Table 1. Sample and species information.
Number of individuals from each locality, adult (AD)/juvenile (JV) status and rate of Brown-headed cowbird parasitism (Ortega, 1998) for each species.
| California | Louisiana | Totals | Parasitism rate (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JV | AD | JV | AD | |||
| Northern Cardinal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.7–100 |
| House Finch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0–58.3 |
| Orchard Oriole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.7–100 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 11 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 32 | N/A |
| Indigo Bunting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0–71.4 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0–75.9 |
| Prothonotary Warbler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.7–20.9 |
| Carolina Wren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0–33 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| Hooded Warbler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | No data |
| Totals | 12 | 1 | 14 | 21 | ||