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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.


SpeciesNumberFlags
Pied-billed grebe1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)10
Canada Goose425
Green-winged Teal2
Muscovy Duck12
Mallard479
Hooded Merganser1
Ruddy Duck1
Northern Harrier1
Sharp-shinned Hawk3
Cooper’s Hawk9
Red-shouldered Hawk1
Red-tailed Hawk48
American Kestrel6
Ring-necked Pheasant4
Wild Turkey138
American Coot1
Ring-billed Gull3
Rock Dove95
Mourning Dove499
Eastern Screech-Owl22
Great Horned Owl3
Belted Kingfisher8
Red-bellied Woodpecker112
Downy Woodpecker123
Hairy Woodpecker24
Northern Flicker31
Pileated Woodpecker17
Eastern Phoebe1us
Blue Jay337
American Crow417
Black-capped Chickadee6
Carolina Chickadee183

SpeciesNumberFlags
chickadee sp.342
Tufted Titmouse319
Red-breasted Nuthatch1
White-breasted Nuthatch108
Brown Creeper9
Carolina Wren188
Winter Wren1
Golden-crowned Kinglet36
Ruby-crowned Kinglet1us
Eastern Bluebird76
Hermit Thrush2
American Robin133
Northern Mockingbird45
Cedar Waxwing99
European Starling871
Northern Cardinal447
Eastern Towhee8
American Tree Sparrow30
Chipping Sparrow9
Field Sparrow11
Fox Sparrow1
Song Sparrow199
Swamp Sparrow2
White-throated Sparrow79
White-crowned Sparrow3
Dark-eyed (Slate-
colored) Junco
356
House Finch114
American Goldfinch258
House Sparrow301

7,215 total birds reported
63 species reported

us = flagged as an unusual species


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