FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] FW: Golden-winged & Blue-winged warbler survey

["Smith, Michael G" <michael_g_smith@xxxxxxxxx>]

>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         Smith, Michael G  
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 11:19 PM
> To:   'VA-Birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Cc:   'schiemanns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'; 'Mike Wilson'
> Subject:      Golden-winged & Blue-winged warbler survey
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I was one of the 3 field assistants for William & Mary to determine the
> status & population of Golden-winged & Blue-winged warblers in western Va.
> The area I surveyed was Highland, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge, Rockingham,
> Green (part), Albemarle (part), & Augusta counties. I was in the field
> during the month of May, 2006. It was by no means an exhaustive survey,
> but I covered practically every road in Highland  county, in particular. I
> did miss the GW on Bear mtn farm. I found that the clear cut areas in the
> mountains of Botetourt county area were being used by BW & hybrids. In the
> Shenandoah Valley, I tended toward primarily covering the mountain roads
> and hollows. Here are the counties where  I located BW, GW, & hybrids:
> 
> HIGHLAND- 5/16-19
> GW - 23 males, 2 females (no hybrids)
> 
> BATH - 5/4-5
> GW - 6 males (no females or hybrids)
> BW - 3 males (no females or hybrids)
> 
> BOTETOURT - 5/26 & 5/30-31
> BW -  5 males
> Lawrence's warbler - had gold wings; located on south Buffalo rd. on 5-26.
> Brewster's warbler - 2 males; one first generation; on Dagger springs rd.,
> 5/30
>                                           second was a backcross ; on rt.
> 622, 5/31
> 
> ROCKBRIDGE - 5/23 & 5/31
> GW - male at Goshen pass, 5-23
> Blue-winged hybrid- male at Goshen pass, 5-23; similar to rare backcross
> pictured in Sibley's, but without the facial pattern; had yellow wing
> bars.
> 
> AUGUSTA - 5/22
> BW - male on Estaline valley rd (rt. 601) near Craigsville.
> 
> Mike Smith
> foresmiths@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Notice:  This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains 
information of Merck & Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New 
Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates (which may be known outside the 
United States as Merck Frosst, Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD and in Japan, as 
Banyu) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally 
privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named 
on this message.  If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this 
message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete 
it from your system.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You are subscribed to VA-BIRD. To post to this mailing list, simply send email 
to va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send email to
va-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.