2003 Christmas Bird Count (104th Season) Results
The 2003 Audubon Christmas Bird Count in the Pittsburgh South Hills Circle was a great success. The compiled reports show that more than 6,600 birds were counted representing 56 species.
This table is a compilation of the count for the Pittsburgh South Hills Circle.
| Species | Number | Flags |
|---|
| Great Blue Heron (Blue form) | 3 |
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| Canada Goose | 342 |
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| Mute Swan | 1 |
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| Wood Duck | 2 |
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| Mallard | 224 |
|
| Hooded Merganser | 1 |
|
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 4 |
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| Cooper's Hawk | 6 |
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| Accipiter sp. | 6 |
|
| Red-tailed Hawk | 39 |
|
| Rough-legged Hawk | 2 |
|
| American Kestrel | 6 |
|
| Merlin | 1 | US |
| Wild Turkey | 72 |
|
| Ring-billed Gull | 9 |
|
| Rock Dove | 172 |
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| Mourning Dove | 485 |
|
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 6 |
|
| Great Horned Owl | 2 |
|
| Belted Kingfisher | 5 |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 95 |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 |
|
| Downy Woodpecker | 197 |
|
| Hairy Woodpecker | 25 |
|
Northern (Yellow-
shafted) Flicker | 28 |
|
| Pileated Woodpecker | 13 |
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| Blue Jay | 206 |
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| American Crow | 274 |
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| Common Raven | 1 |
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| Species | Number | Flags |
|---|
| Horned Lark | 34 |
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| Carolina Chickadee | 71 |
|
| Black-capped Chickadee | 16 |
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| chickadee sp. | 288 |
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| Tufted Titmouse | 194 |
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| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch | 86 |
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| Brown Creeper | 2 |
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| Carolina Wren | 62 |
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| Winter Wren | 1 |
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| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 54 |
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| Eastern Bluebird | 43 |
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| American Robin | 24 |
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| Northern Mockingbird | 21 |
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| European Starling | 1379 |
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Yellow-rumped
(Myrtle) Warbler | 9 |
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| Eastern Towhee | 5 |
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| American Tree Sparrow | 67 |
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| Field Sparrow | 2 |
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| Fox Sparrow | 1 |
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| Song Sparrow | 233 |
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| Swamp Sparrow | 1 |
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| White-throated Sparrow | 132 |
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| White-crowned Sparrow | 7 |
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Dark-eyed (Slate-
colored) Junco | 277 |
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| Northern Cardinal | 518 |
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| House Finch | 223 |
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| American Goldfinch | 165 |
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| House Sparrow | 475 |
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6619 total birds reported on count day
56 species reported on count day
cw = reported during count week; US = flagged as an unusual species.
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