Greetings--

The following information is from George Walter, Biologist for the Nisqually
Tribe:

Fort Lewis Breeding Bird Plots

From surveys conducted in the same 60 plots in 1992,93 and 1995,
105 species were documented. The vast majority occurred on 10 or fewer
plots. The most frequently occurring species are listed below:

Species that occurred in 50%+ of the 60 plots
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Willow Flycatcher - 31
Pacific-Slope Flycatcher - 44

American Crow - 33

Chestnut-backed Chicadee - 48
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 46
Winter Wren - 35

Swainson's Thrush - 48
American Robin - 50

Orange-crowned Warbler - 41
Black-throated Gray Warbler - 30
MacGillivray's Warbler - 42
Wilson's Warbler - 30

Western Tanager - 55

Rufous Towhee - 48

Chipping Sparrow - 30
Song Sparrow - 36
Dark-eyed Junco - 50

Evening Grosbeak - 43

Dominant Habitat Type for Plots
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Coniferous Forest (mature) - 24
Mixed Forest (mature) - 15
Forest Plantation - 8 (harvested in the last 10 years, usually
with some lare trees remaining)
Prairie - 8 (some mixed forest on edges)
Wetland edge - 8
Other - 2

Highest Woodpecker
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Northern Flicker - 25

Other Common Flycatchers
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Olive-sided Flycatcher - 28
Western Wood-Pewee - 19
Hammond's Flycatcher - 27

Highest Swallow
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Tree Swallow - 19

Other Warblers
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Yellow-rumped Warbler - 27
Common Yellowthroat - 23
Hermit Warbler - 13

Other Sparrows
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

White-crowned Sparrow - 29
Savannah Sparrow - 9

Other Species of Interest
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Rufous Hummingbird - 19

Brown Creeper - 19

Hutton's Vireo - 19

Black-headed Grosbeak - 22
Purple Finch - 21

Black-headed Cowbird - 17


NOTE: Preliminary data - not for publication


Tweets--

there you have it...I tried to match George's notes for spacing, style
hyphenating, etc... he authorized the presentation of the data for the
*Bird Talk* show, but note his "not for publication" request...

Tom

Tom Foote footet at elwha.evergreen.edu
Lab II
The Evergreen State College (360) 866-6000 x6118
Olympia, WA 98505