Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Pennsylvania

2009 Results: Pennsylvania

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

See list of localities in Pennsylvania with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Greater White-fronted Goose	6	3
Snow Goose	344,012	122
Cackling Goose	1	1
Canada Goose	149,104	1,127
Mute Swan	49	26
Trumpeter Swan	4	2
Tundra Swan	2,738	23
Wood Duck	57	25
Gadwall	156	12
American Wigeon	408	32
American Black Duck	1,821	76
Mallard	7,894	470
Northern Shoveler	138	8
Northern Pintail	639	25
Green-winged Teal	211	20
Canvasback	103	22
Redhead	88	16
Ring-necked Duck	786	47
Greater Scaup	11	5
Lesser Scaup	328	6
White-winged Scoter	2	2
Long-tailed Duck	3	3
Bufflehead	257	34
Common Goldeneye	163	19
Hooded Merganser	260	57
Common Merganser	5,821	134
Red-breasted Merganser	7	3
Ruddy Duck	17	6
Ring-necked Pheasant	49	35
Ruffed Grouse	69	38
Wild Turkey	4,198	288
Common Loon	10	1
Pied-billed Grebe	9	8
Horned Grebe	5	5
Red-necked Grebe	6	6
Western Grebe	1	1
Double-crested Cormorant	31	7
Great Cormorant	7	2
Great Blue Heron	201	155
Great Egret	1	1
Black Vulture	527	142
Turkey Vulture	2,174	694
Bald Eagle	160	103
Northern Harrier	64	55
Sharp-shinned Hawk	286	269
Cooper's Hawk	324	291
Northern Goshawk	12	12
Red-shouldered Hawk	121	95
Red-tailed Hawk	1,524	957
Rough-legged Hawk	22	17
Golden Eagle	1	1
American Kestrel	176	125
Merlin	15	14
Peregrine Falcon	13	13
American Coot	168	26
Sandhill Crane	60	1
Killdeer	82	30
American Woodcock	13	4
Bonaparte's Gull	12	3
Ring-billed Gull	16,767	270
Herring Gull	5,384	133
Iceland Gull	1	1
Lesser Black-backed Gull	199	13
Great Black-backed Gull	206	23
Rock Pigeon	4,261	343
Mourning Dove	18,959	3,204
Barn Owl	4	4
Eastern Screech-Owl	59	52
Great Horned Owl	99	72
Snowy Owl	5	4
Barred Owl	35	31
Long-eared Owl	7	3
Short-eared Owl	1	1
Belted Kingfisher	131	107
Red-headed Woodpecker	166	112
Red-bellied Woodpecker	2,869	2,056
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	187	149
Downy Woodpecker	5,835	3,073
Hairy Woodpecker	1,866	1,241
Northern Flicker	728	463
Pileated Woodpecker	439	313
Blue Jay	7,102	2,205
American Crow	32,518	2,353
Fish Crow	1,830	59
Common Raven	234	91
Horned Lark	340	16
Carolina Chickadee	3,551	1,110
Black-capped Chickadee	9,985	2,281
Tufted Titmouse	9,219	3,188
Red-breasted Nuthatch	376	227
White-breasted Nuthatch	4,829	2,475
Brown Creeper	260	199
Carolina Wren	1,887	1,180
House Wren	1	1
Winter Wren	319	141
Golden-crowned Kinglet	154	76
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	37	16
Eastern Bluebird	2,158	654
Hermit Thrush	22	18
American Robin	4,173	533
Varied Thrush	1	1
Gray Catbird	5	4
Northern Mockingbird	841	638
Brown Thrasher	3	3
European Starling	33,912	1,687
Cedar Waxwing	1,654	71
Yellow-rumped Warbler	135	30
Pine Warbler	3	3
Eastern Towhee	82	39
American Tree Sparrow	3,036	561
Chipping Sparrow	5	3
Field Sparrow	351	99
Savannah Sparrow	44	16
Le Conte's Sparrow	1	1
Fox Sparrow	120	54
Song Sparrow	3,430	1,253
Swamp Sparrow	112	36
White-throated Sparrow	5,378	1,242
White-crowned Sparrow	716	225
Dark-eyed Junco	22,017	3,394
Snow Bunting	71	11
Northern Cardinal	15,312	3,686
Dickcissel	5	5
Red-winged Blackbird	41,055	461
Eastern Meadowlark	24	7
Rusty Blackbird	83	22
Common Grackle	15,612	529
Brown-headed Cowbird	2,000	183
Pine Grosbeak	8	1
Purple Finch	2,427	664
House Finch	11,696	2,274
White-winged Crossbill	541	51
Common Redpoll	174	34
Pine Siskin	37,134	1,879
American Goldfinch	29,607	3,093
House Sparrow	14,874	1,905
Total	905,097

A total of 136 species were reported.

See list of localities in Pennsylvania with reports.

This report was updated 15-Mar-2009 16:25 ET. Bird checklists submitted to GBBC are included on these results within about 2 hours of submission.