Table 1.
Map location of wild birds counted by sight in 80 counts on 20 poultry farms in British Columbia. Only species observed in the immediate barn area or in wetlands on two or more counts are listed
| Included in immediate barn area
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| Total number of birds observed | In immediate barn area (n) | In immediate barn area (% of farms) | Went in barn | In manure storage area | Perched on barn | Near feed silos | On ground near barn | In farmyard | Flew over barn | Flew over farmyard | In cropland | In wetland/pond | |
| All | 1584 | 479 | 100 | 7 | 21 | 146 | 148 | 1 | 156 | 19 | 116 | 596 | 227 |
| European starling | 354 | 125 | 88 | 2 | 10 | 68 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 24 | 128 | 53 |
| Northwestern crow | 192 | 56 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 68 | 24 |
| American robin | 83 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 16 |
| House finch | 80 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 6 |
| Rock dove | 70 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 8 |
| House sparrow | 60 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
| White-crowned sparrow | 35 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Dark-eyed junco | 36 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Song sparrow | 41 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| Glaucous-winged gull | 97 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 5 |
| Savannah sparrow | 27 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Red-tailed hawk | 13 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Golden-crowned sparrow | 17 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Spotted towhee | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| American goldfinch | 45 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| Bald eagle | 20 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Black-capped chickadee | 11 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brewers blackbird | 33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 |
| Mallard | 44 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 |
| Trumpeter swan | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Yellow-rumped warbler | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| American pipit | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Canada goose | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Great blue heron | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Northern flicker | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Red-winged blackbird | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Barn swallow | 61 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 4 |
| Chestnut-backed chickadee | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bewick’s wren | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown-headed cowbird | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mew gull | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Peregrine falcon | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pine siskin | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Townsend’s solitaire | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Stellar’s jay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lincoln’s sparrow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ring-billed gull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Variegated thrush | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Violet-green swallow | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 |
| Western meadowlark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |