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Appendix G. Mean frequency <strong>of</strong> detection <strong>of</strong> birds, by community type <strong>and</strong> transect, recorded during repeatvisit<br />

VCP surveys, <strong>Saguaro</strong> National Park, Rincon Mountain District, 2001 <strong>and</strong> 2002. “Total transects” indicates<br />

in how many transects (all commununities; maximum value is 23) we recorded at least one individual during surveys.<br />

Frequency <strong>of</strong> detections includes all birds recorded including flyovers, birds seen >75 m from stations, <strong>and</strong> birds<br />

recorded outside <strong>of</strong> 8-minute-count periods.<br />

Species<br />

Total<br />

transects<br />

observed<br />

Lower<br />

Rincon<br />

Creek<br />

Upper<br />

Rincon<br />

Creek<br />

146<br />

Riparian Sonoran Desertscrub<br />

Box<br />

Canyon<br />

Loma<br />

Verde<br />

Wash 112 115 121 130 138 139<br />

mallard 1 0.05<br />

wild turkey 1<br />

scaled quail 1<br />

Gambel’s quail 13 2.03 0.51 1.22 1.09 0.69 1.81 0.63 0.25 0.44 0.13<br />

Montezuma quail 6 0.06<br />

turkey vulture 12 0.20 0.16 0.33 0.61 0.06 0.19 0.06 0.06<br />

sharp-shinned hawk 1 0.01<br />

Cooper’s hawk 4 0.14 0.12 0.02 0.04<br />

northern goshawk 2<br />

gray hawk 1 0.05<br />

zone-tailed hawk 3 0.02 0.02<br />

red-tailed hawk 7 0.14 0.06<br />

golden eagle 3 0.13<br />

American kestrel 7 0.03 0.08 0.02 0.06 0.06 0.06<br />

peregrine falcon 3<br />

rock pigeon 1 0.05<br />

b<strong>and</strong>-tailed pigeon 5 0.06<br />

white-winged dove 18 1.62 1.10 2.49 2.87 1.63 2.19 1.63 2.25 2.31 1.19<br />

mourning dove 16 1.47 1.08 1.73 3.57 1.19 2.25 1.56 2.00 1.69 2.06<br />

common ground-dove 2 0.05 0.14<br />

yellow-billed cuckoo 1 0.06<br />

greater roadrunner 4 0.02 0.09<br />

whiskered screech-owl 1<br />

great horned owl 6 0.10 0.17 0.06 0.06<br />

northern pygmy-owl 2<br />

lesser nighthawk 1 0.02<br />

common poorwill 2<br />

whip-poor-will 2<br />

white-throated swift 14 0.01 0.14 0.06 0.13 0.19 0.25 0.50 0.06<br />

broad-billed hummingbird 3 0.09 0.18 0.24<br />

magnificent hummingbird 2<br />

black-chinned hummingbird 13 0.20 0.37 0.16 0.09 0.13 0.06 0.06 0.19<br />

Anna’s hummingbird 8 0.13 0.06<br />

Costa’s hummingbird 7 0.01 0.08 0.13 0.13 0.06<br />

broad-tailed hummingbird 10 0.01 0.04 0.03<br />

rufous hummingbird 2 0.02 0.06<br />

elegant trogon 1<br />

belted kingfisher 1 0.01<br />

acorn woodpecker 9<br />

gila woodpecker 12 1.30 0.37 1.56 1.74 1.69 2.31 0.31 1.13 0.75 2.13<br />

ladder-backed woodpecker 14 0.44 0.24 0.33 0.48 0.25 0.19 0.50 0.19 0.13 0.38<br />

hairy woodpecker 4<br />

Arizona woodpecker 5<br />

northern flicker 10 0.02 0.02<br />

gilded flicker 10 0.06 0.04 0.19 0.13 0.19 0.44 0.44 0.19 0.06 0.81<br />

northern beardless-tyrannulet 4 0.02 0.12 0.19 0.06<br />

greater pewee 5<br />

western wood-pewee 11 0.03 0.02 0.06<br />

Hammond’s flycatcher 2 0.13<br />

gray flycatcher 3 0.05 0.06 0.13<br />

dusky flycatcher 1 0.06

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