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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: gb_eh on May 04, 2007, 10:16:21 PM

Title: warbler or redstart?
Post by: gb_eh on May 04, 2007, 10:16:21 PM

Can someone id this for me..  larger images available Here (http://www.pbase.com/gb_eh/warblers&page=1)

(http://www.pbase.com/gb_eh/image/78226051/medium.jpg)

(http://www.pbase.com/gb_eh/image/78226052/medium.jpg)

(http://www.pbase.com/gb_eh/image/78226053/medium.jpg)

thanks again.. Glen
http://www.pbase.com/gb_eh (http://www.pbase.com/gb_eh)

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Post by: Kin Lau on May 04, 2007, 10:22:34 PM

Very nice. Looks like a Blue-headed Vireo to me.

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Post by: gb_eh on May 04, 2007, 10:29:55 PM

New to birding... after checking the books I have ... it is no doubt at Blue-headed Vireo ... thanks for helping out a rookie again... Glen
http://www.pbase.com/gb_eh (http://www.pbase.com/gb_eh)

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Post by: Walter Sobchak on May 07, 2007, 10:13:01 AM

Yep, Blue-headed Vireo, I like the white "eye-glasses" as a good identifier.

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Post by: Bruce Colvin on May 07, 2007, 11:35:52 AM

Yes it is a Blue-headed Vireo.  I remember the days when it was called a Solitary Vireo. I still have the National Geographic Birds of North America, Second Edition that names it a Solitary Vireo - eastern form. Lotta name changes in birds over the years.  One thing about this bird that I find amusing is the song. To me it sings like a Robin that pauses because it can't quite remember the notes. Great photos, Bruce