Warbling Vireo
“Early to late July for me is the time of year where I can set out to look and listen for specific species I may have missed during spring migration like the Warbling Vireo with its rambling song, or uncommonly seen shorebirds like the American Oystercatcher, or different types of terns like the Artic and Roseate…”
Through the year
Columns that mention it, by the month they were published.
Year by year
Columns that mention it each year.
In his words
All 9 passages, oldest first.
The difficulty with identifying Philadelphia Vireos is that they look similar to the Red-eyed Vireo and their song is very similar to that of the Warbling vireo.
Regarding birds that have eluded me this season, I have not yet caught wind of the rich, cheerfully warbled song of the Warbling Vireo (which does nest in deciduous forests across Cape).
I am also very pleased to report that I finally spotted a Warbling Vireo.
Later that same morning I discovered my first Warbling Vireo of the season.
One bird in particular whose preference for treetops makes it almost impossible to spot is the tireless Warbling Vireo.
Early to late July for me is the time of year where I can set out to look and listen for specific species I may have missed during spring migration like the Warbling Vireo with its rambling song, or uncommonly seen shorebirds like the American Oystercatcher, or different types of terns like the Artic and Roseate…
On June 7 I flushed a Green Heron hunting along the Pond Cove Brook corridor while listening to the rollicking song of a Warbling Vireo.
With fuller, richer song than the Warbling Vireo’s, a perfect ecstasy of love pours incessantly from his throat during the early summer days.”
I also heard my first Warbling Vireo of the season.