MIGRANT STOPOVER AND POSTFLEDGING DISPERSAL AT A MONTANE FOREST SITE IN VERMONT

摘要

To investigate the use of high elevation fir forests by fall passage migrants, we conducted standardized mist-netting and banding at a 1150 m elevation site on Mt. Mansfield in north-central Vermont during the autumns of 1995-1997. Overall, we captured 3024 individuals of 62 species in 10,048 cumulative net hours (30. 1 birds/100 net hr). We divided species into 3 classes: (1) those breeding regularly on Mt. Mansfield above 916 m elevation (16 species), (2) those breeding only sporadically or at very low densities above 916 m (6 species), and (3) those occurring only as transients (40 species).