BIRDS OF THE ST. CROIX RIVER VALLEY 



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Table 4. Relative abundance of various birds on St. Croix River Valley 

 Christmas Bird Counts. Values presented are the mean number of birds 

 per party hour. 



Western Upland 



Northern Highland 







Suburban 



New 



Grants- 



Solon 



Species groups 



Afton 



St. Paul 



Richmond 



burg 



Springs 



Woodpeckers 













Common flicker 



<0.1 



<0.1 



<0.1 



<0.1 



0.0 



Pileated woodpecker 



0.2 



<0.1 



<0.1 



<0.1 



<0.1 



Red-bellied woodpecker 



0.6 



0.2 



0.2 



<0.1 



0.0 



Red-headed woodpecker 



<0.1 



<0.1 



<0.1 



<0.1 



0.0 



Hairy woodpecker 



1.2 



0.5 



0.3 



0.3 



0.3 



Downy woodpecker 



1.8 



0.8 



0.6 



0.4 



0.2 



Black-backed three-toed 













woodpecker 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



<0.1 



Corvids 













Blue jay 



6.8 



3.1 



5.8 



3.7 



2.7 



Common raven 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.1 



4.8 



Common crow 



12.2 



3.6 



8.1 



2.5 



0.8 



Parids and nuthatches 













Black-capped chickadee 



8.0 



4.2 



2.8 



2.1 



2.7 



Tufted titmouse 



0.2 



<0.1 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



White-breasted nuthatch 



2.8 



1.7 



1.0 



0.7 



0.3 



Red-breasted nuthatch 



0.1 



<0.1 



0.0 



<0.1 



0.3 



Selected finches and 













sparrows 













Cardinal 



3.1 



0.7 



0.8 



0.1 



0.0 



Evening grosbeak 



0.5 



0.3 



0.8 



8.3 



3.3 



Purple finch 



2.2 



0.4 



0.2 



<0.1 



<0.1 



Pine grosbeak 



0.2 



0.1 



0.0 



0.2 



4.6 



Common redpoll 



4.5 



7.6 



6.7 



6.8 



16.7 



Pine siskin 



4.0 



0.9 



0.5 



0.7 



0.3 



American goldfinch 



4.1 



2.7 



3.1 



2.3 



0.2 



Dark-eyed j unco 



8.9 



3.2 



2.5 



0.2 



<0.1 



Tree sparrow 



6.9 



2.0 



4.9 



0.3 



0.0 



Habitat: Common flickers are characteristic of the Southern Deciduous 

 Forest, reaching greatest densities in medium-aged oak forest. Fairly 

 common breeding species in Northern Hardwood Forest and Pine Barrens. 

 Uncommon to rare in other habitat types. 



Pileated Woodpecker {Dryocopus pileatus) 



Status: Regular permanent resident. 



