose, Canvasback, White-winged Scoter, Greater Scaup.

Gull Like Birds

Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Caspian Tern

Photo: Canada Geese, by Linda and Bill Franz 

Herons & Friends

Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Egret, Belted Kingfisher, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Solitary Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, American Bittern, Pectoral Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Common Gallinule, Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper...

Photos: Great Egret and Great Blue Heron by Linda and Bill Franz 

Sparrows & Finches

Sparrows

Song, Savannah, Swamp, Field, White-throated, Fox, Chipping, House, American Tree,  Grasshopper, White-crowned

Finches
American Goldfinch, House Finch, Purple Finch, White-winged Crossbill, Siskin...

Photo: Goldfinch by Paul Dyarman 

Backyard

American Robin, Gray Catbird, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird, Northern Cardinal, House Wren, European Starling, Brown Thrasher, Baltimore Oriole, House Wren, Mourning Dove, Cedar Waxwing, Ruby-throated Hummingbird...

Photo: Cedar Waxwing by Linda and Bill Franz

Hawks and Owls

Hawks & Eagles

Red-tailed, Cooper's, Osprey, Red-shouldered, Bald Eagle, American Kestrel,  Northern Goshawk, Broad-winged, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned,  Rough-legged (Light Phase)

Owls

Barred, Eastern Screech, Great Horned...

Photo: Bald Eagle by Paul Dyarman

Warblers & Vireos

Warblers - Yellow-rumped, Blackpoll, Cape May, Yellow, Palm, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Golden-winged, Blue-winged, Black-throated Blue, Mourning, Black-throated Green, American Redstart, Kentucky, Black-and-white, Louisiana Waterthrush, Bay-breasted, Wilson's, Northern Waterthrush, Northern Parula, Black-throated Gray, Common Yellowthroat, Nashville, Tennessee...

Vireos - Red-eyed, White-eyed, Warbling, Yellow-throated, Blue-headed, Philadelphia...

Photo: Yellow-rumped Warbler; Photo by Paul Dyarman

Swallows, Flycatchers & Gnatcatcher

Tree Swallow, Least Flycatcher, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Chimney Swift, Cliff Swallow, Eastern Phoebe, Bank Swallow, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Alder Flycatcher, Purple Martin, Common Nighthawk, Willow Flycatcher, Barn Swallow, Great-crested Flycatcher, Western Kingbird...

Photo of Eastern Phoebe by Paul Dyarman 

Chickadees, Woodpeckers & Friends

Carolina Chickadee, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse, Red-headed Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Dark-eyed Junco, Downy Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, Hairy Woodpecker, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Pileated Woodpecker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Northern Flicker...


Photo: Pileated Woodpecker by Linda and Bill Franz 

Out In The Fields

American Crow, Fish Crow, Red-winged Blackbird, Rock Pigeon, American Pipit, Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Meadowlark, Common Raven, Brown-headed Cowbird, Black Vulture, Common Grackle, Bobolink, Turkey Vulture, Eastern Kingbird, Wild Turkey...


Photo: Wild Turkey by Paul Dyarman 

The Rest

Indigo Bunting, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Eastern Towhee, Black-billed Cuckoo, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, Hermit Thrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Winter Wren, Swainson’s Thrush, Orchard Oriole, Rusty Blackbird...

Photo: Winter Wren by Paul Dyarman