Avifauna of an Early Successional Habitat Along the Middle Missouri River
Table 2
| Table 2. Annual and total (3 years pooled) capture rates (birds/100 net hr) for bird species captured by mist net over the 3 year study period. All potential breeding species captured, except for mourning dove and hairy woodpecker, showed cloacal protuberances or brood patches, were captured as juveniles, or both. | ||||
| Species | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | Total |
| Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) |
0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) |
0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) |
1.7 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| Hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus) |
0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Eastern wood-pewee (Contopus virens) |
3.3 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Least flycatcher1 (Empidonax minimus) |
0.0 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
| "Traill's" flycatcher1 (Empidonax, spp.) |
5.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| Great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) |
0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii) |
25.0 | 14.9 | 8.6 | 15.0 |
| Warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus) |
13.3 | 12.2 | 3.2 | 8.8 |
| Red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus) |
0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) |
5.0 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 4.0 |
| House wren (Troglodytes aedon) |
15.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) |
1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) |
8.3 | 18.9 | 4.3 | 10.1 |
| Brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) |
0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) |
1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia) |
28.3 | 37.8 | 4.3 | 21.6 |
| Black-and-white warbler (Mnioltilta varia) |
1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) |
6.7 | 16.2 | 3.2 | 8.4 |
| Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) |
0.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) |
13.3 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 8.4 |
| Field sparrow (Spizella pusilla) |
1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) |
0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) |
1.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) |
1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) |
1.7 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) |
3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Orchard oriole (Icterus spurius) |
3.3 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) |
1.7 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) |
20.0 | 17.6 | 5.4 | 13.2 |
| 1 Species that are migrants through riparian habits in southeastern South Dakota, but are not known to breed regularly. | ||||
