The reason why vireos are SO hard to identify.Thursday, September 16, 2010
Universal Truths of Birding #1
Thursday, September 16, 2010
The reason why vireos are SO hard to identify.
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- Bill Thompson III is the editor of Bird Watcher's Digest by day. He's also a keen birder, the author of many books, a dad, a field trip leader, an ecotourism consultant, a guitar player, the host of the "This Birding Life" podcast, a regular speaker/performer on the birding festival circuit, a gentleman farmer, and a fungi to be around. His North American life list is somewhere between 673 and 675. His favorite bird is the red-headed woodpecker. His "spark bird" was a snowy owl. He has watched birds in 25 countries and 44 states. But his favorite place to watch birds is on the 80-acre farm he shares with his wife, artist/writer Julie Zickefoose. Some kind person once called Bill "The Pied Piper of Birding" and he has been trying to live up to that moniker ever since.
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8 comments:
I feel better now.
Ha-ha! You're right. That does seem to be a universal truth. Since this is labeled #1, I hope to see these universal truths appearing regularly on this blog!
You should see them from behind!
Yes, a mystery bird that vexed me every year in a mountain campground turned out to be a Warbling Vireo. I narrowed it down to a few possibilities, and finally nailed the ID when the little guy sang.
I have lots of thes. I also have an excellent collection of bare branches where a bird used to be.
This is fantastic, and I think, typically what happens to the rest of us.
oh, I love it. But usually I just see the birds tail feathers. But this shy one..... lovely.
ah, I should have left my birdblogs URL :(
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