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WARBLERS

Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas

WINTER:  Casual Visitant.  Five records, all single birds.  05 December 1979 (HS); 30 December 1950 (Edeburn et al. 1960); 11 January 1992 (WA).  One each on the 1997 Ona CBC and 1998 Huntington CBC.

SUMMER:  Common to Very Common Resident.

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  Common Migrant from mid-April to early May.  Early dates, 02 March 2008 (SA); 10 April 1954 (Edeburn et al. 1960); 15 April 2001 (GR); 17 April 1969 (HS) and 2006 (GR); 18 April 2004 (MG, HS) and 2008 (MKE, JN).

 Fall:  Common Migrant departing from late September to early October.  Late dates, one on 24 November 2005 (DP); one 07 November 1974 (HS); 14 October 1968 (HS); two banded on 11 October 1984 at Ona, Cabell Co., WV (LW).

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): 33 males/100 ha.

Singing Male Census (Koch 1974): McClintic WMA, Mason Co., WV (1971): abandoned bottomland (elevation, 186 m): 115 males/100 ha.

Breeding Bird Survey (Koch 1974): McClintic WMA, Mason Co., WV (29 May 1969): 50 Stops, 12.25 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 26. Total Birds: 35.

Breeding Bird Survey (Koch and Hurley 1972): Beech Fork Lake, Wayne Co., WV (29 May 1969): 50 Stops, 25 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 28. Total Birds: 30.

Singing Male Census (1952): Cabwaylingo State Forest, Wayne Co., WV (1952): Tick Ridge: dominant canopy: 50% mixed oak (elevation, 335 m to 366 m): 8 males/100 ha.; Twelvepole Creek: dominant canopy: sycamore, river birch, black willow (elevation, 222 m at center line): 25 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: 10. Total Birds: 10.