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Chester County, PA

Delaware Valley RBA
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To Report Sightings: or call 215-240-5747

Birding Locations

1 Chrome Serpentine Barrens
2 Goat Hill Serpentine Barrens
3 Great Marsh
4 Hibernia County Park (includes Chambers Lake)
5 George Lorrimer Nature Reserve (Open Lands Conservancy)
6 Marsh Creek State Park (includes large reservoir)
7 North Chester County farmlands (similar to Lancaster County)
8 Nottingham County Park (includes interesting sepentine barrens habitat)
9 State Line Serpentine Barrens
10 Struble Lake
11 Valley Forge National Historic Park (south and western sections although most is in Montgomery County)
12 Warwick County Park
13 Welkinweir Reserve (Green Valleys Association)
14 White Clay Creek State Preserve (Pennsylvania section, also in Delaware)
15 Edward Woolman Preserve at Great Marsh

To report rare or unusual birds in Pennsylvania
	To report to Pennsylvania Birds Listserve (General birding discussion) pabirds@list.audubon.org - (You must be subscribed to the list to post a message.) Information on this list is available at http://list.audubon.org/archives/pabirds.html
	To report to Central PA/Susquehanna (RBA Hotline) - TimeTraveler@email.msn.com
	To report to Eastern PA/Lehigh Valley Birdline (RBA Hotline) - (610) 252-3455, press the (*) key and leave your message or becard@rcn.com with "Birdline" in subject heading.
	To report to Pennsylvania Birds -
		Chester County - Nick Pulcinella, 613 Howard Road, West Chester PA 19380, nickpulcinella@verizon.net
	To report to North American Birds - Nick Pulcinella, 613 Howard Road, West Chester PA 19380,

BIRD CLUBS West Chester Bird Club P.O. Box 62 Westtown PA 19395	PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS MAGAZINE COUNTY COMPLIER Eleanor Wolf 148 Harvest Lane Phoenixville PA 19460 (610) 933-6414
CONVENTION & TOURISM BUREAU Brandywine Valley - Chester County Conference & Visitors Bureau	LIST SERV/ MAILING LISTS The Pennsylvania Birding List ~ PA Birds
RARE BIRD ALERT Delaware Valley RBA ------- To Report Sightings:	PUBLICATIONS Pennsylvania Birds
RARE BIRD COMMITTEE Nick Pulcinella (PORC Secretary) 613 Howard Road West Chester PA 19380	NATURE CENTERS Great Valley Nature Center Route 29 and Hollow Road Devault, PA 19432 (610) 935-9777
WILDLIFE REHAB CENTER Chester County Sanctuary for Wild Bird Rehabilitation 1986 W. Strasburg Road Coatesville PA 1932 (610) 486-6067	CHRISTMAS COUNTS Elverson : Bob Cook (610) 286-9919 Valley Forge (Audubon): Tony Fernandes (610) 647-7868 West Chester: Barry Blust, 610-458-5616, BarryBlust@comcast.net

BIRD GUIDE BOOKS

Birding the Delaware Valley Region by John and Justin Harding (Temple University Press, 1980)
Birder’s Guide to Pennsylvania by Paula Ford (Gulf Publishing Company, 1995)
Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania by Daniel Brauning (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992)
The Birds of Pennsylvania by Gerald McWilliams and Daniel Brauning (Cornell University Press, 2000)

IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS (IBA’S)

Great Marsh
State Line Serpentine Barrens

BIRD STORES