Appendix C

Relative Abundance of Breeding Bird Species by Natural Division, 1986-1992

Species Glaciated Plains Route Number
24 25 27 28 29 30 32 33 34
Average Number of Birds/100 Stops
Great Blue Heron 10.7 0.9 6.5 3.1 3.1 4.7 2.5 4.0 0.6
Green Heron 4.7 0.0 0.5 1.4 0.9 1.3 0.0 1.0 1.7
Canada Goose 8.0 0.0 0.5 7.4 1.1 0.0 6.0 0.0 5.4
Wood Duck 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkey Vulture 8.7 1.1 1.0 3.4 3.1 0.3 1.0 8.0 2.3
Red-shouldered Hawk 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Red-tailed Hawk 2.7 1.1 2.0 4.3 5.4 1.3 7.0 4.0 4.6
Ring-necked Pheasant 0 0 36 0 0 0.3 4 18 0.6
Wild Turkey 0 0 1.5 4.6 0.6 0 0 1 10.6
Northern Bobwhite 76 69.4 198 90.9 124 105 175 87 103
Killdeer 10.7 11.1 23.5 10.9 19.4 34.3 195 14 12.9
Upland Sandpiper 0 2.6 1.5 0.9 0.9 7 17 0 0.9
Rock Dove 13.3 5.1 11 2.3 9.1 27.3 0.5 0 6.6
Mourning Dove 60.7 58.3 134 80 103 106 127 91 70
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 18 3.7 10.5 11.1 41.4 17.7 21 7 8
Chimney Swift 52 22.3 13.5 11.4 4.9 14.7 5 6 6.3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0.7 0 0 0.3 0.6 0 0 2 0.6
Belted Kingfisher 0 0.6 0.5 0 0 0 1 0 0.6
Red-headed Woodpecker 7.3 13.1 78.5 16 27.1 11.3 16 37 24.9
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10.7 15.4 24 26.3 22.3 11.3 22 12 13.7
Downy Woodpecker 2.7 2 10 6.3 18.9 7 1.5 6 3.7
Hairy Woodpecker 0 0.6 2.5 0.6 3.4 0.3 1 0 1.4
Northern Flicker 6.7 4.3 10 8.6 18.9 7 11 16 15.7
Pileated Woodpecker 0 0.6 3.5 1.1 0.3 0 0 1 0.3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 12 0.6 8 13.7 21.4 2.7 5 3 9.1
Acadian Flycatcher 0 0 0 0 2.6 0 0 0 0
Eastern Phoebe 8 1.7 2.5 11.7 8 2.3 3 11 2.6
Great Crested Flycatcher 6.7 2 6.5 15.1 17.4 7 8 3 18.3
Eastern Kingbird 8.7 10.3 64.5 36 19.1 13.3 30 13 32.6
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 0 0 0 0.3 0.3 0 0 0 0
Horned Lark 16 33.4 135 10.6 16 73 1 21 22
Purple Martin 10 9.1 5 4 1.7 2.7 0 3 0.6
No Rough-winged Swallow 5.3 2.9 0.5 1.7 3.4 7.7 0 4 8.6
Bank Swallow 0 2.3 0 0 0 0.3 0 4 3.4
Barn Swallow 48 35.4 66.5 49.4 43.1 58.7 37.5 56 57.4
Blue Jay 26 20.6 21.5 54.3 53.4 16.7 31.5 31 37.7
American Crow 50 26 40.5 24.6 54 18 28.5 39 50.3
Black-capped Chickadee 29.3 2.9 6.5 20.3 40.9 10 14.5 9 20
Carolina Chickadee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tufted Titmouse 22 10.3 25 37.1 41.1 9.3 7.5 6 22.3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1.3 3.1 1 6.3 12.6 2.3 3.5 6 8
Carolina Wren 1.3 1.1 2 1.1 6.9 1.3 0.5 2 0
House Wren 4 5.4 35 11.1 12.9 17 16.5 26 44
Bewick's Wren 0 0 0 0.9 0.3 0 0 0 0.6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2.7 0 3.5 2 10.3 0.7 0.5 3 0.6
Eastern Bluebird 24.7 8.3 16.5 36.9 19.4 7.3 17 18 34
Wood Thrush 0.7 0 0 1.7 3.4 0.7 0 0 0
American Robin 107 97.7 160 117 122 88.3 79.5 106 129
Gray Catbird 2 1.1 18.5 11.1 6.3 7 3.5 26 12
Northern Mockingbird 15.3 11.4 3.5 10 16.9 7.3 4.5 1 2.9
Brown Thrasher 12 16.9 37 38 16.6 26.7 26.5 22 53.4
Cedar Waxwing 0.3 0 1 2.3 0.9 3 0 0 0.9
Loggerhead Shrike 6 3.4 6.5 6.9 2.9 4.3 9 1 0.3
European Starling 90 69.1 165 62.6 26.6 45 13 363 54
White-eyed Vireo 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0.5 2 0.3
Bell's Vireo 0.7 0 4 0.9 0 2.3 0 4 0
Yellow-throated Vireo 1.3 0.3 0 2 2.9 0 0 2 3.1
Warbling Vireo 4.7 2.3 6 1.7 9.7 4.3 3 4 2.9
Red-eyed Vireo 0.7 0 2 1.4 4 0 0 3 0
Blue-winged Warbler 0 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Parula 2.7 0 1 2.6 3.4 0.3 0 0 0.3
Yellow Warbler 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 0 0 0
Yellow-throated Warbler 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0
Pine Warbler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prairie Warbler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Black-and-white Warbler 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Worm-eating Warbler 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 1 0
Louisiana Waterthrush 0 0 0 0.6 2 0 0 0 0
Kentucky Warbler 0 0 1.5 3.1 4.6 0 0 2 0.3
Common Yellowthroat 12.7 4.3 68.5 28.6 30.6 53.3 12 41 21.7
Yellow-breasted Chat 0 0.9 1 5.7 1.7 0.7 0 11 1.1
Summer Tanager 0.7 0 1 5.4 2 0 0 2 0.9
Scarlet Tanager 0 0 0 2 1.4 0 0 2 0.3
Northern Cardinal 0 37.1 43 61.1 105 38.3 42 36 42.3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0.7 3.4 20 17.7 11.1 5.3 0.5 12 29.1
Blue Grosbeak 0.7 1.1 14 8 7.7 1.7 0 0 3.4
Indigo Bunting 11.3 9.7 50.5 60.6 128 53 26.5 55 35.1
Dickcissel 73.3 30.9 178 51.4 252 352 117 56 61.1
Eastern Towhee 0.7 0 3 29.7 2.6 0.3 0.5 4 12.3
Chipping Sparrow 0 0 1 7.4 1.7 0 0 14 7.1
Field Sparrow 16.7 4.3 18 70.6 42.9 2.3 16 15 54.3
Vesper Sparrow 0 0 0 0.3 1.4 0 0 0 1.4
Lark Sparrow 0.7 0 2.5 2.6 15.7 7.7 0.5 0 5.4
Grasshopper Sparrow 60 1.7 72 24.9 39.4 22.3 33 21 39.1
Song Sparrow 0 3.4 45 1.1 0 12.3 3.5 26 6.9
Bobolink 0 0 6.5 0 0.6 0 4 0 8.3
Red-winged Blackbird 121 406 828 206 193 443 146 258 294
Eastern Meadowlark 126 86.6 246 129 152 105 62 88 130
Western Meadowlark 0 0 0 0 0.9 2.3 51.5 1 18.3
Common Grackle 187 209 255 92 71.1 123 102 420 82.3
Brown-headed Cowbird 71.3 33.4 52.5 73.1 52 57.7 84.5 48 95.4
Orchard Oriole 1.3 0.9 8.5 9.1 1 5.3 0 1 4.6
Baltimore Oriole 9.3 7.1 10.5 16.6 18.9 21 14.5 10 25.1
House Finch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
American Goldfinch 6 3.4 15.5 16.3 30.3 22 9.5 36 16
House Sparrow 278 257 817 82 159 147 174 153 140

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