The Pennsylvania Annual Migration Count (PAMC) was established to gather yearly data on migratory bird populations, and to help answer some fundamental questions regarding their distribution throughout Pennsylvania. It is an annual one-day snapshot of bird populations within the state, taken on the second Saturday in May.
This year's count and the results are amazing! Who knew so many birds call Millport home? And we have a wide variety. Two Indigo Buntings and a Great Blue Heron were among the birds sighted by Dave Kubitsky on May 10. Here's the whole list:
Species | Total Number |
Canada Goose | 18 |
Wood Duck | 2 |
Mallard | 8 |
Wild Turkey | 1 |
Great Blue Heron | 1 |
Green Heron | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 8 |
Cooper's Hawk | 1 |
Broad-winged Hawk | 2 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 2 |
Solitary Sandpiper | 2 |
Rock Pigeon | 12 |
Mourning Dove | 18 |
Chimney Swift | 12 |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 |
Belted Kingfisher | 2 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 8 |
Downy Woodpecker | 10 |
Northern Flicker | 4 |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | 4 |
Eastern Phoebe | 2 |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 4 |
Eastern Kingbird | 2 |
White-eyed Vireo | 2 |
Warbling Vireo | 2 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 6 |
Blue Jay | 34 |
American Crow | 20 |
Tree Swallow | 2 |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 2 |
Barn Swallow | 6 |
Carolina Chickadee | 12 |
Tufted Titmouse | 8 |
White-breasted Nuthatch | 4 |
Carolina Wren | 10 |
House Wren | 4 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 12 |
Eastern Bluebird | 6 |
Wood Thrush | 8 |
American Robin | 16 |
Gray Catbird | 33 |
Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
Brown Thrasher | 2 |
European Starling | 41 |
Northern Parula | 3 |
Yellow Warbler | 4 |
Chestnut-sided Warbler | 4 |
Magnolia Warbler | 2 |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | 6 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 15 |
Black-throated Green Warbler | 1 |
Blackburnian Warbler | 1 |
Black-and-white Warbler | 1 |
American Redstart | 4 |
Ovenbird | 2 |
Common Yellowthroat | 14 |
Wilson's Warbler | 5 |
Eastern Towhee | 6 |
Chipping Sparrow | 2 |
Song Sparrow | 12 |
White-crowned Sparrow | 1 |
Scarlet Tanager | 9 |
Northern Cardinal | 16 |
Indigo Bunting | 2 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 42 |
Common Grackle | 25 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 6 |
Baltimore Oriole | 24 |
House Finch | 6 |
American Goldfinch | 8 |
House Sparrow | 12 |
Total Species (not counting "sp.") : | 71 |
Total Birds : | 590 |