The only birds identified in the 1986 assemblage were turkey and passenger pigeon. Together, these species accounted for approximately 14% of the individuals in the assemblage. Sparrow, plover, bobwhite, red-bellied woodpecker, and lesser scaup are the species of bird represented in earlier assemblages from the Fredricks site that were not identified in the 1986 assemblage.
All of the remains of passenger pigeon, representing two individuals, were found in Zone 1 of Feature 14 (Burial 11). As passenger pigeon is a migratory bird, this indicates that this particular fill zone represents refuse deposited in the pit during the fall.
Turkey accounted for over 12% of the individuals in the assemblage and was second only to deer among animals represented that would have been important food resources for the inhabitants of the Fredricks site. Based upon the presence of spurs, all 14 of the turkeys identified in the 1986 assemblage were males. Thirty-three percent of the turkeys identified from all of the faunal remains from the Fredricks site were males. As only approximately 19% of turkeys in the wild are males (Gwynn 1964), it is evident that the inhabitants of the Fredricks site were selecting males over females.