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
_Winter range._--The Audubon warbler is found in winter =north= to
southwestern British Columbia (Comox and Chilliwack). =East= to
southwestern British Columbia (Chilliwack); central Washington (Yakima);
occasionally eastern Washington (Cheney); northeastern Oregon, casually
(Pendleton and Legrande); central California (Marysville and Fresno);
casually to southwestern Utah (St. George and Zion National Park);
central Arizona (Fort Mojave, Fort Verde, Salt River National Wildlife
Refuge, and Tombstone); southern Texas (El Paso, rarely Knickerbocker,
and Brownsville); Tamaulipas (Matamoros and Victoria); western Veracruz
(Orizaba); and central Guatemala (San Jerónimo). =South= to Guatemala
(San Jerónimo, Tecpán, and San Lucas); casual or accidental south to
central Costa Rica (Juan Viñas). =West= to western Guatemala (San Lucas
and Totonicapán); Oaxaca (Parada); Guerrero (Chilpancingo and Coyuca);
western Jalisco (Tonila); Nayarit (Tepic); southern Sinaloa (Mazatlán);
western Baja California (Santa Margarita and Natividad Islands); and the
west coast of the United States to southwestern British Columbia
(Comox).
The preceding range is for the species as a whole of which two
subspecies or geographic races are recognized. The Pacific Audubon's
warbler (_D. a. auduboni_) breeds south to southern California, central
Arizona, and New Mexico; the black-fronted Audubon's warbler (_D. a.
nigrifrons_) breeds from the Huachuca Mountains, Ariz., through the
mountains to southwestern Chihuahua.
_Migration._--Late dates of spring departure from the winter range are:
Guatemala--Tecpán, April 23. Sonora--Moctezuma, May 23. Texas--Marathon,
May 18. Kansas--Fort Wallace, May 27. Arizona--Prescott, May 19.
California--Fresno, May 3.
Early dates of spring arrival are: Kansas--Garden City, April 22.
Nebraska--Hastings, April 14. New Mexico--Apache, March 7.
Colorado--Colorado Springs, April 12. Wyoming--Laramie, April 21.
Montana--Fortine, April 14. Alberta--Banff, April 23. Utah--St. George,
March 8. Nevada--Carson City, April 10. Idaho--Sandpoint, April 16.
California--Grass Valley, April 10. Oregon--Prospect, March 6.
Washington--Shelton, March 4. British Columbia--Summerland, March 30.
Late dates of fall departure are: British Columbia--Okanagan Landing,
October 24. Washington--Pullman, November 13. Oregon--Prospect, November
18. Idaho--Bayview, October 26. Utah--St. George, December 7.
Alberta--Edmonton, September 11. Montana--Fortine, October 24.
Wyoming--Laramie, November 9. Colorado--Fort Morgan, October 30. New
Mexico--Silver City, November 10.
Early dates of fall arrival are: California--San Diego, September 2.
Texas--Fort Davis, September 9. Sonora--Las Cuevas, September 3.
Guatemala--Chichicastenango, November 16.
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