Prothonotary Warbler - 22 were reported to eBird for the 2012 PAMC (Photo by Alex Lamoreaux)
This total included 22 species of waterfowl (26 with loons and grebes), including all 3 species of swans. Raptors were well represented with 14 species seen. Osprey (97) and Bald Eagle (89) numbers were good as their populations continue to grow, while migrants and rare breeders were found in low numbers such as Northern Harrier (6), Merlin (1) and Golden Eagle (1).
Numbers of rails were low with just Virginia Rail (11) and Sora (13) reported. Just 2 weeks prior to the count, Alex and I had 10 Virginia Rails just at Julian Wetlands in Centre County. 15 species of shorebirds were reported with most of them being the expected. Upland Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, and White-rumped Sandpipers, Dunlin and Short-billed Dowitchers were good finds.
The expected 35 species of warblers were reported with really good numbers of Ovenbird (1,589), Common Yellowthroat (1,417), American Redstart (1,083), Yellow (2,108), Yellow-rumped (733), Chestnut-sided (531) and Black-throated Green Warblers (530). Also good to see were some winged warblers with Golden-winged (33), Blue-winged (121) and Brewster’s Warblers (4) reported.
The most common songbirds were Red-eyed Vireo (2,209), American Robin (4,532), Gray Catbird (3,472), and Red-winged Blackbird (2,987).
Some of the rarer reports included Brant, Trumpeter Swan, Golden Eagle, Sandhill Crane, Upland Sandpiper, Connecticut Warbler, Henslow’s Sparrow, Summer Tanager and Dickcissel. (links take you to eBird maps of sightings from this May)
Notable misses from the eBird total that I noticed are Red-throated Loon, Great Cormorant, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Northern Goshawk, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Forster’s Tern, Black Tern, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Short-eared Owl. Are there other species that you would have expected but don’t see on this list?
| May 12, 2012 | |
| Number of Species | 221 |
| Number of Individuals | 79,361 |
| Number of Checklists | 809 |
| Species Name | Species Count |
| Snow Goose | 5 |
| Brant | 19 |
| Canada Goose | 3,056 |
| Mute Swan | 26 |
| Trumpeter Swan | 1 |
| Tundra Swan | 14 |
| Wood Duck | 471 |
| American Wigeon | 1 |
| American Black Duck | 6 |
| Mallard | 1,236 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 17 |
| Green-winged Teal | 5 |
| Canvasback | 1 |
| Redhead | 4 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 6 |
| Lesser Scaup | 6 |
| Greater/Lesser Scaup | 1 |
| Bufflehead | 4 |
| Common Goldeneye | 1 |
| Hooded Merganser | 53 |
| Common Merganser | 89 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 6 |
| Ruddy Duck | 43 |
| Northern Bobwhite | 2 |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | 22 |
| Ruffed Grouse | 40 |
| Wild Turkey | 167 |
| Common Loon | 26 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 12 |
| Horned Grebe | 14 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 403 |
| American Bittern | 4 |
| Least Bittern | 1 |
| Great Blue Heron | 337 |
| Great Egret | 31 |
| Green Heron | 79 |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 5 |
| Black Vulture | 177 |
| Turkey Vulture | 1,119 |
| Osprey | 97 |
| Bald Eagle | 89 |
| Northern Harrier | 6 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 23 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 39 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 35 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 50 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 293 |
| Golden Eagle | 1 |
| American Kestrel | 59 |
| Merlin | 1 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 13 |
| Virginia Rail | 11 |
| Sora | 13 |
| Common Gallinule | 3 |
| American Coot | 60 |
| Sandhill Crane | 2 |
| Semipalmated Plover | 87 |
| Killdeer | 265 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 228 |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 227 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 62 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 76 |
| Upland Sandpiper | 7 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 14 |
| Least Sandpiper | 1,071 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 2 |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 1 |
| Dunlin | 1 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 19 |
| Wilson's Snipe | 12 |
| American Woodcock | 29 |
| Bonaparte's Gull | 37 |
| Laughing Gull | 2 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 785 |
| Herring Gull | 288 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 25 |
| Caspian Tern | 11 |
| Common Tern | 1 |
| Rock Pigeon | 518 |
| Mourning Dove | 1,191 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 42 |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 84 |
| Barn Owl | 2 |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 33 |
| Great Horned Owl | 30 |
| Barred Owl | 40 |
| Long-eared Owl | 1 |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | 19 |
| Common Nighthawk | 29 |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | 99 |
| Chimney Swift | 775 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 164 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 133 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 17 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 726 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 128 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 336 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 117 |
| Northern Flicker | 425 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 139 |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | 3 |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 336 |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 2 |
| Acadian Flycatcher | 210 |
| Alder Flycatcher | 17 |
| Willow Flycatcher | 76 |
| Least Flycatcher | 185 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 463 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 466 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 452 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 120 |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 92 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 198 |
| Warbling Vireo | 462 |
| Philadelphia Vireo | 10 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 2,209 |
| Blue Jay | 1,599 |
| American Crow | 1,423 |
| Fish Crow | 196 |
| Common Raven | 63 |
| Horned Lark | 28 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 450 |
| Purple Martin | 278 |
| Tree Swallow | 1,909 |
| Bank Swallow | 139 |
| Barn Swallow | 1,689 |
| Cliff Swallow | 494 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 356 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | 403 |
| Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee | 140 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 771 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 21 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 273 |
| Brown Creeper | 34 |
| Carolina Wren | 411 |
| House Wren | 513 |
| Winter Wren | 15 |
| Marsh Wren | 12 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 596 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 20 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 18 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 472 |
| Veery | 390 |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 4 |
| Swainson's Thrush | 69 |
| Hermit Thrush | 89 |
| Wood Thrush | 1,160 |
| American Robin | 4,532 |
| Gray Catbird | 3,472 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 289 |
| Brown Thrasher | 199 |
| European Starling | 2,050 |
| American Pipit | 7 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 1,555 |
| Ovenbird | 1,589 |
| Worm-eating Warbler | 82 |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 144 |
| Northern Waterthrush | 151 |
| Blue-winged Warbler | 121 |
| Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) | 4 |
| Golden-winged Warbler | 33 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 438 |
| Prothonotary Warbler | 22 |
| Tennessee Warbler | 130 |
| Nashville Warbler | 83 |
| Connecticut Warbler | 1 |
| Mourning Warbler | 19 |
| Kentucky Warbler | 17 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 1,417 |
| Hooded Warbler | 298 |
| American Redstart | 1,083 |
| Cape May Warbler | 54 |
| Cerulean Warbler | 62 |
| Northern Parula | 370 |
| Magnolia Warbler | 310 |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 40 |
| Blackburnian Warbler | 456 |
| Yellow Warbler | 2,108 |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 531 |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 245 |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 471 |
| Palm Warbler | 21 |
| Pine Warbler | 56 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 733 |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 15 |
| Prairie Warbler | 158 |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 530 |
| Canada Warbler | 104 |
| Wilson's Warbler | 25 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 38 |
| Eastern Towhee | 1,137 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 1,192 |
| Field Sparrow | 450 |
| Vesper Sparrow | 6 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 64 |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 67 |
| Henslow's Sparrow | 9 |
| Song Sparrow | 1,419 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 7 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 184 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 168 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 91 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 168 |
| Summer Tanager | 3 |
| Scarlet Tanager | 948 |
| Northern Cardinal | 1,489 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 401 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 5 |
| Indigo Bunting | 831 |
| Dickcissel | 1 |
| Bobolink | 541 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 2,987 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 155 |
| Rusty Blackbird | 4 |
| Common Grackle | 2,001 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 770 |
| Orchard Oriole | 201 |
| Baltimore Oriole | 1,354 |
| Purple Finch | 65 |
| House Finch | 449 |
| Pine Siskin | 7 |
| American Goldfinch | 1,303 |
| House Sparrow | 842 |