Birding, Bird Watching & Wild Birds
Learn how to get started with birding, how to attract birds to your backyard, and how to identify the birds common to Western Pennsylvania. Plus, Pittsburgh area bird watching locations and birding organizations.
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Bird Watching in North Park
Guest author, Greg Nussbaum, introduces you to a great birding location here in Pittsburgh -- North Park. The park has many excellent bird watching locations and a wide variety of beautiful birds.
Guest author, Greg Nussbaum, introduces you to a great birding location here in Pittsburgh -- North Park. The park has many excellent bird watching locations and a wide variety of beautiful birds.
Presque Isle State Park
Rated by Birder's World magazine as one of the top birding spots in the country, Presque Isle's location along the Atlantic Flyway and its ecological diversity support over 320 recorded species of migrating and indigenous birds.
Rated by Birder's World magazine as one of the top birding spots in the country, Presque Isle's location along the Atlantic Flyway and its ecological diversity support over 320 recorded species of migrating and indigenous birds.
Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania
One of the premier, non-profit, environmental education organizations in western Pennsylvania, ASWP offers a full schedule of nature walks, birding lectures and public events.
One of the premier, non-profit, environmental education organizations in western Pennsylvania, ASWP offers a full schedule of nature walks, birding lectures and public events.
Checklist of Western Pennsylvania Wild Birds
Learn about the birds commonly found in Western Pennsylvania. In PDF format.
Learn about the birds commonly found in Western Pennsylvania. In PDF format.
Cook Forest & Clear Creek State Park
Cooks Forest, northeast of Pittsburgh, is rated as one of the nation's top 50 state parks and is classified as a National Nature Landmark. The trees of this ancient forest make this an ideal breeding location for many birds.
Cooks Forest, northeast of Pittsburgh, is rated as one of the nation's top 50 state parks and is classified as a National Nature Landmark. The trees of this ancient forest make this an ideal breeding location for many birds.
Erie National Wildlife Refuge
Erie National Wildlife Refuge, named for the Erie Indians (not the lake), is an 8,750-acre refuge established in 1959 to provide nesting, brooding and resting marshes for waterfowl. Birders have spotted 236 species of birds and 112 species nest here each year.
Erie National Wildlife Refuge, named for the Erie Indians (not the lake), is an 8,750-acre refuge established in 1959 to provide nesting, brooding and resting marshes for waterfowl. Birders have spotted 236 species of birds and 112 species nest here each year.
Presque Isle State Park
Presque Isle is one of the top 10 bird-watching areas in the US. This 7-mile, 3,200-acre peninsula curls into Lake Erie, making it an important resting stop for birds during their fall migration.
Presque Isle is one of the top 10 bird-watching areas in the US. This 7-mile, 3,200-acre peninsula curls into Lake Erie, making it an important resting stop for birds during their fall migration.
National Aviary
Located in West Park on the Pittsburgh North Side, the National Aviary is home to 500 birds of more than 200 species, many of which are threatened or endangered in the wild. Natural and free-flight exhibits allow visitors an up-close view of the bird world. America's only independent indoor nonprofit bird zoo.
Located in West Park on the Pittsburgh North Side, the National Aviary is home to 500 birds of more than 200 species, many of which are threatened or endangered in the wild. Natural and free-flight exhibits allow visitors an up-close view of the bird world. America's only independent indoor nonprofit bird zoo.
Pittsburgh's Peregrine Falcons
Facts about the peregrine falcon and information about the project which provides a protected nesting site on top of the Gulf Tower for a pair of peregrine falcons which visit Pittsburgh each year.
Facts about the peregrine falcon and information about the project which provides a protected nesting site on top of the Gulf Tower for a pair of peregrine falcons which visit Pittsburgh each year.
Venango County Birds
Information on birds and bird watching in Venango County, located in northwestern Pennsylvania approximately midway between Erie and Pittsburgh.
Information on birds and bird watching in Venango County, located in northwestern Pennsylvania approximately midway between Erie and Pittsburgh.
Western Pennsylvania Plants to Attract Birds
Learn how to use the native plants of Western Pennsylvania to attract birds to your backyard.
Learn how to use the native plants of Western Pennsylvania to attract birds to your backyard.