Bird Sightings in Berks County, Pennsylvania - 2008

The following birds were seen in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 2008. 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: David Barber, Ed Barrell, Rich Bonnett, Joe Beatrice, Tom Clauser, Catherine Elwell, Steve Fordyce, Laurie Goodrich, Kerry Grim, David Hughes, Rudy Keller, Dean Kendall, Katrina Knight, Arlene Koch, Dave Kruel, Ken Lebo, Patrick O'Donnell, Peter Saenger, Sue Schmoyer, Joan Silagy, Matt Spence, Bill Uhrich, Drew Weber, Bruce Williams and Matt Wlasniewski.
The list follows the checklist order of the American Ornithologists' Union. 

Sightings in 2008    (251 species)

Greater white-fronted goose
Snow goose
Ross’ goose
Brant 
Cackling goose
Canada goose
Mute swan
Trumpeter swan
Tundra swan 
Wood duck 
Gadwall
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
Long-tailed duck
Bufflehead
Common goldeneye 
Hooded merganser 
Common merganser 
Red-breasted merganser 
Ruddy duck 
Ring-necked pheasant 
Ruffed grouse 
Wild turkey 
Common loon 
Pied-billed grebe 
Horned grebe 
Western/Clarks grebe
Red-necked grebe 
Double-crested cormorant 
Anhinga
American bittern 
Great blue heron 
Great egret 
Little blue heron
Green heron 
Black-crowned night-heron 
Yellow-crowned night heron
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 
Ferruginous hawk
Rough-legged hawk 
Golden eagle 
American kestrel 
Merlin 
Peregrine falcon 
American coot 
Semipalmated plover 
Killdeer 
American avocet
Greater yellowlegs 
Lesser yellowlegs 
Solitary sandpiper 
Spotted sandpiper 
Upland sandpiper
Semipalmated sandpiper 
Least sandpiper 
White-rumped sandpiper
Pectoral sandpiper 
Dunlin
Stilt sandpiper
Short-billed dowitcher
Wilson’s snipe 
American woodcock 
Red-necked phalarope
Laughing gull
Bonaparte's gull 
Ring-billed gull 
Herring gull
Iceland gull 
Lesser black-backed gull 
Great black-backed gull 
Caspian tern 
Forster’s tern
Black tern
Rock dove 
Mourning dove 
Black-billed cuckoo 
Yellow-billed cuckoo 
Barn owl 
Eastern screech owl 
Great horned owl 
Barred owl
Long-eared owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern saw-whet owl
Common nighthawk 
Whip-poor-will
Chimney swift 
Ruby-throated 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 
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 
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 
Golden-crowned kinglet 
Ruby-crowned kinglet 
Blue-gray gnatcatcher 
Eastern bluebird 
Veery 
Gray-cheeked thrush 
Bicknell’s thrush
Swainson's thrush 
Hermit thrush 
Wood thrush 
American robin 
Varied thrush
Gray catbird 
Northern mockingbird 
Brown thrasher 
European starling 
American pipit 
Bohemian Waxwing
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 
Swainson’s warbler
Ovenbird 
Northern waterthrush 
Louisiana waterthrush 
Kentucky warbler 
Connecticut warbler
Mourning warbler 
Common yellowthroat 
Hooded warbler 
Wilson's warbler 
Canada warbler 
Yellow-breasted chat 
Scarlet tanager 
Eastern towhee 
American tree sparrow 
Chipping 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 
Red crossbill
White-winged crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine siskin 
American goldfinch 
Evening Grosbeak
House sparrow 
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Sightings in 2000 (255)
Sightings in 2001 (245)
Sightings in 2002 (236)
Sightings in 2003 (251)
Sightings in 2004 (240)
Sightings in 2005 (260
Sightings in 2006 (253)
Sightings in 2007 (253)
Sightings in 2008 (251)
Sightings in 2009 (249)
Sightings in 2010 (250)
Sightings in 2011 (261)
Sightings in 2012 (262)
Sightings in 2013 (262)
Sightings in 2014 (262)
Sightings in 2015 (245)
Sightings in 2016 (245)
Sightings in 2017 (243)
Sightings in 2018 (250)
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