VIREOS

Yellow-throated Vireo  Vireo flavifrons

WINTER:  NO RECORDS.

SUMMER:  Fairly Common to Common Resident.  See Remarks section for Singing Male Census data.

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  Fairly Common Migrant from mid-April to early May.  Early dates, 09 April 1953 (Edeburn et al. 1960); 10 April 2001 (MF); 14 April 2001 (MF); 16 April 1972 (HS); 17 April 2005 (MKE, JN), 2006 (GR) and 2008 (JN); 18 April 1970 (HS) and 2008 (MKE, JN).

 Fall:  Uncommon Migrant during September.  Late dates, 09 November 1967 (HS); 31 October 1941 (Edeburn et al. 1960); 01 October 1979 (HS).

REMARKS:

Singing Male Census (Hall 1983): Wayne Co., WV: mature mixed hardwoods (elevation, 240 m): 47 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): 25 males/100 ha.; 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 (May 29 1969): 50 Stops, 25 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 2. Total Birds: 2.

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): 49 males/100 ha.; Tick Ridge: dominant canopy: 50% mixed oak (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): 16 males/100 ha.

Singing Male Census (Eddy 2003): Cabwaylingo State Forest, Wayne Co., WV (2002): Twelvepole Creek: dominant canopy: yellow poplar, sugar maple, sycamore (elevation, 244 m at center line): +.

Breeding Bird Survey (Bullard 2003): Cabwaylingo State Forest, Wayne Co., WV (2002): 135 Stops (7 surveys), 64 Mile. Number of Stops Recorded: 18. Total Birds: 18.