Table 3.

Number of birds per individual species/100 ha/day, number of individuals/100 ha/day, and number of species on the State Game Lands ROW in each of six treatment units: handcutting [HC-1, 1.19 ha (2.9 ac)], basal low volume [BLV-3, 1.12 ha (2.8 ac)], mowing plus herbicide [MH-2, 0.81 ha (2 ac)], stem-foliage spray [SF-2, 1.34 ha (3.3 ac)], foliage spray [F-2, 1.14 ha (2.8 ac)], and mowing [M-3, 1.23 ha (3 ac)] during four time periods (June 2000, August 2000, June 2001, and August 2001) combined. Only those species present in at least two units are included in this table (a complete list is available from Richard Yahner). Common species (≥50 individuals/100 ha/day) are given in bold.

Bird speciesTreatment unit
HCBLVMHSFFM
Ruffed grouse*z**311*
Black-billed cuckoo*4*6*3
Downy woodpecker44*973
Northern flicker*4**11*
Eastern wood-pewee (Contopus virens)****43
Least flycatcher4195*73
Common raven**5224*
Blue jay3926**43
Black-capped chickadee142682255151
Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)**15*4*
White-breasted nuthatch***6187
Blue-gray gnatcatcher* 4*167*
Veery (Catharus fuscescens)****223
Wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)**153**
American robin (Turdus migratorius)422**43
Gray catbird211425*77
Cedar waxwing3215**1858
Red-eyed vireo46521599941
Chestnut-sided warbler3511946257788
Black-throated blue warbler (Dendroica caerulescens)48**73
Black-throated Green warbler283021**27
Black-and-white warbler7196112710
American redstart63785631117115
Ovenbird14*5*77
Common yellowthroat95190241187201176
Scarlet tanager4***113
Eastern towhee911127740128149
Chipping sparrow*26153**
Field sparrow*18341208198217
Song sparrow*605225114
Rose-breasted grosbeak*193192620
Indigo bunting4316482538464
Brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater)*4*6**
American goldfinch*15512*3
Total/100 ha/day5521,3618387131,1701,078
Total number of species192922232826
  • z An asterisk (*) indicates that the species was not recorded on that treatment unit.