Powdermill Spring 2005

Species Banding Totals 
(in descending order)
Compared to long-term statistics


      2005 totals 
compared with 1962-2004 
(S.D. = standard dev.) 
Species  Spring
2005
Totals
1962-2004
avg.
1962-2004 
max. tot.
within 
1 S.D.
>= 1 S.D. 
above
<= 1 S.D.
below
Magnolia Warbler 230 76.3 196   XX*  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 129 124.0 246 X    
American Goldfinch 124 201.2 829 X    
Song Sparrow 109 166.1 285 X    
Dark-eyed Junco 103 372.7 1238     X
Chipping Sparrow 85 69.7 159 X    
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 73 44.8 119   X  
White-throated Sparrow 72 58.6 147 X    
Cedar Waxwing 61 56.4 248 X    
Swamp Sparrow 59 39.5 70   X  
Common Yellowthroat 57 57.0 114 X    
Gray Catbird 56 68.2 114 X    
Red-eyed Vireo 53 47.7 92 X    
Black-capped Chickadee 48 28.3 82 X    
Yellow Warbler 47 35.7 79 X    
Red-winged Blackbird 42 29.7 180 X    
Chestnut-sided Warbler 41 10.3 35   XX*  
Traill's Flycatcher 38 17.5 54   X  
American Redstart 36 22.2 77 X    
Canada Warbler 33 39.9 89 X    
Nashville Warbler 32 30.0 114 X    
Swainson's Thrush 31 31.2 150 X    
Northern Waterthrush 28 19.7 36   X  
Hooded Warbler 27 11.4 27   X*  
Blue Jay 26 40.8 186 X    
Least Flycatcher 25 36.0 86 X    
Eastern Towhee 25 16.0 35   X  
Tennessee Warbler 24 38.8 230 X    
Northern Cardinal 24 29.2 87 X    
Indigo Bunting 23 30.5 72 X    
Wilson's Warbler 22 22.7 63 X    
Wood Thrush 19 15.7 38 X    
Mourning Warbler 19 13.9 33 X    
Field Sparrow 18 74.8 207 X    
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 16 10.3 39 X    
Tree Swallow 14 8.2 28 X    
Fox Sparrow 13 24.0 71 X    
American Robin 12 16.8 55 X    
Lincoln's Sparrow 12 10.1 24 X    
White-eyed Vireo 12 9.7 25 X    
Louisiana Waterthrush 12 9.5 145 X    
House Wren 11 12.0 26 X    
Eastern Phoebe 11 7.3 18 X    
Scarlet Tanager 11 5.7 34   X  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10 11.9 41 X    
Baltimore Oriole 10 6.8 18 X    
Common Grackle 9 10.0 61 X    
Solitary Sandpiper 9 3.3 12   X  
Purple Finch 8 51.3 518 X    
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8 12.4 79 X    
Acadian Flycatcher 8 6.4 19 X    
Black-throated Blue Warbler 8 4.3 23 X    
Mourning Dove 7 10.5 38 X    
White-crowned Sparrow 7 10.4 37 X    
Ovenbird 7 7.0 25 X    
Northern Flicker 7 5.8 22 X    
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7 4.6 25 X    
Barn Swallow 6 12.0 90 X    
Philadelphia Vireo 5 8.7 56 X    
Blue-winged Warbler 5 5.8 24 X    
Veery 5 5.0 20 X    
Gray-cheeked Thrush 5 2.9 10 X    
Brown-headed Cowbird 4 100.4 458 X    
House Finch 4 32.5 179 X    
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 9.0 67 X    
Kentucky Warbler 4 7.0 16 X    
Spotted Sandpiper 4 3.8 16 X    
Black-throated Green Warbler 4 2.1 11 X    
Winter Wren 4 1.3 8   X  
Rusty Blackbird 3 9.0 40 X    
Brown Thrasher 3 6.0 26 X    
Downy Woodpecker 3 4.7 13 X    
Black-billed Cuckoo 3 2.3 9 X    
Northern Parula 3 1.7 7 X    
Worm-eating Warbler 3 1.1 8   X  
Orange-crowned Warbler 3 1.0 5 X    
Olive-sided Flycatcher 3 0.8 4   X  
Eastern Bluebird 2 10.5 54 X    
Tufted Titmouse 2 6.6 26 X    
Black-and-white Warbler 2 4.7 18 X    
Hermit Thrush 2 1.5 6 X    
Carolina Wren 2 0.7 4   X  
Yellow-throated Warbler 2 0.4 3   X  
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 12.8 43     X
Golden-winged Warbler 1 7.9 23     X
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 3.5 12 X    
Prairie Warbler 1 3.4 15 X    
Blackpoll Warbler 1 3.0 15 X    
European Starling 1 2.6 17 X    
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 1.6 13 X    
Cape May Warbler 1 1.6 10 X    
Belted Kingfisher 1 0.9 4 X    
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 0.8 5 X    
Warbling Vireo 1 0.8 4 X    
Green Heron 1 0.4 3 X    
"Brewster's" Warbler 1 0.4 2   X  
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 0.3 4 X    
Cerulean Warbler 1 0.3 2   X  
"Yellow" Palm Warbler 1 0.2 2   X  
Marsh Wren  1 0.2 1   X*  
Prothonotary Warbler 1 0.1 1   X*  
Species "missed" in Spring 2005; i.e., spp. with long-term avg. >1  
Evening Grosbeak 0 82.7 788 X    
Pine Siskin 0 58.9 1000 X    
American Tree Sparrow 0 20.9 134 X    
House Sparrow 0 16.2 61 X    
Yellow-breasted Chat 0 10.8 34     X
Bay-breasted Warbler 0 4.1 40 X    
White-breasted Nuthatch 0 4.0 19     X
Brown Creeper 0 1.8 12 X    
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0 1.4 11 X    
Orchard Oriole 0 1.2 6 X    
* Ties or exceed previous record high spring banding total            
XX = More than 2 S.D.s above average            


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Last Updated on 6/07/05
By Robert S. Mulvihill