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Table 1

Number of birds banded, and migration strategy of birds captured at Creamer's Field Migration Station, Fairbanks AK: 1992-1997.

Migation

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

Total

Species

Strategy*

Spring

Fall

Spring

Fall

Spring

Fall

Spring

Fall

Spring

Fall

Spring

Fall\

Green-winged Teal (Anas creca creca)

SD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)

SD

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus hudsonius)

SD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus velox)

SD

3

3

3

2

3

1

1

3

2

8

2

3

34

Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis atricapillus)

SD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius sparverius)

SD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

SD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

1

0

4

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria cinnamomea)

LD

5

0

3

0

3

0

2

0

6

0

4

0

23

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

SD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens nelsoni)

RE

0

1

0

0

1

3

2

2

0

1

0

1

11

Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus septentrionalis)

RE

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

3

0

1

6

Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus fasciatus)

RE

0

0

0

3

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

5

Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)

RE

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus luteus)

NM

1

0

1

0

0

0

3

0

1

2

3

2

13

Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus veliei)

LD

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

3

5

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)

LD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)

LD

2

36

11

75

7

62

8

64

4

68

3

124

464

Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)

SD

12

9

13

13

16

40

22

49

8

86

9

71

348

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

LD

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

2

Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina thalassina)

SD

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

2

Cliff Swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota pyrrhonota)

LD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis canadensis)

RE

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

1

2

0

6

Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus turneri)

RE

5

36

1

24

3

27

1

62

6

46

0

32

243

Boreal Chickadee (Parus hudsonicus hudsonicus)

RE

1

1

2

10

2

5

0

6

2

11

0

6

46

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)

NM

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

0

1

0

0

4

Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis kennicotti)

PM

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

1

1

1

0

5

12

Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)

SD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula calendula)

SD

20

55

1

89

5

127

7

123

7

233

3

196

866

Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus aliciae)

LD

16

39

14

25

21

28

12

50

22

16

4

40

287

Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustalatus ustalatus)

LD

28

66

47

91

55

102

48

176

78

89

25

185

990

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus euborius)

SD

1

6

0

5

1

7

0

15

4

20

1

18

78

American Robin (Turdus migratorius migratorius)

SD

31

170

36

20

32

37

44

34

36

36

42

37

555

Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius meruloides)

NM

20

25

1

3

0

3

3

1

0

12

0

6

74

American Pipit (Anthus rubescens pacificus)

SD

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus pallidiceps)

NM

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor borealis)

NM

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

0

2

0

0

5

Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata celata)

SD

40

458

50

233

45

597

46

865

30

456

21

637

3478

Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia banksi)

LD

46

134

27

59

41

89

8

196

21

114

10

186

931

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata hooveri)

SD

109

835

98

56

54

1001

89

588

81

1164

71

1232

5378

Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica towensendi)

LD

0

3

0

2

0

2

0

3

0

5

0

10

25

Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)

LD

19

86

8

21

24

49

0

51

8

49

3

102

420

Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)

LD

23

43

14

30

65

17

24

28

54

33

24

49

404

Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)

LD

33

133

54

108

57

116

58

169

17

75

13

186

1019

American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea ochracea)

NM

35

112

1

395

9

343

9

660

24

274

1

757

2620

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis anthinus)

SD

57

47

15

72

33

28

32

174

52

83

14

103

710

Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca zaboria)

NM

10

16

4

30

9

42

9

32

10

37

2

66

267

Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii lincolnii)

SD

6

170

5

149

12

177

21

362

13

233

7

246

1401

Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotricia atricapilla)

NM

0

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

5

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii)

SD

14

43

8

41

18

60

10

43

9

120

13

69

448

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis hyemalis)

NM

29

144

9

162

24

535

37

413

91

578

36

456

2514

Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus alascensis)

NM

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus carolinus)

NM

6

1

3

1

6

0

3

0

1

50

1

1

73

White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera leucoptera)

RE

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea flammea)

NM

80

2

19

0

224

17

87

164

10

47

17

5

672

Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni hornemanni)

NM

67

0

0

0

5

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

77

Total

721

2684

451

1721

776

3523

589

4346

604

3958

333

4839

24545

*Migration Strategy

RE=Resident,
SD=Short-distance Neotropical Migrant,
LD=Long-distance Neotropical Migrant,
NM=Nearctic migrant,
PM=Paleotropical Migrant

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