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The International Audubon Migratory Bird Count
May 12, 2001
Boyce Mayview Park, Upper St. Clair, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania
Again this year, USC Citizens for Land Stewardship
sponsored the Spring Migratory Bird Count on the Boyce Mayview Park
property. There were three teams of observers who participated in the
count. The weather was wet and rainy in the morning and much of the
count was delayed until the weather broke. In spite of this, the count
was successful. Sixty-seven species were counted on the property, and a
total of 959 individual birds were counted. Our count had the only
kestrel (seen near the Mayview barns) and the only wood ducks in
Allegheny County. Chimney swifts were in great profusion. Tree swallows
were competing with bluebirds for the bluebird boxes. Five species of
warblers were counted. Indigo buntings, scarlet tanagers and Baltimore
orioles all added a nice touch of color and some excitement to the day.
The results of this migratory bird count have been
forwarded to the National Audubon Society and will be included in their
international spring migration count. This information is useful in
helping determine bird population changes, geographic shifts and
changes of migratory patterns of species.
Special thanks to CLS members, Vicky
and Bill Judd, who coordinated and compiled this count.
Watch this web site for information about the
Pittsburgh South Hills Bird Circle Christmas Bird Count, coming in
December. If you are interested in learning more about birds and how to
identify them, watch for news of our birding classes or join us on a
birding hike.
Species |
Number |
Great Blue Heron |
7 |
Green Heron |
1 |
Turkey Vulture |
5 |
Canada Goose |
68 |
Wood Duck |
16 |
Mallard |
55 |
Cooper's Hawk |
2 |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
1 |
Red-tailed Hawk |
9 |
American Kestrel |
1 |
Wild Turkey |
9 |
Killdeer |
3 |
Solitary Sandpiper |
4 |
Rock Dove |
4 |
Mourning Dove |
13 |
Chimney Swift |
53 |
Belted Kingfisher |
3 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
8 |
Downy Woodpecker |
2 |
Hairy Woodpecker |
3 |
Northern Flicker |
8 |
Pileated Woodpecker |
3 |
Eastern Phoebe |
1 |
Eastern Kingbird |
3 |
Red-eyed Vireo |
15 |
Blue Jay |
18 |
American Crow |
62 |
Tree Swallow |
12 |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
14 |
Barn Swallow |
10 |
Carolina Chickadee |
13 |
Tufted Titmouse |
9 |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
2 |
Carolina Wren |
9 |
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Species |
Number |
House Wren |
3 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
2 |
Eastern Bluebird |
9 |
Wood Thrush |
3 |
American Robin |
73 |
Gray Catbird |
5 |
Northern Mockingbird |
2 |
Brown Thrasher |
2 |
Cedar Waxwing |
4 |
European Starling |
31 |
Yellow Warbler |
23 |
Magnolia Warbler |
1 |
Black-throated Green Warbler |
1 |
Common Yellowthroat |
2 |
Hooded Warbler |
3 |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
1 |
Scarlet Tanager |
2 |
Northern Cardinal |
40 |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
8 |
Indigo Bunting |
22 |
Eastern Towhee |
21 |
Chipping Sparrow |
10 |
Field Sparrow |
6 |
Song Sparrow |
32 |
Red-winged Blackbird |
87 |
Eastern Meadowlark |
2 |
Common Grackle |
55 |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
12 |
Orchard Oriole |
2 |
Baltimore Oriole |
21 |
House Finch |
1 |
American Goldfinch |
23 |
House Sparrow |
4 |
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959
total birds reported count day
67 species reported count day
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