-Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia
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Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
WINTER: NO RECORDS.
SUMMER: Fairly Common Resident.
MIGRATION:
Spring: Uncommon to Fairly Common Migrant from late April to mid-May. Early dates, 20 April 1964 (WA) and 1989 (MG); 21 April 2008 (JN); 23 April 2001 (BD) and 2004 (JN); 24 April 1970 (HS) and 2000 (GR).
Fall: Uncommon to Fairly Common Migrant departing from late September to early October. Late dates, 02 November 1975 (HS); 19 October 1947 (Edeburn et al. 1960); 14 October 1973 (HS).
REMARKS:
Singing Male Census (Koch and Hurley 1972): Beech Fork Lake, Mason Co., WV (1969): mature mesophytic forest (elevation, 198 m to 244 m): 25 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: 12. Total Birds: 13.
Singing Male Census (Koch 1974): McClintic WMA, Mason Co., WV (1971): hardwood forest (250 m to 259 m): 16 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): 8 males/100 ha.; Tick Ridge: dominant canopy: 50% mixed oak (elevation, 335 m to 366 m): 33 males/100 ha.; Twelvepole Creek: dominant canopy: sycamore, river birch, black willow (elevation, 222 m at center line): +.
Singing Male Census (Eddy 2003): Cabwaylingo State Forest, Wayne Co., WV (2002): Tick Ridge: dominant canopy: yellow poplar, black cherry, sugar maple (elevation, 350 m to 378 m): +
Breeding Bird Survey (Bullard 2003): Cabwaylingo State Forest, Wayne Co., WV (2002): 135 Stops (7 surveys), 64 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 5. Total Birds: 6.