Table 5.
Dead birds reported by the public in Kern County, submitted for necropsy, and tested for WNV RNA by singleplex RT-PCR
| Species | 2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Totals |
% total collected | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tested | Pos | Tested | Pos | Tested | Pos | Tested | Pos | Tested | Pos | % | ||
| American kestrel | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 0.4 | ||||
| Canary | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Pacific-slope flycatcher | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Rufous hummingbird | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Swainson’s thrush | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0.1 | ||||||
| American crow | 32 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 91 | 70 | 77 | 11.1 |
| Western scrub-jay | 32 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 91 | 70 | 77 | 11.1 |
| Cooper’s hawk | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 54 | 1.6 |
| Steller’s jay | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 0.7 | ||||
| Western bluebird | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 0.2 | ||||||
| House finch | 23 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 57 | 23 | 40 | 6.9 | ||
| American robin | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 36 | 3.0 |
| House sparrow | 7 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 123 | 13 | 11 | 14.9 |
| Acorn woodpecker | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 0.4 | ||||
| California towhee | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 0.4 | ||||
| Hermit thrush | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 0.4 | ||
| Western tanager | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 0.4 | ||
| Barn owl | 7 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 27 | 3.6 |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 0.5 | ||
| Lesser nighthawk | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 0.5 | ||||
| Western kingbird | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 0.5 | ||||
| Red-tailed hawk | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 1.1 | ||
| Brewer’s blackbird | 5 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 18 | 3.4 |
| Northern mockingbird | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 2.2 |
| Sparrow | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0.7 | ||||
| Rock dove | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 2.6 | ||||
| Mourning dove | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 64 | 8 | 13 | 7.8 |
| Common raven | 23 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 12 | 5.1 |
| Unidentified bird | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1.3 |
| European starling | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 5.1 |
| 45 negative species | 20 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 |
| Grand total | 159 | 87 | 213 | 44 | 118 | 24 | 333 | 96 | 823 | 251 | 30 | 100.00 |
Pos, positive.