USC Citizens for Land Stewardship
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.


SpeciesNumberFlags
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)10
Canada Goose929
Mute Swan2
Muscovy Duck6
Mallard543
Redhead7US
Bufflehead0cw
Hooded Merganser5
Northern Harrier2
Sharp-shinned Hawk3
Cooper’s Hawk10
accipiter sp.2
Red-tailed Hawk75
American Kestrel9
Merlin1
Ring-necked Pheasant1
Wild Turkey73
American Coot1
Ring-billed Gull1
Rock Dove61
Mourning Dove499
Eastern Screech-Owl3
Great Horned Owl1
Belted Kingfisher7
Red-bellied Woodpecker77
Downy Woodpecker111
Hairy Woodpecker22
Northern (Yellow-
shafted) Flicker
35
Pileated Woodpecker15
Blue Jay239

SpeciesNumberFlags
American Crow397
raven sp.0cw
Carolina Chickadee147
Black-capped Chickadee16
chickadee sp.217
Tufted Titmouse237
Red-breasted Nuthatch5
White-breasted Nuthatch123
Brown Creeper14
Carolina Wren100
Winter Wren3
Golden-crowned Kinglet62
Eastern Bluebird100
American Robin133
Northern Mockingbird33
Cedar Waxwing2
European Starling1168
Yellow-rumped
(Myrtle) Warbler
17
Eastern Towhee4
American Tree Sparrow7
Song Sparrow164
Swamp Sparrow1
White-throated Sparrow127
White-crowned Sparrow6
Dark-eyed (Slate-
colored) Junco
255
Northern Cardinal290
Purple Finch2
House Finch179
American Goldfinch178
House Sparrow400

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

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


[ Back to top ]