Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia

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FLYCATCHERS

Acadian Flycatcher  Empidonax virescens

WINTER:  NO RECORDS.

SUMMER:  Common to Very Common Resident.  See Remarks section.

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  Common Migrant arriving in early to mid-May.  Early dates, 26 April 2008 (MKE, JN); 27 April 2003 (JB, GR, HS); 30 April 1960 (WA) and 2006 (MKE, JN).  Edeburn et al. (1960) cites an unusually early date of 18 April 1954.

 Fall:  Fairly Common Migrant during September.  Late dates, one banded (MK) on 11 October 1969; 24 September 1947 (Edeburn et al. 1960); 23 September 1969 (HS).

REMARKS:

Singing Male Census (Eddy 2003): Cabwaylingo State Forest, Wayne Co., WV (2002): Indian Trail: dominant canopy: am. beech, yellow poplar, black birch (elevation, 259 m to 335 m): 82 males/100 ha.; Tick Ridge: dominant canopy: yellow poplar, black cherry, sugar maple (elevation, 350 m to 378 m): +; Twelvepole Creek: dominant canopy: yellow poplar, sugar maple, sycamore (elevation, 244 m at center line): 49 males/100 ha.

Singing Male Census (Hall 1952): Cabwaylingo State Forest, Wayne Co., WV (1952): Indian Trail: dominant canopy: yellow poplar, am. beech, sugar maple (elevation, 243 m to 259 m): 148 males/100 ha.; Twelvepole Creek: dominant canopy: sycamore, river birch, black willow (elevation, 222 mat center line): 148 males/100 ha.

Breeding Bird Survey (Bullard 2003): Cabwaylingo State Forest, Wayne Co., WV (2002): 135 Stops (7 surveys), 64 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 32. Total Birds: 35.

Singing Male Census (Koch 1974): McClintic WMA, Mason Co., WV (1971): hardwood forest (elevation, 250 m to 259 m): 49 males/ 100 ha.

Breeding Bird Survey (Koch 1974): McClintic WMA, Mason Co., WV (29 May 1971): 50 Stops, 12.25 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 3. Total Birds: 3.

Singing Male Census (Hall 1983):  Wayne Co., WV: mature hardwood forest (elevation, 240 m): 138 males/100 ha.; bottomland hardwood (elevation 220 m): 138 males/100 ha.

Singing Male Census (Koch and Hurley 1972): Beech Fork Lake, Wayne Co., WV (1969): mature mesophytic forest (elevation, 198 m to 244 m): 181 males/100 ha.; second growth mixed hardwoods-pine woods (elevation, 236 m to 289 m): 33 males/100 ha.

Breeding Bird Survey (Koch and Hurley 1972): Beech Fork Lake, Wayne Co., WV (29 May 1969): 50 Stops, 25 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 4. Total Birds: 4.