Had to take a day off the news cycle descent into hell and hike at the Nature Sanctuary yesterday. Glad I did. The first cycle of fledglings for several species have left the nest but are following parents and begging to be feed. Never thought I would capture a lengthy chase/discussion between a fledgling Red-eyed Vireo and parent. It was a fascinating exchange.
#BirdMaxxing: 1 bird/hour until 11/11 
Red-eyed Vireo, 18th September 2022
Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Canon EOS R5, Sigma 150-600mm + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 25% crop, 1/800s, f/9, ISO 12800
#Birds #RedEyedVireo #VoteBlueForBirds
Two red-eyed vireos battling over a grub, a chestnut-sided warbler, a Canada warbler, and a yellow-billed cuckoo in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 19–21 August 2024 
#birding #birdphotography #birds #redeyedvireo #chestnutsidedwarbler #canadawarbler #yellowbilledcuckoo
For more from this batch: https://calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-return
Red Eyed vireo
I mentioned not too long ago, that I wanted a photo of a red eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus), because I knew they were around here, I just couldn't see them. It may have even been the same day that I took this picture. I took this photo four days ago on 15 July 2023 but didn't look at the camera roll (SD Card) until this morning. Well, there it is, a red eyed vireo.
"A tireless songster, the Red-eyed Vireo is one of the most common summer residents of Eastern forests. These neat, olive-green and white songbirds have a crisp head pattern of gray, black, and white. Their brief but incessant songs—sometimes more than 20,000 per day by a single male—contribute to the characteristic sound of an Eastern forest in summer. When fall arrives, they head for the Amazon basin, ...." - allaboutbirds.org
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Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
I discovered a Red-eyed Vireo during an early morning visit to Institute Woods, where sunlight finally broke through the overcast sky.
https://islandinthenet.com/red-eyed-vireo-vireo-olivaceus-2/
I find birds very relatable: Wake up and immediately get the urge to start screaming.
Red-Eyed Vireo
May 30, 2024
Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Canada
was following a Song Sparrow through the foliage, and... accidentally took some pictures of this Red-eyed Vireo? Sure, why not.
Merlin says they're uncommon in these parts, which would explain why it's a lifer! -- Vancouver, May 28
The #RedEyedVireo was one of our far-away visitors here in #Maine!
Backyard Bird of the Month for May: Red-eyed Vireo
by Andy Kapinos
Birds, Maine's Naturalist, News & Notes · April 30, 2024
"Here I am! Where are you? Way up here! In the tree! So goes the song of the Red-eyed Vireo, heard in nearly every forested area between Kittery and Fort Kent from May until early autumn. True neotropical migrants, Red-eyed Vireos spend the nonbreeding season in the #AmazonBasin, especially in Colombia, Brasil, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru. Most depart South America during April, and over the course of a few weeks or a month, make their way up through Central America and the southeastern US, #migrating on clear nights and refueling during the day by feasting on the abundance of newly-emerged insects. The first males can reach Maine by the first week of May, but the majority arrive in the second and third weeks, just in time for the emergence of leaves and insects in the canopy of our forests.
"These canopy-dwellers are heard far more often than they are seen, and possess a huge vocal repertoire, combining various “syllables” into “phrases” that don’t repeat. In fact, there is often no similarity between the songs of males whose territories are right next to each other. While the males generally sing from treetops, Red-eyed Vireos forage and nest in the mid- and understory, and require forest habitat with layers of native shrubs and small trees. Their nests are usually built at these lower levels, with layers of foliage above to hide the nest from predators. They raise their young on insects, especially caterpillars and other larvae, before eating increasing amounts of fruit later in the summer, which they subsist on throughout the nonbreeding season. The return of Red-eyed Vireos to their breeding territories in Maine is a yearly reminder that conserving healthy forest #ecosystems is important not only here at home, but also in the neotropical #forests where they spend the rest of their lives."
https://maineaudubon.org/news/backyard-bird-of-the-month-for-may-red-eyed-vireo/
In other news, I've been using the REAL #BirdApp -- #Merlin from Cornell Labs. So far, I've identified #HouseWren, #AmericanRobins, #NorthernCardinal, #TuftedTitmouse, #PurpleFinch, #EasternTowhee and #RedEyedVireo -- just from my backyard! Some of them are migratory. Will post more about them soon. The #AmericanRobin is nesting next to the house, so that one comes up a lot.
#BirdWatching #BirdListening #MerlinApp
https://youtube.com/shorts/8JxqFWsKOfY?feature=share
Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) thriving in Hickory Run State Park, PA. So great to see big, healthy #hemlock trees at least for now untouched by #HemlockWoollyAdelgid! #hickoryrunstatepark #Pennsylvania #forest
#Ovenbird and #RedEyedVireo singing conspicuously in the background.
Sorry that I'm whispering but there's a reverence that automatically takes hold of me when I'm in nature.
A red-eyed vireo hunting termites in the North Woods of Central Park in mid-May.
