2002 Christmas Bird Count (103rd Season) Results
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 |
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| Great Blue Heron (Blue form) | 17 |
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| Canada Goose | 708 |
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| American Black Duck | 11 |
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| Mallard | 744 |
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| American Green-winged Teal | 2 |
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| Surf Scoter | 1 |
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| Bufflehead | 3 |
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| Ruddy Duck | 1 |
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| Northern Harrier | 6 |
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| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3 |
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| Cooper's Hawk | 10 |
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| Accipiter sp. | 1 |
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| Red-tailed Hawk | 80 |
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| American Kestrel | 11 |
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| Merlin | 1 | US |
| Wild Turkey | 189 |
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| American Coot | 1 |
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| Rock Dove | 227 |
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| Mourning Dove | 389 |
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| Eastern Screech-Owl | 11 |
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| Great Horned Owl | 4 |
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| Belted Kingfisher | 7 |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 115 |
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| Downy Woodpecker | 85 |
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| Hairy Woodpecker | 14 |
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Northern (Yellow-
shafted) Flicker | 20 |
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| Pileated Woodpecker | 14 |
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| Blue Jay | 268 |
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| American Crow | 397 |
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| Species | Number | Flags |
|---|
| raven sp. | cw |
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| Carolina Chickadee | 320 |
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| chickadee sp. | 163 |
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| Tufted Titmouse | 262 |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch | 88 |
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| Brown Creeper | 11 |
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| Carolina Wren | 139 |
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| Winter Wren | 4 |
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| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 35 |
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| Eastern Bluebird | 84 |
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| American Robin | 65 |
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| Northern Mockingbird | 29 |
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| Brown Thrasher | 1 |
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| European Starling | 1336 |
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| Cedar Waxwing | 46 |
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Yellow-rumped
(Myrtle) Warbler | 1 |
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| American Tree Sparrow | 24 |
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| Chipping Sparrow | 1 |
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| Field Sparrow | 2 |
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| Song Sparrow | 135 |
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| Swamp Sparrow | 1 |
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| White-throated Sparrow | 45 |
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| White-crowned Sparrow | 9 |
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Dark-eyed
(Oregon) Junco | 1 | US |
Dark-eyed
(Slate-colored) Junco | 380 |
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| Northern Cardinal | 372 |
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| House Finch | 390 |
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| American Goldfinch | 178 |
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| House Sparrow | 664 |
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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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