vireo
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One part of it originated from the experiences I’ve had studying a species — the gray vireo — that most people have never heard of.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2025
A River Partners analysis of the property found species including riparian woodrat, Swainson’s hawk, least Bell’s vireo, yellow warbler, sandhill crane and “an entire suite of neotropical migratory songbirds.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
A yellow-throated vireo and a cedar waxwing also splashed in our stream.
From Washington Post ● May 30, 2022
The song that Gary made the recording of did sound a bit like a bird called a brown-capped vireo.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2021
It is, of course, neither a warbler nor a vireo for these birds, although active and frequenting trees, arrive much later in the spring.
From Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago by Walter, Alice Hall
"The density of migratory warblers, flycatchers, and vireos crowded into these five forests is astounding, and means that each hectare protected there safeguards a disproportionate number of birds."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025
I regularly overhear other birders marveling over the flashy warblers in breeding plumage, while overlooking other comparatively less-flashy birds like vireos and sparrows.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2025
Brush rabbits, woodrats, Swainson’s hawks, Central Valley Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, least Bell’s vireos, greater sandhill cranes — all protected species — have found a home on the restored floodplain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024
A photo caption that accompanied an image with the article misidentified a downy woodpecker as a hairy woodpecker, and a group of bright yellow finches or vireos was referred to only as “birds.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023
There were no insects singing, there were no catbirds, or orioles, or vireos, or robins.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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