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A ruby-throated hummingbird caught at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Powdermill Nature Reserve on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.
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An estimated 250 million birds are expected to pass through Southwestern Pennsylvania this spring, according to Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Powdermill Nature Reserve in Cook Township, Westmoreland County.
The bird feeders and hummingbird feeders are hung. Binoculars are at the ready.
The onslaught has begun: Wednesday morning, researchers at Powdermill either netted, saw or heard a bevy of migrants including the ruby-throated hummingbird, Baltimore oriole, scarlet tanager, thrushes and a number of warblers.
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Large flocks of tundra swans were seen flying over the Pittsburgh area for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 26, 2020.
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The Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count in Pittsburgh tallied 78 species, one of the highest numbers of types of birds recorded in the 110 years the count has been conducted in Pittsburgh.
The national Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count, in its 121st year, is a birding tradition serving as an annual census of the birds, helping scientists track population trends.