We compared the effects of growing season and dormant season prescribed fir
e on the winter bird communities in mature pine stands on Fort Benning Mili
tary Reservation, Georgia. We surveyed the avian community using fixed-radi
us point counts from 1 December 1995 to 28 February 1996, one year after bu
rning. We detected no differences in mean bird abundance or species richnes
s between burn treatments. No species was observed more or less frequently
in either burn treatment. Season of burn had little apparent effect on the
composition of wintering bird communities in managed mature pine forests.