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. 2013 Aug 13;3(10):3298–3306. doi: 10.1002/ece3.673

Table 2.

Rate of double brooding and the mean clutch initiation date across female ages in prothonotary warblers. Mean clutch initiation dates are rounded to the nearest day. Females greater than 6 years were combined due to small sample sizes for these older birds

Years Breeding N Number to double brood Percentage to double brood Mean clutch initiation date (±SD)
1 317 27 7.9 May 6 (5.4)
2 560 75 11.8 May 4 (5.5)
3 452 101 18.3 May 3/4 (5.4)
4 199 58 22.6 May 2 (5.3)
5 105 32 23.4 May 3 (5.3)
6+ 74 27 26.7 May 3 (5.5)