Appendix A. Sample sizes of host species in each year of the study arranged in descending order of frequency in the sample.
Common name |
Scientific name |
Code |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
Total |
Red-eyed Vireo |
Vireo olivaceus |
VOL |
17 |
14 |
46 |
40 |
117 |
White-eyed Vireo |
Vireo griseus |
VGR |
24 |
10 |
25 |
32 |
91 |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
Icteria virens |
IVI |
36 |
14 |
21 |
12 |
83 |
Hooded Warbler |
Wilsonia citrina |
WCI |
12 |
15 |
18 |
14 |
59 |
Black-and-White Warbler |
Mniotilta varia |
MVA |
22 |
7 |
12 |
9 |
50 |
Indigo Bunting |
Passerina cyanea |
PCY |
20 |
7 |
8 |
13 |
48 |
Worm-eating Warbler |
Helmitheros vermivorus |
HVE |
8 |
5 |
12 |
13 |
38 |
Northern Parula |
Parula americana |
PAM |
8 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
35 |
Kentucky Warbler |
Oporornis formosus |
OFO |
3 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
23 |
Ovenbird |
Seiurus aurocapillus |
SAU |
3 |
10 |
7 |
20 |
|
Blue-winged Warbler |
Vermivora pinus |
VPI |
4 |
4 |
1 |
11 |
20 |
Prairie Warbler |
Dendroica discolor |
DDI |
5 |
10 |
3 |
1 |
19 |
Acadian Flycatcher |
Empidonax virescens |
EVI |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
16 |
American Redstart |
Setophaga ruticilla |
SRU |
3 |
10 |
3 |
16 |
|
Prothonotary Warbler |
Protonotaria citrea |
PCE |
7 |
6 |
1 |
14 |
|
Carolina Wren |
Thryothorus ludovicianus |
TLU |
11 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
|
Northern Cardinal |
Cardinalis cardinalis |
CCA |
1 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
Downy Woodpecker |
Picoides pubescens |
PPU |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
9 |
Yellow-throated Warbler |
Dendroica dominica |
DDO |
6 |
2 |
8 |
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Tufted Titmouse |
Baeolophus bicolor |
BBI |
4 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
|
Scarlet Tanager |
Piranga olivacea |
POL |
2 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
|
American Goldfinch |
Carduelis tristis |
CTR |
2 |
4 |
6 |
||
Eastern Towhee |
Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
PER |
5 |
1 |
6 |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Polioptila caerulea |
PCA |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
Summer Tanager |
Piranga rubra |
PRU |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
Yellow-throated Vireo |
Vireo flavifrons |
VFL |
2 |
2 |
4 |
||
Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Contopus virens |
CVI |
1 |
2 |
3 |
||
Magnolia Warbler |
Dendroica magnolia |
DMA |
3 |
3 |
|||
Wood Thrush |
Hylocichla mustelina |
HMU |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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Tennessee Warbler |
Vermivora peregrina |
VPE |
3 |
3 |
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Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
DPE |
2 |
2 |
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Singletons |
11 species (see Note) |
5 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
|
Total |
211 |
139 |
208 |
199 |
757 |
Note: Additional species captured only once: Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus CUS (2000), Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea DCE (1999), Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens DVI (2000), Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas GTR (1999), Orchard Oriole Icterus spurious ISP (1999), Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater MAT (1999), Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum TRU (2002), Bell’s Vireo Vireo bellii (2002), Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus VGI (1999), Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis WCA (2000), Wilson’s Warbler Wilsonia pusilla WPU (2000).