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 worm-eating warbler breeds =north= to
northeastern Kansas (Lawrence); possibly central southern Nebraska (Red
Cloud); probably south-central Iowa (Des Moines); probably southern
Wisconsin (Wyalusing, Madison, and Milwaukee); northeastern Illinois
(Hinsdale); southern Indiana (Terre Haute, Bloomington, and
Indianapolis); central Ohio (Columbus, East Liverpool, and possibly
Cleveland); southern New York (Penn Yan and Albany), and southern
Connecticut (New Haven and Saybrook). It has been found in summer north
to London, Ontario; Northampton, Ipswich, and North Eastham,
Massachusetts. =East= to Connecticut (Saybrook); Long Island (Newtown);
northern New Jersey (Elizabeth and Morristown); eastern Pennsylvania
(Norristown and Philadelphia); northern Delaware (Wilmington); central
Maryland (Baltimore; rarely east of Chesapeake Bay); eastern Virginia
(Cobham and Dismal Swamp); central North Carolina (Chapel Hill and
Statesville); northwestern South Carolina (Caesars Head, Mount Pinnacle,
and Sassafras Mountain); and northern Georgia (Brasstown Bald and
Atlanta). =South= to northern Georgia (Atlanta); central Tennessee
(Nashville and Wildersville); northern Arkansas (Newport and Winslow);
and, occasionally, extreme northern Texas (Bowie County and
Gainesville). =West= to northern Texas (Gainesville); northeastern
Oklahoma (Jay); and eastern Kansas (Lawrence). It has been recorded in
summer, but with no evidence of breeding, at Red Cloud, Nebr., and at
London and Vineland Station, Ontario.
_Winter range._--In winter the worm-eating warbler is found =north= to
southern Tamaulipas (Altamira); northern Florida, casually (Blue Springs
and Amelia Island), and the Bahamas (Abaco, Nassau, and Great Inago).
=East= to the Bahamas (Great Inago); Jamaica and central Panamá (Río
Chepo). =South= to Panamá (Río Chepo, Barro Colorado, and Chiriquí).
=West= to western Panamá (Chiriquí); Costa Rica (Escasú and Volcán
Tonorio); El Salvador (Mount Cacaguatique); Guatemala (Dueñas, Patulul,
and Naranjo); southern Chiapas (Huehuetán); western Veracruz (Jalapa);
Hidalgo (Pachuca); and southern Tamaulipas (Altamira).
_Migration._--Late dates of spring departure are: Panamá--Darién March
16. Costa Rica--El General, March 19. El Salvador--Barra de Santiago,
April 8. Guatemala--Patulul, April 2. Yucatán--Mérida, April 9.
Cuba--Habana, May 1. Bahamas--Abaco, April 29. Florida--Seven Oaks,
May 14. Georgia--Cumberland, May 7. Alabama--Barachias, May 1.
Mississippi--Biloxi, April 27. Louisiana--Avery Island, April 23.
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