Birds around Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Philadelphia (35° to 40° latitude, -80° to -75° longitude, about 550 km across), not the city alone. Counts are shares of all birds records in the same weeks, so busier stations do not inflate them (methods).
Arrived in the last four weeks
- Northern Pintail around 12 October
- Snow Bunting around 12 October
- Pine Siskin around 12 October
- White-throated Sparrow around 12 October
- White-crowned Sparrow around 12 October
- Eurasian Teal around 5 October
- Buff-bellied Pipit around 5 October
- Dunlin around 5 October
- Brown Creeper around 5 October
- Northern Harrier around 5 October
- Evening Grosbeak around 5 October
- Horned Lark around 5 October
- Rusty Blackbird around 5 October
- Common Loon around 5 October
- American Wigeon around 5 October
- Golden-Crowned Kinglet around 5 October
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker around 5 October
- Winter Wren around 5 October
Expected in the next six weeks
No arrivals expected here in the next six weeks, going by last year.
Dates are last year's first regular records after at least six weeks away, with each species' own uncertainty on its page. Each species page can email you when it turns up.
Most recorded, last eight weeks
| Species | Records | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata | 4,083,687 | 112.2 |
| Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus | 3,648,092 | 100.2 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus | 3,573,489 | 98.2 |
| Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis | 3,015,290 | 82.8 |
| American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos | 2,313,858 | 63.6 |
| House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus | 2,192,522 | 60.2 |
| Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis | 1,965,722 | 54.0 |
| White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis | 1,564,637 | 43.0 |
| Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor | 1,356,781 | 37.3 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis | 1,356,167 | 37.3 |
| American Goldfinch Spinus tristis | 1,350,336 | 37.1 |
| Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens | 984,595 | 27.0 |
| Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus | 845,015 | 23.2 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus | 764,594 | 21.0 |
| Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis | 748,850 | 20.6 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 12 of the last 12 weeks for birds (enough records to count; unwatched weeks say nothing about absence). Active stations here in the last 30 days: 587 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.