Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley (BLORV) West Virginia
This is a reconstruction of The Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley website, originally created by Harry E. Slack III.
This historical document covers around 90 years of bird data from the Lower Ohio River Valley of West Virginia.
This historical document covers around 90 years of bird data from the Lower Ohio River Valley of West Virginia.
Noteworthy birding areas within this region: (The region covered is described by Kiff et al. 1986)
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A thorough ornithological history of the lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia is given in Kiff et al. (1986). Since 1986, the completion of The West Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas (Buckelew, Jr. and Hall 1994) has provided additional data on the nesting status of birds in this region.
From the mid 1980's through 2012, field work carried out by Wendell "Sonny" Argabrite, Mike Griffith, Thomas Igou, Dr. Gary Rankin, Harry Slack, and the late Leon Wilson has added to our knowledge of birds in this region. More information @ Ornithological History.
From the mid 1980's through 2012, field work carried out by Wendell "Sonny" Argabrite, Mike Griffith, Thomas Igou, Dr. Gary Rankin, Harry Slack, and the late Leon Wilson has added to our knowledge of birds in this region. More information @ Ornithological History.
Numbers indicate the number of individuals that can be seen by a single observer in a full day's work in the field in suitable habitat.
(Description of abundance follows those given by Kiff et al. 1986)
(Description of abundance follows those given by Kiff et al. 1986)
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Abundance:
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Casual: Based on three or more records, not enough to constitute regular occurrence in a given season, but for which subsequent records are not improbable.
Accidental: Based on one or two (rarely more) records, and which, on grounds of reasonable probability, is literally accidental within the Check-list area and unlikely to occur there regularly (AOU 1983).
Singing Male Census data (males per 100 hectare) has been used as an aid in assigning abundance status. Criteria are those given by Hall (1983), as follows: Abundant: >100; Very Common: 51 - 100; Common: 26 - 50; Fairly Common: 11 - 25; Uncommon: 6 - 10.
Categories used to describe the status of each species follow Kiff et al. (1986).
Status:
Resident: Usually present at all times within a given season.
Migrant: Occurs along an established migration route, generally at a predictable time of year.
Visitant: Not always present at all times within a given season.
Seasons are defined as follows:
Winter: December through February; Spring: March through May; Summer: June through August; Fall: September through November.
The terms early, mid and late have been used in previous publications to describe arrival or departure times. For clarification, these terms are defined as follows:
Early: 1st through 10th of any given month.
Mid: 11th through 20th of any given month.
Late: 21st through 30th or 31st of any given month.
Criteria for inclusion of species follow the bylaws of the WV Bird Records Committee (Hall 1986).
Species that do not meet these are listed in the Hypothetical List.
Criteria for inclusion in the Species Accounts are as follow:
1. A specimen has at some time been collected in the region and has been examined by a competent ornithologist.
2. A recognizable photograph has been taken of the bird in the region and has been examined by a competent ornithologist.
3. The bird has been handled by a bander and released, providing the bander and his associates have been judged competent to identify the species.
4. One or more sight records, each of which involved at least three persons having previous experience with the species, have been made in the region.
5. There have been repeated sight records by persons having previous experience with the species, but for which fewer than three persons were involved in each sighting.
Age and Sex of Species: Age and sex of species will follow criteria established by the Bird Banding Laboratory, USGS www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/resources/aboutage.htm
Molt: Molt terminology will follow the Humphrey-Parkes system (Humphrey and Parkes 1959, 1963).
Genus and species names are updated through the Fifty-second supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union Check-list of North American Birds (2011). For current linear sequence of orders, families, species, and generic placement go to aou.org.
Accidental: Based on one or two (rarely more) records, and which, on grounds of reasonable probability, is literally accidental within the Check-list area and unlikely to occur there regularly (AOU 1983).
Singing Male Census data (males per 100 hectare) has been used as an aid in assigning abundance status. Criteria are those given by Hall (1983), as follows: Abundant: >100; Very Common: 51 - 100; Common: 26 - 50; Fairly Common: 11 - 25; Uncommon: 6 - 10.
Categories used to describe the status of each species follow Kiff et al. (1986).
Status:
Resident: Usually present at all times within a given season.
Migrant: Occurs along an established migration route, generally at a predictable time of year.
Visitant: Not always present at all times within a given season.
Seasons are defined as follows:
Winter: December through February; Spring: March through May; Summer: June through August; Fall: September through November.
The terms early, mid and late have been used in previous publications to describe arrival or departure times. For clarification, these terms are defined as follows:
Early: 1st through 10th of any given month.
Mid: 11th through 20th of any given month.
Late: 21st through 30th or 31st of any given month.
Criteria for inclusion of species follow the bylaws of the WV Bird Records Committee (Hall 1986).
Species that do not meet these are listed in the Hypothetical List.
Criteria for inclusion in the Species Accounts are as follow:
1. A specimen has at some time been collected in the region and has been examined by a competent ornithologist.
2. A recognizable photograph has been taken of the bird in the region and has been examined by a competent ornithologist.
3. The bird has been handled by a bander and released, providing the bander and his associates have been judged competent to identify the species.
4. One or more sight records, each of which involved at least three persons having previous experience with the species, have been made in the region.
5. There have been repeated sight records by persons having previous experience with the species, but for which fewer than three persons were involved in each sighting.
Age and Sex of Species: Age and sex of species will follow criteria established by the Bird Banding Laboratory, USGS www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/resources/aboutage.htm
Molt: Molt terminology will follow the Humphrey-Parkes system (Humphrey and Parkes 1959, 1963).
Genus and species names are updated through the Fifty-second supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union Check-list of North American Birds (2011). For current linear sequence of orders, families, species, and generic placement go to aou.org.
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Wendell L. Argabrite, Michael Griffith, Dr. Gary O. Rankin, and Harry E. Slack, III collaborated to produce the final species accounts on this website. Wendell L. Argabrite provided the computations used for presenting Christmas Bird Count data. Roy S. Slack provided the Area Map. Lloyd F. Kiff, Cathie B. Slack and Roy S. Slack provided valuable input for content and design of the site. Tom Dotson and Steve Wilson, of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, provided data on waterfowl. David Patick provided valuable data since 2000. Thanks to Rebecca Peacock for help in providing back-up for the site. Thanks to Matt Fox, web editor, and the Brooks Bird Club, Inc., for making our original website available. George A. Hall's book West Virginia Birds (1983) and Albert R. Buckelew, Jr. and George A. Hall's book The West Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas (1994) have provided invaluable insight to our knowledge of West Virginia's avifauna statewide. Edward L. Seeber and Ralph M. Edeburn's mimeo publication Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia (1952) was the first major compilation of our knowledge of avifauna of this area. This was followed by Ralph M. Edeburn, Edward L. Seeber, Holwell K. Land, Hugh C. Land, and Lloyd F. Kiff's mimeo publication Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia (1960). Lloyd F. Kiff, Thomas D. Igou, Harry E. Slack, III, and Leon Wilson's publication Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia (1986) was the third major compilation of our knowledge of avifauna of this area.
The original (2012-2016) website was the fourth major effort, and first using the internet, to present our knowledge of avifauna of this region. This current (2017) version of the original BLORV website was re-created by L. E. Helgerman, BBC webmaster.
Observers cited are indicated by initials as follows: Susan Aaron (SA), Gary Ackert (GA), Scott Albaugh (SA), Don Anderson (DA), Phyllis Argabrite (PA), Wendell Argabrite (WA), Jon Benedetti (JOB), John Blomberg (JNB), Steve Boler (SB), Ben Borda (BB), Joe Browning (JB), Deborah Buetler (DB), Kevin Cade (KC), Shawn Cade (SC), Simon Collier SIC), Derek Courtney (DK); Todd Deal (TD), Beverley Delidow (BD), Paul Drescher (PD); Cindy Ellis (CE), Jeanette Esker (JE), Gary Felton (GF), Fred Fitch (FF), Mike Forman (MF), Janet Fout (JF), Monty Fowler (MFO), Pedram Ghafourifar (PG), N. Bayard Green (NBG), Mike Griffith (MG), John Handlan (JHA); C. O. Handley, Sr. (COH), Jeanne Hubbard (JH), John L. Hubbard (JLH), George Hurley (GH), Jonathan Igou (JI), Tom Igou (TI), Connie Katholi (CK), Cam Kazmierski (CK), Kim Kazmierski (KK), Richard Kazmierski (RR), Janet Keating (JAK), Marjorie Keatley (MKE), Debbie Keener (DK), Julie Kiff (JK), Leon Wilson Chapter Brooks Bird Club (LWC); Lloyd Kiff (LK), Maxine Kiff (MK), Robert Kletzly (RK), Holwell K. Land (HKL), Hugh C. Land (HCL), Tom Milewski (TM), Bill Murphy (BM), Janice Musser (JM), Jim McCormick (JMc), Kelley Napier (KN); Todd Neal (TN), John Northeimer (JN), Virginia Olsen (VO), Matt Orsie (MO), David Patick (DP), Maggi Perl (MP), Keith Peters (KP), Gary Rankin (GR), Janis Rankin (JR), Monica Rankin (MR), Dave Rieger (DR), Edward Seeber (ES), Tom Shields (TS), Holly Simpkins (HSM), Harry Slack (HS), Roy Slack (RS), J. Lawrence Smith (JLS), Shelly Smith (SS), Margaret Straley (MS), Jerie Stewert (JS), Pam Sturm (PS), Bob Summers (BS), Amy Talbert (AMT), Rennie Talbert (RT), Marcus Terneus (MT), John Tharp (JTH), Arline Thorn (AT), Paul Thorn (PT), Jim Triplett (JT), Randy Urian (RA); Charles Viers (CV), John Waggy (JWY), Allen Waldron (AW), Mindy Waldron (MW), John Waugaman (JW), Leon Wilson (LW), Robert Wilson (RW), Hannah Wisinsky (HW), Sheila Wisinsky (SW), Dianne Wood (DW), Doug Wood (DOW), Bev Wright (BV) and Robert Yunick (RY), Andrew Zettle AZ).
The original (2012-2016) website was the fourth major effort, and first using the internet, to present our knowledge of avifauna of this region. This current (2017) version of the original BLORV website was re-created by L. E. Helgerman, BBC webmaster.
Observers cited are indicated by initials as follows: Susan Aaron (SA), Gary Ackert (GA), Scott Albaugh (SA), Don Anderson (DA), Phyllis Argabrite (PA), Wendell Argabrite (WA), Jon Benedetti (JOB), John Blomberg (JNB), Steve Boler (SB), Ben Borda (BB), Joe Browning (JB), Deborah Buetler (DB), Kevin Cade (KC), Shawn Cade (SC), Simon Collier SIC), Derek Courtney (DK); Todd Deal (TD), Beverley Delidow (BD), Paul Drescher (PD); Cindy Ellis (CE), Jeanette Esker (JE), Gary Felton (GF), Fred Fitch (FF), Mike Forman (MF), Janet Fout (JF), Monty Fowler (MFO), Pedram Ghafourifar (PG), N. Bayard Green (NBG), Mike Griffith (MG), John Handlan (JHA); C. O. Handley, Sr. (COH), Jeanne Hubbard (JH), John L. Hubbard (JLH), George Hurley (GH), Jonathan Igou (JI), Tom Igou (TI), Connie Katholi (CK), Cam Kazmierski (CK), Kim Kazmierski (KK), Richard Kazmierski (RR), Janet Keating (JAK), Marjorie Keatley (MKE), Debbie Keener (DK), Julie Kiff (JK), Leon Wilson Chapter Brooks Bird Club (LWC); Lloyd Kiff (LK), Maxine Kiff (MK), Robert Kletzly (RK), Holwell K. Land (HKL), Hugh C. Land (HCL), Tom Milewski (TM), Bill Murphy (BM), Janice Musser (JM), Jim McCormick (JMc), Kelley Napier (KN); Todd Neal (TN), John Northeimer (JN), Virginia Olsen (VO), Matt Orsie (MO), David Patick (DP), Maggi Perl (MP), Keith Peters (KP), Gary Rankin (GR), Janis Rankin (JR), Monica Rankin (MR), Dave Rieger (DR), Edward Seeber (ES), Tom Shields (TS), Holly Simpkins (HSM), Harry Slack (HS), Roy Slack (RS), J. Lawrence Smith (JLS), Shelly Smith (SS), Margaret Straley (MS), Jerie Stewert (JS), Pam Sturm (PS), Bob Summers (BS), Amy Talbert (AMT), Rennie Talbert (RT), Marcus Terneus (MT), John Tharp (JTH), Arline Thorn (AT), Paul Thorn (PT), Jim Triplett (JT), Randy Urian (RA); Charles Viers (CV), John Waggy (JWY), Allen Waldron (AW), Mindy Waldron (MW), John Waugaman (JW), Leon Wilson (LW), Robert Wilson (RW), Hannah Wisinsky (HW), Sheila Wisinsky (SW), Dianne Wood (DW), Doug Wood (DOW), Bev Wright (BV) and Robert Yunick (RY), Andrew Zettle AZ).
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Argabrite, W. L. 1988c. Another Marbled Godwit in West Virginia. The Redstart 55:105-106.
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Argabrite, W. L. 1995b. A Hoary Redpoll makes brief visit to feeder in Mason County. The Redstart 62:81-82.
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Igou, T. D. 1986b. Nesting Cliff Swallows at Beech Fork State Park. The Redstart 53:137.
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American Ornithologists' Union. 2002. Forty-third supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 119:897-906.
American Ornithologists' Union. 2003. Forty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 120:923-931.
American Ornithologists' Union. 2004. Forty-fifth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 121:985-995.
American Ornithologist's Union. 2007. Forty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk124:1109-1115.
American Ornithologist's Union. 2011. Fifty-second supplement to the American Ornithologist's Union Check-list of North American Birds. Auk 128: 600-613.
Anderson, K. H. and G. F. Hurley. 1974. White-fronted Geese at Kyger Creek, Ohio. The Redstart 41:125-126.
Appel, J. C. 1957. Waterfowl development, McClintic Wildlife Station, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 1953-June 10, 1957. The Redstart 24:70-77.
Argabrite, W. l. 1988a. Smith's Longspur at Gallipolis Locks: a West Virginia record. The Redstart 55:57-59.
Argabrite, W. L. 1988b. A hypothetical Bell's Vireo at Glenwood Swamp and Willets reported on Huntington, W. Va. area century count. The Redstart 55:77-79.
Argabrite, W. L. 1988c. Another Marbled Godwit in West Virginia. The Redstart 55:105-106.
Argabrite, W. L. 1994. Black-necked Stilt and Glossy Ibis: Two new West Virginia records in one week. The Redstart 61:57-59.
Argabrite, W. L. 1995a. Recent records for the Buff-breasted Sandpiper in West Virginia. The Redstart 62:53-54.
Argabrite, W. L. 1995b. A Hoary Redpoll makes brief visit to feeder in Mason County. The Redstart 62:81-82.
Argabrite, W. L. 1995c. Ross's Goose found at Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam: A possible West Virginia record. The Redstart 62:122-123.
Argabrite, W. L., L., R. Dean, T. Fox, G. Hall, and J. Phillips. 1997. First report of the West Virginia bird records committee July 1997. The Redstart 64:47-49.
Argabrite, W. L., A. R. Buckelew, Jr., T. Fox, G. Hall, and J. L. Trapp. 2000. Fourth report of the West Virginia bird records committee February 2000. The Redstart 67:59-60.
Argabrite, W. L., M. Griffith, G. O. Rankin, and H. E. Slack, III. 2005. Herring Gulls Larus argentatus breed successfully in Southeastern Ohio. The Ohio Cardinal 28:79-80.
Benedetti, J., G. Eddy, G. Felton, T. Fox, J. D. Phillips, G. Rankin, J. Trapp. 2004. Eighth report of the West Virginia bird records committee: August 2004. The Redstart 71:117-118.
Brooks, M. 1938. The north-central range of the Bachman's Sparrow. Wilson Bulletin 50:86-109.
Brooks, M. 1944. A Check-list of West Virginia Birds. Bulletin 316, Agricultural Experiment Station, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Brooks, M. 1950. 1949: The ornithological year in West Virginia. The Redstart 17:16-18.
Bullard, J. 2003. The 2002 Cabwaylingo State Forest Breeding Bird Survey. The Redstart 70:71-98.
Canterbury, R. A., D. M. Stover, and T. C. Nelson. 1993. Golden-winged Warblers in southern West Virginia: status and population ecology. The Redstart 60:97-106.
Donnelly, J. A. 1962. The Canada Goose at McClintic. West Virginia Conservation 26:16-19.
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Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia by Kiff et al. (1986)
TOTAL SPECIES: 307 HYPOTHETICAL SPECIES: 8
The Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley paperback book is available as a special BBC publication
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TOTAL SPECIES: 307 HYPOTHETICAL SPECIES: 8
The Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley paperback book is available as a special BBC publication
Cost: $5.00 (includes shipping)
For more information contact:
Juanita Slater [email protected]