Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 22:35:47 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kurt Gaskill Subject: Re: Question: Yellow-throated Warbler Habitat MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Folks, In Northern Virginia, Yellow-throated Warblers are found principally in two habitat regions. The first is along the tidal Potomac. This habitat is generally mixed pine/deciduous. I would characterize this habitat as containing medium aged trees (20-40 yrs) with sparse understory. Classic examples can be found in the Quantico area and Leesylvania SP (picnic area). Occasionally, the birds are found in adjacent Tulip Poplars. The second area is in the piedmont along major rivers such as found at Great Falls, Riverbend or Algonkian Parks. These areas consist mainly of deciduous trees and, naturally, have many Sycamores along the river (the Potomac). I estimate some of the deciduous trees in this region are nearly mature - 50-100 yrs old, but such trees are often accompanied by younger trees in the 20-40 yr range. The understory in these areas tend to be more dense than in the tidal zone, but not so dense as to support dense brush specialists such as White-eyed Vireo, Hooded or Kentucky Warbler. Kurt Gaskill ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================