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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: KimD on June 01, 2007, 09:30:59 PM

Title: RFI - vireo???
Post by: KimD on June 01, 2007, 09:30:59 PM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8567303@N08/525668503/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8567303@N08/525668503/)

Evening!

Can anyone help ID this bird?  


thanks,
KimD

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Post by: Brian Bailey on June 01, 2007, 10:38:57 PM

That's a Red-eyed Vireo.  They are much more easily heard than seen.  Also, the red eye is not really a field mark.  You have to be very close with very good light to see it.

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Post by: Halton Hills on June 04, 2007, 07:02:40 AM

Quote from: "Brian Bailey"

That's a Red-eyed Vireo.  They are much more easily heard than seen.

Yep.......you got that right.

It's hard to believe but it's actually our most abundant bird.......and yet most people have never seen one.


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Post by: cloaca on June 04, 2007, 02:48:22 PM

Quote from: "Halton Hills"

It's hard to believe but it's actually our most abundant bird.......and yet most people have never seen one.

Most abundant?  Says who?

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Post by: mael85 on June 04, 2007, 03:55:22 PM

Quote from: "Halton Hills"

Quote from: "Brian Bailey"

That's a Red-eyed Vireo.  They are much more easily heard than seen.

Yep.......you got that right.

It's hard to believe but it's actually our most abundant bird.......and yet most people have never seen one.

I passed on those two statements to my mom while I was driving her to pick up her van. As we conversed about it, what looked to be a red-eyed vireo flew alongside my car for a couple seconds. Then I saw another one later in the day in a dirt parking lot behind my work. I'm quite sure that's what they were.

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Post by: Halton Hills on June 04, 2007, 04:04:32 PM

Quote from: "cloaca"

Most abundant?  Says who?

Any good field guide or Birding website....... :wink:


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Post by: cloaca on June 04, 2007, 09:11:28 PM

Quote from: "Halton Hills"

Any good field guide or Birding website....... :wink:

Hmm... I'm not so sure.

Title: Re: Most abundant bird
Post by: Lloyd on June 04, 2007, 09:26:16 PM

I'm gonna go with Red-winged Blackbird as North America's most abundant bird (according to Cornell). Great discussion point, Halton Hills.

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Post by: Halton Hills on June 05, 2007, 07:14:43 AM

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Perhaps for all of N/A

Here in the East......Red Eyed Vireo is at or near the top......even according to Cornell

........though their numbers have taken a hit from Cowbird predation.

My Field Guide to Birds of North America clearly states.....

"The most abundant bird in eastern deciduous forests"

A sentiment which is repeated if you do a Google.

Sure, we can get into semantics here, but my point is still the same.

The fact that probably 99% of people have never seen one makes it hard to fathom that they are so common...... :D



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Post by: cloaca on June 05, 2007, 11:30:29 AM

Quote from: "Halton Hills"

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"The most abundant bird in eastern deciduous forests"

But our most abundant habitat isn't deciduous forest.

Also, when was your field guide written?

Agreed, it's a very common bird that most people don't know exists.  But it is certainly not the most common bird in our area, no matter what scale you use (Toronto, Ontario, Eastern NA, etc.).

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Post by: Halton Hills on June 05, 2007, 04:27:27 PM

Quote from: "cloaca"

But our most abundant habitat isn't deciduous forest.

lol.......That's wierd........I guess those endless fall colours up & down the eastern 1/2 of the U.S. and southern Canada must not be real.

But who really knows........just tried to expand on Brian's original statement, that's all.

I guess I'll leave it up to the experts.

I like kittens....... :D


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Post by: cloaca on June 05, 2007, 04:57:47 PM

Go have a look here at what the landcover in Southern Ontario actually looks like...

http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/m ... /landcover (http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/land/landcover)

(http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/tmp/map21028118107696929961.gif)

Hint: that pink and purple that dominates "our" area isn't deciduous forest.

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Post by: cjywatson on June 13, 2007, 02:15:07 PM

I'm going with the chicken as North America's most abundant bird.  Fresh or frozen.  :D

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Post by: Halton Hills on February 28, 2008, 10:30:09 AM

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Stumbled across this......hmmm......interesting......I guess I was way off...... :roll:



(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/T_Bone_1962/01-3.jpg)


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Post by: cloaca on February 28, 2008, 09:10:45 PM

This again?

I think the Atlas estimated the Nashville Warbler to be the most abundant, though.

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Post by: Halton Hills on February 29, 2008, 05:15:22 AM

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LOL.......thanks for my morning smile


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