Table 3.

Ticks collected from birds—non-ground feeders compared to ground feeders

Feeding	Tick growth stage	Birds	Ticks	Ticks per bird	Tick species
					Ixodes spp.a	I. ricinus	I. canisuga	I. hexagonus	I. lividus	Haemaphy-salis spp.
ngf	Larvae	76	269	3.5	172	97	0	0	0	0
ngf	Nymphs	179	510	2.8	1	503	2	2	0	2
ngf	Female	12	28	2.3	0	12	1	0	15	0
Summary ngf		267	807	3.0	173	612	3	2	15	2
gf	Larvae	252	784	3.1	499	285	0	0	0	0
gf	Nymphs	309	1570	5.1	0	1569	0	0	0	1
gf	Female	8	32	4.0	0	25	7	0	0	0
gf	Male	2	2	1.0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Summary gf		571	2388	4.2	499	1881	7	0	0	1
Total		838	3195	3.8	672	2493	10	2	15	3

ngf non-ground feeders, gf ground feeders

^aFurther differentiation was not possible