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  <dc:contributor>Paul W. Sykes</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Carol I. Bocetti</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Kevin Ellison</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2002</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;he breeding range of the Bay-breasted Warbler (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Dendroica castanea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;) is thought to include only the northernmost portions of six northeastern and northcentral states in the United States. During a 10-year banding study of Kirtland's Warblers (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Dendroica kirtlandii&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;) in northern Lower Michigan, we caught 44 Bay-breasted Warblers outside of their reported migration dates during 9 of the 10 years. Two birds captured in 1997 were in breeding condition; one possessed a cloacal protuberance and the other a full brood patch. We also captured two hatching year birds with fleshy rictal flanges in 1997. We suggest that these records indicate a long term presence of Bay-breasted Warblers on breeding grounds considerably farther south than previously recorded.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0415:RETBBW]2.0.CO;2</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Wilson Ornithological Society</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Re-evaluating Bay-breasted Warbler breeding range: Nine-years presence in Lower Michigan</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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