Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia

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THRUSHES

Wood Thrush  Hylocichla mustelina

WINTER:  Accidental.  One (filmed) on 30 December 1967 at Huntington, WV (HS, RS).

SUMMER:  Common to Very Common Resident.

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  Common Migrant from mid-April to late April.  Early dates, 10 April 1944, 1948, 1954 and 1955 (Edeburn et al. 1960): 13 April 1975 (HS); 14April 2001 (MF).

 Fall:  Uncommon to Fairly Common Migrant from early September to mid-September.  Late dates, 17 October 1952 (Edeburn et al. 1960); one banded on 13 October 1984 at Ona, WV (LW); 01 October 2006 (WA, MG, DP); 24 September 2005 and 2006 (WA, MG, DP); 23 September 1969 and 1972 (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, 283 m to 367 m): 41 males/100 ha.; Tick Ridge: dominant canopy: yellow poplar, black cherry, sugar maple (elevation, 383m to 413 m): 16 males/100 ha.; Twelvepole Creek: dominant canopy: yellow poplar, sugar maple, sycamore (elevation, 267 m at center line): 33 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): 33 males/100 ha.; Tick Ridge: dominant canopy: 50% mixed oaks (elevation, 335 m to 366 m): 16 males/100 ha.; Twelvepole Creek: dominant canopy: sycamore, river birch, black willow (elevation, 222 m at center line): 91 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: 77. Total Birds: 112.

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): 25 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: 13. Total Birds: 13.

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): 16 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: 4. Total Birds: 7.