vireos... collect them all!

[ovenbird43]

I added one new species to my BIGBY list today... Bell's Vireo! Thus completing the set of all vireos that breed in/migrate through Arkansas: Yellow-throated, Blue-headed, Philadelphia, Red-eyed, White-eyed, Warbling, and now Bell's!

I heard this guy during a 10-mile run this morning that took me through the Razorback Golfcourse area. This was my turnaround point and by then I was feeling hot, dehydrated, and really wishing I had eaten breakfast (ahhh, I know better than that!). But hearing this Bell's Vireo lifted my spirits. I took a break in the shade to admire the breeze rippling through the grass and listen to the open-country birds: Dickcissel, Eastern Meadowlark, Blue Grosbeak... still no roadrunner, but they're around, I'll get one on my list someday...

Here's the list for the morning, which includes the above area as well as some woodsy neighborhoods.

Northern Bobwhite
Turkey Vulture
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Cheers!

[cnybirder]

Nice list of Vireos! I have have for my Bigby list all the regularly occurring Vireos (Blue-headed, Yellow-throated, Warbling, and Red-eyed) except Philadelphia, which I hope to get this fall.