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Conservation and stewardship of land and natural resources in Upper St. Clair





2004 Christmas Bird Count (105th Season) Results


The unusually warm weather brought added pleasure to counters in the Pittsburgh South Hills Circle for the 2004 Audubon Christmas Bird Count. The compiled reports show that more than 7100 birds were counted representing 58 species.


Species Number Flags
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 10
Canada Goose 929
Mute Swan 2
Muscovy Duck 6
Mallard 543
Redhead 7 US
Bufflehead 0 cw
Hooded Merganser 5
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper’s Hawk 10
accipiter sp. 2
Red-tailed Hawk 75
American Kestrel 9
Merlin 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Wild Turkey 73
American Coot 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Dove 61
Mourning Dove 499
Eastern Screech-Owl 3
Great Horned Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 77
Downy Woodpecker 111
Hairy Woodpecker 22
Northern (Yellow-
shafted) Flicker
35
Pileated Woodpecker 15
Blue Jay 239

Species Number Flags
American Crow 397
raven sp. 0 cw
Carolina Chickadee 147
Black-capped Chickadee 16
chickadee sp. 217
Tufted Titmouse 237
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 123
Brown Creeper 14
Carolina Wren 100
Winter Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 62
Eastern Bluebird 100
American Robin 133
Northern Mockingbird 33
Cedar Waxwing 2
European Starling 1168
Yellow-rumped
(Myrtle) Warbler
17
Eastern Towhee 4
American Tree Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 164
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 127
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed (Slate-
colored) Junco
255
Northern Cardinal 290
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 179
American Goldfinch 178
House Sparrow 400

7137 total birds reported on count day
58 species reported on count day

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


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