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red-eyed vireo

  1. Red-eyed Vireo

    Red-eyed Vireo

    The dark red eye of adults can be hard to see even in good light. Note the long bill, black transocular eyeline and short tail. The black outline to its gray crown and contrasting olive-green back are characteristic of the widespread nominate race. A paler, duller race breeds in the Great Basin...
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    • red-eyed vireo texas usa vireo olivaceus
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    • Category: North America
  2. Showing off it's Name

    Showing off it's Name

    Red-eyed Vireo A tireless songster, the Red-eyed Vireo is one of the most common summer residents of Eastern forests. These neat, olive-green and white songbirds have a crisp head pattern of gray, black, and white. Their brief but incessant songs—sometimes more than 20,000 per day by a single...
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    • red-eyed vireo vireo olivaceus
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  3. I so love their red eyes

    I so love their red eyes

    Red-eyed Vireo - Aptly named :) A large vireo, the red-eyed is one of the most common songbirds in eastern woodlands. Polytypic. Length 6".
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    • Category: North America
  4. Aptly Named

    Aptly Named

    Red-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireos are large, chunky vireos with a long, angular head, thick neck, and a strong, long bill with a small but noticeable hook at the tip.
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  5. Red-eyed Vireo

    Red-eyed Vireo

    The dark eye suggests this is probably a young bird. Note the black transocular eyeline and short tail. Presumably it is a member of the widespread nominate race characterized by fairly strong yellow wash on the vent. A paler, duller race breeds in the Great Basin region. Formerly lumped with...
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    • Category: North America
  6. Showing that red eye well

    Showing that red eye well

    Red-eyed Vireo A large vireo, the red-eyed is one of the most common songbirds in eastern woodlands. Polytypic. Length 6".
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  7. Showing that red eye well

    Showing that red eye well

    Red-eyed Vireo Caterpillar friendly trees like Oak, Beech and Maple are Red-Eyed Vireo favorites. In addition to insects, the Red-Eyed Vireo will eat small berries – especially towards fall migration – so planting and maintaining berry producing shrubs
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    • myrtle beach sc red-eyed vireo usa vireo olivaceus
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    • Category: North America
  8. Horizontal

    Horizontal

    Red-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireos are large, chunky vireos with a long, angular head, thick neck, and a strong, long bill with a small but noticeable hook at the tip. The body is stocky and the tail fairly short.
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    • Category: North America
  9. Sleek and Slender

    Sleek and Slender

    Red-eyed Vireo They forage in deciduous canopies where they can be difficult to find among the green leaves. They move slowly and methodically, carefully scanning leaves above and below for their favored caterpillar prey
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    • Category: North America
  10. Red-eyed Vireo

    Red-eyed Vireo

    Fat stores seem to influence migration paths across the Gulf of Mexico with fatter birds heading across the Gulf, while leaner birds apparently hug the coastline. This one was uncharacteristically foraging on the ground, indicating possible weakness from having just completed a long overwater...
    • jmorlan
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  11. Red-eyed vireo

    Red-eyed vireo

    Lifer! Red-eyed vireo
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    • 1bb central texas palmetto state park red-eyed vireo vireo olivaceus
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  12. Red-Eyed Vireo

    Red-Eyed Vireo

    Red-eyed Vireos are large, chunky vireos with a long, angular head, thick neck, and a strong, long bill with a small but noticeable hook at the tip. The body is stocky and the tail fairly short. RELATIVE SIZE Slightly larger than a Yellow Warbler; slightly smaller than a Tufted Titmouse...
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    • myrtle beach south carolina red-eyed vireo vireo olivaceus
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    • Category: North America
  13. Chivi Vireo.jpg

    Chivi Vireo.jpg

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    • bolivar chivi red-eyed vireo venezuela vireo olivaceus
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  14. One more

    One more

    As I haven't seen any in two days so they may have continued their migration.
    • KC Foggin
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    • red-eyed vireo vireo olivaceus
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  15. Trying not to be seen.

    Trying not to be seen.

    Last one for a bit ;)
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    • red-eyed vireo vireo olivaceus
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    • Category: North America
  16. Me again

    Me again

    I rarely use the flash during the daytime but I think I will start using it more.
    • KC Foggin
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    • red-eyed vireo vireo olivaceus
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    • Category: North America
  17. Another Red-eyed

    Another Red-eyed

    You'll be seeing a couple more of these and the White-eyed as there seem to be a few around this week.
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    • red-eyed vireo vireo olivaceus
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    • Category: North America
  18. Another Red-eyed

    Another Red-eyed

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  19. Me again

    Me again

    Unfortunate qute the back light when photographing it.
    • KC Foggin
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    • red-eyed vireo vireo olivaceus
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    • Category: North America
  20. One more

    One more

    Really showing its eye well in this one ;)
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    • red-eyed vireo vireo olivaceus
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    • Category: North America
  21. Migration is under way

    Migration is under way

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    • Category: North America
  22. Watching a Hawk overhead

    Watching a Hawk overhead

    I was so focused on the Vireo, I neglected to get any Hawk photos
    • KC Foggin
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    • red-eyed vireo vireo olivaceus
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  23. Red-eyed Vireo

    Red-eyed Vireo

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    • Category: North America
  24. Another Red-eyed

    Another Red-eyed

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    • red-eyed vireo
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  25. Aptly named

    Aptly named

    But they sure like playing peek-a-boo through the branches.
    • KC Foggin
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    • Category: North America
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