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. 2020 Mar 6;122(2):duaa009. doi: 10.1093/condor/duaa009

TABLE 2.

Quantity of fecal samples collected and DNA successfully sequenced from 19 bird species.

Location where bird was captured a
Common name Scientific name Crop edge Crop interior Prairie edge Prairie interior Total samples
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 5 2 17 5 29
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 3 2 9 3 17
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 7 0 6 0 13
Dickcissel Spiza americana 1 4 2 5 12
House Wren Troglodytes aedon 3 0 5 0 8
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 1 2 2 2 7
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 2 2 3 0 7
American Robin Turdus migratorius 1 1 0 1 3
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 3 0 0 0 3
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 0 2 0 1 3
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 2 0 0 0 2
Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii 2 0 0 0 2
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 1 0 0 0 1
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 0 1 0 0 1
Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 0 0 0 1 1
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 0 0 1 0 1
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 0 1 0 0 1
Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 1 0 0 0 1
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 1 0 0 0 1
Total 33 17 46 18 113

a Mist-net effort was unequal between locations. Crop edge includes corn or soybeans within 5 m of the cultivated field edge. Crop interior includes corn or soybeans >5 m from the cultivated field edge. Prairie edge includes prairie habitat within 5 m of the cultivated field edge. Prairie interior includes prairie habitat 5–10 m from the cultivated field edge.