Pennsylvania Bird Atlas (PBA3) Documents

Friday, May 10, 2024

PBA3 Handbook, Version 3.0

PBA3 Guidelines Chart, Version 2.0
A detailed chart showing the non-breeding periods, migration periods, and breeding periods for each species.

Guide to Singing Bird Code (S)
Further clarification of which species and calls warrant the Singing (S) breeding code.

PBA3 Beginning Safe Dates
A concise document that you can print and carry with you, listing the dates when each species' safe breeding period begins.

PBA3 Winter Atlas
The Volunteer Handbook, the Priority Blocks, and the Water Surveys.

Common Breeding Code Mistakes
Part I: Possible and Probable Codes
Part 2: Confirmed Codes

County Atlas Block Progress
Determine which blocks most need your help in the county. Click on any column heading in the table for that county to sort by the values in that column.

For a geographical view, see the effort map. Get a list of the species that are missing from a particular block using the Breeding Bird Target form.

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Black Vulture, Everglades NP, FL, Marg Higbee

Upcoming Events

Yellow Creek State Park

  • Sat, August 15, 8:00 am
  • Yellow Creek State Park Office

Tuesday Yellow Creek Outing

  • Tue, August 18, 8:00 am
  • Yellow Creek Park North Shore Gazebo

West Penn Trail--Dick Mayer Section

  • Sat, August 22, 7:00 am
  • SGL 328 Parking Lot

Tuesday Yellow Creek Outing

  • Tue, August 25, 1:00 am
  • Yellow Creek Park North Shore Gazebo

Blue Spruce Park

  • Sat, August 29, 8:00 am
  • Blue Spruce Park

Tuesday Yellow Creek Outing

  • Tue, September 1, 8:00 am
  • Yellow Creek Park North Shore Gazebo

September 2026 Meeting

  • Tue, September 1, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
  • Blue Spruce Park Lodge

Moraine State Park

  • Tue, September 8, 8:00 am
  • Barber's Point on the North Shore

Blue Spruce Park

  • Sat, September 12, 8:00 am
  • Blue Spruce Park

Metzler Property

  • Sat, September 19, 8:00 am
  • 2055 Ambrose Road, Marion Center

Blacklick Valley Nature Area

  • Sat, September 26, 8:00 am
  • Blacklick Valley Nature Area

Ed Donley's Property

  • Sat, October 10, 8:00 am
  • 1243 Five Points Road, Indiana

Allegheny Front Hawk Watch

  • Tue, October 13, 9:30 am
  • Allegheny Front Hawk Watch near Central City

Allegheny Front Hawk Watch

  • Sat, October 17, 9:30 am
  • Allegheny Front Hawk Watch near Central City

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