Sandrock Cliff (fall)
Basic information
Sample name: Sandrock Cliff (fall)

Reference: A. R. Weisbrod, C. J. Burnett, J. G. Turner, and D. W. Warner. 1993. Migrating birds at a stopover site in the Saint Croix River Valley. Wilson Bulletin 105(2):265-284 [ER 727]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Minnesota

County: Burnett

Coordinate: 46° 48' 30" N, 93° 46' 30" W
Latlng basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: secondary forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 5.5

MAP: 850.0

Habitat comments: "amid abandoned river channels and extensive forest lands logged during the 19th Century... An alder swale, a conifer swamp, an island floodplain forest, a pine barren forest, and an upland hardwood forest [and a sedge fen habitat] were selected as five primary habitats for study"
forest plots ranged in age from 40 to 140 years
MAP regionally ranges from 70 to 100 cm

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sites: 5

Sampling methods: mist nets

Sample size: 11882 individuals

Years: 1985 - 1987

Days: 43

Seasons: autumn

Nets or traps: 60

Net or trap nights: 2580

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: overall sampling effort is 43 days using 12 nets set in each of five plots
net hours are also reported

Metadata
Sample no: 1053

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-08-18 20:48:22

Modified: 2014-08-18 10:48:22

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
105 species
17 singletons
total count 11882
geometric series index: 136.2
Fisher's α: 15.86
geometric series k: 0.931
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.952
Shannon's H: 3.5738
Good's u: 0.9986
Register
Accipiter striatus 169.7 g
Buteo platypterus 7420.0 g
Bonasa umbellus 8566.0 g
Porzana carolina 174.8 g
Scolopax minor 8176.0 g
Coccyzus erythropthalmus 750.9 g
Strix varia 1632.0 g
Aegolius acadicus 277.4 g
Chordeiles minor 179.3 g
Archilochus colubris 2802.9 g
Megaceryle alcyon 1148.0 g
"Ceryle alcyon"
Melanerpes erythrocephalus 171.6 g
Sphyrapicus varius 1950.3 g
Picoides pubescens 472.8 g
Picoides villosus 162.7 g
Colaptes auratus 511.3 g
Dryocopus pileatus 117.5 g
Contopus borealis 5
Contopus virens 3813.9 g
Empidonax flaviventris 11811.8 g
Empidonax virescens 112.6 g
Empidonax "\"traillii complex\""130
Empidonax minimus 24510.0 g
Sayornis phoebe 4119.7 g
Myiarchus crinitus 1032.1 g
Stelgidopteryx serripennis 13.9 g
Cyanocitta cristata 89
Poecile atricapillus 248
"Parus atricapillus"
Sitta canadensis 489.8 g
Sitta carolinensis 4221.0 g
Certhia americana 1758.1 g
Troglodytes aedon 141.8 g
Trodlodytes troglodytes 81
Cistothorus platensis 52.3 g
Regulus satrapa 1456.3 g
Regulus calendula 3956.5 g
Polioptila caerulea 25.8 g
Sialia sialis 127.5 g
Catharus fuscescens 10731.9 g
Catharus minimus 3932.6 g
Catharus ustulatus 45530.3 g
Catharus guttatus 69
Hylocichla mustelina 3247.8 g
Turdus migratorius 1378.5 g
Dumetella carolinensis 5835.3 g
Toxostoma rufum 168.8 g
Bombycilla cedrorum 14630.6 g
Vireo solitarius 11915.3 g
Vireo flavifrons 2918.0 g
Vireo gilvus 23.4 g
Vireo philadelphicus 7911.5 g
Vireo olivaceus 5082.6 g
Vermivora cyanoptera 18.9 g
"Vermivora pinus"
Vermivora chrysoptera 998.9 g
Vermivora "\"leucobronchialis\""2
Leiothlypis peregrina 5478.9 g
"Vermivora peregrina"
Leiothlypis celata 503.1 g
"Vermivora celata"
Leiothlypis ruficapilla 10688.3 g
"Vermivora ruficapilla"
Parula americana 62.8 g
Setophaga petechia 291.8 g
"Dendroica petechia"
Setophaga pensylvanica 3119.5 g
"Dendroica pensylvanica"
Setophaga magnolia 4948.4 g
"Dendroica magnolia"
Setophaga tigrina 2510.3 g
"Dendroica tigrina"
Setophaga caerulescens 410.5 g
"Dendroica caerulescens"
Setophaga coronata 16963.5 g
"Dendroica coronata"
Setophaga virens 258.9 g
"Dendroica virens"
Setophaga fusca 1910.0 g
"Dendroica fusca"
Setophaga pinus 122.3 g
"Dendroica pinus"
Setophaga palmarum 8310.3 g
"Dendroica palmarum"
Setophaga castanea 11811.8 g
"Dendroica castanea"
Setophaga striata 7712.3 g
"Dendroica striata"
Setophaga cerulea 19.3 g
"Dendroica cerulea"
Mniotilta varia 12810.9 g
Setophaga ruticilla 3548.4 g
Seiurus aurocapilla 595
"Seiurus aurocapillus"
Parkesia noveboracensis 34416.3 g
"Seiurus noveboracensis"
Parkesia motacilla 319.9 g
"Seiurus motacilla"
Oporornis agilis 2413.3 g
Oporornis philadelphia 6412.0 g
Geothlypis trichas 5602.1 g
Wilsonia pusilla 872.6 g
Wilsonia canadensis 13010.3 g
Piranga olivacea 5028.2 g
Pheucticus ludovicianus 8742.0 g
Passerina cyanea 1315.0 g
Pipilo erythrophthalmus 141.3 g
Spizella passerina 512.2 g
Spizella pallida 311.2 g
Spizella pusilla 112.5 g
Passerculus sandwichensis 31.7 g
Ammodramus bairdii 14.3 g
Ammodramus henslowii 112.8 g
Passerella iliaca 332.0 g
Melospiza melodia 981.6 g
Melospiza lincolinii 54
Melospiza georgiana 12316.1 g
Zonotrichia albicollis 26924.4 g
Zonotrichia leucophrys 42.0 g
Junco hyemalis 561.6 g
Icterus galbula 233.9 g
Carpodacus purpureus 7423.3 g
Loxia leucoptera 15.5 g
Carduelis pinus 1912.7 g
Carduelis tristis 10313.1 g
Coccothraustes vespertinus 137.5 g