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 black-throated gray warbler breeds =north= to
southwestern British Columbia (Hagensborg and Lillooet). =East= to
southwestern British Columbia (Lillooet and Chilliwack); western
Washington (Bellingham and Leavenworth); central northern Oregon (The
Dalles); possibly southwestern Idaho (Riddle); southwestern Wyoming,
possibly (Mountain); western and southern Colorado (probably Escalante
Hills, Coventry, and the Culebra Range); central New Mexico (Santa Fe);
and northeastern Sonora (San Luis Mountains). =South= to northeastern
Sonora (San Luis Mountains); southeastern to north-central Arizona
(Huachuca Mountains, Santa Rita Mountains, Santa Catalina Mountains, and
Bill Williams Mountain); and northeastern Baja California (Sierra San
Pedro Mártir). =West= to northern Baja California (Sierra San Pedro
Mártir); western California (San Jacinto Mountains, Glendora, Santa
Lucia Peak, and Lakeport); western Oregon (Kirby, Coos Bay, Corvallis,
and Portland); western Washington (Spirit Lake and Shelton); and
southwestern British Columbia (Victoria, Stuart Island, and Hagensborg).
_Winter range._--The principal winter home of the black-throated gray
warbler is in western Mexico. It is found in winter =north= to extreme
southern Arizona (Yuma, occasionally in the Baboquivari Mountains, and
Tucson). =East= to southeastern Arizona (Tucson); eastern Sonora (Tesia
and Alamos); southwestern Durango (Chacala); northern Michoacán
(Patambán); Mexico (city of Mexico); and central Oaxaca (Oaxaca).
=South= to central Oaxaca. =West= to western Oaxaca (La Parada);
Guerrero (Chilpancingo); western Michoacán (Los Reyes); southern Sinaloa
(Escuinapa and Mazatlán); southern Baja California (Victoria Mountains
and San José del Rancho); and southwestern Arizona (Yuma). It has also
been found at this season casually, south to Dueñas, Guatemala, and
north to Pasadena and Eureka, Calif., and Cameron County, Tex.
_Migration._--Early dates of spring arrival are: New Mexico--Cooney,
April 6. Arizona--Santa Rita Mountains, March 21. California--Grass
Valley, March 24. Oregon--Portland, April 14. Washington--Tacoma, April
10. British Columbia--Chilliwack, April 16.
Late dates of fall departure are: British Columbia--Courtenay, September
7. Washington--Yakima, October 27. Oregon--Eugene, October 11.
California--Diablo, November 11. Arizona--Phoenix, November 8.
_Casual records._--A black-throated gray warbler was picked up dead at
Lenox, Mass., on December 8, 1923. A specimen was collected at Ithaca,
N. Y., on November 15, 1936. On December 8, 1941, an individual was
observed on Bull's Island, S. C.; and from December 26, 1942, to January
5, 1943, one was under observation at Miami, Fla.
_Egg dates._--Arizona: 12 records, May 4 to June 19; 7 records, May 17
to 26.
California: 32 records, May 1 to July 3; 18 records, May 20 to June 10,
indicating the height of the season.
Washington: 8 records, May 29 to June 28; 5 records, June 5 to 23
(Harris).
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