Host species | # Individuals (# Indiv. w/ticks attached) | # Ticks sampled (Est. # ticks on individual birds) | Avg # ticks sampled/birds sampled (Range) |
---|---|---|---|
American woodcock | 3 (2) | 5 (5) | 1.7 (0–4) |
Scolopax minor | |||
Picids (woodpeckers) | 8 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
4 species | |||
Eastern phoebe | 17 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
Sayornis phoebe | |||
Other Tyrannids (flycatchers) 4 species | 4 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
Red-eyed vireo | 9 (1) | 1 (3) | 0.3 (0–3) |
Vireo olivaceus | |||
Blue Jay | 4 (4) | 25 (45) | 11.3 (1–41) |
Cyanocitta cristata | |||
Eastern tufted titmouse | 15 (4) | 15 (17) | 1.1 (0–8) |
Baeolophus bicolor | |||
Black-capped chickadee | 21 (5) | 4 (6) | 0.3 (0–2) |
Poecile atricapilla | |||
Carolina wren | 8 (8) | 81 (84) | 10.5 (3–20) |
Thryothorus ludovicianus | |||
House wren | 3 (3) | 23 (23) | 7.7 (1–19) |
Troglodytes aedon | |||
American robin | 9 (8) | 56 (115) | 12.8 (0–40) |
Turdus migratorius | |||
Wood thrush | 24 (22) | 90 (142) | 5.9 (0–18) |
Hylocichla mustelina | |||
Veery | 51 (47) | 386 (600) | 11.8 (0–40) |
Catharus fuscescens b | |||
Other Turdids (thrushes) | 12 (1)c | 2 (2) | 0.2 (0–2) |
3 species | |||
Gray catbird | 215 (157) | 392 (671) | 3.1 (0–36) |
Dumetella carolinensis b | |||
Brown thrasher | 6 (6) | 33 (37) | 6.2 (2–15) |
Toxostoma rufum | |||
Blue-winged warbler | 5 (3) | 3 (4) | 0.8 (0–2) |
Vermivora cyanoptera | |||
Black-and-white warbler | 2 (2) | 11 (11) | 5.5 (3–8) |
Mniotilta varia | |||
American redstart | 2 (2) | 4 (6) | 3.0 (2–4) |
Setophaga ruticilla | |||
Ovenbird | 16 (11) | 26 (38) | 2.4 (0–11) |
Seiurus aurocapillus | |||
Common yellowthroat | 8 (3) | 16 (18) | 2.3 (0–9) |
Geothlypis trichas | |||
Other Parulids (warblers) | 25 (4)d | 7 (8) | 0.3 (0–4) |
11 species | |||
Northern cardinal | 22 (18) | 94 (108) | 4.9 (0–26) |
Cardinalis cardinalis b | |||
Rose-breasted grosbeak | 6 (3) | 0 (6) | 1.0 (0–2) |
Pheucticus ludovicianus | |||
Indigo bunting | 4 (2) | 9 (11) | 2.8 (0–10) |
Passerina cyanea | |||
Eastern towhee | 46 (42) | 418 (586) | 12.7 (0–80) |
Pipilo erythrophthalmus b | |||
Grasshopper sparrow | 7 (6) | 9 (12) | 1.7 (0–7) |
Ammodrammus savannarum | |||
Savannah sparrow | 3 (2) | 44 (44) | 14.7 (0–40) |
Passerculus sandwichensis | |||
White-throated sparrow | 42 (1) | 1 (1) | 0.0 (0–1) |
Zonotrichia albicollis | |||
Song sparrow | 13 (5) | 14 (29) | 2.2 (0–11) |
Melospiza melodia | |||
Other Emberizids (sparrows) 2 species | 7 (4)e | 5 (6) | 0.9 (0–4) |
Common grackle | 3 (3) | 15 (16) | 5.3 (4–8) |
Quiscalus quiscula | |||
American goldfinch | 17 (1) | 0 (2) | 0.1 (0–2) |
Spinus tristis | |||
House sparrow | 28 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.0 |
Passer domesticus | |||
Others 4 species | 4 (2)f | 2 (3) | 0.8 (0–2) |
Totals | 669 (382) | 1791 (2659) | 4.0 (0–80) |