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Species Old-growth Mid- Early-
Successional Successional Old-growth
Mid- Early -
Successional Successional
Unlimited distance Fixed distance (50 m radius)
mean indiv. mean indiv. mean indiv. mean indiv. mean indiv. mean indiv.
gray catbird 1.923 0.615 0.769 1.231 0.308 0.615
brown thrasher 0.000 0.000 0.154 0.000 0.000 0.077
northern parula 0.923 0.000 0.000 0.385 0.000 0.000
yellow-throated warbler 0.923 0.000 0.000 0.385 0.000 0.000
American redstart 2.308 1.846 1.615 1.462 1.077 0.846
prothonotary warbler 0.077 0.231 0.000 0.077 0.000 0.000
common yellowthroat 0.000 0.615 1.769 0.000 0.308 1.231
yellow-breasted chat 0.000 0.000 0.077 0.000 0.000 0.000
scarlet tanager 0.077 0.000 0.000 0.077 0.000 0.000
eastern towhee 0.077 0.385 0.538 0.077 0.154 0.154
lark sparrow 0.000 0.000 0.154 0.000 0.000 0.000
northern cardinal 1.077 1.615 1.385 0.615 0.846 0.538
rose-breasted grosbeak 2.846 2.077 0.846 1.154 1.231 0.385
indigo bunting 0.231 1.154 2.000 0.154 0.385 1.385
red-winged blackbird 0.000 0.154 0.615 0.000 0.000 0.154
eastern meadowlark 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
common grackle 0.000 0.077 0.000 0.000 0.077 0.000
brown-headed cowbird 0.308 0.308 1.154 0.077 0.077 0.462
orchard oriole 0.000 0.000 0.692 0.000 0.000 0.462
Baltimore oriole 0.308 0.923 1.077 0.231 0.615 0.692
American goldfinch 0.000 0.000 0.615 0.000 0.000 0.308
Species Count 43 36 42 36 29 33
Vertebrate Species Overview. A list of vertebrates for FLMR is presented in Appendix B, and
numbers of species in each taxonomic class are summarized in Table 3.9. Of 428 vertebrate
species considered potentially to occur on FLMR, 323 (75%) have been confirmed, and 292
(68%) have been confirmed since 1995. The high proportion of recently documented species is a
consequence of this and other studies conducted in recent years at FLMR (see citations in
Appendix B). Greater attention has been devoted to birds and mammals. Consequently, the
proportion of recently confirmed species in these two groups (80% and 77%, respectively) is
higher than that of other classes. The low proportion of recently confirmed fishes (30%) is
attributable in part to the limited attention given to this class of organisms on the installation.
3.4. SUMMARY
Surveys for rare and protected animals at FLMR during 2002 and 2003 revealed few changes
from the findings reported by Freeman et al. (1997) As reported in that study, one federally
protected species, the bald eagle, is a regular migrant and winter resident on FLMR. Four species
of federally protected birds may migrate through the area, but nesting and/or foraging habitat for
these species is limited or absent. They include the Eskimo curlew, least tern, piping plover, and
whooping crane. Due to the recent delisting of the peregrine falcon, there is one less federally
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