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Appendix 2.Lower New England\Northern PiedmontPriority Bird Species of LNE-NP: Secondary TargetsSpeciesAI- PT-09 PIF09 AI-17 PT- PIF17 AI- PT-27 PIF 27 GLOBAL Habitat Comments0917 27Bicknell's Thrush 2 3 23 4 3 24 21 Northern forest,mountain topimportant to north,watchlistWood Thrush 4 5 24 4 2 21 5 5 24 20 Hardwood forest watchlistBlue-winged Warbler 5 5 26 3 2 20 2 3 20 19 ShrubGolden-winged Warbler 2 4 26 3 2 25 2 3 25 25 Shrub watchlistBlack-throated Blue Warbler 2 3 22 2 3 21 3 2 21 20 Northern hardwood high scores in all,important to north,watchlistPrairie Warbler 3 5 23 2 2 19 2 3 20 20 Shrub watchlistCerulean Warbler 2 3 24 2 3 25 25 Swamp/hardwood high scores, inc inregion, watchlistProthonotary Warbler 2 3 21 2 3 21 21 Swamp/hardwood high enough scores,low AI, watchlistWorm-eating Warbler 3 3 24 4 3 25 21 Hardwood watchlistLouisiana Waterthrush 4 3 23 4 1 20 3 2 20 19 HardwoodKentucky Warbler 2 3 21 2 3 21 19 Hardwood/shrub high enough scoreslow AI, watchlistComments:Bicknell’s Thrush and Black-throated Blue Warbler will be priorities in the northern portion of the ecoregion.Prothonotary Warbler and Kentucky Warbler will be priorities to the south.Dickcissel, Henslow’s Sparrow, and Bobolink, although not appearing on this list because of low population sizes, should be considered a management priority when they occur atpriority sites.DC/MD nominated loggerhead shrike. The loggerhead shrike has a global PIF score is 17. The cutoff criteria for this bird list as 19.9/20/2000 CONFIDENTIAL DRAFT Page 1 of 1