Table 3. Bird populations in June 1987 (pretreatment) and August 1988 (post-treatment) on the Allegheny Mountain and Piedmont Province ROW (No. = total birds counted and % = proportion of population).
SpeciesA llegheny ROWPiedmont ROW
June 1987Auq 1988June 1987Auq 1988
No.%No.%No.%No.%
Chestnut-sided warbler Dendroica pensylvanica6518142----
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilia56152072644132414
Gray catbird DumeteUa carolinensis4111506185177
Rufous-sided towhee Pipilo erythrnphthaìmus381010113319177
Common yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas3610679309198
American redstart Setophaga ruticelìa257172--10.4
Brown-headed cowbird Molothrus ater25710.1123--
Indigo bunting Passerina cyanea20627219573
Song sparrow Melospiza melodia113991320.610.4
Chipping sparrow Spizella passerina9310.1----
Rose-breasted grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus8291----
American goldfinch Carduelis tristis8213221642
American robin Turdus migratorius5120.93142
Red-eyed vireo Vireo olivaceus51223----
Black-and-white warbler mniotilta vaiïa419110.3--
Scarlet tanager Piranga olivacea20.5152--10.4
Golden-winged warbler Vermivora chrysoptera20.520.3--187
Cedar waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum20.530.4113--
Least flycatcher Empidonax minimus10.3132--10.4
Ruby-throated hummingbird Archilochus colubris10.3--10.310.4
Great crested flycatcher My¦archus crinitus10.3--10.310.4
Black-capped chickadee Parus atricapillus10.3354103--
Eastern bluebird Sialia sialis10.3------
Eastern phoebe Sayornis phoebe--162--31
Downy woodpecker Picoides pubescens--122--20.8
Eastern wood-pewee Contopus virens--10110.3--
Tufted titmouse Parus bicolor--1014162
Ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus--91----
House wren Troglodytes aedon--50.7823414
Canada warbler Wilsonia canadensis--30.4----
Dark-eyed junco Junco hyemal?s--20.3----
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus--10.1----
Hairy woodpecker Picoides villosus--10.110.320.8
Common flicker Colaptes auratus--10.15210.4
Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus--10.1--10.4
White-breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis--10.1----
Blackburnian warbler Dendroica fusca--10.1----
American kestrel Falco sparverius--10.1----
Blue-winged warbler Vermivora pinus----381183
Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis----1753012
Prairie warbler Dendroica discolor----16520.8
Eastern kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus----13493
Blue jay Cyanocitta cristata----82145
Yellow-breasted chat Icteria virens----6210.4
Blue-gray gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea----52--
Wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina----41--
Common grackle Quiscalus quiscula----41--
Mourning dove Zenaida macroura----20.642
Northern oriole Icterus galbula----20.652
White-eyed vireo Vireo griseus----10.3--
Black-eyed cuckoo Coccyzus erythopthaimus----10.3--
Blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata----10.3--
Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos----10.3--
Total367782343248