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2002 Christmas Bird Count (103rd Season) Results

Christmas Bird Count - 102nd Season

The 2002 Audubon Christmas Bird Count in the Pittsburgh South Hills Circle was a great success. The compiled reports show that more than 8,000 birds were counted representing 55 species.

Approximately 70 birders participated in the count, including a group of biology students from Mt. Lebanon High School. This year, for the first time, birders included Allegheny Land Trust’s Wingfield Pines property in South Fayette and Upper St. Clair Townships.

This table shows the compilation of the Pittsburgh South Hills Circle count.


Species Number Flags
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 17
Canada Goose 708
American Black Duck 11
Mallard 744
American Green-winged Teal 2
Surf Scoter 1
Bufflehead 3
Ruddy Duck 1
Northern Harrier 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 10
Accipiter sp. 1
Red-tailed Hawk 80
American Kestrel 11
Merlin 1 US
Wild Turkey 189
American Coot 1
Rock Dove 227
Mourning Dove 389
Eastern Screech-Owl 11
Great Horned Owl 4
Belted Kingfisher 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 115
Downy Woodpecker 85
Hairy Woodpecker 14
Northern (Yellow-
shafted) Flicker
20
Pileated Woodpecker 14
Blue Jay 268
American Crow 397

Species Number Flags
raven sp. cw
Carolina Chickadee 320
chickadee sp. 163
Tufted Titmouse 262
White-breasted Nuthatch 88
Brown Creeper 11
Carolina Wren 139
Winter Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 35
Eastern Bluebird 84
American Robin 65
Northern Mockingbird 29
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 1336
Cedar Waxwing 46
Yellow-rumped
(Myrtle) Warbler
1
American Tree Sparrow 24
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 135
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 45
White-crowned Sparrow 9
Dark-eyed
(Oregon) Junco
1 US
Dark-eyed
(Slate-colored) Junco
380
Northern Cardinal 372
House Finch 390
American Goldfinch 178
House Sparrow 664

8,126 total birds reported on count day
55 species reported on count day

cw = reported during count week; US = flagged as an unusual species.


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