Ten Most Common Species Banded in Fall

    Fall 2000       1961-1999       1990-1999
American Goldfinch*   481   Dark-eyed Junco   16,134   Dark-eyed Junco   6,030
Yellow-rumped Warbler**   437   American Goldfinch   13,543   American Goldfinch   4,677
Magnolia Warbler**   383   White-throated Sparrow   13,493   Yellow-rumped Warbler   3,856
White-throated Sparrow*   318   Song Sparrow   11,918   White-throated Sparrow   3,249
Gray Catbird   295   Yellow-rumped Warbler   11,591   Song Sparrow   2,853
Swainson's Thrush   289   Cedar Waxwing   10,367   Purple Finch   2,540
Dark-eyed Junco*   261   Common Yellowthroat   9,379   Gray Catbird   2,491
Song Sparrow*   261   Gray Catbird   8,901   Common Yellowthroat   2,409
Common Yellowthroat*   223   Swainson's Thrush   8,029   Magnolia Warbler   2,084
Red-eyed Vireo   194   Magnolia Warbler   7,946   Ruby-crowned Kinglet   1,848
                     
    1980-1989       1970-1979       1961-1969
Dark-eyed Junco   4,966   White-throated Sparrow   4,024   American Goldfinch   2,791
Yellow-rumped Warbler   4,116   Dark-eyed Junco   3,017   Song Sparrow   2,760
White-throated Sparrow   4,004   Tennessee Warbler   2,792   Cedar Waxwing   2,582
Cedar Waxwing   3,923   Song Sparrow   2,768   White-throated Sparrow   2,215
American Goldfinch   3,552   American Goldfinch   2,523   Dark-eyed Junco   2,120
Song Sparrow   3,533   Swainson's Thrush   2,463   Field Sparrow   2,088
Swainson's Thrush   3,341   Common Yellowthroat   2,451   Gray Catbird   1,895
Common Yellowthroat   2,813   Ruby-crowned Kinglet   2,230   Black-capped Chickadee   1,725
Magnolia Warbler   2,731   Cedar Waxwing   2,222   Common Yellowthroat   1,706
Purple Finch   2,597   Magnolia Warbler   2,036   Yellow-rumped Warbler   1,626

 * Species is on all top ten lists in this table
** Species is on all but one of the top ten lists in this table
 

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Last Updated on 12/14/00
By Robert S. Mulvihill