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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: winz on May 28, 2016, 03:23:20 PM

Title: Is this a Philadelphia Vireo
Post by: winz on May 28, 2016, 03:23:20 PM

Saw this at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Etobicoke today.
If it is a Philadelphia Vireo, it would be a life bird.

(https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7300/27277879546_42c434a330_z.jpg)

Thanks for your help.

Title: Re: Is this a Philadelphia Vireo
Post by: lovemypt on May 28, 2016, 08:39:01 PM

looks more like a red-eyed vireo to me..... black stripe thru the eye and darker on head, the red eye doesn't always show up in  young birds

Title: Re: Is this a Philadelphia Vireo
Post by: winz on May 28, 2016, 08:49:11 PM

Quote from: "lovemypt"

looks more like a red-eyed vireo to me..... black stripe thru the eye and darker on head, the red eye doesn't always show up in  young birds

Thanks Dave,
I only got 2 shots off and neither showed the top of the head, so wasn't sure of the darker stripe over the eye.  I just reviewed the markings for Philadelphia Vireo which includes yellow on the breast and throat.  This bird has white on the chest.
Red-eyed Vireo is still a life bird for me  :D