Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia
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Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceous
WINTER: NO RECORDS.
SUMMER: Very Common to Abundant Resident. See Remarks section.
MIGRATION:
Spring: Very Common Migrant from mid-April to early May. Early dates, 08 April 1948 (Edeburn et al. 1960) and 10 April 2001 (MF); 13 April 2006 (MG); 16 April 2009 (MKE, JN); 17 April 2002 (MF); 18 April 1970 (HS), 2002 (WA) and 2008 (MKE, JN).
Fall: Common Fall Migrant during September. Late dates, 11 October 1976 (HS); 10 October 1942 (Edeburn et al. 1960); one banded (HS) on 02 October 1976 at Huntington, WV; 01 October 2006 (WA, MG, DP).
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): 99 males/100 ha.; Tick Ridge: dominant canopy: yellow poplar, black cherry, sugar maple (elevation, 350 m to 378 m): 74 males/100 ha.; 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): 132 males/100 ha.; Tick Ridge: dominant canopy: 50% mixed oak (elevation, 335 m to 366 m): 148 males/100 ha.; Twelvepole Creek: dominant canopy: sycamore, river birch, black willow (elevation, 222 m at center line): 132 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: 76. Total Birds: 138.
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: 7. Total Birds: 10.
Singing Male Census (Hall 1983): Wayne Co., WV: young oak-hickory (elevation, 330 m): 138 males/100 ha.; mature mixed hardwoods (elevation, 240 m): 121 males/100 ha.; bottomland deciduous forest (elevation, 230 m): 121 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): 82 males/100 ha.; second growth mixed hardwoods-pine woods (elevation, 236 m to 289 m): 82 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: 19. Total Birds: 21.