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 blue-winged warbler breeds =north= to
southeastern Minnesota (Lanesboro); southern Wisconsin (Mazomanie,
Prairie du Sac, and Glarus); northeastern Illinois (Rockford, Deerfield,
and La Grange); southern Michigan (possibly Hastings, and Ann Arbor);
northern Ohio (Toledo, Lakeside, Cleveland, and Austinburg); southern
Pennsylvania (Carlisle); southern New York (Ossining and Whaley Lake);
and Massachusetts (Springfield and Sudbury). =East= to eastern
Massachusetts (Sudbury and Lexington); Connecticut (Westfield and
Saybrook); Long Island (Mastic and Oyster Bay); New Jersey (Demarest,
Morristown, and Elizabeth); southeastern Pennsylvania (Tinicum and
Berwyn); probably occasionally in northern Maryland (Cecil County and
Sabillasville); eastern and central Ohio (Canfield and Columbus);
east-central Kentucky (Berea); central Tennessee (Nashville and Fall
Creek); and central northern Georgia (Young Harris). =South= to northern
Georgia (Young Harris, Margret, and Atlanta); northeastern Alabama (Long
Island); central Tennessee (Wildersville); and northwestern Arkansas
(Pettigrew and Winslow). =West= to northwestern Arkansas (Winslow and
Fayetteville); west-central Iowa (Warrensburg); eastern Iowa (Lacey,
Grinnell, Winthrop, and McGregor); and southeastern Minnesota
(Lanesboro). The blue-winged warbler has occurred in summer west to
eastern Kansas (Emporia and Leavenworth); central-southern and eastern
Nebraska (Red Cloud, Plattsmouth, and Omaha); western Iowa (Sioux City);
and north to Minnesota (Minneapolis); southern Ontario (Point Pelee,
Strathroy, and West Lake); central New York (Penn Yan and Auburn); and
southern New Hampshire (Manchester).
_Winter range._--The principal winter home of the blue-winged warbler
seems to be in Guatemala, though it has been recorded in winter from the
Valley of Mexico; Puebla (Metlatoyuca); Veracruz (Tres Zapotes); to
eastern Nicaragua (Río Escondido and Greytown). There is one winter
record each from Costa Rica (Bonilla), Panamá (Port Antonio), and
Colombia (Santa Marta Region).
On January 6, 1900, a dead blue-winged warbler (apparently dead from
starvation) was picked up in Bronx Park, New York. It had only recently
died and in all probability was the bird seen on December 10, in the
same region.
_Migration._--Late dates of spring departure are: Colombia--Santa Marta
Region, March 21. Veracruz--Jalapa, April 7. Florida--Pensacola, April
25. Alabama--Guntersville, May 2. District of Columbia--Washington, May
30. Louisiana--Monroe, April 27. Texas--San Antonio, May 12.
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