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
_Breeding range._--The Cape May warbler breeds =north= to northeastern
Alberta (Chipewyan); possibly southwestern Mackenzie (Simpson); northern
Saskatchewan (north shore of Lake Athabaska near Fair Point); central
Ontario (Moose Factory); and southern Quebec (Lake Abitibi, Lake Edward,
and Anticosti Island). =East= to eastern Quebec (Anticosti Island and
Grand Grève); New Brunswick (Tabusintac and Saint John); and Nova Scotia
(Wolfville and Stewiacke). =South= to Nova Scotia (Stewiacke); southern
Maine (Ship Harbor, Mount Desert Island; Hog Island, Muscongus Bay;
Pemaquid Point; and Auburn); northern New Hampshire (Lake Umbagog);
south-central Vermont (Mount Killington); northern New York (North
Elba); southern Ontario (Dorcas Bay and Biscotasing); northern Michigan
(Newberry and Camp Cusino); northern Wisconsin (Kelley Brook and
Harbster); rarely northeastern Minnesota (Gabro Lake); southwestern
Ontario (Lac Seul); and central Alberta (Lesser Slave Lake and Sturgeon
Lake). =West= to west-central and northeastern Alberta (Sturgeon Lake
and Chipewyan). The Cape May warbler probably breeds in northern
Manitoba since it is a regular, though not abundant, migrant in the
southern part of the province.
_Winter range._--The winter home of the Cape May warbler is in the West
Indies =north= to the Bahamas (Nassau and Watling Island), =east= and
=south= to St. Lucia, and =west= to Jamaica and western Cuba (Isle of
Pines and Habana). It has also been found on the island of Roatán,
Honduras. It was found in Quintana Roo not far from Xcopén on March 13
which is the second record for Mexico; the other is simply "Yucatán."
_Migration._--Late dates of spring departure from the winter home are:
Virgin Islands--St. Croix, April 25. Puerto Rico--Mayagüez, April 8.
Haiti--Île à Vache, April 30. Cuba--Habana, May 4. Bahamas--Nassau, May
15.
Early dates of spring arrival are: Florida--Key West, March 6.
Georgia--Macon, April 7. South Carolina--Chester, April 15. North
Carolina--Greensboro, April 13. District of Columbia--Washington, April
19. Pennsylvania--Carlisle, April 30. New York--Geneva, April 30.
Massachusetts--Amherst, May 4. Vermont--Clarendon, May 7. Maine--Auburn,
May 4. New Brunswick--Scotch Lake, May 8. Nova Scotia--Pictou, May 11.
Quebec--Montreal, May 14. Tennessee--Nashville, April 16.
Kentucky--Russellville, April 27. Indiana--Bloomington, April 22.
Ohio--Oberlin, April 27. Michigan--Ann Arbor, April 27. Ontario--London,
May 1; Moose Factory, May 28. Iowa--Davenport, May 2. Wisconsin--Racine,
May 2. Minnesota--St. Paul, May 2. South Dakota--Sioux Falls, May 12.
North Dakota--Argusville, May 11. Manitoba--Aweme, May 10.
Saskatchewan--Indian Head, May 16. Alberta--Medicine Hat, May 17.
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