Summary

  • Status in VT: Increased by 4% (140 to 145 blocks). Greatest increases in Vermont Valley.
  • Data from other research: FBMP: 5.5% annual increase
  • Conservation status: State rank S5B
  • Other atlases: NY: 19%; ON: 6% (south), 35% (north); PA: 72%
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT is at the eastern edge of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas: Minimal change; forest maturation
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations:No specific recommendations; potential threats include spread of hemlock woolly adelgid, loss of spruce and fir from climate change.

Population Trends

Blackburnian Warbler graph

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Blackburnian Warbler Map 1 Blackburnian Warbler Table 1 Blackburnian Warbler Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkey Blackburnian Warbler Map 2 Blackburnian Warbler Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds