Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia
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Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
WINTER: Accidental. One on 29 December 2007 (Ona CBC).
SUMMER: Common to Very Common Resident.
MIGRATION:
Spring: Common Migrant from late April to mid-May. Early dates, 15 April 1948 (Edeburn et al. 1960); 21 April 1970 (HS) and 2004 (MG); 22 April 1999 (HS) and 2012 (MG, DP); 23 April 2006 (MG, DP)
Fall: Uncommon Migrant departing from late September to early October. Late dates, 11 October 1969 (HS); one (tower kill) on 03 October 1983 (HS); 01 October 1953 (Edeburn et al. 1960).
REMARKS:
Singing Male Census (Koch 1971): McClintic WMA, Mason Co., WV (1967): shallow pond-cattail marsh (elevation, 183 m): 33 males/100 ha.; abandoned bottomland (elevation, 186 m): 132 males/100 ha.
Singing Male Census (Koch 1974): McClintic WMA, Mason Co., WV (1971): hardwood forest (elevation, 250 m to 259 m): 16 males/100 ha.; abandoned bottomland (elevation, 186 m): 148 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: 30. Total Birds: 47.
Singing Male Census (Koch and Hurley 1972): Beech Fork Lake, Wayne Co., WV (1969): second growth mixed hardwoods-pine woods (elevation, 236 m to 289 m): 16 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: 32. Total Birds: 36.
Breeding Bird Survey (Bullard 2003): Cabwaylingo State Forest, Wayne Co., WV (2002): 135 Stops (7 surveys), 64 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 23. Total Birds: 27.