Breeding birds in 2 pine [Pinus taeda]-hardwood stands (> 30 yr old) and adjacent clear-cuts (< 3 yr old) in east Texas were censused from transects from May 1, to June 26, 1978 to determine if differences appeared in bird populations between woods edge and interior and between clear-cut edge and interior. Number of bird species (S), species diversity (H'') and abundance (A) were higher (P < 0.01) in the first 25 m of the woods edge than in other sections of the woods and clear-cut. The S, H'' and A indices were similar in woods interior and in clear-cut edge and interior. Concentrations of woods-associated species appeared at the woods edge, species associated with clear-cuts used the woods edge for foraging and singing posts, and some species were found mostly in the edge. This prevalence probably resulted from the greater number of foliage layers at the edge and from simultaneous access by birds to more than 1 habitat type at the woods clear-cut juncture.