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The 2001 Christmas Bird Count is a Great Success

Christmas Bird Count - 102nd Season

The results are in, and the 2001 Audubon Christmas Bird Count in the Pittsburgh South Hills Circle is a great success. The reports show that more than 11,000 birds were counted representing 62 species. This is a 40% increase over last year's count.

This year, more than 70 birders participated in the count. This includes a class of 20 biology students from Mt. Lebanon High School who counted birds in Bird Park, a municipal park in Mt. Lebanon, PA.

This table shows a tabulation of the Pittsburgh South Hills Circle count. When available, additional information about the local count and links to the overall National Audubon Society count will be published here.


Species Number Flags
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 16
Canada Goose 265
Mute Swan 1
Muscovy Duck 10
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 512
Common Merganser 4
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 14
Red-tailed Hawk 53
American Kestrel 7
Peregrine Falcon 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 6
Wild Turkey 112
American Coot 1
Herring Gull 2
Rock Dove 125
Mourning Dove 536
Eastern Screech-Owl 15
Great Horned Owl 6
Belted Kingfisher 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 88
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker 114
Hairy Woodpecker 16
Northern
(Yellow-shafted) Flicker
37
Pileated Woodpecker 20
Blue Jay 221

Species Number Flags
American Crow 417
Carolina Chickadee 160
Black-capped Chickadee 2
chickadee sp. 355
Tufted Titmouse 268
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 135
Brown Creeper 5
Carolina Wren 106
Golden-crowned Kinglet 24
Eastern Bluebird 108
American Robin 531
Northern Mockingbird 45
European Starling 4688
Cedar Waxwing 31
Yellow-rumped
(Myrtle) Warbler
4
Eastern Towhee 1
American Tree Sparrow 23
Chipping Sparrow 5
Field Sparrow 2
(Red) Fox Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 101
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 57
Dark-eyed
(Slate-colored) Junco
390
Northern Cardinal 395
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 5
House Finch 255
American Goldfinch 128
House Sparrow 626

11,087 total birds reported on count day
62 species reported on count day


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