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





2006 Christmas Bird Count (107th Season) Results

The compiled reports show that more than 7200 birds were counted representing 63 species.

This table shows a compilation of the count for the Pittsburgh South Hills Circle. You can find more complete data at the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count web site. Enter “PAPS” under OPTION C: COUNT CODE or use one of the other options to see data from other counts across the country and around the world.


Species Number Flags
Pied-billed grebe 1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 10
Canada Goose 425
Green-winged Teal 2
Muscovy Duck 12
Mallard 479
Hooded Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 1
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper’s Hawk 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 48
American Kestrel 6
Ring-necked Pheasant 4
Wild Turkey 138
American Coot 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
Rock Dove 95
Mourning Dove 499
Eastern Screech-Owl 22
Great Horned Owl 3
Belted Kingfisher 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 112
Downy Woodpecker 123
Hairy Woodpecker 24
Northern Flicker 31
Pileated Woodpecker 17
Eastern Phoebe 1 us
Blue Jay 337
American Crow 417
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Carolina Chickadee 183

Species Number Flags
chickadee sp. 342
Tufted Titmouse 319
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 108
Brown Creeper 9
Carolina Wren 188
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 36
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 us
Eastern Bluebird 76
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 133
Northern Mockingbird 45
Cedar Waxwing 99
European Starling 871
Northern Cardinal 447
Eastern Towhee 8
American Tree Sparrow 30
Chipping Sparrow 9
Field Sparrow 11
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 199
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 79
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed (Slate-
colored) Junco
356
House Finch 114
American Goldfinch 258
House Sparrow 301

7,215 total birds reported
63 species reported

us = flagged as an unusual species


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