Life histories of North American wood warblers, Part 1 (of 2)Bent, Arthur Cleveland
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Life histories of North American wood warblers, Part 1 (of 2)
Bent, Arthur Cleveland
Birds -- North America; Passeriformes; Wood warblers
Like other species that winter regularly in the Tropics, the Nashville
warbler can resist low temperatures as long as food is available.
Evidence of this is seen in the daily presence of one in a garden in New
York City from December 16, 1918, to January 9, 1919 (perhaps longer).
Another was noted almost daily from January 1 to March 1, 1938, at a
feeding table in Arlington, Va. The latter bird was caught and brought
to the U. S. Biological Survey for confirmation of the identification,
and was banded. On January 31, 1890, a specimen was picked up in
Swampscott, Massachusetts, that had apparently been killed by a shrike
about two weeks before.
The ranges as outlined apply to the entire species which includes two
geographic races; the eastern Nashville warbler (_V. r. ruficapilla_)
breeds from eastern Saskatchewan and Nebraska eastward; and the western
Nashville warbler (_V. r. ridgwayi_) breeds west of the Rocky Mountains.
_Migration._--Some early dates of spring arrival are: West
Virginia--French Creek, April 23. District of Columbia--Washington,
April 20. Pennsylvania--Beaver, April 25. New York--Canandaigua, April
25. Massachusetts--Taunton, April 24. Vermont--Rutland, April 27.
Maine--Presque Isle, May 2. Quebec--Kamouraska, May 2. New
Brunswick--Scotch Lake, May 8. Mississippi--Rosedale, April 26.
Tennessee--Memphis, April 16. Kentucky--Bardstown, April 28.
Indiana--Indianapolis, April 24. Ohio--Oberlin, April 19. Michigan--Ann
Arbor, April 25. Ontario--Toronto, April 29. Texas--San Antonio, March
27. Arkansas--Delight, April 14. Missouri--St. Louis, April 21.
Iowa--Davenport, April 26. Illinois--Chicago, April 25.
Wisconsin--Madison, April 25. Minnesota--Red Wing, April 29.
Manitoba--Winnipeg, May 2. Arizona--Tucson, April 6. Montana--Missoula,
April 25. Idaho--Coeur d'Alene, April 29. California--Buena Park, March
3. Oregon--Prospect, April 20. Washington--Tacoma, April 23. British
Columbia--Okanagan Landing, April 21.
Late dates of spring departure are: West Virginia--Wheeling, May 24.
District of Columbia--Washington, May 20. Pennsylvania--Jeffersonville,
May 20. Mississippi--Rosedale, May 6. Tennessee--Nashville, May 19.
Kentucky--Bowling Green, May 19. Indiana--Richmond, June 1.
Texas--Ingram, May 10. Arkansas--Monticello, May 9. Missouri--Columbia,
May 28. Iowa--Grinnell, June 2. Illinois--Rockford, May 30. Kansas--Lake
Quivira, May 21. Nebraska--Red Cloud, May 24. South Dakota--June 1.
Arizona--Otero Canyon, Baboquivari Mountains, April 29.
California--Cabezon, May 7.
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