Thursday, September 16, 2010

Universal Truths of Birding #1

The reason why vireos are SO hard to identify.

8 comments:

  1. 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!

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  2. You should see them from behind!

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  3. 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.

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  4. I have lots of thes. I also have an excellent collection of bare branches where a bird used to be.

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  5. This is fantastic, and I think, typically what happens to the rest of us.

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  6. oh, I love it. But usually I just see the birds tail feathers. But this shy one..... lovely.

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  7. ah, I should have left my birdblogs URL :(

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