Riperian Corridor Birds

In many areas of Ohio where the former woodlands have been reduced to small isolated woodlots (usually no more than 10 to 50 acres), the forested stream corridors extend for miles in an unbroken band and provide a large percentage of the woodland habitats required by so many species. This is particularly true for many of Ohio's breeding bird species.

The presence or absence of key indicator species is one way to assess the quality of the riparian forests found along Ohio's scenic rivers.

Riperian Corridor Birds of Ohio

Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)

Yellow warblerNeotropical migrant and summer resident

A common and widespread species in Ohio nesting in a variety of brushy, successional habitats statewide including riparian edges, fencelines, old reverting fields, and even sapling stage woods with brushy understories.

Yellow warblers are common inhabitants of shrub-dominated riparian corridors in Ohio. They become less common if these brushy corridors are allowed to revert toward a more mature wooded situation.