BREEDING BIRD SURVEYS WITHIN THE WHITTLESEY CREEK STUDY AREA, 1998-2001 AND RED CLIFF INDIAN RESERVATION, 1999-2001 BAYFIELD COUNTY, WISCONSIN
A COOPERATIVE EFFORT OF U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
AND RED CLIFF BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWAS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Appendix A. List of All Species Recorded in 1998 and 2001
Appendix B. Total Birds Counted or Recorded, by Year and Area
Appendix A. List of All Species Recorded from 1998 to 2001.
Common Name
Scientific Name (AOU 1998)
Migratory status
Federal Status
WI Status
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorum
NEO A
American Bittern
Botaurus pinnatus
R3
SC
American Black Duck
Anas rubripes
R3
SC
American Coot
Fulica americana
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
NEO B
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
NEO B
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
NEO A
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
NEO B
American Widgeon
Anas americana
SC
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
R3, T
SC
Baltimore Oriole (Northern Oriole)
Icterus galbula
NEO A
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
NEO A
Bay-breasted Warbler
Dendroica castanea
NEO A
Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon
NEO B
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
NEO A
R3
Black-backed Woodpecker
Picoides arcticus
SC
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Dendroica caerulescens
NEO A
R3
SC
Black-throated Green Warbler
Dendroica virens
Blackburnian Warbler
Dendroica fusca
NEO A
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
R3
SC
Blue-winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus
NEO A
R3
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
R3
SC
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus
Brewer�s Blackbird
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
NEO A
Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
NEO B
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
NEO B
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Canada Warbler
Wilsonia canadensis
SC
Cape May Warbler
Dendroica tigrina
R3
SC
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
NEO B
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Dendroica pensylvanica
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
NEO A
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
NEO A
Clay-colored Sparrow
Spizella pallida
NEO A
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
NEO A
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Cooper�s Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
SC
Common Loon
Gavia immer
R3
SC
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
SC
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
R3
SE
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
NEO A
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
R3
SC
Double-crested cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
R3
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
NEO A
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
NEO B
R3
SC
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
NEO B
Eastern Towhee
(Rufous-sided Towhee)
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
NEO B
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
NEO A
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
SC
Field Sparrow
Spisella pusilla
R3
SC
Gadwall
Anas strepera
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
NEO B
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
R3
SC
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
NEO A
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
SC
Great-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
NEO A
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
NEO A
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
NEO A
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
NEO B
LeConte�s Sparrow
Ammodramus leconteii
R3
SC
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
NEO A
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
R3
Magnolia Warbler
Dendroica magnolia
Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
NEO B
Mourning Warbler
Oporornis philadelphia
NEO A
Nashville Warbler
Vermivora ruficapilla
NEO A
SC
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
R3
Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
R3
SC
Northern Parula
Parula americana
NEO A
Northern Waterthrush
Seiurus noveboracensis
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillus
NEO A
Pine Sisken
Carduelis spinus
SC
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Purple Finch
Carpodacus purpureus
NEO B
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
NEO A
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
NEO B
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
NEO B
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
Rock Dove
Columbia livia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
NEO A
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
NEO A
Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
NEO B
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
NEO A
Sedge Wren
Cistothorus platensis
R3
SC
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter stiatus
Solitary Vireo
Vireo solitarius
NEO A
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
NEO B
Sora
Porzana porzana
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularia
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgiana
NEO B
Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides tridactylus
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
NEO B
Upland Sandpiper
Batramia longicauda
NEO A
R3
SC
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
SC
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
SC
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
NEO A
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
NEO B
Wilson�s Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
SC
Winter Wren
Troglodytes troglodytes
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
R3
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
R3
SC
Yellow Warbler
Dendroica petechia
NEO A
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventris
SC
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
NEO B
Appendix B. List of Species Counts by Year and Unit
1998
1998 Total
1999
1999 Total
2000
2000 Total
2001
2001 Total
Grand Total
Species Code
WC
RC
WC
RC
WC
RC
WC
Target Species found within 100 m of point
Alder Flycatcher
2
6
8
8
10
6
6
24
American Crow
8
8
5
4
9
1
6
7
10
1
11
35
American Goldfinch
3
3
5
10
15
3
4
7
6
8
14
39
American Redstart
5
5
10
21
31
6
14
20
10
16
26
82
American Robin
11
11
21
24
45
25
24
49
20
21
41
146
Barn Swallow
4
4
4
Black-and-White Warbler
2
2
12
3
15
4
4
8
6
1
7
32
Black-backed Woodpecker
1
1
1
Black-billed Cuckoo
5
5
2
2
4
1
2
3
1
1
2
14
Black-capped Chickadee
9
7
16
7
9
16
14
4
18
50
Black-throated Blue Warbler
3
3
2
2
3
3
8
Black-throated Green Warbler
5
5
43
2
45
35
4
39
38
3
41
130
Blackburnian Warbler
1
1
3
3
4
Blue Jay
15
15
8
21
29
6
11
17
6
11
17
78
Blue-winged Warbler
4
3
7
7
Bobolink
61
61
6
66
72
10
42
52
47
47
232
Brewer's Blackbird
12
12
9
9
5
5
26
Brown Creeper
1
2
3
1
1
4
Brown Thrasher
6
6
10
10
9
9
8
8
33
Brown-headed Cowbird
5
5
3
8
11
4
4
6
6
26
Canada Warbler
2
1
3
3
Cape May Warbler
1
1
1
Cedar Waxwing
14
14
5
10
15
3
3
2
6
8
40
Chestnut-sided Warbler
11
11
7
12
19
8
20
28
5
29
34
92
Chipping Sparrow
16
16
1
6
7
4
9
13
4
4
8
44
Clay-colored Sparrow
12
12
18
18
19
19
15
15
64
Cliff Swallow
2
2
2
Common Grackle
3
3
2
2
5
Common Raven
2
2
1
7
8
2
4
6
4
4
20
Common Snipe
1
1
1
Common Yellowthroat
5
5
17
10
27
7
12
19
12
16
28
79
Downy Woodpecker
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
3
2
2
8
Eastern Bluebird
2
2
1
1
3
Eastern Kingbird
1
1
1
1
8
8
1
1
11
Eastern Meadowlark
3
3
1
3
4
2
2
2
2
11
Eastern Phoebe
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
5
Eastern Wood-pewee
6
6
6
7
13
8
4
12
3
5
8
39
European Starling
1
1
3
3
4
Field Sparrow
2
2
1
1
2
2
5
Golden-crowned Kinglet
1
1
1
1
2
Golden-winged Warbler
1
1
1
Gray Catbird
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
4
Great-crested Flycatcher
2
2
4
1
5
4
2
6
2
4
6
19
Hairy Woodpecker
1
1
2
1
3
1
1
5
Hermit Thrush
10
10
13
22
35
12
14
26
14
20
34
105
House Sparrow
1
1
1
House Wren
1
1
1
Indigo Bunting
5
5
2
3
5
1
1
3
3
14
Killdeer
2
2
3
3
5
Leconte's Sparrow
2
3
5
1
1
2
7
Least Flycatcher
10
10
28
14
42
21
17
38
18
12
30
120
Magnolia Warbler
2
2
2
Marsh Wren
3
3
1
1
4
Mourning Dove
1
1
6
6
7
7
2
2
16
Mourning Warbler
6
6
5
4
9
8
8
3
3
26
Nashville Warbler
8
8
8
12
20
18
12
30
4
12
16
74
Northern Flicker
6
6
6
4
10
11
3
14
4
2
6
36
Northern Oriole
1
1
1
1
2
Northern Parula
11
11
8
8
16
16
35
Northern Waterthrush
2
2
1
1
4
4
7
Ovenbird
37
37
111
39
150
121
37
158
111
42
153
498
Pileated Woodpecker
3
3
3
Pine Warbler
3
2
5
1
1
1
1
2
8
Purple Finch
2
1
3
3
3
2
2
4
10
Red-breasted Nuthatch
2
2
2
2
4
9
1
10
4
2
6
22
Red-eyed Vireo
38
38
67
46
113
72
39
111
56
41
97
359
Rufous-sided Towhee
16
16
16
16
17
17
1
19
20
69
Red-winged Blackbird
45
45
36
40
76
20
81
101
16
53
69
291
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
8
8
5
7
12
6
12
18
10
20
30
68
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1
1
3
1
4
6
6
2
1
3
14
Savannah Sparrow
72
72
6
73
79
7
125
132
63
63
346
Scarlet Tanager
5
5
2
4
6
1
12
13
24
Sedge Wren
17
17
11
22
33
7
15
22
5
29
34
106
Sora
1
1
1
Solitary Vireo
1
1
2
1
1
2
5
7
10
Song Sparrow
24
24
10
14
24
11
20
31
3
9
12
91
Swamp Sparrow
1
1
2
5
7
4
7
11
4
4
23
Swainson's Thrush
1
1
1
Tennessee Warbler
1
1
1
Three-toed Woodpecker
2
2
2
Tree Swallow
9
9
1
1
10
Veery
22
22
26
6
32
13
17
30
5
14
19
103
Vesper Sparrow
5
5
3
3
7
7
5
5
20
Warbling Vireo
1
1
2
2
White-breasted Nuthatch
1
1
2
2
3
Wilson's Warbler
1
1
1
Winter Wren
9
9
3
3
1
1
13
White-throated Sparrow
5
5
11
6
17
17
4
21
12
2
14
57
Wood Thrush
1
1
1
1
2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2
11
12
8
20
5
1
6
37
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
2
2
2
6
8
3
3
6
1
5
6
22
Yellow Warbler
5
5
4
3
7
2
1
3
2
5
7
22
Yellow-rumped Warbler
2
2
2
6
8
3
5
8
1
5
6
24
Non-target Species and Species Noted Outside Point Counts
American Black Duck
1
1
1
American Wigeon
1
1
1
Blue-winged Teal
1
1
1
Canada Goose
1
1
1
Cooper's Hawk
1
1
1
Common Tern
1
1
1
Gadwall
1
1
1
Great Blue Heron
1
1
1
1
2
Herring Gull
1
1
1
Hooded Merganser
3
3
3
Mallard
9
9
3
3
15
15
27
Northern Harrier
1
1
1
Ring-billed Gull
2
2
79
79
81
Red-tailed Hawk
1
1
1
1
2
2
4
Ruffed Grouse
1
1
3
3
6
7
Wood Duck
1
1
1
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