RFI - vireo???

[KimD]

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

Evening!

Can anyone help ID this bird?  


thanks,
KimD

[Brian Bailey]

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.

BB

[Halton Hills]

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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[cloaca]

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?

[mael85]

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.

[Halton Hills]

Most abundant?  Says who?

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


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[cloaca]

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

Hmm... I'm not so sure.

[Lloyd]

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

[Halton Hills]

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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......



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[cloaca]

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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.).

[Halton Hills]

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.......


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[cloaca]

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

http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/m ... /landcover



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

[cjywatson]

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

[Halton Hills]

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













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[cloaca]

This again?

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