Birds

For information pertaining to Pennsylvania's Important Bird Areas (IBAs) please refer to pa.audubon.org/iba/

For information pertaining to the Pennsylvania Breeding Bird Atlas, a joint project of The Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, please refer to http://www.carnegiemnh.org/atlas/index.htm

 

Species Profiles

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalis)

Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

 

An adult yellow-crowned night heron (Nycticorax violacea), Chincoteague NWR, September 2006

 

An immature black-crowned night heron (Nycticoraxnycticorax), Chincoteague NWR, September 2006

 

Black skimmers (Rynchops niger), Chincoteague NWR, September 2006

 

A wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) nest with eggs, Berks Co., June 2004

 

Yellow-billed Cuckoo hatchlings