Hello Tweeters,

In my experiance here in WA, the race that you are most likely to see in winter
in wax myrtles is the "Myrtle" Warbler. The race that you see in other habitats
such as riparian areas, is "Audubon's" Warbler. In other words, most of the
Yellow-rumps that I see along the coast in winter are Myrtle and most that I
see in the Puget Sound area in winter are Audubon's. This is not a hard fast
rule, just what I observe most of the time. If anyone is interested, here are
two interesting papes on habitat use by Yellow-rumped Warblers in winter.

Place, Allen R., and Edmund W. Stiles. 1992. Living off the wax of the land:
bayberries and yellow-rumped warblers. Auk 109(2):334-345.

Wilz, Kenneth J. and Vincent Giampa. 1978. Habitat use by yellow-rumped
warblers at the northern extremities of their winter range. Wilson Bulliten 90
(4): 566-574.


Russell

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> On Sun, 16 Jan 2000 13:31:59 EST Bbsenturia at aol.com writes:
> > Tweeters - My CBC territory is almost exclusively inner city-residential. I
>
> > have found YR warblers in only one spot, but they are consistent (4 of 4
> > tries) - in Wax Myrtle plantings bordering the I-90 freeway. So, Wayne
> > Weber's observations fit in with what I've seen - Wax Myrtles are a
> preferred
> > food source for wintering YR Warblers.
> > Brenda Senturia