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Red-eyed Vireo 129kB Vireo olivaceus ``Here I am, can't you see me, Yes I'm here, I see you, and so on.'' (Puleston) Blue Mountain Lake, May 1996. ``The red-eye's eloquence was never very persuasive to my ear. Its short sentences, its tiresome upward inflections, its everlasting repetitions, and its sharp, querulous tone long since became to me an old story; and I have always thought that whoever dubbed this vireo the `preacher' could have had no very exalted opinion of the clergy.'' (Torrey 1890)
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Philadelphia Vireo 203kB
Warbling Vireo 47kB
Vireo gilvus
Long Island, July 1997.
Typical Phrase 1 68kB
Typical Phrase 2 82kB
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, May 1997.
Solitary Vireo 211kB
Vireo solitarius
Chenango Valley State Park, May 1999
"A solitary vireo, close at hand, regaled me with a sweet, low
chatter, more musical twice over than much that goes by the name
of singing, -- the solitary being one of the comparatively few
birds that do not know how to be unmusical, -- ..."
(Torrey 1901)
White-eyed Vireo 36kB
Vireo griseus
Long Island, June 1996.
White-eyed Vireo 35kB
Long Island, May 1997.
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