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TABLE I. Comparison of fat class of birds captured on Star Island (SI) and Appledore Island (AP) in spring and fall 
using Chi-square analysis (df = 1 for all tests). Some fat is defined as those individuals with a fat class of I or more; n is the 
number of birds captured on each island. Island is the location with the significantly greater percentage of individuals with 
some fat. Based on banding data from 1999 and 2000. 
n % with some fal 
Species 
Season 
SI 
AP 
SI 
AP 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 
Spr 
39 
76 
15.4 
10.5 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 
Spr 
37 
75 
43.2 
53.3 
Fall 
24 
64 
4.2 
25.0 
Traill’s Flycatcher 
Spr 
82 
75 
6.1 
25.3 
Fall 
52 
49 
36.5 
38.8 
Least Flycatcher 
Spr 
29 
49 
20.7 
36.7 
Fall 
41 
47 
31.7 
31.9 
Blue-headed Vireo 
Fall 
28 
31 
35.7 
38.7 
Philadelphia Vireo 
Fall 
23 
46 
26.1 
47.8 
Red-eyed Vireo 
Spr 
88 
320 
51.1 
59.1 
Fall 
185 
583 
55.1 
61.6 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 
Fall 
32 
96 
43.8 
40.6 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 
Fall 
85 
120 
7.1 
20.0 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
Spr 
63 
33 
46.0 
75.8 
Cedar Waxwing 
Fall 
49 
58 
18.4 
22.4 
Spr 
36 
21 
50.0 
33.3 
Fall 
132 
1 19 
51.5 
51 3 
Northern Waterthrush 
Fall 
165 
361 
80.0 
63 2 
Black-and-white Warbler 
Spr 
28 
128 
57.1 
68.8 
Nashville Warbler 
Fall 
47 
138 
59.6 
61 6 
Fall 
42 
61 
35 7 
54 1 
Mourning Warbler 
Fall 
23 
28 
56 5 
46 4 
American Redstart 
Spr 
109 
271 
53.2 
54.2 
Northern Parula 
Fall 
Spr 
118 
36 
304 
135 
28.0 
72.2 
38.2 
83.7 
Magnolia Warbler 
Fall 
Spr 
24 
296 
20 
510 
37.5 
60.1 
40.0 
60.2 
Blackburnian Warbler 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 
Blackpoll Warbler 
Fall 
Spr 
Spr 
Spr 
80 
21 
32 
78 
85 
29 
50 
194 
23.8 
28.6 
46.9 
74.4 
24.7 
65.5 
44.0 
90.2 
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 
Fall 
Spr 
26 
23 
106 
99 
40.5 
39.1 
36.0 
57.6 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Fall 
Spr 
26 
50 
106 
26 
1 1.5 
66.0 
14.2 
69.2 
Black-thr. Green Warbler 
Canada Warbler 
Wilson's Warbler 
Fall 
Spr 
Spr 
Spr 
343 
24 
21 
48 
66 
31 
94 
28 
27.1 
45.8 
4.8 
73.5 
25.8 
71.0 
29.8 
69.0 
Yellow-breasted Chat 
Fall 
Fall 
71 
51 
46.5 
29.8 
Lincoln’s Sparrow 
Swamp Sparrow 
White-throated Sparrow 
Spr 
Spr 
Spr 
J7 
23 
71 
68 
31 
37 
48 
132 
81.4 
87.0 
71.8 
60.3 
67.7 
83.8 
81.3 
79.5 
Baltimore Oriole 
Purple Finch 
Fall 
Fall 
Fall 
121 
36 
42 
145 
55 
30 
28.9 
41.7 
19.0 
10.3 
63.6 
66.7 
X P bland 
0.569 
0.451 
1.009 
0.315 
4.861 
0.027 
AP 
1 1.193 
<0.001 
.AP 
0.054 
0.817 
2.202 
0.138 
0.000 
0.983 
0.056 
0.812 
3.005 
0.083 
AP 
1.773 
0.183 
2.430 
0.119 
0.097 
0.756 
6.670 
0.010 
AP 
7.776 
0.005 
AP 
0.266 
0.606 
1.496 
0.221 
0.002 
0.968 
14.872 
<0.001 
SI 
1.393 
0.238 
0.060 
0.806 
3.378 
0.066 
AP 
0.515 
0.473 
0.033 
0.855 
3.866 
0.049 
.AP 
2.463 
0.117 
0.029 
0.865 
0.000 
0.986 
0.021 
0.886 
6.650 
0.010 
AP 
0.065 
0.799 
11.375 
<0.001 
AP 
0.372 
0.542 
2.557 
0.110 
0.121 
0.728 
0.081 
0.776 
0.052 
0.820 
3.561 
0.059 
AP 
5.700 
0.017 
AP 
0.182 
0.669 
3.684 
0.055 
SI 
2.106 
0.147 
0.112 
0.738 
1.379 
0.240 
8.439 
0.004 
AP 
14.919 
<0.001 
SI 
4.242 
0.039 
AP 
16.698 
<0.001 
AP 
