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Your Personal Field Guide

Twenty-three birds. One backyard region. Everything you actually want to know about the birds visiting your yard in Western Pennsylvania — who they are, when they show up, what they sound like, and what they are doing when they think no one is watching.

This is a companion website to the printed field guide. Each bird profile offers identification notes, Western Pennsylvania–specific timing, feeder recommendations, and a taste of the deeper story told in the book.

Species Index

Browse all 23 birds covered in the guide, from resident year-rounders to summer visitors that cross continents to spend a few months in your yard.

Explore the birds

Seasonal Guide

Who is in the yard right now? Western Pennsylvania's bird life changes dramatically month by month. The seasonal guide tells you what to expect and when.

See the calendar

Feeder Guide

The right seed in the right feeder draws the right birds. A practical guide to setting up a station that works — including what to do when a Cooper's Hawk moves in.

Set up your feeder

Featured Birds

Start Here

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About the Book

A Field Guide to Backyard Birds: Western Pennsylvania Edition

Not a scientific reference. Not a checklist. A field guide written the way a knowledgeable neighbor explains something they genuinely love.

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