Birding Locations

1 Bartram Gardens 2 Carpenter’s Woods 3 Cobbs Creek Park 4 East Park Reservoir 5 Fairmount Park 6 John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge (Tinicum) 7 Juniata Park 8 Pennypack Creek / Park

9 Philadelphia Sewage Ponds/ Old Fort Mifflin 10 Roosevelt Park 11Schuylkill Center for Environmental & Education 12 Wissahickon Creek 13 Wissinoming Park 14 Upper Roxborough Reservoir 15 Baxter Water Treatment Plant 16 Benjamin Rush Park

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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 -
		Philadelphia County - Doris McGovern, 209 Dogwood Rd., Media, PA 19063 , (610) 565-8484
	To report to North American Birds - Nick Pulcinella, 613 Howard Road, West Chester PA 19380

 

BIRD CLUBS Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC) Academy of Natural Sciences 19th and The Parkway Philadelphia PA 19103	PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS MAGAZINE COUNTY COMPLIER Doris McGovern 209 Dogwood Media PA 19063 (610) 565-8484
CONVENTION & TOURISM BUREAU Phila. Convention & Visitors Bureau 1515 Market Street, Suite 2020, Phila PA 19102 (215) 636-3300 Fax: (215) 636-3327	CONVENTION & TOURISM BUREAU Philadelphia Visitors Center 16th Street & JFK Blvd. Phila PA 19102 (215) 636-1666 Fax: (215) 636-1649
PUBLICATIONS Pennsylvania Birds	LIST SERV/ MAILING LISTS The Pennsylvania Birding List ~ PA Birds
RARE BIRD ALERT Delaware Valley RBA	TO REPORT SIGHTINGS:
RARE BIRD COMMITTEE Nick Pulcinella (PORC Secretary) 613 Howard Road West Chester PA 19380	IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS (IBA’S) John Heinz NWR at Tinicum Mud Island Fairmount Park/Benjamin Rush SP IBA (approved May 2005)
WILDLIFE REHAB CENTERS Schuylkill Wildlife Rescue Center 8480 Hagys Mill Road Philadelphia PA 19128 (215) 482-8217	CHRISTMAS COUNTS Philadelphia Mid Winter Bird Census Keith Russell (215) 567-1203

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)

NATURE CENTERS

Pennypack Environmental Center 8600 Veree Road Philadelphia PA 19115 (215) 685-0470

Schuylkill Valley Environmental and Educational Center 8480 Hagy's Mill Road Philadelphia, PA 19128 (215) 482-7300

Tinicum National Environmental Center (Heinz NWR) 86th Street and Lindberg Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19153 (215) 365-3118