USC Citizens for Land Stewardship
Conservation and stewardship of land and natural resources in Upper St. Clair





Christmas 2017 Bird Count

Species Counts for Pittsburgh South Hills, Pennsylvania, United States (PAPS)
Count 118


Saturday, December 16, 2017


Low Temp.: 30.0° Fahrenheit High Temp.: 39.0° Fahrenheit

*For more information about this count, please visit the Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count search engine, and find Pittsburgh-South Hills (PAPS)!

Species Number
Great Blue Heron 4
Canada Goose 306
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 366
Hooded Merganser 3
No. Harrier 2
Sharp Shinned Hawk 2
CooperS Hawk 9
Red Tailed Hawk 63
American Kestral 13
Merlin 3
Wild Turkey 38
Ring Billed Gull 764
Herring Gull 6
Rock Dove 113
Mourning Dove 394
Screech Owl 3
Great Horned Owl 2
Barred Owl 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red Bellied Woodpecker 119
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker 8
Downey Woodpecker 82
Hairy Woodpecker 28
Northern Flicker 30
Pileated Woodpecker 21
Blue Jay 214
American Crow 751
Black Cap Chickadee 7
Carolina Chickadee 262
Chickadee Sp 40
Tufted Titmouse 203
Red Breasted Nuthatch 2
White Breasted Nuthatch 91
Brown Creeper 5
Carolina Wren 164
Winter Wren 1

Species Number
Golden Crown Kinglet 44
Eastern Bluebird 56
Hermit Thrush 4
American Robin 607
Northern Mockingbird 20
Brown thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 157
Euro Starling 2822
Yellow Rump Warbler 8
Northern Cardinal 276
Eastern Towhee 7
American Tree Sparrow 10
Field Sparrow 9
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 163
Swamp Sparrow 6
White Throat Sparrow 171
White Crown Sparrow 12
Dark Eye Junco 248
Red Wing BlackBird 252
Common Grackle 3
Brown Head Cowbird 34
House Finch 191
American Goldfinch 202
House Sparrow 250
Tundra Swan 4
Common Raven 3

63 total species
9686 total birds

Note: The water birds that are usually in this bird circle and have been counted in past years for some reason were not around on the day of our count.  They returned the next day.